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

[Ihore]

It is getting a CP though.
if what the issue 4+5's chapter of Real Account is to be believed.

 

[cody]

I don't really know where to post this, but.

GRAND BLUE is getting an anime baby! Woohoo!

http://moetron.news/post/169612537720/grand-blue-anime-announced

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 12, 2018, Original Post Date: Jan 12, 2018 ---

It's WSM. Probably a live action TV drama

Close enough. It's a live action movie instead.




Edit: Well, that increases the chances of a Fire Force anime getting announced, imo.

 

[ruggia]

Some food for thought:

For those who don't know, Kodansha's MagaPocket mobile app has all WSM series from digital release (so no Ippo) available for free after a 3 week delay, and the app allows each user to "favorite" the series to keep a personal bookmark.

The number of favorites each series gets is publicly shown, so I tried ranking the "Favorites" count as of January 13th.

MagaPocket Favorites Ranking (Jan. 13, 2018)

1. Kanojo, Okarishimasu (51366)
   
2. Dometic na Kanojo (44247)
   
3. Seishun Soukanzu (39451)
4. Gotoubun no Hanayome (35906)
5. Daiya no Ace Act II (31463)
   
6. Days (26746)
   
7. Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai (19423)
   
8. Real Account (18962)
   
9. Runway de Waratte (18615)
   
10. Fuuka (17730)
    
11. Tokyo卍Revengers (17672)
    
12. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet (16816)
    
13. Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte (16467)
    
14. Tsurezure Children (11319)
    
15. Seitokai Yakuindomo (11096)
16. Senryuu Shoujo (10980)
    
17. Fire Force (8482)
18. Sensei, Sukidesu (7913)
19. Nanatsu no Taizai (6334)
20. Fumetsu no Anata e (6107)
    
21. Ahiru no Sora (6023)
22. Tsue Petit Mahou Tsukai (5686)
23. Eito Carnival (4585)

Numbers for some of the older, completed series:

• Baby Steps (19906)
• World End Crusaders (13004)
• Kami-sama no Iutoori (10079)
• Yamada-kun (9625)
• Area no Kishi (6896)
• Kessen no Kuon (6062)

Series that moved to MagaPocket from WSM and are still on-going.

• Infection (49171)
  
• Ranker's High (35316)

Do note that there is a bit of a recency bias, in that series that started after the app launched (~2.5 years) tend to pick up readers better, and they can be influenced by the kind of promotions that happen within the app. I do have a small theory that the recent romance push is somewhat influenced by their desire to promote the app, but that's a story for some other time.

 

[Tanzo]

 

[cody]

Some food for thought:

For those who don't know, Kodansha's MagaPocket mobile app has all WSM series from digital release (so no Ippo) available for free after a 3 week delay, and the app allows each user to "favorite" the series to keep a personal bookmark.

The number of favorites each series gets is publicly shown, so I tried ranking the "Favorites" count as of January 13th.

MagaPocket Favorites Ranking (Jan. 13, 2018)

1. Kanojo, Okarishimasu (51366)
   
2. Dometic na Kanojo (44247)
   
3. Seishun Soukanzu (39451)
4. Gotoubun no Hanayome (35906)
5. Daiya no Ace Act II (31463)
   
6. Days (26746)
   
7. Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai (19423)
   
8. Real Account (18962)
   
9. Runway de Waratte (18615)
   
10. Fuuka (17730)
    
11. Tokyo卍Revengers (17672)
    
12. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet (16816)
    
13. Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte (16467)
    
14. Tsurezure Children (11319)
    
15. Seitokai Yakuindomo (11096)
16. Senryuu Shoujo (10980)
    
17. Fire Force (8482)
18. Sensei, Sukidesu (7913)
19. Nanatsu no Taizai (6334)
20. Fumetsu no Anata e (6107)
    
21. Ahiru no Sora (6023)
22. Tsue Petit Mahou Tsukai (5686)
23. Eito Carnival (4585)

Numbers for some of the older, completed series:

• Baby Steps (19906)
• World End Crusaders (13004)
• Kami-sama no Iutoori (10079)
• Yamada-kun (9625)
• Area no Kishi (6896)
• Kessen no Kuon (6062)

Series that moved to MagaPocket from WSM and are still on-going.

• Infection (49171)
  
• Ranker's High (35316)

Do note that there is a bit of a recency bias, in that series that started after the app launched (~2.5 years) tend to pick up readers better, and they can be influenced by the kind of promotions that happen within the app. I do have a small theory that the recent romance push is somewhat influenced by their desire to promote the app, but that's a story for some other time.

Well I didn't know Infection and Ranker's high were online only, does that mean they might be ending soon? Kanojo, Okarishimasu being at the top is quite surprising, I guess it really fits what the readers of the magazine wants and the demographic, I really like it as well, so good to see it's doing well.

200k copies in print for Runway de Waratte? That's great, now if only the translations weren't somewhat dead.

 

[XtrnlArdent]

I think that Infection was moved to Magapocket more than a year ago and if I remember correctly it wasn't a bad seller, like 30k per volume. Maybe it will end soon, but it should have like 100 chapters no? It is not a bad ride tbh

 

[Torca]

Infection started to sell a lot better when it transferred to Pocket. I don't think it'll end soon, Ranker's High could end faster though.

 

[Aipom626]

Some food for thought:

For those who don't know, Kodansha's MagaPocket mobile app has all WSM series from digital release (so no Ippo) available for free after a 3 week delay, and the app allows each user to "favorite" the series to keep a personal bookmark.

The number of favorites each series gets is publicly shown, so I tried ranking the "Favorites" count as of January 13th.

MagaPocket Favorites Ranking (Jan. 13, 2018)

1. Kanojo, Okarishimasu (51366)
   
2. Dometic na Kanojo (44247)
   
3. Seishun Soukanzu (39451)
4. Gotoubun no Hanayome (35906)
5. Daiya no Ace Act II (31463)
   
6. Days (26746)
   
7. Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai (19423)
   
8. Real Account (18962)
   
9. Runway de Waratte (18615)
   
10. Fuuka (17730)
    
11. Tokyo卍Revengers (17672)
    
12. Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet (16816)
    
13. Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte (16467)
    
14. Tsurezure Children (11319)
    
15. Seitokai Yakuindomo (11096)
16. Senryuu Shoujo (10980)
    
17. Fire Force (8482)
18. Sensei, Sukidesu (7913)
19. Nanatsu no Taizai (6334)
20. Fumetsu no Anata e (6107)
    
21. Ahiru no Sora (6023)
22. Tsue Petit Mahou Tsukai (5686)
23. Eito Carnival (4585)

Numbers for some of the older, completed series:

• Baby Steps (19906)
• World End Crusaders (13004)
• Kami-sama no Iutoori (10079)
• Yamada-kun (9625)
• Area no Kishi (6896)
• Kessen no Kuon (6062)

Series that moved to MagaPocket from WSM and are still on-going.

• Infection (49171)
  
• Ranker's High (35316)

Do note that there is a bit of a recency bias, in that series that started after the app launched (~2.5 years) tend to pick up readers better, and they can be influenced by the kind of promotions that happen within the app. I do have a small theory that the recent romance push is somewhat influenced by their desire to promote the app, but that's a story for some other time.

Well that list was certainly surprising. I understand the recency bias, but seeing Seishun it third place and Mako-san in seventh really caught me off-guard.

Excellent news for Runway! It looks like ts sales are steadily starting to grow in a similar manner to Senryuu Girl's. Hopefully they'll both continue to grow in the upcoming year.

 

[Obitooooo]

1. Total sales from december :
   
   Shingeki No Kyojin : 1.250.794
   Nanatsu No Taizai : 514.914
   Daiya no A : 287.825
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   
   SHOSEKI 13/01 ( The same day that anime of Nanatsu ) :
   
   26 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.29
   76 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.1
   79 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.2
   86 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.3
   122 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.28
   194 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL. 27
   276 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.26
   311 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.4
   362 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.25
   370 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.5
   410 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.23
   423 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.6
   428 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.24
   434 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.19
   442 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.22
   454 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.14
   462 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.16
   470 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.21
   477 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.20
   479 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.15
   484 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.18
   486 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.8
   487 : NANATSU NO TAIZAI VOL.7

23/29 : Nanatsu is back ( i predict that this weak the total sales are 150 kk +- )

 

[cody]

Fire Force volume 12 trailer(WARNING, has SPOILERS)

And I guess Okubo is going to go to some sort of event soon or a fan meetup

 

[Mr.Fujimaster]

Fire Force volume 12 trailer(WARNING, has SPOILERS)
And I guess Okubo is going to go to some sort of event soon or a fan meetup

Interesting trailer.
It is good to see that Okubo will interact with the fans at an event.
Some mangakas do not like to participate in such fan events.

 

[Radagast92]

Weekly Shonen Magazine #07

Fumetsu no Anata e (Lead Color Page, 23p.)
Daiya no Ace
Tsurezure Children
Dometic na Kanojo
Nanatsu no Taizai
Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte
Shouraiteki ni Shindekure (Special Chapter from Betsumaga)
Runway de Waratte (Color Page, 24p.)
Sensei, Sukidesu
Senryuu Shoujo
Real Account (Color Page)
Fuuka
Tokyo卍Revengers
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Days
Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai
Enen no Shouboutai
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Gotoubun no Hanayome
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Seishun Soukanzu
Eito Carnival
Ahiru no Sora

 

[Aipom626]

Weekly Shonen Magazine #07

Fumetsu no Anata e (Lead Color Page, 23p.)
Daiya no Ace
Tsurezure Children
Dometic na Kanojo
Nanatsu no Taizai
Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte
Shouraiteki ni Shindekure (Special Chapter from Betsumaga)
Runway de Waratte (Color Page, 24p.)
Sensei, Sukidesu
Senryuu Shoujo
Real Account (Color Page)
Fuuka
Tokyo卍Revengers
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet
Days
Mako-san wa Shindemo Jiritsu Shinai
Enen no Shouboutai
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Gotoubun no Hanayome
Kanojo, Okarishimasu
Seishun Soukanzu
Eito Carnival
Ahiru no Sora

This is Eito Carnival's 8th chapter, so that's not the best start for ranking. However, WSM placed the lowest emphasis on TOC placement out of all the magazines I reviewed. But if it ends up in the bottom of the TOC for the next few issues, I'd say it's a goner for sure. Seishun's not looking too great either. I really don't like Seishun and its first volume sales weren't impressive, so if it's second volume gives similar or worse sales, I can picture it taking World End or Kessen's spot at the bottom until the new serializations come along.

 

[Heiji]

Fire Force : 12 volumes : 1 800 000.

 

[Aipom626]

Dr. Prisoner's first chapter has been released in English on Batoto (which is shutting down in approximately 24 hours), and Sensei, Suki Desu had its first chapter translated into Spanish for those on here who can understand Spanish

 

[Tanzo]

No thread for Shonen Sirius manga but I've seen some users post about it in this thread before so here's some (good) news
Hataraku Saibou (Cells at Work!) gets TV anime in July!
Staff:
Director: Kenichi Suzuki (Drifters, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Series Composition: Yuko Kakihara (Tsuki ga Kirei, Nana Maru San Batsu, etc)
Character Design: Takahiko Yoshida (Ookiku Furikabutte, Yowamushi Pedal)
Bacteria Character Design/Prop Design/Action Animation Director: Kenta Mimuro (JoJo Part 4)
Music: Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:Zero, Girls Last Tour), MAYUKO
Studio: David Production
Production: Aniplex, Kodansha, DavidPro

Looking forward to this for sure.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 19, 2018, Original Post Date: Jan 19, 2018 ---

Looks like AniplexUSA has already started promotion for it too...
http://www.aniplexusa.com/cellsatwork/

 

[Heiji]

Domestic na Kanojo : 16 volumes : 2 500 000.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 19, 2018, Original Post Date: Jan 19, 2018 ---

 

[Tanzo]

 

[razerxs]

 

[cody]

UGH, HERE IT IS! Here it is! Try not to get excited.

Please be an anime announcement with studio BONES being in charge of the project. (Or a good studio in general). I said it would probably be announced in December, but this is good.

Or it'll be something else, which would be anticlimactic. But, I have noticed some extra promotion on the Twitters for Fire Force in the last week and what else could this be? Live action would not make sense, since this would be almost impossible to adapt in Live Action with all the fire effects. A video game of some kind? I guess that's possible, but I'm pretty sure video games mostly come out after anime adaptations, FIre Force also already had a mobile game last year so I doubt it's another one of those. A stage play is another option, but is that really worthy of a special announcement?

Can whoever has been following the magazine for a long time say what these special announcements usually end up being?


I just want this to get a really good anime, that will really bring in a lot of people into the series.



And wait, Hajime no Ippo is probably ending? There were rumors spreading around the last few months. If anyone's keeping up with the manga, please tell us what you think.