tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post8102169519040399276..comments2023-12-23T00:42:26.651-08:00Comments on The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963-2013): 2000, Part 1: Last Stop of the MillenniumGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385629483209026981noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-50367878378597124842013-06-24T05:33:37.184-07:002013-06-24T05:33:37.184-07:00I'm certainly not an authority on this but ane...I'm certainly not an authority on this but anecdotally I thought at the time of its release that it was very high profile; FLCL graced the front covers of a number of hobby magazines back in the day and there seemed to be a lot of positive buzz. I blind bought the DVDs as they came out myself (each except for the first had English subtitles, a novelty at the time!) and that's certainly not something I'd have been doing if Newtype and its brethren hadn't convinced me it was worth checking out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-55885398137217617642013-06-22T13:57:58.274-07:002013-06-22T13:57:58.274-07:00Hey, Animecommentary here. I found a post outlinin...Hey, Animecommentary here. I found a post outlining anime DVD sales from 2000 to 2012 - not what you're looking for, but it may still provide some info. According to the chart, only two anime from 2000, Hand Maid May and Love Hina, broke the top 100 for the time period.<br /><br />http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?p=1972211#post1972211Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-12892426396461200842013-06-22T08:44:12.563-07:002013-06-22T08:44:12.563-07:00I've been trying to figure out exactly how wel...I've been trying to figure out exactly how well is "well" when it comes to FLCL's popularity in Japan. From what I can gather from sales of each anime volume, it managed to get average sales over 20K for each volume. Hard to really compare it to TV shows during the same time, but Love Hina got similar sales for its own anime volumes in 2000.<br /><br />I will investigate!Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385629483209026981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-72265523083500250842013-06-21T14:48:09.574-07:002013-06-21T14:48:09.574-07:00The year 2000 is also notable for anime's anim...The year 2000 is also notable for anime's animation production becoming heavily reliant on the use of computers. Using computers as a less expensive way to colour the frames of animation had first started to be used back in 97/98, but 2000 was the first year to show the balance tipping in favour of computer-assisted animation.. Of the 3 anime mentioned in this article, only InuYasha was still produced using traditional cel animation, and it too eventually made the jump to computer animation starting with episode 100.It was in fact probably the last anime popular with western audiences to have still been produced using cel animation as late as 2002.<br /><br />Slight nitpick: 2000 is actually the last year of the previous millenium. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455108671364992297.post-13088585151123517652013-06-19T19:47:16.698-07:002013-06-19T19:47:16.698-07:00How was FLCL received in Japan?How was FLCL received in Japan?Izeas GThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202661007142309137noreply@blogger.com