Mag Talk Weekly Shounen Jump [2009] - Discussion & TOC Talk

[Koen]

If you ask me, this cover is epic win...

I started reading kuroko + I also looked into meister. Sorry to say but I really can't understand why people are so sad about meister's end. Comparing those two sports manga, I have to say the japanese are for once right. Kuroko is imo better than meister (artwise, storywise,...) in contrast to meister which is so bland if you ask me

 

[Crude]

I think that's probably my favourite One Piece cover, maybe even my favourite WSJ cover!!

 

[Sexy Randal 105]

Oh, is Ultimo finally getting serialized?

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

Yep. Good news for all.

 

[Maxy Barnard]

yeah it's been serialised since the start of the month (look at that top news bar and it actually tells ya). americans get it serialised in july (that's not a bad turn around there, 5 months)... and at some point the uk gets the tanks

 

[Koen]

Kawaguchi Yukinori / Serie about Basket (New Serie)
Name: Hoop Men (フープメン)


credits: to heiji-sama

 

[Rejuvenation]

Character designs don't look all that appealing. >.>

Still, I'll give it a read to see if its worth it. If not, I'm fine with it protecting Mago, Psyren, and To Love Ru.

 

[Kaiten]

Arts better than Kuroko. The chick in the back grounds kind of hot. Maybe this will be more than a generic sports series.

The name is god awful. Hoop Men??? Really. Could you find a blander name for a series?

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

Is there no Bakuman out this week? Usually it would be out by now.

 

[Kaiten]

Is there no Bakuman out this week? Usually it would be out by now.

The raw is out but no translation. Sleepy Fans have used their own script since chapter one so no one (or no one I can remember) has ever posted a public translation. Since Sleepy Fans haven't released it this week Bakuman is in limbo for the time being.

I started reading kuroko + I also looked into meister. Sorry to say but I really can't understand why people are so sad about meister's end. Comparing those two sports manga, I have to say the japanese are for once right. Kuroko is imo better than meister (artwise, storywise,...) in contrast to meister which is so bland if you ask me.

Meister wasn't bad but never anything special. To me Kuroko started separating once the action started. The art, writing, and pace of Kuroko's warm up match was far superior to Meister's.

 

[StrangerAtaru]

Arts better than Kuroko. The chick in the back grounds kind of hot. Maybe this will be more than a generic sports series.

The name is god awful. Hoop Men??? Really. Could you find a blander name for a series?

I dunno: One Piece? No wait...BLEACH! (yeah, my sarcasm sucks)

At least "Random basketball series" has a name now...now we'll just see how it does with Kuroko...and everything else in the magazine.

 

[Kaiten]

I dunno: One Piece? No wait...BLEACH! (yeah, my sarcasm sucks)

I'm thinking "Hoop Men" is about the same as if Bleach were named "Powerful Sword People" or One Piece was "Pirate Adventure". Still, I'll definitely give it a try and expect the best.

 

[StrangerAtaru]

I'm thinking "Hoop Men" is about the same as if Bleach were named "Powerful Sword People" or One Piece was "Pirate Adventure". Still, I'll definitely give it a try and expect the best.

Nah, Bleach is bland regardless of how you look at it. I mean, I'd expect the series to be about laundry detergent or something. Expect epic cleaning competitions! (and supervillains who create stains that just can't go out!)

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

I'm thinking "Hoop Men" is about the same as if Bleach were named "Powerful Sword People" or One Piece was "Pirate Adventure". Still, I'll definitely give it a try and expect the best.

I always thought BLEACH was a creative name considering it takes something seemingly random (bleach) and makes an interesting analogy toward it. One Piece is of course no where near as intricate but powerful all the same.

 

[Kaiten]

Nah, Bleach is bland regardless of how you look at it. I mean, I'd expect the series to be about laundry detergent or something. Expect epic cleaning competitions! (and supervillains who create stains that just can't go out!)

lol. Don't give anyone any ideas. Somewhere in Japan someone could be reading this thinking "I see a game show"

I've never quite understood why it's called Bleach either.

 

[eni]

'Hoop Men'

...

To be honest, the first thing coming to my mind is grown-up men dancing with hula-hoops >.>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoola-hoop

 

[[Cross]]

'Hoop Men'

...

To be honest, the first thing coming to my mind is grown-up men dancing with hula-hoops >.>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoola-hoop

lol a hula hoop series, at least it's more diverse comparative to having two basketball series.

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

lol. Don't give anyone any ideas. Somewhere in Japan someone could be reading this thinking "I see a game show"

I've never quite understood why it's called Bleach either.

I think it's called Bleach because just as bleach removes stains from clothes, Shinigami remove the stain of Hollows from the world of the living.

 

[GARusashi]

Arts better than Kuroko. The chick in the back grounds kind of hot. Maybe this will be more than a generic sports series.

The name is god awful. Hoop Men??? Really. Could you find a blander name for a series?

Now I'm probably one of the biggest KnB advocates around, but there's no way that art is better then Kuroko's. It looks like they tried to copy E21's art, it's nothing remarkable. Kuroko's at least tries to be original.

 

[DeidaraGrimmjow]

I don't think that the main character looks all that cool...