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Enough to keep going, it seems.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
I'm glasses.
Just enough to keep from extinction.
For now.
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I can see that. I want the numbers.
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o hai
They do seem to be running out of money though, considering the amount of shorter shows.
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It seems. Wonder what's the minimum number of episodes can be aired.
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They ran out of ink too.
The bastards.
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and leaving characters in big blue ball and all...
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^^ Ha, I get it.
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Anime itself isn't profitable at all, as far as I understand it. The money's all in the Merchadizing! Merchandizing! MERCHANDIZING!
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Yeah, I was talking about that as well.
Not about the whole anime industry per se but this mania thread
archives the number of BD/DVD sales in detail and this blog article explains the meaning of sales quite well.
<feepbot> Anime is its own plural.
@Edmania,
But the shorter works seems to have more budget per episode then the longer ones. Maybe they just found well done short works are more profitable? This make specially more sense if the goal is to sell merchandise.
I reject that notion.
(things that obviously constable but don't have plural bother me)
edited 21st Jul '11 5:42:45 AM by Heatth
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Details, details.
I would make a thirteen episode anime if I ever get a chance.
edited 21st Jul '11 5:49:31 AM by dRoy
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Another reason why anime studios tend to change their concepts to cater more toward the people who are already into them and would be more likely to buy them (ie, horny otaku fanboys) than the general public. Thus, why you see more fanservice in shows where it doesn't really need it exist.
The good thing I can say is that the animators know that quality should not depend on sales or time or budget. Anime shows still have some of the best drawings I have ever seen.
edited 21st Jul '11 6:43:23 AM by kyun
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Be that as it may, anime not having a plural is a Japanese-to-English language/culture discrepancy, not an terminology one. Japanese has a number of words that are their own plural.
Just something to keep in mind.
Nothing to add to the rest of the topic. Move along.
edited 21st Jul '11 7:01:42 AM by Belian
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I know why no originally Japanese word have plural (as Japanese itself has no plural, in the way English have). It doesn't stop me from giving them plural anyway. It help to convey the meaning I want.
Ever since I noticed how much short series are better, animation quality wise, then the long ones, I never watched a long runner anymore (I still allow myself to watch 26 episode series, though).
edited 21st Jul '11 8:07:01 AM by Heatth
I think its healthier for anime to stop making anime 13 or 26 in the episode format thing. You either have the anime storyline compressed to fit the 13 episode format, or have some filler episodes in the 26 episodes format. Yes some do fit perfectly fine in the 13/26 episode format, but most would surely benefit from a less strict schedule.
(Yes I know this is somewhat off topic, but I just feel like saying that after reading about 13/26 episode formats).
edited 21st Jul '11 9:12:59 AM by kalandra
I dunno about animation quality (of the top of my head I can name some 13 episode anime with poor animation and 26 episode anime with excellent animation), but I like the 13 episode form better in general. The pacing in 13 episode anime always seems to be quite good, while 26 episode anime have the tendency to drag and include unimportant shit.
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So, this article, is it talking about sales per month, sales ever, sales in the opening season, or what? Does it combine sales of all volumes, or is it like the sales of one volume?
edited 21st Jul '11 9:30:15 AM by ThatHuman
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From what I understand, it is average sale per BD/DVD volume for each series. That seems to be the usual yardstick to discuss anime sales.
Do many of them even break the even? Also, how much percent do DVD sales take (damn grammar) in overall anime sales?
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