Stock and post-animation status
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The Poptepic anime has various sections such as “☆color girl drop”, “POP TEAM STORY”, “POP TEAM EPIC”, “POP TEAM 8BIT”, “Poptepic Cooking”, etc., with some parts recreating the original work, and some parts with a completely original story.
The original story that was digested in that section is up to two volumes.
At the time the anime aired, only two volumes had been released, so it was almost out of stock.
As of March 2020, two years after the anime ended, it has been released up to volume 3 (containing seasons 3 and 4).
Season 5 is currently being serialized on Manga Life WIN, and considering the trends so far, it is expected that volume 4 will be released between the end of 2020 and the spring of 2021.
Thus, if we need two volumes of stock, as we did in the first season, it will need a little more time to build up.
However, as mentioned before, this work has a lot of animations, and depending on the spoonful, it is possible to make a cool work even if there is not much stock of the original work.
Therefore, you don’t have to worry too much about the stock aspect.
What is important is the current popularity of the series.
This is because gag anime is a genre in which it is hard to sell discs, and even if it does, it is easy to get bored with it and sales can drop off significantly.
The second season of “Osomatsu-san”, which utilizes a variety of parodies and gimmicks like this work, saw a significant drop in sales compared to the first season, which was an explosive hit.
Let’s take a look at how Poptepic is faring after the anime aired.
The OVA for the 2019 TV special aired in 2019 sold 5,300 copies, nearly flat with the TV series.
The sales of the original three volumes also sold about the same as the two volumes.
Therefore, it can be said that the series has a strong fan base without getting bored in 2019.
On the other hand, there is an element of concern in the interview with producer Sudo Kotaro, who planned the anime adaptation of this work.
‘Will you do a second season or a movie version?’ The answer to the question “Why don’t you do it?
However, I feel this is a nuance that they don’t have the energy left to do a second season because it was a challenging project in many ways.
In the first place, the original work itself has been scammed many times in the last episode, and with that in mind, the statement “we won’t do a second season” could be considered a flag.
More than that, the problem is that this anime is not a production committee, but a single company, King Records, that is the sole investor.
In other words, it is up to King Record to decide if they will do a second season.
The OP song “POP TEAM EPIC” sung by Ms. Uesaka has become a hit song with over 100,000 downloads and the album “Popptepic ALL TIME BEST” has reached number 2 in the weekly charts, so the second season seems to be promising.
summary
I was surprised to see Hell Shake Yano unexpectedly buzzed in the anime!
Anyway, I think it’s an anime that offers a variety of challenges, and I hope it becomes a frame of mind for the voice actors and creators to play freely!
