It's too good for its own good. I have a feeling it'll end up being a series that will end up resonating with Western audiences more than Japanese ones at the end of the day
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Japanese Readers Vote For The Next "Poster Manga" for Shonen Jump
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It's too good for its own good. I have a feeling it'll end up being a series that will end up resonating with Western audiences more than Japanese ones at the end of the day
NeonZ
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Its real chance was the anime. Considering how it didn't happen there, I guess we're already pretty much looking at its peak.
Messofanego
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Principate
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Still pretty surprising how much more popular Haikyuu is than it, inspite of the significantly larger push MHA had. It'll probably end up like Toriko a moderately successful manga though doesn't really compare to the big 3 at their peak.
Assclass was the golden goose but it an inbuilt expiry date (which was obviously better for the manga's legacy)
Psycho_Mantis
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Haikyuu's anime is really well done from what I see.
Yeah I know. Its not viewers. Some algorithm combining various factors. I wouldn't put too much into it. Even then its 1.9 million for OP and 1.8 million for Naruto (whose anime has long went past its peak).
Yeah I know. Its not viewers. Some algorithm combining various factors. I wouldn't put too much into it. Even then its 1.9 million for OP and 1.8 million for Naruto (whose anime has long went past its peak).
Principate
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Fairly certain One Piece would have more per episode viewers than Naruto does anyway. Naruto's anime peak was definitely last year though that's when it had the hour Naruto vs Sasuke special and One Piece had jack shit importance wise outside of Gear 4. The movies and manga are entire different ball games.
Psycho_Mantis
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You haven't been paying attention to Japanese ratings. Much of the fanbase abandoned the anime due to fillers. Ratings for final fight were <2.5 despite heavy advertising.
Ratings for episodes in 2014 were 3-4 even fillers lol.
In Japan, without a doubt OP gets much more, but this was meant to be a global metric right?
Newtype-001
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Waiting for the S2 boost of MHA.
Best Sports anime.
If it does anything more for sales and exposure
Watch it.
Best Sports anime.
Principate
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Yeah which is why it's substantial weekly strength in Japan edges out it's weakness around the worldwide. It's not like One Piece has some neglible worldwide viewership and this includes illegal streaming as well as ratings data in at least US and Japan and likely much more.
In Japan even in 2015 the peak, One Piece doubled Naruto's gross income.
Oh, sports? Probably not really gonna be my thing then.
Psycho_Mantis
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That would be wrong unless its excluding other mediums or overseas sales. 2015 Naruto had a movie that made $50 million+, UNS4 which shipped 2 million (50-80 million revenue), a mobile game that was top 5 in China, and releases of the final volume and Gaiden overseas.
http://www.saiyanisland.com/2016/06...nchise-for-tv-tokyo-april-2015-to-march-2016/
Naruto was number 1 in sales for Tv Tokyo from 2015-2016, beating Yokai Watch and Pokemon.
OP viewership ww would be significantly lower than Naruto's most likely.
Permanently A
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Guys, Haikyuu is fuckin incredible. I don't even like sports. This sums up my thoughts perfectly.
Permanently A
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I never tried a sports anime before Haikyu, but I am totally a fan of the genre now.
I tried Eyeshield 21 or something a few years ago, some kid who had some weird power where he could see the future or predict what other people were going to do or something while they were playing hand egg/wuss rugby, but never really got into it.
Permanently A
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I don't know about that, but Haikyuu is a lot more grounded, no super powers or anything. The main character is short but he can jump really high. That's about it. The nice part about Haikyuu is that the focus isn't really on volleyball as much as it is about the characters. It never felt like one of those psychological animes that busts out flowcharts and hypotheticals to describe a game. The action is pure and the characters are human.
Bounceounce
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It has though.
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