Mag Talk Bessatsu Shonen Magazine

[Blader]

Shingeki no Kyoujin (including guidebooks and spin offs): 21 Volumes, 30,000,000 in print. According to Manga News Japon, the circulation of Bessatsu Shounen Magazine has quadrupled since the Shingeki anime began in April 2013.

Is Aku no Hana take a bit responsible of it? it aired at same time as Shingeki.

 

[Kaiten]

Is Aku no Hana take a bit responsible of it? it aired at same time as Shingeki.

None. Aku no Hana's anime was a flop, widely considered one of the worst anime of the year.

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[Leoat12]

And the author said that he will finish the series on volume 20. Funny joke. :P

Aku no Hana had potential to make success with its anime, I saw some of its volumes on Amazon rankings before anime's debut. After this they disappeared. I can't imagine the number of orders cancelled because of this crappy anime.

 

[Kaiten]

Anime fans really hated Aku no Hana. I doubt very many people started reading the manga based on that anime.

 

[Nii]

Well the problem was that their "experiment" failed. I've read a lot of comments on Tumblr about the anime, and it seems people who got over the weird "animation" enjoyed it quite a lot, and often started reading the manga. Not saying it would have been a hit, but with the normal animation style it definitely would have gained way more positive reviews and a broader audience.

 

[Kaiten]

Not many people, within Japan or internationally, seem to have watched long enough to find out. It is a good manga, if a little melodramatic, and deserved better. Aku no Hana was not a famous manga when it was adapted to anime. I imagine that anime was the first time many people heard about, or saw, the series. Not the most flattering introduction. I imagine many anime fans were turned off, and never gave the manga a chance. I also think that the animation took away from the seriousness of the story. It would have been better as a drama, or movie, with real people, if they did not want to use traditional anime art. The rottoscoping came across as gimmicky, rather than innovative.

 

[Netorare]

the anime was very good, very faithful to the manga.. maybe a little bit slow
after the first episode the rating (@mal) was 5.xx now its 7.xx

 

[Silverblade]

Aku no Hana anime and manga are a match made in heaven.

No, probably, in hell. But the fact remains.

 

[Asarii]

Rotoscoping should be done in minimal doses like a short film or something. Adapting the plot of Aku no Hana with experimental animation doesn't work, and I say this as someone who was familiar with the anime first.

I also think that the animation took away from the seriousness of the story. It would have been better as a drama, or movie, with real people, if they did not want to use traditional anime art.

I agree. If they got the right actors/actresses to play the part, a live-action drama would have been successful.

 

[SharkBait]

I thought the aku no hana actors were perfect especially both fem leads and whenever they showed the cast before rotoscoping. It just needed much higher budget and more detail given to it. In my opinion the source was just bad and unrealistic and unentertaining.

 

[TXC]

Aku no Hana is pretty good, the problem was not the source at all.

I liked the anime in general, they managed to provide a fitting atmosphere to it.. the problem was that animation.

 

[jagman1x3]

Issue #40 of good! Afternoon will have a side chapter of Tomodachi Game published in it.

 

[vinceled]

http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/magazine/index.php/04783/next

ToC for February Issue :


リアルアカウント
マックミランの女子野球部
どうぶつの国
トモダチゲーム
アルスラーン戦記
トータスデリバリー
進撃の巨人
新世界より
ふらいんぐうぃっち
さんかれあ
アビス
不死身ラヴァーズ
こもりちゃんはヤる気を出せ
魔乙女たちのエデン
Ｄ．Ｄ．Ｄ．
中村小江戸と大豆恵亮はうまくいかない
放課後ソードクラブ
クーロンフィーユ
惡の華
スライムさんと勇者研究部
進撃！　巨人中学校
ディアボロのスープ
大好き吉村さん
天空侵犯
寸劇の巨人
そんな未来はウソである
マビノギ
将棋の渡辺くん

Gringo 2061 by Noguchi Keisuke absent for the second consecutive month, I wonder if the author has health issues or something.

 

[Kaizou 10]

It is confirmed that Aku no Hana has surpassed printing 2,200,000 copies.

 

[SharkBait]

It is confirmed that Aku no Hana has surpassed printing 2,200,000 copies.

Thats a rather low number for such a series. I guess the anime didnt really help it get big at all.

 

[Kaizou 10]

Thats a rather low number for such a series. I guess the anime didnt really help it get big at all.

Well, it was kind of obvious since there really wasn't much movement for AnH's volume sales when its anime started.

 

[TXC]

It's not low at all, +200k per volume is good. In this magazine is the second best seller.

 

[Kaizou 10]

It's not low at all, +200k per volume is good. In this magazine is the second best seller.

Isn't it third best selling series, unless you count Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou as one of SnK's tank sale.

 

[TXC]

Isn't it third best selling series, unless you count Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou as one of SnK's tank sale.

I count SnK as a whole, even they did it, in that 30 million announcement.

 

[Kaizou 10]

I count SnK as a whole, even they did it, in that 30 million announcement.

Well, I think its number 2 spot will be kicked out soon when Arslan Senki releases its volume (I wonder why it is taking so long time).