According to internal sources, when they learned of the box office numbers, “the color drained from the faces of the entire staff”.
But despite the popularity of the manga and a strong marketing campaign, the Takashi Miike-directed adaptation only took in 150 million yen (about $1.4 million US) during its opening week.
TERRAFORMARS will be released on Bluray and DVD in Japan on September 02, 2016.