I don't think Act-Age will get an anime so fast, especially as it's a very tough thing to adapt properly with VAs that would need to nail the acting parts and animation studio for expressions.
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Hn, a lot of this is genuinely pretty interesting. I will ask, did he explain why it was rejected by WSJ editorial?Recent Interview of Shinohara Kenta regarding Astra Lost in Space serialization in Jump+
【インタビュー】「企画ボツ」から大逆転のヒット。『彼方のアストラ』から紐解く、篠原健太の創作術 - ライブドアニュース
『週刊少年ジャンプ』（集英社）で、2007～2013年に連載された漫画『SKET DANCE（スケット・ダンス）』。累計発行部数は1400万部を超え、2011年にはテレビアニメ化。長らく同誌の一翼を担う作品として人気を博した。
- He made his decision to wrap up Sket Dance after the "Switch On" arc (vol. 27-28), and informed the Editor in Chief.
- After Sket Dance, he wanted to try something different, so tried brainstorming a Battle manga, but scrapped it after one year.
- Astra was inspired by sci-fi themes of Fujiko F Fujio's works (Manga Michi being a huge inspiration for him becoming a mangaka)
- Astra was originally meant for WSJ serialization, but the project was rejected during serialization meeting with no room for renegotiation.
- Proposed to his editor for a volume-only release, but was denied. As an alternative, he asked to serialize on Jump+ instead and was accepted.
- Didn't really consider the audience difference between WSJ and Jump+. His attention is generally more on kids than adults.
- His main focus was volume release at the time, so the series was paced by volume rather than adapting to a web platform.
- Restructured the story around Jump+ serialization. (WSJ version was meant for a longer serialization)
- Less planets, cut down slice-of-life and gag chapters, etc. (added as bonus 4koma in volumes)
- Went from a cast of 15 to 9. One of which was an alien.
- Originally thought 3 volumes would be enough, but settled on 5. It was a pretty smooth production since everything was planned out in advance.
- Initial reception was pretty weak. First volume didn't meet his expectation at all. The sales weren't terrible per se, but it was no where close to WSJ standards. Felt bad, because he felt responsible for forcing on the Jump+ serialization.
- It was only in Ch.33 (vol.4) when the series went viral on Twitter that he realized his series was being read by people.
- Series gained more traction towards the end, but it wasn't until the final volume (vol.5) that it started becoming more popular. Usually series don't sell if the first volume bombs.
- Believe it's because the early parts weren't very good, but also because the series was setup as a mystery, so people put it on hold until the series was done and the mystery was revealed.
- Thinking of going back to his gag roots for his next work, but it is hard to come up with stuff that wasn't done in Sket Dance.
they rejected Astra for WSJ but started Takuan to Batsu no Nichijō Enma-chō the same monthRecent Interview of Shinohara Kenta regarding Astra Lost in Space serialization in Jump+
【インタビュー】「企画ボツ」から大逆転のヒット。『彼方のアストラ』から紐解く、篠原健太の創作術 - ライブドアニュース
『週刊少年ジャンプ』（集英社）で、2007～2013年に連載された漫画『SKET DANCE（スケット・ダンス）』。累計発行部数は1400万部を超え、2011年にはテレビアニメ化。長らく同誌の一翼を担う作品として人気を博した。
- He made his decision to wrap up Sket Dance after the "Switch On" arc (vol. 27-28), and informed the Editor in Chief.
- After Sket Dance, he wanted to try something different, so tried brainstorming a Battle manga, but scrapped it after one year.
- Astra was inspired by sci-fi themes of Fujiko F Fujio's works (Manga Michi being a huge inspiration for him becoming a mangaka)
- Astra was originally meant for WSJ serialization, but the project was rejected during serialization meeting with no room for renegotiation.
- Proposed to his editor for a volume-only release, but was denied. As an alternative, he asked to serialize on Jump+ instead and was accepted.
- Didn't really consider the audience difference between WSJ and Jump+. His attention is generally more on kids than adults.
- His main focus was volume release at the time, so the series was paced by volume rather than adapting to a web platform.
- Restructured the story around Jump+ serialization. (WSJ version was meant for a longer serialization)
- Less planets, cut down slice-of-life and gag chapters, etc. (added as bonus 4koma in volumes)
- Went from a cast of 15 to 9. One of which was an alien.
- Originally thought 3 volumes would be enough, but settled on 5. It was a pretty smooth production since everything was planned out in advance.
- Initial reception was pretty weak. First volume didn't meet his expectation at all. The sales weren't terrible per se, but it was no where close to WSJ standards. Felt bad, because he felt responsible for forcing on the Jump+ serialization.
- It was only in Ch.33 (vol.4) when the series went viral on Twitter that he realized his series was being read by people.
- Series gained more traction towards the end, but it wasn't until the final volume (vol.5) that it started becoming more popular. Usually series don't sell if the first volume bombs.
- Believe it's because the early parts weren't very good, but also because the series was setup as a mystery, so people put it on hold until the series was done and the mystery was revealed.
- Thinking of going back to his gag roots for his next work, but it is hard to come up with stuff that wasn't done in Sket Dance.
Says they didn't like his initial protagonist who was an introvert unlike usual Jump heroes who are positive and optimistic. He also only provided storyboards for first three chapters, so while it contained all the hooks and setups, it didn't have the eventual plot-wist or the reveals.
That makes sense. Interesting the stuff about the protagonist especially. I ask, was it just a symptom of Jump's lack of faith in the project, or did editorial just dislike the idea of the protagonist who wasn't an optimist?
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Well, and you only have that because all of this happened, Astra wouldn't survive at all on Shonen Jump and even on Plus it got ignored by people until later, in the end everybody won.
Whoa, that's really great. So happy to see mangaplus doing that good, even if the total numbers of so many countries still are behind one country haha
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Same. At the end of the day the final product was great.
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Thanks for posting, really interesting how everything came up. Some mangaka probably should do like him and try a serialization on Jump+, they can have more chance than in WSJ like it happened in other cases.Recent Interview of Shinohara Kenta regarding Astra Lost in Space serialization in Jump+
【インタビュー】「企画ボツ」から大逆転のヒット。『彼方のアストラ』から紐解く、篠原健太の創作術 - ライブドアニュース
『週刊少年ジャンプ』（集英社）で、2007～2013年に連載された漫画『SKET DANCE（スケット・ダンス）』。累計発行部数は1400万部を超え、2011年にはテレビアニメ化。長らく同誌の一翼を担う作品として人気を博した。
- He made his decision to wrap up Sket Dance after the "Switch On" arc (vol. 27-28), and informed the Editor in Chief.
- After Sket Dance, he wanted to try something different, so tried brainstorming a Battle manga, but scrapped it after one year.
- Astra was inspired by sci-fi themes of Fujiko F Fujio's works (Manga Michi being a huge inspiration for him becoming a mangaka)
- Astra was originally meant for WSJ serialization, but the project was rejected during serialization meeting with no room for renegotiation.
- Proposed to his editor for a volume-only release, but was denied. As an alternative, he asked to serialize on Jump+ instead and was accepted.
- Didn't really consider the audience difference between WSJ and Jump+. His attention is generally more on kids than adults.
- His main focus was volume release at the time, so the series was paced by volume rather than adapting to a web platform.
- Restructured the story around Jump+ serialization. (WSJ version was meant for a longer serialization)
- Less planets, cut down slice-of-life and gag chapters, etc. (added as bonus 4koma in volumes)
- Went from a cast of 15 to 9. One of which was an alien.
- Originally thought 3 volumes would be enough, but settled on 5. It was a pretty smooth production since everything was planned out in advance.
- Initial reception was pretty weak. First volume didn't meet his expectation at all. The sales weren't terrible per se, but it was no where close to WSJ standards. Felt bad, because he felt responsible for forcing on the Jump+ serialization.
- It was only in Ch.33 (vol.4) when the series went viral on Twitter that he realized his series was being read by people.
- Series gained more traction towards the end, but it wasn't until the final volume (vol.5) that it started becoming more popular. Usually series don't sell if the first volume bombs.
- Believe it's because the early parts weren't very good, but also because the series was setup as a mystery, so people put it on hold until the series was done and the mystery was revealed.
- Thinking of going back to his gag roots for his next work, but it is hard to come up with stuff that wasn't done in Sket Dance.
Yeah. Jump wasn't really wrong in its hard response to Shinohara.
Wonder if he’ll end up ditching that rugby ball head author pic.
Spring Weapon No 1 is a "success"? Uh...no? The series sold like garbage across its entire run, to the point that its continued survival is a point of mystery among people. The best explanation many have is simply that Jump's gag/comedy manga was dying at the time, and they kept Spring around in an attempt to keep it going.
Literally just read the definition of sucess I used
Gag/comedy manga was dying? Spring Weapon was published during a time when Gintama was still there as popular as always, Saiki was showing no signs of ending and getting even more popular with the first anime season and Kochikame ended one month before with the magazine's issue being so popular that needed a reprint. You have some weird obsession over trying to state that people don't like comedy anymore.