bcdcdude
Dude with tweed :)
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2018
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Favourite title
- Shenmue
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- The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
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Today's exciting news got me thinking about how a lot of anime sells merchandise to exploit enhance the show. So i'm wondering what merch could feasibly be available for the Shenmue anime. Off the top of my head, I can think of the following:
Soundtrack CD's - Often I see opening/closing themes released as singles as well as albums containing the themes. The singer of [Alexandros] bought Ryo's jacket for Shenmue III and they are a pretty big deal in Japan, so imagine if they did the theme tune?
Blu-Ray/DVD's - As I understand it, physical media is still big in Japan, so this must be a cert. In the UK, it's not so big, but a lot of boutique labels exist and you have a few big anime companies who do great boxsets.
Plushies/Figurines - These could come in all shapes and sizes; normal and chibi variations. A chibi Shenhua and Nozomi would be a day one buy for me.
Clear files - Again, A4 files seem to be a big deal in Japan, so i'm sure this would be a cheap money spinner.
Anime game - Highly unlikely, but i'm thinking back to the Saturn/PS1 days where you had stuff like an FMV/Anime version of the Street Fighter II movie.
Clothing - T-Shirts. Again, an cheap and easy way to make sales.
Capsule Toys - I mean this is a meta licence to print money, surely??
Is there anything else I might be missing? The way I see it, we should be saving up right now...hopefully it will show the bean counters that Shenmue is a horse worth backing :)
Soundtrack CD's - Often I see opening/closing themes released as singles as well as albums containing the themes. The singer of [Alexandros] bought Ryo's jacket for Shenmue III and they are a pretty big deal in Japan, so imagine if they did the theme tune?
Blu-Ray/DVD's - As I understand it, physical media is still big in Japan, so this must be a cert. In the UK, it's not so big, but a lot of boutique labels exist and you have a few big anime companies who do great boxsets.
Plushies/Figurines - These could come in all shapes and sizes; normal and chibi variations. A chibi Shenhua and Nozomi would be a day one buy for me.
Clear files - Again, A4 files seem to be a big deal in Japan, so i'm sure this would be a cheap money spinner.
Anime game - Highly unlikely, but i'm thinking back to the Saturn/PS1 days where you had stuff like an FMV/Anime version of the Street Fighter II movie.
Clothing - T-Shirts. Again, an cheap and easy way to make sales.
Capsule Toys - I mean this is a meta licence to print money, surely??
Is there anything else I might be missing? The way I see it, we should be saving up right now...hopefully it will show the bean counters that Shenmue is a horse worth backing :)