ai Tenchi Sales

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Has there been any news on how Disc2 sold?  I don't see any amazon reviews on the bluray after all the fake reviews on the first disc....

Edit: One review just now after 2 weeks.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%84%9B%E3%83%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%9C%B0%E7%84%A1%E7%94%A8-%E5%BC%90-Blu-ray-%E8%8F%8A%E6%B1%A0%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%8E/dp/B00O7TPYRO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1425717249&sr=8-3&keywords=%E6%84%9B%E3%83%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%9C%B0%E7%84%A1%E7%94%A8

Edit 2:
Here it is:
http://www3.atchs.jp/test/read.cgi/urisure/1358138075/

2015/03/02付 BDTOP100 (集計期間：02/16～02/22)
*26　--　*1,070　*,**1,070　**1　愛・天地無用！弐

If that's just Bluray sales, it's dropped a little but mostly holding steady albeit low number.

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FINAL SALES FIGURES:

http://www.someanithing.com/3092

Ai Tenchi Muyou! v3
Bluray 1,134     
DVD (?)*

*Not on the main list, but numbers can be found on the extended list).

Series Bluray/DVD Combined Average according to source: 1,430 units.  That includes sales past the first week up to now (Vol1 being on sale for 8 weeks already, for instance).

Observations:
None of the Ai Tenchi Muyo Volumes, including 3, placed in the BDTop100 after their first week.  This slump in sales is natural when months and months of pre-orders is considered in first week sales.  Weekly sales typically have to exceed around the 200-300ish range for Blurays to be in the anime Top 100.

For Ai Tenchi Muyo in general, sales of Blu outpaced DVD by around 4 to 1.  This ratio isn't always the case for other titles.  For instance, on the link, Omoide no Marnie sold more DVDs than BD (12,094 vs 9,267) in it's first week.  This suggests Ai Tenchi captured what little it did of the Otaku market and almost no casual viewers.

For all 3 Volumes combined:
*"Box Office" take so far at: $195,409

(5,450 yen average Amazon price of 3 volumes = $45.55 right now.  $45.55 x 1,430 units x 3 volumes.)

This is already a bit overstated roughly by $7,500 because DVDs were 1,000 yen less, or ~$8/unit.  Because the average sales up to now is 1,430 units per volume, and all openings were steady at around 1300ish combined BD/DVD sales, it suggests volume 3 will see around 100-150 more units after the initial week by the time it's hits volume 1's current age (2 months).  That might be $6,800 - canceling the previous discrepancy out.  Very, very generously, AiTM may take $20,000 more than the stated figure home altogether if it can somehow convice 150 more fans to buy all 3 volumes in the months ahead.

I will conclude that AIC can't live as a company on that type of money.  I have no clue what it will net from this.  Considering whatever the end retailer takes, DVD/BD costs, voice talent costs, etc.  Even merchandise sales first need an audience that wants to buy said items.  For whatever reason, the show bombed unless Tokyo MX paid them very well.  All the subsequent TV airings on other channels (regions) have been midnight or later, according to Japanese wikipedia.  One channel started airing it less than its 2 weeks it finish its initial run at 2/2:30 in the morning.

To put things in view, Okayama got suckered into paying $165,000 in "advertising expenses" for this.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-26/new-tenchi-muyo-series-announced-to-promote-tourism/.74909

AIC NOW:


What anime costs to make:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/10/30-1/how-much-does-one-episode-of-anime-cost-to-make