| It became successful because of the well-crafted story. |
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| Yeah for sure. Though it's not like manga tends to become a worldwide phenomenon on its own anyways. |
| Plenty of anime in this genre are more popular because of the anime. It goes for the majority of them just some more than others. |
| It did have decent sales before anime release https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-02/50-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2012 The thing is anime is more responsible for a spike in sales outside Japan and continued interest in the franchise. Inside Japan it's initially more responsible for advertisement for the source material. AoT anime had the author himself engage and say stuff like it's the final form of his work, so it was much more than an advertisement. Regarding Demon Slayer, Ufotable struck gold: 1. Nasu liked it while Ufotable was engaged with Fate 2. A part of the studio took it as a passion project 3. Togashi (HxH) also loved it. Overall the manga just had the right reception to make it into a popular franchise. 4. Shueisha editors and Aniplex saw the potential. Ufotable was contracted anyway. 5. They put their passion into that 1st season and rest was history in terms of monetary gains. |
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| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| Not at all. The manga was selling VERY good before the anime came out during a time anime wasnt as main stream as right now. Obviously the anime made it boost its sales to stratospheric proportions but unlike Kimetsu, SnK had a significant fanbase before the anime. I actually remember that before the anime people didnt know if Hange was a guy or a girl, and Levi was known as Rivaille by some minstranslations. |
| Have you seen the manga, of course the anime was the reason 1 this got famous. Look at blame, it took 15 + years to get attention. |
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| The manga was successful before the anime airs. The author was inspired by Muv-Luv Alternative VN, and he felt he should write a story with endless depth that everyone can enjoy. I think the author mentioned it during age 20th anniversary: When the author publishes the first volume/chapter of AoT, he won some award (so I don’t remember the award, is it Shuiesha gold award?). He felt guilty that AoT has ripped off MLA and went to the creator of MLA to apologise but he was chilled with it and invited him to dinner. Years later, the anime airs and further boosts its popularity. |
| Yes, the anime made the series famous worldwide in the first place after all. I've never heard AoT at all before the 1st season got adapted, and when the 1st season came out, many people were talking about it left and right. |
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| AoT has always sold well, but the anime has definitely contributed significantly to it becoming such a huge hype and popular all over the world, the manga would never have had such an impact on its own. |
Reply to REAL10
You are right. The manga's art is not so good. Attack on Titan has become a masterpiece because of the anime.
REAL10 said: You are right. The manga's art is not so good. Attack on Titan has become a masterpiece because of the anime. The art starts out, frankly, bad. But I would argue that about halfway through, it becomes great. and gets better and better. It's a slow and steady improvement. It remains inconsistent to the end, but at some point I found myself with an open mouth looking at some of those pages. |
| aot is goated bro. I do agree with studio did an amazing job but it's also true that the story of aot is outstanding. watched so many anime but nothing could replace aot so far |
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