Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2020] - Discussion and ToC Talk

[Shinuki no Reborn]

MANGAHELPERS "TOC" POLL ISSUE #51 - VOTING!​

The poll for issue #51 is now open, vote for your favorite chapters of the week clicking HERE!

Alongside the release of Sakamoto Days, the extra series this week are:

-Dragon Ball Super 66
-Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 52
-Ghost Reaper Girl 10

Good Votes!

 

[Halloween]

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These posts are not insightful, and do not meaningfully contribute to this thread. Also, this decision is not up for discussion, so posts discussing this decision will also be deleted.~ Halloween

 

[Ryuusei]

Spoiler: 52 TOC & 01 Preview

呪 僕 O マ ブ S C D 破 C B 夜 C 僕 あ 灼 ぼ チ 高 ア 森 A 仄 ぼ 次号カラー ヒロアカ アンデラ 夜桜 約ネバ 道産子 GIGA 岸本先生が描くコラボポスター 爆豪クリアファイル

Spoiler: Issue #52 ToC & Preview

Jujutsu Kaisen (Cover & LCP)
My Hero Academia
One Piece
Mashle
Black Clover
Sakamoto Days (CP)
Dr. Stone
Magu-chan: God of Destruction (CP)
Build King
Mission: Yozakura Family
Me & Roboco
Ayakashi Triangle (CP)
Shakunetsu no Niraikanai
We Never Learn
Chainsaw Man
Koukousei Kazoku
Undead Unluck
Moriking
Agravity Boys
Honomieru Shounen
Bokura no Ketsumei

Issue #1
Cover & LCP: My Hero Academia
CP: Undead Unluck, Mission: Yozakura Family, The Promised Neverland, Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi

GIGA Preview
Collab poster by Kishimoto
Bakugou clear file

 

[kevinpr9]

This is the KnY's biggest weekly sales. It beat the previous record (3,016,305) which was on 3-9 February 2020.

 

[Thundercat27]

Is this the first time Act Age beat BC in Oricon?

 

[yadayada]

Is this the first time Act Age beat BC in Oricon?

They don't usually release together, so not easy to compare. Black clover's volume will probably still be (slightly) above Act-Age's, it's just that BC has pitiful backlog.

 

[Thundercat27]

They don't usually release together, so not easy to compare. Black clover's volume will probably still be (slightly) above Act-Age's, it's just that BC has pitiful backlog.

Honestly, where is chartman when you need them?

 

[RafGL]

Is this the first time Act Age beat BC in Oricon?

We are seeing it now because they have volumes released on the same month, but not really. If we go back to their past volumes, let's say, act-age 11 and Black Clover 24, we can see that act-age ranked in Oricon by Series on its first week with 113.291 copies, but Black Clover didn't rank on its first week, but on the second one, with 86.270 copies. Given it didn't rank on that first week, it means it had less than 102.382 copies sold, so act-age did kinda beat Black Clover on that first week, again, knowing we're comparing different months and days.

Spoiler: Charts

Oricon's Top 10 Weekly Chart by Series (05/11 - 05/17)

Oricon's Top 10 Weekly Chart by Series (03/30 - 04/05)

Oricon's Top 10 Weekly Chart by Series (04/06 - 04/12)

Being this the situation, we can only compare their first week sales, which were 81.831 copies for act-age Volume 11 and 69.994 for Black Clover 25. Of course, act-age had 5 days and Black Clover had 3, and later on their second week, act-age was 110.964 and Black Clover was 138.580. Black Clover would grow up to 158.817 and act-age stopped ranking in Oricon, but they're both actually close to each other. Will be interesting to see how do they perform this time.

This can be concluded knowing that act-age's backlog sells way, way more than Black Clover's backlog. As for individual volume sales, I expect both to be really close, maybe in a similar situation as My Hero Academia and The Promised Neverland.

 

[Rouk']

Not often we get that much info about western manga sales, but there is some in here, especially about how much My Hero dominates the American manga industry.

Tilting at Windmills #281 - Looking at BookScan: 2019 - The Beat

Brian HIbbs presents his long awaited analysis of comics graphic novel sales as tracked through BookScan 2019 figures - and it was a spectacular year.

www.comicsbeat.com

Highlights:
Volume 1 sold almost 100k this year
Horikoshi is the third best selling artist in America, only after Dav Pilkey and Raina Telgemeir (two insanely popular children’s artists) at over 700k units sold in 2019.

so yeah, MHA is fucking huge here.

Interesting

This would mean that 2019 was only the first year MHA sold more in the US than in France (2019: 862k vs 840k; 2018: 500k vs 700k; 2017: 134k vs 500k) though you could arguably explain this with the fact that there were 6 new volumes released in 2019 in the US (vol. 17 to 22) vs 5 in France (vol. 17 to 21).
Still, that's one hell of a growth.

In the US, Vol. 1 sold 99k, Vol. 2 sold 69k and Vol. 3 sold 53k.
The best selling new volume was Vol. 17 with 50k
In 2018, Vol. 1 did 62k, Vol. 2 did 42k and Vol. 3 did over 30k. The best selling new volumes also did over 30k. So every single volume seems to have grown by 50%, more or less.

MHA aside, I find it interesting to compare the evolution of the manga market in the US vs in France

US Total Manga Sales since 2007

France Total Manga Sales since 2006

Both countries have had a downward trend from the late 2000s to ~2013 and started to recover from there, except the French manga market did so much faster, whereas the US one has yet to reach its 2007 peak again.
An explanation for this could be the rise of the digital market in between which is still very small in France but could be significant in the US?

 

[101nemesis]

Interesting

This would mean that 2019 was only the first year MHA sold more in the US than in France (2019: 862k vs 840k; 2018: 500k vs 700k; 2017: 134k vs 500k) though you could arguably explain this with the fact that there were 6 new volumes released in 2019 in the US (vol. 17 to 22) vs 5 in France (vol. 17 to 21).
Still, that's one hell of a growth.

In the US, Vol. 1 sold 99k, Vol. 2 sold 69k and Vol. 3 sold 53k.
The best selling new volume was Vol. 17 with 50k
In 2018, Vol. 1 did 62k, Vol. 2 did 42k and Vol. 3 did over 30k. The best selling new volumes also did over 30k. So every single volume seems to have grown by 50%, more or less.

MHA aside, I find it interesting to compare the evolution of the manga market in the US vs in France


Both countries have had a downward trend from the late 2000s to ~2013 and started to recover from there, except the French manga market did so much faster, whereas the US one has yet to reach its 2007 peak again.
An explanation for this could be the rise of the digital market in between which is still very small in France but could be significant in the US?

What was releasing in 2007 for the manga market to do that well in the US?

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 8, 2020, Original Post Date: Jul 8, 2020 ---

3 days is a big enough gap that second week alone shouldn't be able to make up for it in case of stable sales. In fact (not the most accurate method, I'm aware, but bear with me as there is no real alternative), using shoseki estimations for week 3 and week 4 of volume 10&11, volume 11 is down around 10k.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was down, like I said.
That said, 10k decline is technically more "stable" than what the rest of the volumes have shown xD

 

[Konja9]

Shoseki Daily Ranking - 7/6

Jump

#1 Kimetsu no Yaiba 21
#2 Kimetsu no Yaiba 21 Special Edition
#3 The Promised Neverland 19
#4 My Hero Academia 27
#8 Dr. Stone 16
#18 Black Clover 25
#27 Act-Age 12
#255 Agravity Boys 2

Jump+

#77 2.5 Dimension's Seduction 5
#79 Black Clover Quartet Knights 5
#95 Dosanko Gyaru wa Namaramenkoi 3
#107 Mato Seihei no Slave 5
#309 Otokozaka 9
#422 Akuma Memu Memu-chan 10
#448 Shouwa Otome Otogibanashi 5

Mashle is at #203.

I'm really happy than Mashle still appears in the ranking.

--- Double Post Merged, Jul 8, 2020, Original Post Date: Jul 8, 2020 ---

Interesting

This would mean that 2019 was only the first year MHA sold more in the US than in France (2019: 862k vs 840k; 2018: 500k vs 700k; 2017: 134k vs 500k) though you could arguably explain this with the fact that there were 6 new volumes released in 2019 in the US (vol. 17 to 22) vs 5 in France (vol. 17 to 21).
Still, that's one hell of a growth.

In the US, Vol. 1 sold 99k, Vol. 2 sold 69k and Vol. 3 sold 53k.
The best selling new volume was Vol. 17 with 50k
In 2018, Vol. 1 did 62k, Vol. 2 did 42k and Vol. 3 did over 30k. The best selling new volumes also did over 30k. So every single volume seems to have grown by 50%, more or less.

MHA aside, I find it interesting to compare the evolution of the manga market in the US vs in France


Both countries have had a downward trend from the late 2000s to ~2013 and started to recover from there, except the French manga market did so much faster, whereas the US one has yet to reach its 2007 peak again.
An explanation for this could be the rise of the digital market in between which is still very small in France but could be significant in the US?

In comparison, how much the volumes1, 2 and 3 of My Hero Academia sell in Japan?

I know it should be better in Japan, but I wonder how much is the difference.

 

[101nemesis]

In comparison, how much the volumes1, 2 and 3 of My Hero Academia sell in Japan?

I know it should be better in Japan, but I wonder how much is the difference.

MHA volumes 1, 2, 3 have all sold more than 1 million copies in Japan.

 

[Newkerzy]

What was releasing in 2007 for the manga market to do that well in the US?

I think that may have to do with the manga aggregators running around rampant at that time. To my memory, 2007-2008 is when manga aggregators really took off. For a while, manga sales went into a nosedive thanks to easily-accessed sites and for free, to boot. That directed most of the traffic elsewhere. Remember, a good number of people who’d buy manga don’t really have much of a disposable income.

But since 2012, the publishers have started making serious steps into establishing a digital platform, such as the Viz app, and CR app. The digital manga is where it’s at for the US. Now that people can buy them on a digital platform, it’s slowly shifting them into reading digital and as a result, the market is slowly recovering. Not to mention that some digital platforms are picking up some really obscure stuff, which is a big plus in my eyes.

 

[Wifi on da bus]

Since nobody seems to have posted it.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kaze no Michishirube sold 230,673 in 3 days.

 

[SharkBait]

What was releasing in 2007 for the manga market to do that well in the US?

I think the rise and fall of manga in america up to 2007 to its fall the year afterwards is pinned on lots of reasons, it's a heavily researched wrote about topic (proliferation of more anime being accessible, naruto had started airing in 2005 on tv, more bookstores, more word of mouth, etc)

 

[yadayada]

Since nobody seems to have posted it.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kaze no Michishirube sold 230,673 in 3 days.

Holy fuck. That's ridicolous.

If you exclude the other kimetsu novels, this makes it pretty much the best selling novel of the year. In just 3 days.

 

[Ryuusei]

Since nobody seems to have posted it.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kaze no Michishirube sold 230,673 in 3 days.

For comparison, Sword Art Online 21 sold 253,739 in the entirety of 2019 (and it was released back in December 2018) and was the second best-selling light novel of 2019, it was only topped by Weathering With You, which sold 511,159.

 

[AbrahamOmosun]

Since nobody seems to have posted it.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kaze no Michishirube sold 230,673 in 3 days.

So Kimetsu is going to be at the top for both manga and light novel sales. I will be surprised if more spinoffs aren't annouced

 

[Stivie]

 

[yadayada]

For comparison, Sword Art Online 21 sold 253,739 in the entirety of 2019 (and it was released back in December 2018) and was the second best-selling light novel of 2019, it was only topped by Weathering With You, which sold 511,159.

So I checked around, and as far as I can tell, this is the biggest first week for a light novel on oricon to date. Second highest I could find would be Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou Vol.4 with 225,948 in 2013.

EDIT: Nevermind, I missed haruhi volume 10(and perhaps something else too).

 

[Konja9]

MHA volumes 1, 2, 3 have all sold more than 1 million copies in Japan.

Thank you very much for the answer.

 

[WyldViolet]

Is there a particular reason why Muhyo & Roji has a s2?

I remember hearing that the first one happened since it was promoting a new sequel manga, but from what I gather that was just a short thing and s1 didn't seem to be especially popular.

I'm happy to get more to watch, but it's odd having this somewhat forgotten series from over a decade ago somehow getting a s2 when so many shows don't.

I've kind of done that with this old list I made and posted years ago that listed successes and failures since 1997. The series you're looking for would be listed as quasi successes.

It's not the best put together, and if I were to completely redo it I'd probably completely re-evaluate how I categorize what is a success or not with sales taken into account. Still I decide to update to current info based on the same metric before posting again.

Spoiler

Yearly Jump Success/Failures

Put this together awhile ago because I was bored and continue updating it every year. Thought I’d share.
I started this list at 1997 since that was the debut of One Piece and began the era of modern Jump.

These aren’t the perfect criteria to judge success by, but it’s the one I’m using.
Huge Success= Became a defining series for Jump.
Notable Success= 3 Or More Years
Quasi Success= Ran for 1-2 Years (with exceptions for short series who received anime)

For 2019+ these are tentative guesses on success.

1997
13 New Series

1 Huge Success (One Piece)

3 Notable Success (Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun, I’’s, Leader Den Takeshi)

1 Quasi Success (Meiryotei Gotoseijuro)
1 Mini-series (Cowa!)

7 Failures (Watashi no Kaeru-sama, Butsu Zone, Wrestling With Momoko, Merry Wind, Joka Joker, Cool: Rental Body Guard, Kirin: The Last Unicorn)

6 Success END (Rokudenashi Blues, Tottemo Luckyman!, Captain Tsubasa: World Youth, Level E, Sexy Commando, Gaiden)

1998
11 New Series

3 Huge Success- (Hunter x Hunter, Rookies, Shaman King)

4 Notable Success (Whistle, Rising Impact)

1 Mini-series (Kajika)

5 Failures (Ei-Row, Shonen Tantei Q, Kappa Revolution, Base Boys, Boku wa Shonen Tantei Dan)

3 Success END (Midori no Makibao, Jinnai Ryūjujutsu Butōden Majima-kun Suttobasu!!, Wild Half)

1999
13 New Series

3 Huge Success- (Naruto, Hikaru no Go, Prince of Tennis)

10 Failures (Shinkaigyo, Yamato Gensoki, Shukyu-den, Daisuo Dice King, Bushizawa Receive, Mahhaheddo, Survibee, Childragon, ZombiePowder, Romancers)

4 Success End (Hareluya II, Jigoku Sensei Nube, Ruroni Kenshin, Meiryotei Gotoseijuro)

2000
13 New Series

1 Huge Success (Jaguar)

2 Notable Success (Stone Ocean, Black Cat)

1 Quasi Success (Bremen)
1 Mini-series (Sandland)

8 Failures (Tsurikkizu Pintaro, Sanjushi, Normandy Secret Club, Kaiser Spike, Rocket de Tsukinukero!, Junjo Pine, Lilim Kiss, Bakabakashino!)

3 Success End (Hoshin Engi, Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun, I”s)


2001
11 New Series

1 Huge Success (Bleach)

2 Notable Success (Bobobo, Mr. Fullswing)

7 Failures (Gun Blaze West!, Jushin Ikaritorajiro, Karasuman, Magician, I’m A Faker, Grand Vacan, Mononoke! Nyantaro, Sowaka)

2002
10 New Series

1 Huge Success (Eyeshield 21)

1 Notable Success (Ichigo 100%)

1 Quasi Success (Pretty Face)

8 Failures (Sakuratetsu Taiwahen, Akkera Kanjincho, Shonen Espa Nejime, Number 10, Sword Breaker, AON, Ultra Red)

2 Success End (Leader Den Takeshi, Rising Impact)

2003
11 New Series
1 Quasi Success (Buso Renkin)

10 Failures (Granada, Tattoo Hearts, Yamikami Kou, Santa!, Kicks Megamix, Gocchan desu!, Kanagawa Isonan Futengumi, Sengoku Rappaden Sasori, Thoroughbred to Yobanai de, Kannade)
4 Success End (Rookies, Whistle!, Hikaru no Go, Pretty Face)

2004
12 New Series

4 Huge Success (Death Note, Gintama, Reborn! D. Gray Man)

1 Notable Success (Muhyo and Roji)
1 Exception (Steel Ball Run moved magazines)

6 Failures (Live, Gedo the Unidentified Mysterious Boy, Muteki Tetsuhime Spin-chan, Shonen Guardian, Chijo Saisoku Seishun Takkyu Puyan, WaqWaq)
3 Success End (Yugioh, Shaman King, Black Cat)

2005
9 New Series

1 Notable Success (Neuro)

3 Quasi Success (Takaya, Mieru Hito, Taizo Moteo Saga)

1 Exception (Beshari Kurashi moved magazines)
4 Failures (Yuto, Kain, Kirihoshi, Odoboro Poruta)

3 Success End (Bobobo, Ichigo 100%, Buso Renkin)

2006
11 New Series
1 Notable Success (To-Love Ru)

4 Quasi Success (Shinetsu BoBoBo, Maison Du Penguin,Mx0, P2 Pingpong)

6 Failures (Tsugihagi Hyoryusakka,
Takaya, Nazo no Murasame-kun, Over Time, Zan, Hand’s)

2 Success End (Death Note, Mieru Hito)

2007
11 New Series

1 Notable Success (Sket Dance)

3 Quasi Success (Samurai Usagi, Boku no Watashi no Yusha Gaku, Hatsuoki Limited)

7 Failures (Blue Dragon, Corrector M&Y, Junbor Balutronica, Volleyball Tsukai Godago, Boku no Watashi no Yusha Gaku, Hitomi no Catoblepas, Belmonde Le VisiteuR)

3 Success End (Taizo Moteo Saga, Shinetsu BoBoBo, P2 Pingpong)

2008
13 New Series

1 Huge Success (Bakuman)

3 Notable Success (Nurahiyon no Mago, Toriko, Inumarudashi)

1 Quasi Success (Psyren)

8 Failures (K.O. Sen, Muddy, Shiritsu Poseidon Gakuen Kotobu, Bari Haken, Double Arts, Dogashi Kaden!, Chagecha, Asklepios)

6 Success End (Prince of Tennis, Muhyo to Roji, Mx0, Samurai Usagi, Boku no Watashi no Yusha Gaku, Hatsukoi Limited,

2009
14 New Series

1 Huge Success (Kuroko no Basuke)

2 Notable Success (Beelzebub, Medaka Box)

1 Quasi Success (Hokenshitsu no Shinigami)

10 Failures (Meister, Bokke-san, Hoopmen, Akaboshi, Anedoki, Kagijin, Wasshoi! Waji Mania, Super Dog Rilienthal, Neko Wappa!, Shinseiki Idol Densetsu Kanata Seven Change)

4 Success End (Eyeshield 21, D. Gray Man (moved to Jump SQ), Neuro, To Love Ru)

2010
8 New Series

1 Quasi Success (Enigma)

7 Failures (Lock On!, Kiben Gakuha, Metallica Metalluca, Shonen Shikku, SWOT, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen, Light Wing)

2 Success End (Jaguar, Psyren)


2011
10 New Series

1 Huge Success (Nisekoi)

2 Quasi Successes (Magico, Kurogane)

7 Failures (Dois Sol, Marchen Oji Grimm, Sengoku Armors, Kikai Banashi Hanasaka Ikkyu, ST&RS, Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa, Pakky!)

2 Success End (Hokenshitsu no Shinigami, Enigma)

2012
13 New Series

3 Huge Success (Haikyuu, AssClass, Shokugeki no Soma)

1 Notable Success (Saiki Kusuo no Sainan)

1 Miniseries (Koganeiro)

8 Failures (Pajama na Kanojo, Koisome Momiji, Sensei no Bulge, Takamagahara, Retsu! Date Senpai, Cross Manage, Hungry Joker, Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san)

5 Success End (Nurahiyon no Mago, Bakuman, Inumarudashii, Magico, Reborn!)

2013
11 New Series

2 Notable Success (World Trigger, Isobe Isobe Monogatari)

2 Quasi Success (Soul Catcher(S) (Transferred to bimonthly magazine Jump NEXT after a little over a year of serialization)

1 Miniseries (Ginga Patrol Jaco)

6 Failures (Koisuru Edison, Mutou Black, Smoky BB, Kurokuroku, Hime-doll, Hachi, Koi no Cupid)

3 Success End (Sket Dance, Medaka Box, Kurogane)

2014 (so far)
16 new series

1 Huge Success (My Hero Academia)

1 Notable Success (Hinomarou Sumo)

2 Mini-Series (Sore Ike! Yuugou-Kun, Moromono no Jijou)

1 Exception (iShoujo moved magazines)

14 Failures (Iron Knight, Tokyo Wonder Boys, Stealth Symphony, Illegal Rare, Mitsukubi Condor, Yoakemono, Sporting Salt, Hi-Fi Cluster, Judos, Takujo no Ageha, E-robot)

4 Success End (Naruto, Kuroko no Basuke, Beelzebub, Soul Catchers)

2015
13 new series

1 Notable Success (Black Clover)
2 Quasi Success (Straighten Up!, Samon-Kun Wa Summoner

9 Failures (Gakyuu Houtei, Cyborg Roggy, Ultra Battle Satellite,
Kagamigami, Lady Justice, Devily Man, Best Blue, Buddy Strike, Mononofu)

1 Mini-series (Naruto Gaiden)


2016
12 New series

2 Huge success (The Promised Neverland, Cancel no Yaiba)

2 Notable success (Boruto, Yuragi sou no Yuuna-san)

1 Quasi success (Spring Weapon #1)

6 Failures (Takuan to Batsu, Love Rush, Red Sprite, Amalgam of Distortion, Demon’s Plan, Ore Golazo )

5 Success End (AssClass, Nisekoi, Bleach, Kochikame, Toriko)

2017
11 new series
2 (likely) Notable Success (We Never Learn, Dr. Stone)

1 Quasi success (Robot x Lazerbeam)

8 Failures (U19, Demon Prince Poro’s Diaries, Hungry Marie, Cross Account, Shuudan, Full Drive, Golem Hearts, Tomatopoo no Lycopene)

3 Success End (Straighten Up, Samon-kun wa Summoner, Isobe Isobe Monogatari)

2018 (so far)
11 new series

1 (likely) Huge Success (Jujutsu Kaisen)
1 (likely) notable success (Act-Age)

1 quasi success (I'm from Japan (anime announced with series, moved to Jump+)

9 failures: Bozebeats, Noah’s Notes, Ziga, Momiji no Kisestu, Invade You, Tanaka Seiji, Alice to Taiou, I'm from Japan, David-kun

4 Success End: Saiki Kusuo no Sainan, Spring Weapon #1, Robot x Lazerbeam, Gintama, World Trigger (moved to Jump SQ)

2019 (so far)
14 new series

1 (likely) huge success (Chainsaw Man

1 likely quasi success (Mission: Yozakura Family

1 oddity (I'm from Japan came with an anime already in production and was basically government sponsored children's propaganda. Moved to Jump+)

1 undetermined: Mitama: Secureity Busters

Failures: neo:lation, hell warden higuma, the last saiyuuki, yui kamui, futari no taisei, beast children, Tokyo Shinobi squad

Success end: shokugeki no soma, Hinomaru Sumo, Boruto (moved to v-Jump),

1 miniseries: Dr Stone: Reboot: Byakuya)

2020 (so far)
14 new series

3 Likely successes (Undead x Unluck, Mashle, Moriking

9 Undermined: Agravity Boys, Bone Collection, Time Paradox Ghost Writer, Ayakashi Triangle, Magu-Chan: God of Destruction, Hardboiled Cop and Dolphin, me & Roboco

2 Failures (so far): Zipman, Guardian of the Witch

Success End: Yuuragi-sou no Yuuna, Kimetsu no Yaiba, The Promised Neverland

 

[OtterBrigade]

Quite strange because Funimation is part of the production committe for Season 2:
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation s2 committee

• Animax Broadcasting Japan
• Asmik Ace
• Sky PerfecTV
• Funimation
• Bandai Namco Arts
• A3
• Amusement Media Academy

Take in comparison with S1 committe:

• Animax Broadcasting Japan
• JY Animation
• Sky PerfecTV
• Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Bandai Namco Arts

So I think overseas influence shouldnt be take off from the possibilities of Muhyo getting a new season.

Keep in mind Sony Pictures owns Funimation and that buyout happened between the two seasons. As Sony Pictures is only listed for season 1 I think it's likely they just wanted to use an anime specific brand rather than the more general one as they're the same company anyway. Since Shueisha isn't on the committee no one who invested cares about manga to promote and since I think think any of those companies are involved in merch (Bandai Namco is but different subsidiary than the one listed) it's probably as simple as the specific companies who stayed turned profit and think a second season will get them more money.