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Strike Witches Passes 10,000 DVDs Sold

According to Japan’s Oricon entertainment industry sales data, the first DVD volume of the recently concluded Strike Witches television series has sold nearly 11,000 copies since its September 26th release. Anime DVDs that sell more than 10,000 copies in Japan are said to be exceptionally successful. Strike Witches is reportedly the first Gonzo produced anime series to sell more than 10,000 DVDs since the 2001 DVD release of Vandread.

Apart from the obvious moe appeal, it’s nice to see the Strike Witches TV series get a lot of support because it has been one of the better TV anime productions of the year. Still no announced plans for an American DVD release, though.

Source: Canned Dogs

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2 Responses to “Strike Witches Passes 10,000 DVDs Sold”

  1. starcade Says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 10:03 am

    Oh. Dear. God.

    Strike Witches is Gonzo’s best release in six years?

    Shows that there is little more interest, in some anime fans, than to see kids in panties…

    And you wonder why UNICEF wants some forms of anime banned…

  2. THAT Animeblog - Commentaries on Recent Trends in Fanservice Says:
    December 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    [...] If you’ll recall, Gonzo a couple of months ago was in deep shit, but since it sold OVER 9000 Strike Witches DVDs, it was saved by an infusion of cash. As you will note in the blog post I [...]

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