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The sales for Fate/Zero are out. It sold 42,690 copies in week 1, topping the Oricon chart as people expected. I was predicting 40,000 (Based off of the Amazon Japan stalker site.) being the lowest it would sell, and 50,000-60,000 being the highest. Though 60,000+ for this in week one would be really shocking and unlikely.
With this, Fate/Zero is already the top-selling anime Blu-ray box, topping The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya which sold around 34,000 copies, but Haruhi's BD Box has long since sold out.
It should be noted, this is the first release Fate/Zero has ever received (The extremely, extremely rare straight to box set release.), and Haruhi was a re-release (One where it was the first time it ever hit Blu-ray.). Both F/Z and Haruhi had an MSRP of 39,000 yen, or at today's exchange rate, $470.55.
With this, Fate/Zero is already the top-selling anime Blu-ray box, topping The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya which sold around 34,000 copies, but Haruhi's BD Box has long since sold out.
It should be noted, this is the first release Fate/Zero has ever received (The extremely, extremely rare straight to box set release.), and Haruhi was a re-release (One where it was the first time it ever hit Blu-ray.). Both F/Z and Haruhi had an MSRP of 39,000 yen, or at today's exchange rate, $470.55.
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For some reason I don't think we'll have a chance to see any new episodes since last two seasons were major step down in the eyes of critics (although they did well with fans.). Repetitive action, bunch of blocks and non-subbed last season stopped this season for good. If they didn't decide then I don't think they're gonna do it now after 10 and more years!
Also, in order for the series to become successfull again, they need to completely rewrite whole script and add some fresh elements otherwise it would look like cheap method to earn some quick money. The reason why manga is very popular even today probably lies in aural reputation - they did excellent job back in 90's and had left monstrous impact that still holds their fans on spire.
When it comes to Italy, newly aired episodes might be good commercial for Sailor Moon: La Luna Splende, italian exclusive DS game.
World saviours are always teenageres, fulled with elder-like experience and capable of solving dramatic and life-threating decisions. What would you expect ?
The series use to be brutaly popular here in Croatia, up to the moment they decided to dub last two seasons with only 7 voices to act across 50 important characters.
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I understand why, according to your reasoning. I just disagree with it heavily because it doesn't agree with most business and economic models.
But I wasn't talking about the industry, but your personal concept of money, which usually goes something like
"My family can't afford to send my sister to college, and I'm going to live at home for 4 years for school because of the money, but I'll spend hundreds dollars on anime."
As others have pointed, in the real world, $400 is a decent chunk of money and many, many people find it absolutely stupid to spend that much on a season of a show when it could pay rent, insurance, bills, food, etc.
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Sigh, how many parents do you know pay entirely for their child's college expenses? I sure as hell don't know many.
Also, living at home when the college would be close actually saves money. I've seen what the costs for room and board are. It's not cheap, and that's the very reason why my sister decided to stay at home while she went to college (And to clarify: 2 years of community college, 2 years at the University of Minnesota, and a third year there coming.).
What do you have left after that's all done? Disposable income. I have no bills to pay, absolutely none. All I got really is disposable income when I get money for stuff like mowing the lawn, snow blowing, shoveling the entire driveway because the snow blower can't handle wet, slushy, heavy snow, yard work, and more.
As for finding it stupid, yes most people do as simply, Americans are too used to cheap prices for DVD's and Blu-rays.
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Fate/Zero finally made the news on ANN.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...uhi-as-no.1-tv-anime-bd-box-in-1st-week-sales
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You're so late to the party. Though in you're in for a lot of epicness.
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You ruined another perfect pair of pants, thanks.
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Just doing my job. 
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Just finished watching this which is on my Fate/Zero Blu-ray Box. Unfortunately, they did not sub any of the extras, but I felt like watching this one that you definitely need subtitles to appreciate anyway. (The other extras you didn't, especially since Aniplex USA had uploaded all those other extras onto their YouTube page subbed basically, but in not as good of quality, and with yellow subs-F/S's subs for episodes are white.)
It was basically explaining many things about the Holy Grail War it seems. The last episode with Assassin, I have no idea what that was about. I understood a very small bit of the dialogue, but they did go too fast for me most of the time when I did understand some things.
It gave me quite a bit of laughs, and it probably would have made me laugh more if I knew every word Irisveil and that other girl (Who for whatever reason is wearing only panties.) were saying, along with Assassin in that last episode. Overall, 7/10, strange as it may be for me to rate an anime I watched raw.
It was basically explaining many things about the Holy Grail War it seems. The last episode with Assassin, I have no idea what that was about. I understood a very small bit of the dialogue, but they did go too fast for me most of the time when I did understand some things.
It gave me quite a bit of laughs, and it probably would have made me laugh more if I knew every word Irisveil and that other girl (Who for whatever reason is wearing only panties.) were saying, along with Assassin in that last episode. Overall, 7/10, strange as it may be for me to rate an anime I watched raw.
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Ummmmmm, nope.
Sucks for you, but the rest of us will enjoy it when someone subs it for us. For free.
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