Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2015-2016] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[TyVip]

I'm like 99% sure Haikyuu's author gender isn't publicly announce yet.

 

[savethecat]

We need another big battle Shonen tbh

 

[xAsum0x]

Doesn't really matter what type of manga it is, just needs to resonate

 

[Leoat12]

Blockbusters cannot be found that easily, readers are quite unpredictable, you cannot say what will make success. Let's take Assassination Classroom as an example, it was not even that special and yet it sold 1 million per volume.
Even us readers cannot know what will happen, we like something and then it flops, we hate something and ends up making success like Black Cover.

 

[tirakai]

Ass Class is a weird choice for an unpredictable success, it's pretty obvious why it done as well as it did even just from ch 1 alone.

 

[Leoat12]

Ass Class is a weird choice for an unpredictable success, it's pretty obvious why it done as well as it did even just from ch 1 alone.

Explain it for me then because I think I lost something. XD
We're talking about 1 MILLION per volume.

 

[savethecat]

Explain it for me then because I think I lost something. XD
We're talking about 1 MILLION per volume.

I didn't read it when it first came out.
But
Interesting premise
Fun and color character designs
Very episodic in the early chapters

While I find it shocking that it became MASSIVE, I don't find it so shocking that it was successful

 

[Leoat12]

I didn't read it when it first came out.
But
Interesting premise
Fun and color character designs
Very episodic in the early chapters

While I find it shocking that it became MASSIVE, I don't find it so shocking that it was successful

Interesting premise and fun and color character designs we can cut out because it is almost pre requisite to even be serialized in the first place.
Be episodic is not something required to be successful although it is good to be careful to not make big arcs at the beginning.

I think it would be a success for 300k at max, but 1 million? We can count in two hands the number of series that had sold that much per volume and they are all legends.

 

[G_I_A]

That's exactly why I think that JUMP needs veterans authors back. Assclass did all that success (not only obviously...) because of the hype being a "Matsui work".

 

[savethecat]

Interesting premise and fun and color character designs we can cut out because it is almost pre requisite to even be serialized in the first place.
Be episodic is not something required to be successful although it is good to be careful to not make big arcs at the beginning.

I think it would be a success for 300k at max, but 1 million? We can count in two hands the number of series that had sold that much per volume and they are all legends.

Eeeh i disagree. I think character design is very important in something becoming a success. Not a jump series, but I think Half the reason Soul Eater was huge was because of the unique art direction and hip character designs.
Jump has a lot of series with cool designs. But not many that are really stand out and memorable. For example, while its a cool design, I don't think Boro from Demon's Plan has a very memorable design.
Kuro Sensei on the other hand has a very unique, simple, and almost mascot like design.

 

[tirakai]

The premise was unique enough to make it stand out while being familiar enough to hit all the right notes with jump readers, it could do character drama, comedy, action, and sol all as natural parts of the story, the MC was very memorable and easy to recognise, it had a bit of an edge to it with the assassination stuff without taking it too far and it showed some pretty solid 'battle of wits' type stuff with the assassination plan which we know jump readers often love.

All in all it had an incredibly well crafted first chapter lets you know exactly what it's about and immediately shows it's actually able to live up to what it's building up by giving the readers a cool moment with a lot of impact.

It's the perfect wsj series really. It tackles multiple genres and does them all quite well, it's very easy to promote, and it has something to appeal to everyone while not being directly comparable to anything else in the magazine so it never had to compete with something bigger or newer that filled the same niche.

 

[TyVip]

Interesting premise and fun and color character designs we can cut out because it is almost pre requisite to even be serialized in the first place.
Be episodic is not something required to be successful although it is good to be careful to not make big arcs at the beginning.

I think it would be a success for 300k at max, but 1 million? We can count in two hands the number of series that had sold that much per volume and they are all legends.

It appeals to both male,female and kids (8-10). It sounds simple, but it is really hard to please both genders and demographic. Not in manga, but in any type of media.

 

[KageTrigger]

I love battle manga, and I look forward to that next big thing, that just catches me. Still waiting for one with a MC that reminds me of Yusuke Urameshi, Yusuke is my favorite MC of any manga or anime. So I'd be happy to see a MC with some similarities to him.

Side note, I really miss World Trigger.

 

[Nakura]

What is everyone's favourite ongoing series in WSJ anyway? Mine is My Hero Academia.

 

[Leoat12]

Since when you guys became so convincing? Okay, I get it, although I still think 1 million per volume was an exaggeration for Assassination Classroom.

--- Double Post Merged, Dec 8, 2016, Original Post Date: Dec 8, 2016 ---

What is everyone's favourite ongoing series in WSJ anyway? Mine is My Hero Academia.

Shokugeki no Soma, for sure.
Now that Hayama stopped being an asshole I think the series will come back to its previous glory.

 

[Kefka]

I'm not sure if this is the correct thread to ask this but, is WSJ on a break next week?

 

[savethecat]

What is everyone's favourite ongoing series in WSJ anyway? Mine is My Hero Academia.

Definitely MHA

 

[Ecchi Boy]

What is everyone's favourite ongoing series in WSJ anyway? Mine is My Hero Academia.

Stuck between MHA and Samon

 

[Tamil]

Shokugeki no Soma & One Piece.

Btw how long do we have to wait for the top 200 volume list for 2016?

 

[Tanzo]

Vigilante -My Hero Academia ILLEGALS- spinoff returns with 3rd chapter on Dec 17 in Shonen Jump+.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...a-vigilante-relaunches-on-shonen-jump/.109661