Early Gonzo funeral
Gonzo seems almost dead recently so I can pretend they’re already dead and post about their history!
Sales of the first volume DVD for Gonzo anime:
12,318 Strike Witches LE vol.1
11,906 Vandread vol.1
*8,486 Last Exile vol.1
*8,029 Vandread the second stage vol.1
*7,456 Rosario to Vampire vol.1
*7,403 Gatekeepers vol.1
*6,996 Saki vol.1
*6,992 Kiddy Grade vol.1
*6,376 Hellsing vol.1
*5,990 Saishuu heiki kanojo vol.1
*5,558 Fullmetal Panic! vol.1
*4,332 Crono Crusade vol.1
*3,998 Black Cat vol.1
*3,821 Seto no hanayome vol.1
*3,773 Tower of Druaga ~the Aegis of URUK~ vol.1
*3,538 Witchblade
*3,074 Choujyuushin Gravion Zwei vol.1
*2,732 Gankutsuou vol.1
*2,722 GANTZ vol.1
*1,978 Kaze no Stigma vol.1
*1,802 Gad Guard vol.1
*1,668 Choujyuushin Gravion vol.1
*1,542 SAMURAI7 vol.1
*1,508 Samurai Girl Real Bout Highschool vol.1
*1,374 Getsumentoheiki Mina
*1,278 Blassreiter vol.1
The list only counts the sales of anime that got ranked in the top 100 oricon sales rankings, there are a number of other Gonzo anime like Shangri-la with sales below 1,000 that did not make into the top 100 so their sales numbers are not known.
Gonzo’s shares were once worth over 600,000 yen (US$6,618) a share in 2006 but has dropped to below 1,000 yen (US$11) in 2009 before they got delisted. Chart via advfn
2006/01/16 – 635,000 – Giniro no kami no Agito
2006/04/04 – 456,000 – Witchblade, Glass Fleet
2006/07/03 – 365,000 – Brave Story, NHK ni youkoso!
2006/10/23 – 179,000 – Pumpkin Scissors, Red Garden
2007/01/22 – 122,000 – Afro Samurai, Getsumentoheiki Mina
2007/03/26 – *85,800 – KG movie, R x J, Seto, Stigma, Bokurano
2007/10/11 – *74,000 – Dragonaut
2008/01/09 – *53,800 – Rosario to vampire
2008/03/25 – *44,550 – Tower of Druaga, Blassreiter, S.A
2008/07/01 – *23,300 – Strike Witches
2008/07/22 – *17,300
2008/07/29 – *15,140
2008/08/19 – **6,800
2008/10/10 – **4,990 – Linebarrel
2009/05/29 – **2,470 – Saki, Shangri-la
2009/06/07 – **1,630
2009/07/29 – ***,630 – Delisted from Tokyo Stock Exchange
Here is where I ran out of stuff to say. That wasn’t much of a funeral.
Also the Gonzo Style Online store is selling stuff like Black Cat vol.7 LE DVD set at 15 yen (US$0.16) each for their closing down sale.
Ref: 【GDH】GONZO Part21【ｺﾞﾝｿﾞ】 + α
