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A thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyou G” (general live-discussion) board took up movies set for release next year (2027). Detective Conan, Haikyu!!, One Piece, and Pokémon’s theatrical films were all floated as candidates to clear ¥10 billion at the box office, and word surfaced that a new Demon Slayer film is all but locked in for summer 2028. The talk centered less on the films’ quality than on the trading cards handed out as attendance bonuses, with posters speculating that One Piece and Pokémon could boost turnout by giving away a new card every week. At the same time, there was plenty of griping about box office now hinging on freebies, and no shortage of jabs at scalpers cashing in on those bonus cards.
What people said
Haikyu!!
One Piece
Listen to this scrub running its mouth when it's about to get one-punched by Pokémon lol
At the end of the day it's just watered-down Pokémon dregs lol
Maybe stop acting tough over a franchise that's nothing but a passing fad?
Scalpers about to be swamped lol
Feels like it's gonna fall pretty short, no?
It's a losing game, after all (volleyball pun — Haikyu!! is about volleyball)
Godzilla -0.0 already came out this year
If summer only had Oda-kun's (One Piece) movie that'd be one thing, but now Pokémon's in there too
Summer 2028 is pretty much locked in
Poké cards can go for ¥100,000 if you pull a hit
No way they're not gonna give away content this lucrative every single week
One Piece cards can fetch ¥1 million, even ¥2 million, if you pull a hit
It'll definitely be random packs
Even a dud pull covers your ticket price
No matter how many cards they slap on, I don't think it's happening with something that looks this dull — even the movie itself seems to be about playing the card game
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2094279649694040064/vid/avc1/1280×720/txyeS7Tz8K8FRrdB.mp4?tag=14
Easy, if they tack on a new card every week
Probably gonna be a free Poké Card pack every single week
Pokémon handing out Poké Cards every week
Foreign scalpers showing up in droves lol
Conan's been boring forever, but people still turn out for it, so "it was boring" barely counts as a reason
Even ¥3 billion down from this year's box office it'd still clear ¥10 billion, so it'll probably clear the bar regardless
It's the 30th-film anniversary edition set in London
That's gonna hit ¥20 billion
It's not a bad movie, but the script's pretty sloppy — did it really deserve to do this well?
The story's nothing special, but Peter feels closer to the Sam Raimi version of Spider-Man, so I get why it's selling
The action's fun too — the camerawork feels built for IMAX/4D, almost like a theme-park ride
You're saying it's worse than Eva?
By that logic you'd be writing off every live-action Japanese film except Kokuho, which is on an absolute hot streak right now ("kakuhen," a pachinko term for guaranteed jackpot mode)
Mario, Michael, Kingdom: "…"
The previous film cleared ¥11 billion
Seriously, it's baffling how it cleared ¥10 billion — same goes for Conan
What even is a movie anymore
A trading-card giveaway with a movie attached
This, seriously lol
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
A box office of ¥10 billion is generally treated as the benchmark for a major hit in Japanese cinema, and in recent years whether theatrical anime films clear that line has become a recurring topic. The dividing line in this thread was whether turnout is being driven by the popularity of the films themselves or by fans chasing the trading cards given out as attendance bonuses. Posters repeatedly pointed to cases of One Piece and Pokémon bonus cards selling for high prices on the resale market, arguing that this is what’s really boosting attendance figures. It’s worth noting that the claim of a new Demon Slayer film being all but confirmed for summer 2028 is speculation from within the thread, not an official announcement.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyou G) thread “[Good News] Way Too Many ¥10-Billion Contenders in Next Year’s Movie Lineup wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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