Chapter 194: Fiery
On such a Saturday morning, Fullmetal Alchemist aired! Such a broadcast time is very particular! For example, the anime "One Piece", which is very popular in Japan right now, is broadcast on Fuji Television Network from 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays, and it is simply hot all over Japan! And it's interesting to know that such a Japanese TV broadcast network is also very interesting, because the Japanese TV network is not the same as China's. On the Chinese side, a TV station is a TV station, and there is no subordinate relationship between them, and the program resources between them are not fully copied. Basically, all kinds of provincial, municipal, and county-level TV stations are all in their own systems. It is not said that the county-level TV station is broadcasting the city station programs all day long, nor is it said that the city station is rebroadcasting the provincial station programs all day long, and there is no provincial station that is relaying CCTV programs all day and night!
But such a thing is normal in Japan! That's right, Japan's so-called five major TV networks are actually an alternative "merger" of many small and medium-sized TV stations' program resources, so that small and medium-sized TV stations are basically rebroadcasting their programs, and such a TV network system is produced! In Japan, there are laws and regulations that prohibit all TV stations from broadcasting nationwide, except for NHK, which is a national level! But the modern business system requires TV stations to expand their broadcasting scope as much as possible, so what should we do? Very simple! Wouldn't it be enough to let other TV stations broadcast our signal?
There are quite a lot of Japanese television stations, and unlike China, Japanese television stations do not just have various local government television stations. More of them are various private TV stations and the like! So this kind of TV station, it's really everywhere. When TV stations are everywhere. The competition is too fierce, which leads to many small and medium-sized TV stations simply not having the strength to produce their own TV resources. If you want to pull ads or something, it's not easy to pull. So they also have a need to hold big TV stations! And under such a hit off between the two sides, there is a big TV station to provide signals to a small TV station, and then the small TV station directly relays various programs of the big TV station throughout the day.
So in such a situation, in fact, Fuji TV broadcasts such a "One Piece" that can be seen on Saturday morning on different Fuji TV stations throughout Japan! So this viewer is actually quite a lot! And although it is said that it is Saturday morning, it seems that it should be broadcast at 9:30 in the morning when everyone is sleeping, but anime like "One Piece" is very popular with children. So in fact, a large part of the popularity of such a film in Japan is that parents watch it with their children on Saturday morning, and when they watch it, their parents also think that such a thing is very good. In the end, it became a rhythm that everyone loved!
And Wen Xun's "Fullmetal Alchemist", which was also broadcast on Fuji's TV station, and the broadcast time, it was even more closely followed by "One Piece", it can be said that this is the cartoon of "One Piece" that gave "Fullmetal Alchemist" an "import" role, that is, it helped attract a large number of viewers in advance. From a certain point of view, Kadokawa Bookstore is also a work of the Fuji department, so that the Fuji department would rather use an ace anime like "One Piece" to praise "Fullmetal Alchemist"! That's right! Just think about it, when One Piece fans sit in front of the TV at 9:30 in the morning and start watching the anime. By the end of the cartoon, many people may not be satisfied! "Fullmetal Alchemist", which will be released at such a time, is likely to make everyone feel good, so many people will not change the channel, and will stay in such a Fuji station to continue watching. Isn't this the introduction of the popularity of "One Piece" to "Fullmetal Alchemist"? Isn't this a big hit in "Fullmetal Alchemist"?
This is one of Fuji's approaches. That really made "Fullmetal Alchemist" very popular. On such a Saturday morning, the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist was released! That's an exaggerated number! What do you call exaggeration? You must know that many Chinese have seen such a cartoon as "Cherry Maruko" when it was released in Japan. That's just an average of 10% of the ratings, and cartoons like Detective Conan. On average, the ratings are now only 6%, less than 7%! So it can be said that after the first episode of such a film as "Fullmetal Alchemist" was released, the ratings directly surpassed "Detective Conan"!
And you should know that the content of the first episode of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is relatively bland. Such a cartoon is the more exciting the plot is in the back, and the more attractive the whole cartoon is in the back! So there is no doubt that the ratings will definitely rise in the future! And in this way, that is to say, to catch up with the ratings of "Cherry Maruko", it may only be a matter of time! Although it still can't catch up with the average rating of 13% of "One Piece". But "One Piece" is such an animation that is very strange in the first place, and it is something that Japanese people especially like, which is simply a thing that has no reason and is incomprehensible to foreigners! For example, in foreign countries, let's say in China, the fans of the three major migrant comics "One Piece", "Naruto", and "Bleach are actually about the same.,Especially the first two.,Even if there is a gap, the number of fans is not big! But on the Japanese side, the popularity of "One Piece" is really hot all over the country, and it is far from getting rid of "Naruto"! With such a rating, it makes "One Piece" the first and second in the ratings of the anime that is being broadcast all year round! How does this compare?
But in any case, such an opening result of "Fullmetal Alchemist" is quite good! And when it comes to the second episode,! This is really close to 10% of the ratings step by step! If you count the 10 percent of the viewership according to the Japanese population, more than 10 million people watched the premiere on Saturday morning! What is this concept? And don't forget that this is still the premiere! It's Sunday, and there's a replay! At the time of the rebroadcast, the ratings of "Fullmetal Alchemist" were not low! No matter from which point of view, it can be said that in a short period of time, this Kadokawa Bookstore has joined forces with Wen Xun and Fuji TV stations to create a hot and fiery animation brand!
After such a brand became popular, Kadokawa Bookstore was not idle at all, and with the popularity of cartoons, the next thing was a frenzy of various peripheral products! Within a week, Fullmetal Alchemist merchandise was available in all parts of the world. For example, figurine-made toys, plush doll toys, and even T-shirts printed with "Fullmetal Alchemist", as well as notebooks, small fans, and other products, it is really blooming everywhere. In addition to such traditional small things, what is more eye-catching is naturally Xiao Wei's album! The album of "Steel Alchemist" sung by Xiao Wei soon came out with the broadcast of the cartoon. After it was released, the sales within a week were very impressive, and more than 8,000 albums were sold in a week!
These 8,000-plus albums may not seem like much, but you must know that this is a week-long statistics for all of Japan, and it's a week! What if it adds up? What if a month? What if it's two months? And if such a cartoon is to be broadcast, it won't be broadcast in just a few weeks! According to the results produced by Wen Xun and Kadokawa Bookstore, such an anime will be released for about 40 weeks, that is, almost 10 months! In 10 months, won't this record sell better and better in the future? When there are more and more fans or something, the sales will definitely look better and better! In the end, after the film is played as a whole, it is estimated that it will be easy for Xiao Wei's album to sell 100,000 copies!
100,000 albums don't sound like a superstar who sells millions or even millions at every turn. But at that time, you must know that Xiao Wei is just a 14-year-old girl after all, and the key thing is that such an album is actually just a song over and over again, but it is just a rearranged song, even if it is replaced with a song of various styles, but it is actually still a song! In such a situation, it is very good that such a "insincere" album can still be sold, and it is definitely a representative of Xiao Wei's strength!
And the result, just like Wen Xun and Kadokawa Bookstore predicted, the weekly effect of this record sales was very good, and 12,000 albums were sold in a week! This means that in just two weeks, the album of "Fullmetal Alchemist" has sold 20,000 copies! And you should know that the price of genuine albums in Japan is not cheap! For example, the album of "Fullmetal Alchemist" sung by Xiao Wei is directly about 200 yuan, which is already a relatively cheap price for conscience! In such a situation, 20,000 copies were sold in two weeks, which means that Kadokawa Bookstore earned 4 million yuan in sales in half a month! If you directly calculate a month's worth according to your results, why don't you have 8 million yuan a month?
This month's sales of 8 million yuan are in the account, but it's really good! If this continues until then, it is not possible to have such a sales volume every half a month, which means that there are at least 20 opportunities to earn 8 million yuan, how much is this? It can be said that Kadokawa Bookstore is really going to make a profit! And Xiao Yui, who sang such a song, although relatively speaking, the big head still has to be divided into Kadokawa Bookstore, but just by virtue of the share obtained by selling the album, this little Wei can also become a little rich woman all of a sudden! And all of this, that's all thanks to Fullmetal Alchemist! (To be continued......)