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

[Chuck_Atlas]

Biggest WTF moment from WSM for me , but damn if this means that Blue Lock may be getting an anime too in the future, then let it be

 

[susanoo13]

The only reason I would not think it's Ippo is that the last season was out when Masao Maruyama was still running Mappa and had ties to Madhouse and now he doesn't, also with all of Mappa's workload Ippo's next season can't come before Fall 2021 unless it's by studio M2 and Madhouse who haven't had an anime for 2 year minimum IIRC...But what about a Rave Master reboot?

 

[Tamil]

I would wait till it's officially announced but the CP for next issue didn't tease a big announcement? I assumed the CP was to announce that the Awaji Island arc is ending &/or reaching it's climax. I guess not.

Honestly I was not expecting it to be this early (much later in 2021). I thought they would've waited a while till after Awaji Island arc is finished before announcing it.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

About the second Kodansha series with anime announcement soon, some stuff that has appeared too makes it point it won't be from WSM, it seems it would be Blue Period (we'll discover that in the future anyways).

I wonder if Cuckoo will get a possible anime announcement in January because 1st year anniversary (and since it already has better numbers than Kanokari or 5toubun when they were on volume 4-5).

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This is being a truly crazy day.

 

[Koni]

About the second Kodansha series with anime announcement soon, some stuff that has appeared too makes it point it won't be from WSM, it seems it would be Blue Period (we'll discover that in the future anyways).

I wonder if Cuckoo will get a possible anime announcement in January because 1st year anniversary (and since it already has better numbers than Kanokari or 5toubun when they were on volume 4-5).

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This is being a truly crazy day.

Is Hitman even over?! I know it'll end soon, but the turnaround is fucking quick. Kei and Kouji are about to come back within the year, it seems. May the romantic melodrama never leave us. xD

 

[Serinox]

Is Hitman even over?! I know it'll end soon, but the turnaround is fucking quick. Kei and Kouji are about to come back within the year, it seems. May the romantic melodrama never leave us. xD

In the #2-3/2021 issue from December 9th, Seo said that Hitman will end in 6 chapters, so: no, it is not over yet in publication, but I can imagine that Seo might've already finished all those chapters in advance.

 

[ruggia]

In the #2-3/2021 issue from December 9th, Seo said that Hitman will end in 6 chapters, so: no, it is not over yet in publication, but I can imagine that Seo might've already finished all those chapters in advance.

He's still storyboarding the second to last chapter.

 

[Serinox]

He's still storyboarding the second to last chapter.

Ah, gotcha. Well, with Seo's history of stuff like Kimi no Iru Machi's final chapter being literally in the same magazine issue as the first chapter of Fuuka, it doesn't surprise me that he has info on his next series ready to talk about already while still working on the final parts of Hitman ^^

 

[Tamil]

About the second Kodansha series with anime announcement soon, some stuff that has appeared too makes it point it won't be from WSM, it seems it would be Blue Period (we'll discover that in the future anyways).

Yep it looks like it is Blue Period and xmas arrived a bit early for me with these anime announcements for Orient & Blue Period

I predict Blue Lock is next and then Cuckoo for announcements.

 

[KagamiKuroko]

Yep it looks like it is Blue Period and xmas arrived a bit early for me with these anime announcements for Orient & Blue Period

I predict Blue Lock is next and then Cuckoo for announcements.

where did you get the blue period news?

 

[Tamil]

where did you get the blue period news?

Check the afternoon thread and a domain has been registered on top of that

 

[ThisIsIt]

So basically every long series would get anime adaption at some point regardless of sales. I feel bad for actual successful series in the past like Bloody Monday, Godhand Teru or Yankee Kun that never made it lol

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

 

[Doughboy]

Even though WSM current line up is mid all these announcements is hype, I’ll deff try gotobun’s author new series out. I’m sure it’ll be a day one license or swift one, a scan team will pick it up faithfully too. But bro anime from kodansha in 2021 is loaded... just off the top of my head I’m watching:

Slime S2
Cells at work code black
Shaman King
EZ
High rise invasion
Nagatoro

Only thing that can make this better is 100YQ anime or Danganronpa V3 anime, the people need this Kodansha..!

 

[natsu x777]

Weekly Shonen Magazine goes all out in 2021

In anime:
- Second season for Gotoubun no Hanayome
- Second season for Kanojo, Okarishimasu
- Nanatsu no Taizai Final season
- Second Seitokai Yakuindomo Film
- Live action and anime of Tokyo Revengers
- Anime for Fumetsu no Anata e, Edens Zero, Kanojo mo Kanojo and most likely Orient

For the magazine
- You will have at the same time the most successful mangakas in recent times for the magazine (Hiro Mashima, Nakaba Suzuki, Haruba Negi, Terajima Yuuji, Yoshitoki Oima)
- Has the most promising Romcom to be popular as Kakkou no linazuke
- Has one of the most promising spokons like Blue Lock
- He has a jewel about to become known as Tokyo Revengers.

Anyway, 2021 looks to be the best year for the magazine in a long time. A happy very christmas for everyone.

 

[KagamiKuroko]

What studio do you guys think could do a good job with Orient?

 

[Tamil]

What studio do you guys think could do a good job with Orient?

Ufotable and it has nothing to do the success of Kimetsu either. They would be perfect for it. Orient is going to be very difficult to adapt properly considering how much a large scale battle manga it is and they're going to need exceptional character designers to pull off those character & kishin/demon designs. Like this was from chapter 2 and I'm sure many have seen this double page spread before.

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It's probably going to use a lot of CGI and also I believe with the talents of Ufotable's digital team, they'll be able to bring Ohtaka's stunning color pages/volume covers/art to life as well

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Others include Bones (obvious choice for a battle series) & David Production (with shaft members) but realistically it probably won't be Ufotable. Those are the best studios to adapt Orient but talking about realistic choices...

-Bones
-MAPPA (I know the MAPPA meme of adapting everything is rampant but I got a feeling they'll do it even before it was a meme lol)
-Cloverworks/A1 (I hope not)
-Orange (for the series requiring a lot of CGI)
-8-bit (They're known for the Slime anime but they have recently formed a partnership with Bandai to create new hit animes so perhaps Orient is one of the titles they want to adapt)

Bandai Namco Arts, 8-Bit Enter Partnership to Produce Animation Content

Partnership's 1st production is upcoming The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime

www.animenewsnetwork.com

-VOLN (mainly because they're working with Ohtaka for the new anime, Back Arrow, and she did the character designers. The timing just seems like it's a possibility)

I'm personally hoping for Bones and as a fan I'd want it to be 1 cour but considering how the sales are like, 2 cours would be the better choice so they can get to Awaji Island arc. The concern with them adapting Awaji Island in the first season is that they'd have to have a very fast pacing (even if there are chapters where not a lot happens).

Also, I'd like someone like Kishida who worked as a character designer for Jojo part 5 to be the character designer. Hopefully an exceptional staff that is passionate about the series picks it up. I've always wanted to see one of Ohtaka's works get a stellar adaptation and hopefully Orient delivers.

 

[Mammo]

- Nanatsu no Taizai Final season

was this confirmed? and if so doesn't that confirm it's a 2 cour show?
no way they're adapting almost 100 chapters in 12 episodes
but who knows? last season taught us not to give Deen the benefit of the doubt

 

[Koni]

So I read Love or Magic:

It’s very early-2010s-light novel-y, doing off of premise alone, and even some of the story beats. For some reason, I really enjoy that. I think it helps that I think it’s execution is good. The MC seems more of your typical shonen protagonist, but I find that shonen protagonists make for pretty good harem protagonists since by definition they have to have a drive, will, or goal that defines them. There isn’t a girl that I outright dislike at the moment, and I like the main girl the most. Her relationship with the MC reminds me of that of Kafka and Mina from Kaiju No. 8, and I want to see her interact more with the MC. Then again, I’m a sucker for that type of dynamic anyways.

I look forward to reading more of this, it’s pretty fun so far and I’m getting invested. It’s not the best out there, but I think it’s decent and can make for some good, fun, popcorn material.

 

[Mankichi Togawa]

Cuckoo getting miko promotion

Tokyo Revengers anime promotion too