Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Magazine News & Discussion (2014 - 2021)

[ReDoo]

I am 95% sure that the artist for Bakemonogatari manga is Oh Great!, he just finished Biorg Trinity, so the timing is just right.

 

[Radagast92]

Senryuu Shoujo (Lead Color Page)
Fuuka
Daiya no Ace
Nanatsu no Taizai
Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai
Domestic na Kanojo
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Tokyo卍Revengers
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Gaiden: Hannintachi no Jikenbo (Color Page, Miniserie)
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Enen no Shouboutai
Runway de Waratte
Real Account
Tsurezure Children
Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte
Boku no Kanojo Saikou Desu! (Capitolo Speciale)
Sensei, Sukidesu
Gotoubun no Hanayome
Days
Eito Carnival
Seishun Soukanzu
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Fumetsu no Anata e
Ahiru no Sora (Assente)

#12:
Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Lead Color Page)
Nanatsu no Taizai (Color Page)

#13:
Nanatsu no Taizai (Color Page)

 

[iceemperor]

The sheer fact that Fuuka lasted this long is almost blasphemous. Seo completely ruined the happy end of Suzuka in the worst way possible with his forced, unnecessary drama 38 chapters in. I can't believe it lasted another 3 years after that. It really makes you think about the editor who allowed that to happen.

 

[cody]

The sheer fact that Fuuka lasted this long is almost blasphemous. Seo completely ruined the happy end of Suzuka in the worst way possible with his forced, unnecessary drama 38 chapters in. I can't believe it lasted another 3 years after that. It really makes you think about the editor who allowed that to happen.

What really makes you think is how successful the manga was, I think the volumes sold around 90-100k.

 

[iceemperor]

What really makes you think is how successful the manga was, I think the volumes sold around 90-100k.

Fuuka never sold that well.
│*35636 (3)│*64879│------│------│------┃*64,879 (*10)┃2014/05｜風夏 1
│*48346 (4)│*73193│------│------│------┃*73,193 (*11)┃2014/07｜風夏 2
│*40423 (3)│*70638│------│------│------┃*70,638 (*10)┃2014/10｜風夏 3
│*51164 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*51,164 (**5)┃2014/12｜風夏 4
│*62771 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*62,771 (**6)┃2015/02｜風夏 5
│*38710 (3)│*69659│------│------│------┃*69,659 (*10)┃2015/05｜風夏 6
│*34343 (3)│*66456│------│------│------┃*66,456 (*10)┃2015/07｜風夏 7
│*31759 (3)│*61372│------│------│------┃*61,372 (*10)┃2015/10｜風夏 8
│*36105 (4)│------│------│------│------┃*36,105 (**4)┃2015/12｜風夏 9
│*38948 (4)│------│------│------│------┃*38,948 (**4)┃2016/03｜風夏 10
│*46036 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*46,036 (**6)┃2016/05｜風夏 11
│*42393 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*42,393 (**5)┃2016/08｜風夏 12
│*24367 (3)│*46672│------│------│------┃*46,672 (*10)┃2016/12｜風夏 13
│*42545 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*42,545 (**6)┃2017/01｜風夏 14
│*31785 (3)│*59723│------│------│------┃*59,723 (*10)┃2017/03｜風夏 15
│*26939 (3)│*51887│------│------│------┃*51,887 (*10)┃2017/06｜風夏 16
│*25675 (3)│*50211│------│------│------┃*50,211 (*10)┃2017/09｜風夏 17
│*25703 (3)│*47095│------│------│------┃*47,095 (*10)┃2017/11｜風夏 18

The series might have gotten there at the end of the year but it never did that on Oricon. Its still baffling to think that, on average, 60k people thought this was worthy enough to continue buying.

 

[cody]

Fuuka never sold that well.
│*35636 (3)│*64879│------│------│------┃*64,879 (*10)┃2014/05｜風夏 1
│*48346 (4)│*73193│------│------│------┃*73,193 (*11)┃2014/07｜風夏 2
│*40423 (3)│*70638│------│------│------┃*70,638 (*10)┃2014/10｜風夏 3
│*51164 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*51,164 (**5)┃2014/12｜風夏 4
│*62771 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*62,771 (**6)┃2015/02｜風夏 5
│*38710 (3)│*69659│------│------│------┃*69,659 (*10)┃2015/05｜風夏 6
│*34343 (3)│*66456│------│------│------┃*66,456 (*10)┃2015/07｜風夏 7
│*31759 (3)│*61372│------│------│------┃*61,372 (*10)┃2015/10｜風夏 8
│*36105 (4)│------│------│------│------┃*36,105 (**4)┃2015/12｜風夏 9
│*38948 (4)│------│------│------│------┃*38,948 (**4)┃2016/03｜風夏 10
│*46036 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*46,036 (**6)┃2016/05｜風夏 11
│*42393 (5)│------│------│------│------┃*42,393 (**5)┃2016/08｜風夏 12
│*24367 (3)│*46672│------│------│------┃*46,672 (*10)┃2016/12｜風夏 13
│*42545 (6)│------│------│------│------┃*42,545 (**6)┃2017/01｜風夏 14
│*31785 (3)│*59723│------│------│------┃*59,723 (*10)┃2017/03｜風夏 15
│*26939 (3)│*51887│------│------│------┃*51,887 (*10)┃2017/06｜風夏 16
│*25675 (3)│*50211│------│------│------┃*50,211 (*10)┃2017/09｜風夏 17
│*25703 (3)│*47095│------│------│------┃*47,095 (*10)┃2017/11｜風夏 18

The series might have gotten there at the end of the year but it never did that on Oricon. Its still baffling to think that, on average, 60k people thought this was worthy enough to continue buying.

You are right, I did check one of the latest volumes to see the sales. Even 60k really is insulting and it even got a fucking anime, wow.

Edit: Or I confused it with Domestic Wa Kanojo (the sales)

 

[Leoat12]

Isn't it good enough for Magazine standards? Most of the mangas doesn't even reach such sales.

 

[cody]

Isn't it good enough for Magazine standards? Most of the mangas doesn't even reach such sales.

Yeah, those are good numbers for Magazine. At least it's ending...

 

[Aipom626]

Senryuu Shoujo (Lead Color Page)
Fuuka
Daiya no Ace
Nanatsu no Taizai
Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai
Domestic na Kanojo
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Tokyo卍Revengers
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Gaiden: Hannintachi no Jikenbo (Color Page, Miniserie)
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Enen no Shouboutai
Runway de Waratte
Real Account
Tsurezure Children
Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte
Boku no Kanojo Saikou Desu! (Capitolo Speciale)
Sensei, Sukidesu
Gotoubun no Hanayome
Days
Eito Carnival
Seishun Soukanzu
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Fumetsu no Anata e
Ahiru no Sora (Assente)

#12:
Kanojo, Okarishimasu (Lead Color Page)
Nanatsu no Taizai (Color Page)

#13:
Nanatsu no Taizai (Color Page)

I wonder if Gotoubun will get the lead color for issue 13 since it has its third volume released the same day as Kanojo, Okarishimasu, and I believe they had lead color pages back-to-back last time. Gotoubun deserves to be consistently in the top half at the very least. It has been absolutely amazing for the last handful of chapters.

Does anyone know how Japanese readers are feeling about Sensei, Sukidesu? I just looked over the raws, and it kind of reminds me of a crudely drawn version of Young Animal's Gal Gohan. I still can't get into the art, but I'm curious to see if there's more than what meets the eye with this series.

 

[ChocoBar9]

The sheer fact that Fuuka lasted this long is almost blasphemous. Seo completely ruined the happy end of Suzuka in the worst way possible with his forced, unnecessary drama 38 chapters in. I can't believe it lasted another 3 years after that. It really makes you think about the editor who allowed that to happen.

Quality control is non-existent in Magazine. A bad series can run for years before management pulls it due to the lack of reader input or editorial control. (see Fairy Tail. Code;Breaker, Air Gear, or anything from Seo) It took a year and a half for them to finally pull shit like Infection from the magazine and that was mainly to push their Pocket App.

 

[iceemperor]

Quality control is non-existent in Magazine. A bad series can run for years before management pulls it due to the lack of reader input or editorial control. (see Fairy Tail. Code;Breaker, Air Gear, or anything from Seo) It took a year and a half for them to finally pull shit like Infection from the magazine and that was mainly to push their Pocket App.

I'd say it leans on low editorial control. Mashima has said that one good thing about weekly manga is the quick feedback to the story. So obviously the reader reactions are there but in those cases, the editor probably prioritized the mangaka's vision of what should happen and filtered out very few things. Jump is about the only magazine where editors seem to have increased control. The positive is that lots of potentially bad developments are filtered out but originality is also lost as editors might force mangaka to write events in cliche ways due to past experience.

 

[Heiji]

To Your Eternity : 6 volumes : 600 000
Domestic na Kanojo : 17 volumes : 2 900 000.

 

[Obitooooo]

Release date MOVIE (8/18 ) - "Nanatsu no Taizai: Prisioner´s of Heaven" :
Teaser Trailer ( 27.500.000 Total Print ) :
First Poster :

 

[Tanzo]

Release date MOVIE (8/18 ) - "Nanatsu no Taizai: Prisoner of Heaven" :
Teaser Trailer ( 27.500.000 Total Print ) :
First Poster :

Chief Director: Noriyuki Abe (Bleach, Black Butler, Boruto chief director)
Director: Yasuhito Nishikata (Killing Bites)

Nakaba is also writing the original story for the movie.

 

[cody]

Chief Director: Noriyuki Abe (Bleach, Black Butler, Boruto chief director)
Director: Yasuhito Nishikata (Killing Bites)

The chief director worked with A1 on the Kuroshitsuji Movie: Book of the Atlantic as well, he has a lot of experience with anime movies and with shounen anime, makes sense to go with him. I can't say I'm impressed by the PV they showed, but A1 Pictures movies tend to look significantly better than their TV anime, which is something you'd expect.

 

[Heiji]

Senryû Shôjo : 4 volumes : 250 000.

 

[Aipom626]

Senryû Shôjo : 4 volumes : 250 000.

Hopefully this one will keep growing. Its initial sales weren't too promising, but it has been growing pretty nicely over the last 2 volumes

 

[cody]

I compiled a similar list for WSJ. This is a list of what chapter manga from the magazine were on when they got their anime announcements. There might be mistakes and there are even a lot of recent things missing. It isn't easy to find this data, if I made any mistakes, please say so. Feel free to contribute with anything if you want to.

Koe no Katachi 63
Nanatsu no Taizai 74
Fuuka 119
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo 137
Code Breaker: 140
Fairy Tail 141
Kimi no Iru Machi 220
Diamond no Ace 332

 

[Scruffy8642]

Koe no Katachi 63
Nanatsu no Taizai 74
Fuuka 119
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo 137
Code Breaker: 140
Fairy Tail 141
Kimi no Iru Machi 220
Diamond no Ace 332

Days 134
Baby Steps 292

Given how stingy Magazine is with CPs if something isn't a massive hit, you can just search "Series name colour pages" and the anime announcement spread is often on the first screen on google images. Kind of funny actually.

 

[cody]

Days 134
Baby Steps 292

Given how stingy Magazine is with CPs if something isn't a massive hit, you can just search "Series name colour pages" and the anime announcement spread is often on the first screen on google images. Kind of funny actually.

Thanks for the contributions! The color pages thing doesn't seem to work for me, maybe the search results depend on your location. The list would now look like this.

Koe no Katachi 63
Nanatsu no Taizai 74
Fuuka 119
Days 134
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo 137
Code Breaker: 140
Fairy Tail 141
Kimi no Iru Machi 220
Baby Steps 292
Diamond no Ace 332

Now we can get a basic idea of how long it actually takes for something to get an anime announcement from Magazine xD.