Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2019] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[Askeladd]

wishlist for 2019
-we get a new eic
-more authors would use traditional coloring rather than digital coloring
-wsj would try to snatch good mangakas from wss and wsm or even young jump rather than just pushing out rookies all the time
-no more horror/ exorcists/ demons manga

-Nana
- Nana
- Nana
- Nana

 

[Mammo]

are you disagreeing with me or are you saying I should read the famous manga which have been on hiatus for 9 years?

 

[101nemesis]

Happy New Year Everyone

My wishlist
- MHA being a million seller
- TPN being a million seller
- Kimetsu touching 400-500k in sales per volume
- Jujutsu touching 200k per volume
- Kishimoto's new series being fresh and not something we've seen before
- Hopefully get some confirmation that Kubo will do another work soon in a year or two.

 

[xAsum0x]

wishlist for 2019
-we get a new eic
-more authors would use traditional coloring rather than digital coloring
-wsj would try to snatch good mangakas from wss and wsm or even young jump rather than just pushing out rookies all the time
-no more horror/ exorcists/ demons manga

Heard Marry Grave is getting axed. Wonder if it would’ve thrives with better exposure

 

[cody]

Heard Marry Grave is getting axed. Wonder if it would’ve thrives with better exposure

It's really unfortunate. Right now, WSJ seems to be the only place where you can have a successful action or adventure series as an unknown author/new author. I feel like some great talent is being wasted in WSS(especially when it comes to action manga), even Jump+ seems have better opportunities when it comes to any kind of promotion.

wishlist for 2019
-we get a new eic
-more authors would use traditional coloring rather than digital coloring
-wsj would try to snatch good mangakas from wss and wsm or even young jump rather than just pushing out rookies all the time
-no more horror/ exorcists/ demons manga

WSJ doesn't seem to be very interested in getting talents from other places. They must have a lot of newcomers. WSM is constantly looking for authors from other places and it's been working out pretty well for them.

 

[Askeladd]

wishlist for 2019
-we get a new eic
-more authors would use traditional coloring rather than digital coloring
-wsj would try to snatch good mangakas from wss and wsm or even young jump rather than just pushing out rookies all the time
-no more horror/ exorcists/ demons manga

are you disagreeing with me or are you saying I should read the famous manga which have been on hiatus for 9 years?

Hiatus not dead.

 

[xAsum0x]

Jump just seems to be taking mangakas from Jump Plus and Giga and giving them opportunities instead of bringing back past mangakas that we loved. I find it interesting every time there’s a new round they’re almost always from one shots or mini series in Giga

 

[DyanSon]

Black Clover surpassing MHA manga sales in both Digital and Physical.

 

[SharkBait]

Jump just seems to be taking mangakas from Jump Plus and Giga and giving them opportunities instead of bringing back past mangakas that we loved. I find it interesting every time there’s a new round they’re almost always from one shots or mini series in Giga

Honestly prefer new talent than just reusing veterans. They had their shot. Give the new folks an opportunity.

 

[LuckyJim]

Hiatus not dead.

Seems like an odd place to pitch Nana though, since its in a different magazine and demographic.

 

[cody]

Jump just seems to be taking mangakas from Jump Plus and Giga and giving them opportunities instead of bringing back past mangakas that we loved. I find it interesting every time there’s a new round they’re almost always from one shots or mini series in Giga

GIGA seems to be the new place where they cultivate new talents and eventually bring them over to WSJ if they're ready. Mangaka can find success in Jump+, but it's still small compared to what you can do in WSJ. I think WSJ has a pretty good strategy right now.

If future attempts to bring over ideas from GIGA fail, they'll probably change their plan again.

A lot of older mangaka probably don't want to return to making a weekly manga, especially in WSJ, since it's quite intense to have a series in the magazine, that's why you see a lot of people moving to other places to make manga.

WSJ is still one of the better places where newcomers can get great opportunities to find success and fill the magazine with their fresh ideas and styles. edit: And I want the magazine to stay that way.

 

[Askeladd]

Seems like an odd place to pitch Nana though, since its in a different magazine and demographic.

Sarcasm... and is odd say happy year here.

 

[Mammo]

If they didn't snatch mangakas from other magazines there would be no Neverland (Demizu) nor Stone (Boichi) as we know them now

they need to mix it up with their new series

give newcomers and veterans an equal amount of chances

 

[SharkBait]

If they didn't snatch mangakas from other magazines there would be no Neverland (Demizu) nor Stone (Boichi) as we know them now

they need to mix it up with their new series

give newcomers and veterans an equal amount of chances

But the writers for those are new arent they?

 

[Mammo]

Inagaki wrote Eyeshield 21 before Stone
Shirai is a newcomer

 

[savethecat]

Feel like they need to add 1 or 2 more slots in the magazine for more series, as we’ve been having a lot of successes lately

 

[cody]

If they didn't snatch mangakas from other magazines there would be no Neverland (Demizu) nor Stone (Boichi) as we know them now

they need to mix it up with their new series

give newcomers and veterans an equal amount of chances

It was a good move to get really talented artists from other places for those duos. I wouldn't mind if they tried to bring in mangaka from other magazines more often but right now they don't seem to be that interested in doing it.

Feel like they need to add 1 or 2 more slots in the magazine for more series, as we’ve been having a lot of successes lately

That might be a really good idea. I guess they haven't done it by now because it would increase the price of the magazine?

 

[Maxy Barnard]

Jump just seems to be taking mangakas from Jump Plus and Giga and giving them opportunities instead of bringing back past mangakas that we loved. I find it interesting every time there’s a new round they’re almost always from one shots or mini series in Giga

I mean they’ve always tended towards newcomers. When I was getting into this stuff you’d see rookie work in Akamaru Jump, and then Jump NEXT. It’s standard operation. Veterans often wanna rest when they’ve done a big work, and a lot come back only to fail. Like Yoshiyuki Nishi, Ryu Fujisaki, Yasuhiro Kano, Masanori Morita... there’s loads of previously successful authors who returned to Jump and found there wasn’t an audience for them anymore. It’s just as risky as a newbie at the end of the day

 

[TyVip]

-wsj would try to snatch good mangakas from wss and wsm or even young jump rather than just pushing out rookies all the time

It's like catching a unicorn

 

[FengarGB]

It was a good move to get really talented artists from other places for those duos. I wouldn't mind if they tried to bring in mangaka from other magazines more often but right now they don't seem to be that interested in doing it.


That might be a really good idea. I guess they haven't done it by now because it would increase the price of the magazine?

Not only would increase the price of the magazine, but that many people to handle is going to be more of a effort too (how many series can one editor handle?) , especially if they continue to implement the pair system for author and artist. The magazine size is fine, they should just cancel the series that are reaching a natural ending. You run the risk of not finding one success to put on these slots, leaving the overall quality of the magazine worst.