With the unexpected ending of Daichi Sorayomi's Keijo!!!!!!!! manga, speculation about the reason zeroed in on reports that the anime only sold 715 copies. Not so much according to Sorayomi. In a blog post, he explains that the reason isn't correct and the numbers weren't much better.
"Even before the anime aired, I was told to end Keijo's serialization" - Sorayomi (Keijo's Mangaka) https://t.co/U5YKEWkQFD pic.twitter.com/422RfDQNoJ
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
He stresses that this decision had nothing to do with the anime sales (as it had already been decided).
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
Many of the rumours surrounding Keijo have been incorrect and it seems he wrote this post to debunk them. Including the anime sales amounts.
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
"When I saw online that it had only sold 715 copies, I checked with the anime company and the numbers were higher than that"
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
"It's like the decimal place was different"
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
Keijo's sales were closer to 7000 than 700 as previously reported. https://t.co/U5YKEWkQFD pic.twitter.com/3ofVX4hZnw
Everyone loves a conspiracy, but most things are just simple. In this case, the Keijo author was just stressed and ended up doing too much.
— Canipa (@CanipaShow) April 26, 2017
@CanipaShow Shogakukan spent half a year trying to recruit an assistant but he never got one.
— Frog-kun (@frog_kun) April 26, 2017
@CanipaShow It's not just for Keijo; Oricon's estimates are taken as solid information for both JP and international fans (aided by news outlets).
— ultimatemegax, Ph.D. (@ultimatemegax) April 26, 2017
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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