There was no Nagato and Itachi,but it had tons of Gaara,so yeah.
Glad to see Naruto on the first spot again.
Naruto's guaranteed another number one as soon as the chapter where Sasuke's new eyes are revealed is ranked.
Kurogane could find a fast ending and save enigma/magico. there are currently enough open slots for new series or old ones running, that nothing should be axed in a while. if you have not any new good names to publish, why not let the other run a little longer?
yeah the company is big and enough people will send them new storys, but that doesn't guarantee that there are any really good and interesting ones in there. besides even if they have a good one like enigma, that wouldn't help them at all, if the genre were the same.
Never gonna happen. Jump is approaching 3 million in circulation, ridiculous numbers considering magazines really are not that popular anymore. There will always be a huge selection of new artists to choose from and plenty of good pilots to choose from.
Jump has always maintained the same policy: to focus on finding and developing new mangaka. That has been their policy, at first by necessity, ever since the magazine was launched. The TOC reflects the opinion of their paying customers. If they reject a series, it is time to give another a chance. If there is some accident and a series that sells more than 500,000 copies per volume polls low, they can move it. Otherwise, why bother serializing a series that the readers don't like?
Shueisha's 2011 Media Guide is now available. Lot's and lot's of good information about all of their magazine (not just manga) is available there. Demographics, circulation, top selling series, and more is posted. Two things about Weekly Jump stand out to me. The first is that Jump is back to 2.95 million copies per week. Little by little it has been recovering circulation and will sneak back to 3 million copies a week sometime next year. Considering how lousy the market is, that is an extraordinary feet. Even more interesting is that Jump experienced a major demographic shift this year. Their audience has become older. It is hard to predict what this means but it will probably benefit new slice of life, ecchi, and sports series while hurting new action manga. St&rs and Kano's new series could really benefit from having more older teens reading. One Piece and Naruto are very popular with older readers, they should not be effected. I'm not sure about Bleach. Here is the breakdown for 2011:
- 9: 2.6%
- 10-12: 12.2%
- 13-15: 21.3%
- 16-18: 16.3%
- 19-24: 23.1%
- 25-29: 11.3%
- 30: 13.2%
Here is 2010:
- 9: 5.1%
- 10-12: 25.9%
- 13-15: 37.1%
- 16-18: 21.4%
- 19-24: 7%
- 25: 3.5%
That is a stunning, fundamental shift in audience composition. In 2010 the vast majority of readers were 18 or younger. Now 19-30 accounts for just under 50% of readers. When 16-18 year old readers (a demographic that lost readers) is added that means over 60% of readers are 16 years old or older. That is not even the same audience as last year, when 67% of Jump readers were 15 or younger and almost 89% were 18 or younger. Last years media guide is available
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¡Awesome! Great ToC this week.
