Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump (2026) - News and Discussion!

[Shinuki no Reborn]

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[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol Fujimaki definitely has some good sense of humor



Top of the page: "Only people who've seen Spider-Man will get this"

1st Panel

Kuroko: I watched Kill Blue anime, the opening was amazing!

Ogami: Well, I really appreciate it...But speaking of openings, Kuroko no Basket was super cool too, wasn't it?!

Kuroko: It's just a bat, but it looks like it could do more damage than a gun! (Part of this translation doesn't make much sense)

Ogami: Well, this is more of a performance, I guess...

2nd Panel

Robo: I've never been made into an anime...so there's no opening theme or anything, it's kind of lame, I guess...

Ogami: No, you can't compare them! It's not lame at all! The manga volumes sold well, and the serialization ran for over a year, didn’t it? It's amazing! Seriously!!

Despite my personal opinions about Robot x Laserbeam i would definitely enjoy seeing it getting a anime adaptation by the same studio after Kill Blue gets fully adapted with Fujimaki reworking in the story to fit in a 24 eps season with a better ending

 

[nemu asahi]

Hit is just a form of talking, Jump is unable to get anything to even survive at all while WSM, WSS and others are always able to find at the very leat sport series that perform and sell decently, that's the thing.

If Chess is a sport so is Shogi, Akane-banashi is performing arts.

Red Blue got a live action series, clearly is doing well, probably does well digital, and Suruga Meteor is said to be performing great in the survey rankings:

"Weekly Shonen Magazine's "Suruga Meteor" has been revealed to be the No.1 most popular new series in the past four years according to reader surveys"




That's not what happens with a ton of anime adaptations, Shonen Magazine is announcing anime adaptations as fast as just a couple of months after the 1st serialization anniversary with the anime releasing in the next year and they look fine for most, it's been pretty clear that Shonen Jump in special is struggling lately to get their anime adaptations out with a decent speed.

I don't know, but that's what people (producers, animators, etc.) say. It takes 3 years for an anime with a manga and 5 without. Shonen magazine doing it in 2 years instead of 3 is interesting. Maybe they rely heavily on foreign staff for all the sakkan, LO, genga, douga, so it's easier to recruit people? They use less trendy/busy studios? I don't know. But there is an explanation to it, surely.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Even since 2020 I think it has been clear that Jump runs certain series, not because they have "potential" but to have some variety in the magazine for a little while. A lot of gags (like Moriking) are like this, there is no way Jump thought they would be long-runners. I would put Someone Hertz as a surprisingly successful entry in this category.

Same with manga with really bizarre premises (like MamaYuyu)—again, just so there is something novel in the line-up. If it works, like P6, that's great, but I can't imagine there were high expectations for I Tell C or Star of Beethoven.

The other main idea is to let promising artists promote themselves and/or build up technical skill. But there have been a lot of promising artists and not a lot of promising results in recent memory. Nue and Shinobi Undercover would be instances of this going right.

Finally there is absolute dogwater like Nice Prison or Gonron and I guess no one else submitted in that round.

It feels pretty rare to see a series that it feels like the the editorial has confidence in to the degree of, like, Blue Box or Ichi the Witch. It is also true that several of these "slam dunks" have failed in the past few years though (Red Hood, Tenmaku Cinema)

lol Galaxy, of all gags you could pick you did Moriking, the one that actually ranked decently well for a while and was enjoyed even here in the Forum? kkkk

MORIKING

Ch1: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch2: Color Page
Ch3: 5th
Ch4: 3rd
Ch5: 9th
Ch6: 3rd
Ch7: 10th
Ch8: 3rd
Ch9: 7th
Ch10: 6th
Ch11: 4th
Ch12: Color Page
Ch13: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch14: 12th
Ch15: 11th
Ch16: 8th
Ch17: 13th (Bottom 2)
Ch18: 14th (Bottom 1)
Ch19: 12th (Bottom 3)
Ch20: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch21: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch22: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch23: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch24: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch25: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch26: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch27: 16th (Bottom 1)
Ch28: 10th
Ch29: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch30: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch31: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch32: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch33: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch34: 17th (Bottom 1)
Ch35: 14th (Bottom 2) - Final Chapter!

Also Hasegawa had published Spring Weapon No.1 for nearly 2 years before, so they definitely saw potential on him.

And about Nice Prison, besides the quality of it, Suganuma is well known and popular on Twitter with over 150k followers because of his 4-koma stories, so they were definitely trying to target these audience.

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I don't know, but that's what people (producers, animators, etc.) say. It takes 3 years for an anime with a manga and 5 without. Shonen magazine doing it in 2 years instead of 3 is interesting. Maybe they rely heavily on foreign staff for all the sakkan, LO, genga, douga, so it's easier to recruit people? They use less trendy/busy studios? I don't know. But there is an explanation to it, surely.

Many Shounen Magazine adaptations are romance and series which doesn't warrant sakuga fest and etc but even the romance and stuff that doesnt warrant sakuga fest on Jump is also taking longer than usual to get or broadcast a anime lol

 

[nemu asahi]

lol Galaxy, of all gags you could pick you did Moriking, the one that actually ranked decently well for a while and was enjoyed even here in the Forum? kkkk

MORIKING

Ch1: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch2: Color Page
Ch3: 5th
Ch4: 3rd
Ch5: 9th
Ch6: 3rd
Ch7: 10th
Ch8: 3rd
Ch9: 7th
Ch10: 6th
Ch11: 4th
Ch12: Color Page
Ch13: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch14: 12th
Ch15: 11th
Ch16: 8th
Ch17: 13th (Bottom 2)
Ch18: 14th (Bottom 1)
Ch19: 12th (Bottom 3)
Ch20: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch21: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch22: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch23: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch24: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch25: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch26: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch27: 16th (Bottom 1)
Ch28: 10th
Ch29: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch30: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch31: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch32: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch33: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch34: 17th (Bottom 1)
Ch35: 14th (Bottom 2) - Final Chapter!

Also Hasegawa had published Spring Weapon No.1 for nearly 2 years before, so they definitely saw potential on him.

And about Nice Prison, besides the quality of it, Suganuma is well known and popular on Twitter with over 150k followers because of his 4-koma stories, so they were definitely trying to target these audience.

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Many Shounen Magazine adaptations are romance and series which doesn't warrant sakuga fest and etc but even the romance and stuff that doesnt warrant sakuga fest on Jump is also taking longer than usual to get or broadcast a anime lol

I posted a summary on the WSmag thread, with series between 2022 and 2025. Check if you see mistakes.

 

[WyldViolet]

lol Galaxy, of all gags you could pick you did Moriking, the one that actually ranked decently well for a while and was enjoyed even here in the Forum? kkkk

MORIKING

Ch1: Cover & Lead Color Pages
Ch2: Color Page
Ch3: 5th
Ch4: 3rd
Ch5: 9th
Ch6: 3rd
Ch7: 10th
Ch8: 3rd
Ch9: 7th
Ch10: 6th
Ch11: 4th
Ch12: Color Page
Ch13: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch14: 12th
Ch15: 11th
Ch16: 8th
Ch17: 13th (Bottom 2)
Ch18: 14th (Bottom 1)
Ch19: 12th (Bottom 3)
Ch20: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch21: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch22: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch23: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch24: 14th (Bottom 2)
Ch25: 15th (Bottom 1)
Ch26: 15th (Bottom 2)
Ch27: 16th (Bottom 1)
Ch28: 10th
Ch29: 13th (Bottom 4)
Ch30: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch31: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch32: 15th (Bottom 4)
Ch33: 14th (Bottom 4)
Ch34: 17th (Bottom 1)
Ch35: 14th (Bottom 2) - Final Chapter!

Also Hasegawa had published Spring Weapon No.1 for nearly 2 years before, so they definitely saw potential on him.

And about Nice Prison, besides the quality of it, Suganuma is well known and popular on Twitter with over 150k followers because of his 4-koma stories, so they were definitely trying to target these audience.

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Many Shounen Magazine adaptations are romance and series which doesn't warrant sakuga fest and etc but even the romance and stuff that doesnt warrant sakuga fest on Jump is also taking longer than usual to get or broadcast a anime lol

Not to mention, the Nice Prison hate is heavily driven by anti-gag bias. It's a perfectly competent manga. One that I actually was genuinely a fan of.

 

[Shonenfan]

I wonder what’s taking the Tate roll mangaka so long. I thought he was close to serialization.

I also want to know what happened to the last few GFC not getting published. I know they have historically underperformed but it’s still odd.

 

[nemu asahi]

Did the same for Jump (chat gtp again, it lies like hell, so I won't be surprised if you rebuke it). First adaptations only, time between the first chapter and the first episode.

Chat gtp is shit, so I erased the chart. The weekly shonen mag one should be accurate.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Did the same for Jump (chat gtp again, it lies like hell, so I won't be surprised if you rebuke it). First adaptations only, time between the first chapter and the first episode.

Manga	Studio	Time
Chainsaw Man	MAPPA	3y 10m
Mashle	A-1 Pictures	3y 2m
Undead Unluck	David Production	3y 8m
Yozakura Family	Silver Link	4y 7m
Elusive Samurai	CloverWorks	3y 5m
Sakamoto Days	TMS	4y 2m
Witch Watch	Bibury	4y 2m
Blue Box	Telecom	4y 6m

Yeah, it's off, i just checked Blue Box and it started on April 2021 and the anime started broadcasting on October 2024, it's actually 3 years and 6 months, i advise you to delete the post on WSM if you're not sure about the info being true, you can simply look at MAL (the info there are accurate), the date of the manga and the date of the anime and do the math

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I also want to know what happened to the last few GFC not getting published. I know they have historically underperformed but it’s still odd.

They're going to debut at some time, they probably taking this long because the editorial just stopped with serializing the one shot works that won the GFC since none of them has worked for ages, so now the authors have to go back to zero and think about a whole new story and go through meetings to get it approved.

 

[nemu asahi]

Yeah, it's off, i just checked Blue Box and it started on April 2021 and the anime started broadcasting on October 2024, it's actually 3 years and 6 months, i advise you to delete the post on WSM if you're not sure about the info being true, you can simply look at MAL (the info there are accurate), the date of the manga and the date of the anime and do the math

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They're going to debut at some time, they probably taking this long because the editorial just stopped with serializing the one shot works that won the GFC since none of them has worked for ages, so now the authors have to go back to zero and think about a whole new story and go through meetings to get it approved.

I checked all the dates for the WS magazine threads, and did all the calculations by myself. There were mistakes, but all except 1 manga are over 3 years. There is no mistake no more!! (You can't find one).

I swear, chat gtp is lazier than a student.

So, don't take the Jump chart for granted, there are mistakes, surely. Will erase it.

 

[SharkBait]

I swear, chat gtp is lazier than a student.

You probably would have needed to tell it to include the series name, start date, and episode one airing date, and then to derive the time difference from there, since the chart doesnt include the dates, it will hallucinate.

 

[nemu asahi]

You probably would have needed to tell it to include the series name, start date, and episode one airing date, and then to derive the time difference from there, since the chart doesnt include the dates, it will hallucinate.

Yes, I know, but even this was off. I had to recheck all the dates once more. And each time, I was asking "you sure of that?" "Oups, no, here are the corrected dates". So, I checked with wikipedia and MAL.

Not the first time. Last time I wanted to be lazy and I asked it to make an exercice in French for CE2 level (3rd grade) and I had to correct it 3 times, like "it's wrong! Correct your mistakes!" It took me the same time to make a 10 sentence exercice with it as me doing it by hand. This thing is useless.

People think it's great because they don't know the answers to the questions they ask, but it lies like hell and tries to excuse itself by saying "oups, I did it again!"
Worse than a student.

I wanted to be lazy today again and it got me. My fault.

EDIT: but you're right about the hallucination phenomenon. When I asked it to make the exercise AND the correction to the exercise at the same time, then it could do it. It took a f>>>>> time, like I was seeing it thinking and thinking, but it could do it in the end.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I noticed that he hasn't drawn double spread actions except this scene in chapter 1.

lol the timing

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Editor text in this week Nue's Exorcist chapter:

"Look for the cover featuring Natsuki hime!! The latest volume 14 of the manga is now on sale and selling very well!!"

Obs: It's a new text, last week color page advertisement only said the volume was on sale!

 

[Phantom RPG]

lol the timing

--- Double Post Merged, Apr 17, 2026, Original Post Date: Apr 17, 2026 ---

Editor text in this week Nue's Exorcist chapter:

"Look for the cover featuring Natsuki hime!! The latest volume 14 of the manga is now on sale and selling very well!!"

Obs: It's a new text, last week color page advertisement only said the volume was on sale!

Yeah, am starting to bet that the between issue 24 and 25 we get the one anniversary cover for its third year.

Also, did anyone see the post I made regarding a few one shots some of the authors, from the five week period that it will have, have made?

Any interesting thing you all liked in there?

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

Yeah, am starting to bet that the between issue 24 and 25 we get the one anniversary cover for its third year.

#24 is 99% going to be Kagurabachi

 

[Phantom RPG]

#24 is 99% going to be Kagurabachi

Then 25th issue then.

I find it kinda interesting that the one shot that involves mafia is likely to be on the issue with kagurabachi to have center stage. I don't know why I find it amusing.

 

[Kiaida]

Red Blue got a live action series, clearly is doing well, probably does well digital, and Suruga Meteor is said to be performing great in the survey rankings:

Just making one thing clear, but I'm not hating on them. I like both series and know they have their strong points, but they're still selling below the usual for their magazines, at least physical, so it's not like Jump is the only one struggling with spokon. Ichika Bachika, Love Forty, Volley Volley, Second Break, Zero to Hyaku. Nothing manages to sell well.

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

lol the timing for Jump to include this message in Alien Headbutt chapter, kinda makes me feel bad for the author:

"Send messages of support to Akira Inui-sensei, who’s working passionately every day on his very first serialization"

 

[shillin65]

Viz's tweet for Hero Destroyer(z) is a bit more direct about the premise

 

[Nuesmoker]

lol the timing for Jump to include this message in Alien Headbutt chapter, kinda makes me feel bad for the author:

"Send messages of support to Akira Inui-sensei, who’s working passionately every day on his very first serialization"

Inui:

 

[Shinuki no Reborn]

I don't know what's worse. The random z added at the end of the title or the fact that, out of all possible words they could've used, Viz really went with "dumps"

You will understand when you read the chapter