Boss Jia's other heavy blow was the Yu-Gi-Oh anime series.
After the anime of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" ended, the anime of "Yu-Gi-Oh" was immediately followed by the anime.
Although Ichiro Honda suggested that Yu-Gi-Oh be broadcast as the prequel of the Legend of the Three Kingdoms, Boss Jia rejected his suggestion. He did not want the two to have a strong prequel relationship.
On the other hand, due to the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh's animation was rushed and there were 56 episodes in the first season, as well as the fact that Dynasty had another more important animation to work on, the animation for Yu-Gi-Oh was inevitably a little rough.
However, even if it was rough, it was still better than all of Japan's current animations. However, the beginning of Yu-Gi-Oh wasn't like Legend of the Three Kingdoms. It didn't cause an uproar, so it wasn't very popular.
However, as the readers gradually discovered the connection between Yu-Gi-Oh and the Legend of the Three Kingdoms, the Yu-Gi-Oh anime's ratings began to rise.
At the same time, because the Yu-Gi-Oh anime was better than the Legend of the Three Kingdoms, the popularity and ratings of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime gradually increased to more than 25%. Although it did not break through the 30% threshold, it was already a great result.
Before the Yu-Gi-Oh anime was broadcast, the first volume of the manga was already in the market. The TV anime had little impact on the manga. The second volume of the manga was released in February. At that time, one could see the strong effect of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime on the manga.
In fact, the effect of the sales could be seen from the first volume that was released.
Before the anime was released, the first volume of the manga had sold more than a million copies. It achieved an achievement that was extremely difficult for any manga to achieve, which was the achievement of selling more than a million copies.
After the second volume of the manga was released, it sold more than 500,000 copies within a week and more than a million copies within a month. It achieved double the first volume's sales.
Now, the first and second volumes of the manga had sold more than three million copies. The average sales was 1.5 million copies. Such sales could be ranked in the top 20 of Fusang's manga average sales.
That basically meant that Yu-Gi-Oh had reached the status of Fusang's top manga.
What did that mean?
For example, the only comics that could be listed as first-tier comics and were still serialized at the same time were Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Doraemon, Saint Seiya, Jojo's Amazing Adventure, and Slam Dunk. These comics could be considered first-tier comics.
In the other world, Yu-Gi-Oh took a full four years to become a first-tier game with an average of one million sales. But now, Yu-Gi-Oh only took four months.
The Yu-Gi-Oh card series was officially sold in Fusang on March 15, 1993.
This time, not only the 7-Eleven convenience store, but all the snack shops in Japan also put up the "Yu-Gi-Oh" cards at the same time.
The Coarse Desserts Association had completely disbanded last month. Now, basically all the Coarse Desserts shops in the country relied on the new Coarse Desserts Shop Managers Association to purchase goods.
Unlike the previous Snack Association, which put the income of its members in the most important position, this association was composed entirely of snack shop managers.
The Coarse Pastry Store Manager Association naturally prioritized the income of the store. Therefore, the store didn't only sell coarse pastry. Many things that had nothing to do with coarse pastry could also be sold in the store.
This time, after learning that the Yu-Gi-Oh cards were going to be sold, the Snack Association took the initiative to come to the door, hoping that these cards could also be sold in the snack shops.
Previously, because the snack shops neglected the Elfin Crispy Noodles, tens of billions of yen of profits that originally belonged to them were all taken away by the convenience stores. This made the store managers very angry.
However, because the Elfin Crispy Noodles had signed an exclusive sales contract with the 7-Eleven convenience store, they could not be sold in any other stores. So, although the new Snack Association was very enthusiastic, they were still rejected and could not sell the Elfin Crispy Noodles.
Now that they had found out that the "Yu-Gi-Oh" cards were the same as the previous "Crispy Noodle Snacks", and that the selling point was also a card, the Coarse Snacks Store Managers Association could no longer sit still. They took the initiative to look for Da Qian and requested that the Coarse Snacks Store be allowed to sell cards as well.
The Daqian was naturally very happy about this. In fact, the convenience stores were not the Daqian's best choice. After all, children were more used to shopping at snack shops. They were forced to sell the cards in the convenience stores.
Now that the Careless Dim Sum Store Managers Association had taken the initiative to come to him, Da Qian naturally wouldn't refuse. Therefore, the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card sales this time became a joint sales plan between the Careless Dim Sum Association and the 7-Eleven Convenience Store.
After the official sales began, Boss Jia, Ichiro Honda, and the others were a little nervous. They had done everything they could, such as continuously hinting at the relationship between the "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" and the "Yu-Gi-Oh" through various media outlets.
At the same time, they also advertised the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card sales on all platforms. What happened next seemed to be up to God's will.
At this time, if Jia Yapeng knew that there were a large number of people lining up in front of the 7-Eleven convenience stores in Tokyo, then I think Boss Jia's heart would be at ease.
The pre-sale of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card was at ten in the morning, and it was now eight in the morning. Even though the convenience stores were still open at this time, the real appearance of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card was still not seen. However, on the display stand at the entrance of the 7-Eleven convenience store, there was a small display stand covered with a dark red cloth. It was covered with an obscure magic array and a magical tycoon. It was naturally mysterious and eerie.
At the same time, promotional posters of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card were hung inside the 7-Eleven convenience store. There were even portraits of the main character, Muto Games, at the entrance of some of the key stores. A strong sense of impatience floated in the entire convenience store.
Outside the convenience store, there were at least a few dozen players looking at the display stand covered by the cloth, looking forward to the mysterious "Yu-Gi-Oh" card inside.
At the same time, it was not only the 7-Eleven convenience store. In all the snack shops in Tokyo, there were also mysterious counters covered by magic array red cloth. Of course, this was at the request of Jia Yapeng, in order to create a mysterious magical feeling.
Sure enough, the passers-by were curiously looking at the red cloth that was full of magical power, not to mention the readers who had been waiting for the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card for a long time.
Many impatient people were already urging the shop assistants or shop owners to hurry up with the sales, but the Daqian had already signed an agreement with them. Everything had to be sold after ten in the morning. Otherwise, they would have to pay the Daqian 10 million yen as compensation. No one was willing to take such a risk to sell in advance.
So the customers who were anxiously waiting could only continue to wait anxiously. At the same time, their rationality became slightly irrational.
Finally, the clock struck ten in the morning, and the "Yu-Gi-Oh" card was finally revealed to the world for the first time.
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