Kara no kyoukai’s first movie sets records
Shinjuku keizai reports that the first Kara no kyoukai movie which had started airing on the 1st of December has experienced record success at Theatre Shinjuku, having about 20,000 people watching the movie in 4 weeks and setting records for the number of days in a row where the theatre is full.
They originally only planned to have one evening show at Theatre Shinjuku everyday, but after seeing the incredible demand for the movie, they quickly added a morning show to keep up with the demand. They ended up having a total of 70 showings at Theatre Shinjuku and a total of 19,137 viewers for the first movie.
They allow a limited number of people to watch the movie while standing, and there are only 218 seats in the theatre, so basically there is an average of 55 people standing and watching the movie with every showing.
The article reports that the theatre has not seen such record success since it has been set up, and Theatre Shinjuku has been around since 1968 and had a renewal in 1988.
The movie only aired in Theatre Shinjuku (late show and morning show) and Ikebukuro Theatre Dia (morning show only), which is part of the reason why there has been such high demand for the movie in those theatres.
Via: Shinjuku Keizai, Presepe
I thought the first movie was totally awesome. The ufotable guys really knew their stuff, it’s definitely the best Type-moon anime by far. But maaan, I wonder how the guys who haven’t read the novel felt about the movie.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:23 am
So it WAS a movie? I was having trouble figuring out what format it would be delivered in when I first heard about it a couple months back.
January 24th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Yeah it’s a series of 7 movies, one for each chapter. The third movie’s starting next month.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I hadn’t read the novel before I saw the movie and I thought it was excellent, though standing in line for an hour at 8am outside of the theatre was not very excellent at all. I went back and skimmed the translation that’s floating around the tubes, and I have to say I liked the movie more, but I picked up a hard copy of the book and I’ll hopefully get around to reading it one day.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
“it’s definitely the best Type-moon anime by far”
Not as if that was a high bar to clear…
January 25th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Oh man, can’t wait for the DVDs.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for an HD release, but I’ll probably be let down :(