Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2011] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 1

[Crude]

I've just caught up with the latest chapters of Mago, and I have to say that I'm really surprised that it's in the bottom of the polls. It doesn't make much sense. Sure the ending of the Kyoto arc could've been better and also stop focusing so much on Rikuo, but this recent arc has proved itself to be quite interesting despite the shaky start. Is it the anime's 1st season's fault? The end was really draggy, but I still can't imagine it affecting how the manga polls in Jump.

 

[kiDo San]

I'm sure someone will, i flipped through it today. Didn't leave too much of an impact just a basic school setting supernatural battle

 

[Asarii]

SKET DANCE IS SO HIGH!! <3 I'm quite surprised the Valentine's Day arc turned out to be this popular because 2ch was complaining about it... but anyway, I'm still happy. Not pleased about Mago's low ranking and feeling indifferent about KHR's.

I wonder how things will turn out differently if ONE PIECE, Naruto and Gintama were ranked.

 

[Finestela]

About HxH possible TV Anime... who knows, maybe it's not going to be the Ant Arc, but rather something along the lines of DBZ Kai, a complete remaster aimed to boost the franchise and reintroduce the series to the younger readers/anime watcher.

As for Ikkyuu's ToC... Unless it stays in the bottom 5 again next week, I wouldn't be so quick to call for its demise, especially considering the fact that it got a spot among the side stories due to be out in Jump Next Summer Issue. While having a side story there is no guarantee for survival, at least it means the editors are trying to promote it somehow instead of giving up on it (like Zoo = =")

At the very least, it's not going to end in August, like some have suggested, when HxH is back. Would it make sense to cancel a series on the same week it is to feature a side story in a sister magazine? :P

 

[Negative Syndicate]

As for Ikkyuu's ToC... Unless it stays in the bottom 5 again next week, I wouldn't be so quick to call for its demise, especially considering the fact that it got a spot among the side stories due to be out in Jump Next Summer Issue. While having a side story there is no guarantee for survival, at least it means the editors are trying to promote it somehow instead of giving up on it (like Zoo = =")

I don't think having side story in Jump Next means that Ikkyuu is safe. Dois Sol and Sengoku Armors also had side story in Jump Next and it still got axed due to low ranking.

 

[Finestela]

I don't think having side story in Jump Next means that Ikkyuu is safe. Dois Sol and Sengoku Armors also had side story in Jump Next and it still got axed due to low ranking.

I'm not saying it's safe, but just that it's not going to be axed on the same week the side story is to be out, when HxH comes back.

Both Dois Sol and Sengoku Armors's cancellations were during the cancellation period AFTER the one around the publication of Jump Next.

 

[pein1991]

Looking at the raws for Bakuman, seems like its gonna be a good chapter. Really hope its in the top 3 next week!

 

[Kaiten]

About HxH possible TV Anime... who knows, maybe it's not going to be the Ant Arc, but rather something along the lines of DBZ Kai, a complete remaster aimed to boost the franchise and reintroduce the series to the younger readers/anime watcher.

The only scenario I would completely rule out is a Big 3 style, never ending anime. The other possibility is they start over from the beginning, like the new Berserk anime project or FMA. The studio could pick up where the last anime left off, but the original adaption is so old and HxH is still so popular that the studio may want to start from the beginning. That could result in two or three movies (Hunter Test, Celestial Tower, and York Shin arcs) with enough material left for a substantial TV anime. The announcement says new TV anime, so maybe it is less ambitious than that, but it is possible they do more than pick up where the OVA's left off.

 

[kewl0210]

Well, it said "TV Anime" pretty clearly there (Not that it's an official confirmation or anything). If they made Level E into a TV anime, I would say that the million-selling series HXH would get one. They've just been waiting until the arc ended because they've been doing the animes in arcs so they can have some form of conclusion. People've argued that for a while now, about how HXH could be selling so well but not getting any new anime.
The Chimera Ant arc is a very large portion of HXH, it's a good 12, I think, of HXH's 29 volumes. So it could last a while to cover the whole thing, like 50-something episodes. I see it as unlikely they'd "start over" unless the entire series were completely done. With Berserk, they have 20 years worth of manga to get through so that was less of a problem. With FMA the second anime was done when the manga was nearing its end.

 

[TemplateR]

The Orginal Anime-Studio of HxH is "Nippon Animation" and their last Anime was in 2009.

My question is: Will "Nippon Animation" produce the HxH again ?

 

[Kaiten]

It would not surprise me if the new anime is a TV adaption of the Chimera Ant arc. But predicting a new anime franchise for a series of Hunter x Hunter's stature is not unreasonable, based on the very limited amount of information currently available. With Full Metal Alchemist and Berserk, the anime industry has shown a wiliness to start from the beginning if the series is popular enough, and the original anime is old enough, or out of date.

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The Orginal Anime-Studio of HxH is "Nippon Animation" and their last Anime was in 2009.

My question is: Will "Nippon Animation" produce the HxH again ?

As far as I know Nippon Animation is still in business. The "new" Chibi Maruko-chan anime is still airing, and they are still listed as the studio. They could probably stay in business off of royalties from their back catalog anyway. That doesn't mean they will do a new Hunter x Hunter anime, the rights could have been sold to a different studio. We won't know details until the full announcement is leaked.

 

[Negative Syndicate]

I found newly updated information for some Jump series' total printed copies:

Hunter x Hunter (1~28) = 52,000,000
Naruto (1~56) = 110,000,000
Bleach (1~50) = 70,000,000
Gintama (1~39) = 36,000,000
Sket Dance (1~19) = 8,000,000
Nurarihyon no Mago (1~17) = 9,000,000
Toriko (1~15) = 8,000,000

 

[Josl]

Just a quick question. Does the stuff from WSJ write often that a new series enjoys great success? Are they doing it for every new series or really only those who DO enjoy great success?

I’m asking because on the first page of the third chapter from ST&RS they are writing:”Already a great hit!”
So is this reason to be optimistic for the future of this series or just a marketing gag?

 

[kewl0210]

Those little messages usually give some indication of it doing well. But the thing is you can't tell if it'll extend into the long term. Sometimes a series gets boring past the first few chapters and it drops really fast.

 

[ruggia]

I’m asking because on the first page of the third chapter from ST&RS they are writing:”Already a great hit!”
So is this reason to be optimistic for the future of this series or just a marketing gag?

they're on almost every second/third color page of any new series...which is sort of why they're getting them.

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

Yeah I remember seeing something similar for Belmonde

First and last time I trusted them :|

 

[xi0]

Something can poll decently well but then take a sharp, sudden nosedive. It seems Ikkyuu is in that boat, for now anyways.

 

[ruggia]

Okay, the more I read ST&Rs, the more I can't resist the feeling that it's basically a Jump version of Uchuu Kyoudai, just like how Dois Sol was a Jump version of Giant Killing. (the premise and all )

It's interesting though...both are popular weekly series from Morning, and they're Jump representatives both seems to have similar style of art as ES21 (I think their artists were Murata's assistants, but I wasn't quite sure)
Maybe Jump is trying to duplicate the success, but it's interesting how Shueisha is some-what shamelessly basing off stories from Kodansha... I'll laugh if Jump brings another one like this :P

 

[Westlo]

they're on almost every second/third color page of any new series...which is sort of why they're getting them.

Yep! It's not like they are going to put on "Already in danger! Please vote!" lol.

 

[TemplateR]

Here ist the whole page about the supposed HxH tv anime announcement

Spoiler

Can anyone translated it ? Or give us a summary about the page ?