By many reports, Chainsaw Man was Anime of the Year. The year 2022 ended with a bang thanks to the adaptation of the manga of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto, which had achieved good results in the magazine, which then became an excellent look at the tankobon sales sector. but How did the anime Chainsaw Man go instead??
While we were talking about the arrival of Chainsaw Man season 2, a must after everything that happened to Denji in the first 12 episodes, fans of the anime were worried about the new dates that have just been released. After reported sales The Chainsaw Man home video edition only sold 1,735 copies. More specifically, the copies are split between 1310 for the Blu-ray edition and 425 for the DVD edition.
So the first volume of the first season didn’t have much success in its first week on sale, and those are low numbers for a project aiming to be a hit. For comparison Volume 2 of Bocchi the Rock! sold 17619 copies while the fifth by Lycoris Recoil sold 23417 copies. Naturally, when the data was reported, Chainsaw Man fans began to fear the worst. When season 2 is in production, it could mean there won’t be a sequel with a third.
Of course, all this is not said, since the anime Chainsaw Man does not depend solely on the sales of the home video edition, although these are still very important for the Japanese animation market. We’ll just have to wait and see Studio MAPPA’s future moves.
Chainsaw Man Blu-ray/DVD Volume 1 sold 1,735 copies in its first week on sale. pic.twitter.com/KS2kZrhPhp
– Anime News and Facts (@AniNewsAndFacts) January 31, 2023
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