Don't forget Production I.G a studio known to makes high quality animation for both international movies (they did a few animation scenes in Kill Bill ) and for manga e.g they did the adaptation for Haikyuu, Kuroko, Prince of Tennis and is one of the best studios to get an animation from imo.
Kinda crazy it seems. Just 1 or 2 weeks ago we still had people adamant kny won't surpass kingdom.
Imagine a year ago if someone told me the dude who got jelly of Nisio and failed all his chances to be big in Jump is selling better than Kishi, I would have adviced him to check his med
I hope the dude behind 2.5D is really Ikezawa.So Act-Age, act-age or Act-age
Still have faith in Madhouse after Overlord season 3
."40 volumes"
And about the poll, I voted no because I am a lame-ass, boring person who don't believe in miracles. I hope reality prove me wrong.
I was going to say 30-ish, but I'm not sure that's enough to put it on an equal tier to MHA, or even Kenshin.
See my above reply.Kinda crazy it seems. Just 1 or 2 weeks ago we still had people adamant kny won't surpass kingdom.
Imagine a year ago if someone told me the dude who got jelly of Nisio and failed all his chance to be big in Jump is selling better than Kishi, I would had adviced him to check his med
So Act-Age, act-age or Act-age
Still have faith in Madhouse after Overlord season 3
Seriously, you guys have to check it. That adaptation is in the same tier with Berserk 2016.
"40 volumes" is enough!?
Seriously, I believe 20 to 30 volumes is the proper length. Not to short to make fans demand for more, while also not to big to scare of newcomers.
And about the poll, I voted no because I am a lame-ass, boring person who don't believe in miracles. I hope reality prove me wrong.
I picked Madhouse because of their spectacular work on OPM, but perhaps I overestimated them? And yes, I would pick Production I.G. As my next choice after Madhouse.
Kuroko no Basket and Haikyuu!!
Don't be silly. Ufotable isn't a guaranteed success maker and it style won't fit every manga (hell it didn't really fit Kimetsu either) and I doubt they can go to ufo to begin with given how I'm pretty sure it only really caught ufo's eye due to Nasu (FSN writer) recommendation for the series.
-Spy x Family made by CloverWorks (but with the staff that did the Kaguya-sama adaptation) or Trigger
Honestly the only manga that deserved to beat it was AoT cause not only was it a year after the anime ended but also along the same time the volume sales had also increased so it wasn't just running entirely on backlog. Kimetsu on the otherhand is entirely on backlog and it only got this close fairly recently and along the same time OP's sales armor were starting to break so it couldn't rely on its backlog like in previous years.
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Name one series by Madhouse that got a good boost after they animated OPM.
The anime got an extension for a third year. Why do people still believe the series isn't popular? It's one of TV Tokyo's biggest property.
I mean, we're talking about sales, not how a manga is better than another. Should Kimetsu beats OP this year, it will be because of its huge backlog sales. It's just an one time thing, and no one with two brain cells will think Kimetsu is anywhere near Slam Dunk or Kingdom tier.
I bet that mangaka in general would want for their series to be adapted by Ufotable even before Kimetsu, but it's not like they have a choice in the matter
I’m also pretty sure another reason for its failure was that the whole show suddenly hit WAY too close to home about two to three episodes in. Not it’s own fault but the timing was really bad.Honestly the only manga that deserved to beat it was AoT cause not only was it a year after the anime ended but also along the same time the volume sales had also increased so it wasn't just running entirely on backlog. Kimetsu on the otherhand is entirely on backlog and it only got this close fairly recently and along the same time OP's sales armor were starting to break so it couldn't rely on its backlog like in previous years.
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Also FF proves that no matter how much care is put into your work it won't mask the fact that the work itself isn't very good. Ufo just brought out what a lot of people already knew what made Kimetsu so good whereas David almost seem too good for the source of material its working on.
Even if this is not the final arc, I don't see Kimetsu running longer than 25 volumes. It's simply not set up for the long run like MHA and BC, with its straightforward story and fast pacing. The author doesn't have appetite for "filler" content either.
I hear this a lot, but is there a source for Nasu recommending the manga to ufotable?
People forget Neverland also bombed in BD sales yet anine helped the sales a lot. BD is far from only criteria for the success.
People say this but Promare was a huge success and even with the incident it didn't slow down sales at all. Even after the incident FF was still the talk of the town for weeks but then people just stopped when it flaws started hampering their enjoyment which had nothing to do with anything but the show itself.
Its honestly just speculation but it feels too coincidental that ufotable, a studio that has been active for 19 years, was suddenly interested in adaptating a WSJ manga to TV right after the writer of Fate said something about it since the last time they did anything with WSJ was animating the Toriko Jump Festa pilot. Maybe Nasu didn't directly convince them to adapt it but his author recommendation might have gotten it attention from venues.
I recall that Nak says the process of adapting a series is kind of mixed between the studios' initiative and the publisher/mangaka. From what he implies, mangakas could specifically request which studio he wants to animate their work, if they actually wanted to.
I can't help but wonder if Gator-sensei might be feeling a bit of regret not trying to insert more light-hearted arcs in between like Hori does with MHA. Hori was successful right out of the gate (it helps that he had some really fortunate timing), so it wouldn't surprise me if his editors told him to insert some light arcs in between to help prolong its shelf life. Of course, I do know how some people have an issue with that, but my overall opinion of the lighter arcs is mostly positive.
