SAILOR MOON ranks Top 4 in DOMESTIC LICENSING for Toei Animation's latest report

[Al Evans]

Christ, Dragon Ball is almost half their overseas stuff in it's own. RIP Toriyama.

Its ironic SM is less profitable overseas when shows similar to it like Miraculous are, and the West love SM probably the most of all MG characters.

I will also say this, SM being g #4 domestically is surprising, and encouraging for us potentially getting another anime in the future

 

[Al Evans]

digimon yes
slam dunk sorta kinda

the slam dunk movie (first slam dunk) was released worldwide in cinemas last year

other than than the licensed (cheap) merch on the usa, what else has sm outside japan?

I dunno about Digimon tbh

 

[Al Evans]

The West is just a part of overseas.

Wrong. The West is everything that is not Japan. Source: Trust me bro

 

[Al Evans]

But can you tell that by just looking at the video games? I'm sure that a Sailor Moon videogame would sell a lot more than a Totally Spies videogame and yet Totally Spies is going to have a videogame and Sailor Moon is not. Why is this? I doubt that lack of sales is the reason.

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If they remastered and officially released Another Story it might do well.

But a full on 3D SM game if done right would make bank

 

[Masquerade]

Point taken.

I suspect there was a Vans x Sailor Moon collaboration in Brazil, too.

It originated in the US and expanded through Latin America, including Brazil.

 

[SM458]

That still certainly good news with Sailor Moon even if the profit margin is still small. Frankly I’m surprised it doing good domestically.

 

[Sapphire991]

If they remastered and officially released Another Story it might do well.

But a full on 3D SM game if done right would make bank

Very naive and unrealistic especially in this day and age where high quality games from popular IPs can't even turn profit and barely break even. Game industry is in a big trouble and publishers recently axed most of their more risky stuff to focus on project that guarantee success.

 

[Clow]

For a shoujo anime that is an adaptation from a manga published in the 90s, I think it did pretty well.

 

[JunoDX]

It’s good to have it on that list. Will remind Toei and other companies that Sailor Moon still matters.

 

[Joaco95]

But can you tell that by just looking at the video games? I'm sure that a Sailor Moon videogame would sell a lot more than a Totally Spies videogame and yet Totally Spies is going to have a videogame and Sailor Moon is not. Why is this? I doubt that lack of sales is the reason.

x.com

lets be honest
both games would flop

 

[Memento]

Toei basically just produces installments of established IP at this point, so Sailor Moon's being their 4th highest earner domestically means we will almost certainly be seeing a new anime project within the next five years.

 

[NeoJupiter]

Ngl I expected the franchise to have a better overseas performance. Are Digimon and Slam Dunk really more popular than Sailor Moon in the west?

Digimon has remained fairly consistent in the US compared to SM so that makes sense

 

[JunoDX]

Toei basically just produces installments of established IP at this point, so Sailor Moon's being their 4th highest earner domestically means we will almost certainly be seeing a new anime project within the next five years.

Looking forward to it - whatever it is - can’t be worse than the reboot. Fortunately, the 1:1 thing is over now.

 

[Sapphire991]

Looking forward to it - whatever it is - can’t be worse than the reboot. Fortunately, the 1:1 thing is over now.

It can be much worse...

 

[HappyMoon]

It can be much worse...

...how?

 

[Sapphire991]

...how?

Otona Precure...

 

[MsImagination]

Otona Precure...

Dragon Ball Super :/

 

[Memelord_Yoshi]

Looking forward to it - whatever it is - can’t be worse than the reboot. Fortunately, the 1:1 thing is over now.

 

[Al Evans]

Very naive and unrealistic especially in this day and age where high quality games from popular IPs can't even turn profit and barely break even. Game industry is in a big trouble and publishers recently axed most of their more risky stuff to focus on project that guarantee success.

Wouldn't IP people like+good gameplay acheive that?

 

[Masquerade]

Toei basically just produces installments of established IP at this point, so Sailor Moon's being their 4th highest earner domestically means we will almost certainly be seeing a new anime project within the next five years.

It has been one year since Cosmos premiered in Japan, and yet there's no announcement of a international release even though dubbing is already happening at least in some territories.
I would really like to know what's happening to the IP right now, because it sounds really weird.