Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: EscafilDevice on July 03, 2008, 06:32:27 PM
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Initially I was surprised to see some sizeable Animorphs sites that were still active, because the series ended 7 years ago and the books have been out-of-print for a while.
If the fandom were large enough, the movie would have a pretty good chance of happening.
So, how big do you think it is?
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Animorphs is so big it wouldn't fit in the milky way.
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Hopefully large enough to get a movie rolling someday!
If I had to guess...I'd say at its peak there were a few million fans. It's hard to say how many there are now...maybe a few hundred thousand, or a million, since it's out of print? Just guessing. Does anyone have any actual data on this kinda stuff? As for hardcore fans, how many people are here? 150 or so...maybe a few hundred total on various forums. We should have a worldwide Animorphs census, darnit. x3
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It may be that there are lots of Animorphs fans still around that don't know that Animorphs sites exist.
I think that it was big enough that the people who remembered it would want to see a movie. I also think that if the movie is done well enough it would attract even more fans.
The best way to do the movies would be to do about 6-8 movies with a beginning story arc, an arc that features each major character, a David arc mixed in there, and a conclusion. It would be a very good marketing idea to re-release the books - maybe stagger them with each movie so new fans could wait for each new book - and have new covers with the movie actors.
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I think animorphs is in the top twenty most popular of fanficttion.net. But I'd have to check. I think there are, what, 7050 fanfics?
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I think animorphs is in the top twenty most popular of fanficttion.net. But I'd have to check. I think there are, what, 7050 fanfics?
Harry Potter is the largest, by far, but Animorphs has around 5,000. Anything with more than 1,000 fics is pretty substantial.
They don't have a character filter though. Does anyone know how they implement that?
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It may be that there are lots of Animorphs fans still around that don't know that Animorphs sites exist.
I think that it was big enough that the people who remembered it would want to see a movie. I also think that if the movie is done well enough it would attract even more fans.
The best way to do the movies would be to do about 6-8 movies with a beginning story arc, an arc that features each major character, a David arc mixed in there, and a conclusion. It would be a very good marketing idea to re-release the books - maybe stagger them with each movie so new fans could wait for each new book - and have new covers with the movie actors.
A 6-8 Movie deal would probably never happen. I don't think anyone would even be interested in that many movies, especially since most big blockbuster franchises don't even get that kind of attention, unless Harry Potter, which Animorphs is nowhere as popular. Even i'd get tired having to continue the story that way. And the only way to have credible animal fight scenes is by use of some serious CGI, which would be a huge cost.
I think a trilogy would be best for their story. But I dont even want an Animorphs movie unless it can be done RIGHT. If not, then id take animation anyday
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I'd say it'd be pretty big.
Although why is it that alot of our friends never seem to know what animorphs is?
That part I don't get.
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no clue. I've never known someone to say I don't know who harry potter is. well ok I said that, but I was only like 6.
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On the other RAF there were what? 1800 something? And then there's a bunch of AniFans who've never heard of RAF...so...Huge.
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and we are so multi-cultural here too.
Animorphs has hit so many countries!
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well except for antartica...does that even count as a country?
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No. It's just a continent.
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If 30 million books were sold, then...
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so antartica is a continent without any countries?
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I think so...
Yeah...30 mil books...that would probably make for a lot of people...
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I don't know. there are about 6 billion people on the planet. 30 mil isn't even half. it's 1/200.
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Yeah, but these weren't printed in every single country.
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well how many people are there in each country?
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Um...Er...Well...Th e fandom's big!
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The Animorphs fanbase was freakin' HUGE while the series ran. There were hundreds of websites, with a new one popping up practically everyday. I mean, it beat out Goosebumps in sales, and reached up to #15 in the best sellers list at one point. Then, of course, Harry Potter came along and paved everything along its path. In fact, I think many of the fans did switch over to Harry Potter near the end of the series, or after it ended.
I'm not sure about the actual fanbase now. This is the only site I've seen so far (after 7 years) with so many fans in one place. A lot of the other sites have really just died out over time, and people have just stopped coming. But if a movie was made, I'm pretty sure that people would still remember it and would want to see it. It wouldn't surprise me at all if it revived the series popularity once again.
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Cool. A movie coming out is like one way to get Animorphs back in print.
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You think they would re-do the covers with new special editions if they brought the books back? ;D
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It'd be cool.
It'd be weird if they re-did the covers with movie characters if that was the reason they went back into print.
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Even if only 1/1000 of the people in the world, knew about the Animorphs, it is still pretty big. The novel Noli me Tangere (Touch me Not), is really considered as popular and a work of art, yet I doubt most people know about it. How much more Animorphs where, thanks to the crappy TV show, got more popularity.
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It'd be cool.
It'd be weird if they re-did the covers with movie characters if that was the reason they went back into print.
It would be very smart. They would make money from the books and market the movies at the same time.
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I really don't think the fandom is that big compared to others. A lot of people probably would know what Animorphs are if you asked them, but the number of people who still read the books and discuss them on forums like this one can't be more than a few thousand or so.
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I'm still friends with people from when we all converged at really old fan sites, like Kimmeree's Anichats, which was pretty big back in the day...they aren't forum goers but they'd still know the story, I'm sure x3 Even Facebook has a pretty big group called "Animorphs Stole My Childhood...And I Don't Want It Back" xD; anyone else a member? *snurk* the influence is much more widespread even if the number of loony fans like us is smaller than it used to be.
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*raises hand*
I'm a member!
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Do you think that movie companies are aware of the current Animorphs fandom?
I mean, they've been remaking a lot of old movies, so there's still a chance.
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I think right now it is a several hundred thousand, like people mentioned.
A movie would bring back a lot of former fans. I noticed some months ago, Cartoon Network started airing reruns of Goosebumps. So many people my age (19-20) watched the reruns because it took them back to their childhood and everyone was so excited to see it on TV again. I think something similar would happen with Animorphs if a movie was made.
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Yeah. Basically, we get an Animorphs movie, we'd most likely get the books back in print, and we'd probably get some more members here.
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Oh man, I wish they would make an Animorph's movie..... No more Andalite arm wrestling!
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I think right now it is a several hundred thousand, like people mentioned.
A movie would bring back a lot of former fans. I noticed some months ago, Cartoon Network started airing reruns of Goosebumps. So many people my age (19-20) watched the reruns because it took them back to their childhood and everyone was so excited to see it on TV again. I think something similar would happen with Animorphs if a movie was made.
Lol. I remember! I actually sat down a watched a couple episodes of Goosebumps. Had a moment of nostalgia. It was amazing to realize the show was THAT old. Hell, i feel old now and im only 21.
And I'm working on the Animorph animated series. Maybe that'll bring back the former fans. :)