ZayCon said:
Just because the arc is crappy in general doesn't mean it doesn't have good or extremely good chapters in specific. And if its not that, it still has popular characters which can boost overall fangasm. Gaara is the reason for that <as well as the fact that current arc of OP isn't as superb as the last one xd>murtas said:
I am really surprised, and this is indeed a really amazing thing to have happened! Even with so many hardships this year, the fact that circulation is close to 3 million is amazing. More than half the magazine consists of moderately big hits, if you think about it.
i thinks that quite high, i mean it's shounen! besides katekayo and maybe magico, there isn'T anything in favor for girls. (not like they can't like op/naruto, but i think you get what i mean.)
Guess it's the character boost then, because I don't really think there's been any chapters that's been very good either. When I compare part 2 with part 1, I almost cry over what Naruto could have been!
Don't misunderstood me - I'm not saying its bad or sth, of course its pretty good as you say. All I'm implying is that when OP has some worse chapters/arc than usual, and the other series has better chapter <because of sth, don't go into specifics whether its because of this or that> than that other series - in this case Naruto - can be on nr 1 spot because it benefits from OP chapter being 'only' good, not awesome. Still, going by weekly basis OP usually has nr 1 spot so its not like its big deal, yeah?ZayCon said:
Here we go again...
To be more specific, color pages are placed where publishers charge the most for advertising space: the front, right after the table of contents, and the middle of the magazine. If there are more than two color pages, the third gets placed in the back half of the magazine but closer to the middle than the back (usually).
I think it is the One Piece effect. I can't find it anymore but I do remember news that the majority of One Piece's audience were adults. It was posted here and at ANN, but I can't find it. If so, OP is probably drawing new fans to Jump, anyone who can't wait three months for new books. That might explain the sudden rise of an older leaning Jump.The JUMP demographic for 2011 is similar to SQ's, which is characterized has an older demographic. I always went off about how the rankings were polled by 12 year olds, and now I can't say that anymore.
I think Asgaroth is correct, 20% is high for a shounen magazine. SQ is higher but also has more bishies.
I'm still sure that most of the voters are around that age, because you still need to send in the quesionnaires. I think most of the elder readers wouldn't care unless their beloved series is in a slump, ff what Kaiten said is true than there is even less reason for them to vote (One Piece will never get canceled so why vote).The JUMP demographic for 2011 is similar to SQ's, which is characterized has an older demographic. I always went off about how the rankings were polled by 12 year olds, and now I can't say that anymore.
Why you looking @ it like that? Medaka finished 7th and was 2 spots away from the Top 5. It's doing well.
I could be wrong but I believe Shueishia acquires reader information from the same post cards used to vote. I believe they include the option of including age, gender, location, etc. There is a good chance that older readers are voting and depending on point of view the TOC could reflect that. Along with the mega hits series that (probably) appeal to older readers are in the front half if the magazine: Toriko (a throw back to the late 90's), Sket Dance, Harisugawa, and St&rs. Bakuman has color this week but is in the front half more often than not.
I don't think Shonen Jump is lacking in the bishie department either, but I think I understand what you mean.
That would make sense but then wouldn't it be easy to lie regarding the age?
There are only those two, JUMP is dominated by manly mangakas. Now I just imagined Enigma being canceled and Amano is the only woman left. Must be kinda awkward when they all meet
Still too conditioned from most of its rankings before the Medaka vs. Kumagawa fight. They have finally hit their stride since then which I'm glad to see. It is most likely as safe as it has ever been in comparison to before due to its latest rankings and increasing sales but I'm just being cautiously optimistic. Don't take me too seriously when I say stuff like that. I believe I said Medaka will probably live around 4 years back during the Flask Plan arc and I'm still sticking to that estimation.
Glad to see Sket Dance doing pretty well sales-wise. It will hopefully be in the 200K range as the later volumes hit and at least stabilize itself there.
Not only them but I catch your drift, haha. In PL I would say that from the 'big three' Bleach is among the biggest fanbase of female readers compared to other 2 titles who has them much less xdRejuvenation said:
Just Sasuke's fanbase alone makes up for 5 bleach characters XD but I agree Bleach should be among the biggest fanbase, yet nearly every series in Jump has one or two "bishies". I wonder if a mangaka (Shounen) really thinks about getting the female readers attention when he creates one? Should be the case, sometimes at least