Trivia / School-Live!

• Acclaimed Flop: Possibly the case in Japan for the anime. For all the exposure and good press it got out of English-speaking viewers, the sales of the first volume of the anime in Japan itself (which usually accounts for the bulk of a show's unit purchases) were initially very disappointing, only averaging at around ~1300 Blu-Ray + DVD units sold for its first week; however, other sources place the number at around 2400 BD/DVD sold. The manga, on the other hand, is definitely a hit, and still selling very strongly, averaging about 200K per volume, nothing to scoff at.
• Completely Different Title: The Chinese title translates to Campus, the Isolated Island, which more than spoils the actual setting of the series.
• Dueling Shows: With Prison School and Highschool of the Dead.
• He Also Did: The story writer Kaihou Norimitsu is also an American Comic book translator. He is known as the translator of X-Men in Japan.
• Sleeper Hit: Among the English-speaking anime fandom. According to this ANN article, School-Live! ended up as the top anime of the Summer 2015 anime season, which actually surprised a lot of English-speaking anime fans since School-Live! wasn't even in the top ten most anticipated anime of the Summer season and many were expecting Durarara!!, Gangsta., Prison School, or even Charlotte to take the spot.^note The anime was in the 19th place in the most anticipated anime of the Summer season. It even topped the popularity charts in Japan (giving a huge boost to the manga sales) and the western anime fanbase as well. ^note Even though School-Live! isn't on the number one spot of the top ten anime of the season, it manages to consistently be part of the top ten anime among English-speaking anime websites. Not only that, it's even ANN's top anime among ANN readers.
• Trolling Creator: This is coming from an author who works for nitro+. All of the promotion material, TV spots, and the OP are seen to be very trollish for those who are familiar with the manga. Heck, even the series itself is very trollish seeing that the series runs in the Manga Time Kirara Forward, which normally runs Iyashikei slice of life titles (Gakkou Gurashi appears to be one and becomes a complete opposite). And judging from post-Episode 1 reactions from watchers from both sides of the Pacific, all the misdirection worked — people were utterly floored by the reveal at the end of the episode.