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The Accel anime did not do well AT ALL, in fact, it doing so poorly was the reason the Accel manga was axed too, as explained by Arata himself. To put the size of the fiasco into perspective, as far as I know the Accel manga was actually a hit when it first started (sold somewhere between 40-50k copies of its first volume), and Accelerator was already an established Raildex character before. Obviously the Japanese publishing business looked very different back then, but that would considered very strong sales by almost any manga standards. I haven't been able to find numbers for the anime BD sales, but what's really telling is the lack of any promotional material or merchandise on its trail, which even Index III got. Bottom line is, contrary to what some idiots here think, it's very difficult to manufacture a character's popularity, and even harder to guarantee an anime's popularity even if it stars an already known and loved character. It either clicks with the audience or it doesn't, so from Dengeki's perspective it's worth to take their shot. I just disagree with them doing