Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[wintercry]

If it's something about Digital then probably a Digital edition of the magazine, like Alpha.

 

[Schabrak]

There will likely be no worldwide version because of the same reason Alpha can't go worldwide: Different publishers hold the rights to manga of the same magazine.

 

[k-dom]

*sigh* Could you say more about it than 4 words, f.ex. why you think so?

I doubt a worldwide or even a only japanese Digital Distribution. In the end it's all about money and I'm pretty sure Sueisha/Jump would fear selling less magazines if you could just read everything on the net legally and easily. Even if you need to pay for that feature someone would find a way to copy and paste it - sounds like a very risky move from Jump's side and I haven't had the impression that they are really that ambitious.

Manga magazine will have to go through digitalization sooner or later and if they don't do because of fear of piracy they are stupids. They have the perfect example of what it gives to stay on old method with the music industrie. All studies show that people who download illegal music the most are those who go the most to concerts. People will continue to buy tankobon in paper or electronic of the manga they have read be it by official or unofficial way.

 

[Zeromcd]

Spoiler

I'm not gonna translate the whole thing but the amount of search hits on Google for Sensei no Bulge incredibly minor compared to every other Jump series.

Sensei no Bulge had been doing well prior to these 2 weeks but for some reason just had a massive drop in interest and currently has the second lowest amount of search hits any new series has had in the past year. The lowest amount of search hits goes to Pakki.

 

[Asgaroth]

Sensei no Bulge had been doing well prior to these 2 weeks but for some reason just had a massive drop in interest and currently has the second lowest amount of search hits any new series has had in the past year.

sry for the fans, but i'm not surprised by it. his previous work zoo was kinda unique, but degenerated to a dumb down battle manga. this one start right from the beginning at this point... zoo was kinda like katekayo, which started once as a comedy series. i guess the only reason it survived is that it has bishounen characters that are pretty popular by girls.

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

Yeah I'm not surprised to see that either... The hype for it just kind of died everywhere after the first few chapters.

Are google results usually relevant to the rankings? This is my first time really looking at them.

 

[wintercry]

I dropped it since chapter four. It seems like my intuition it probably not going to last was correct.

 

[B'arzz]

So bulge is not popular?, well maybe in a couple of weeks gets better with the appearance of the whale and the girl.

 

[HalcyonDigest]

Was always pretty iffy on the series. Aside from the possibilities the universe brings, there was nothing that really got me too interested. In fact as the story progressed the characters began bringing the story down for me. If it does go on for longer (which despite its ranking doesn't seem like a far-fetched idea) then the series could turn into something more interesting depending on how the author develops his universe and characters, if it does for whatever reason go, I wouldn't be too sad.

Also if the announcement is hinting at digital distribution, would that mean western audiences would be able to purchase an online subscription? I mean you'd probably be able to use a proxy to get it would you not? Then that would mean we would have the ability to include our own votes in the ToC.

 

[k-dom]

There will likely be no worldwide version because of the same reason Alpha can't go worldwide: Different publishers hold the rights to manga of the same magazine.

I just had a look at Izneo which is a French site dedicated to digitalized comics and manga (they just have started to published Naruto volumes, there is still a long way to go). And when you subscribe there is no limitation with regard to the country, and now I wonder how it is possible if it was a problem for Alpha

 

[xi0]

We're kind of getting ahead of ourselves, we don't even know if that's what the "D" is referencing

 

[perroloco]

Digital Distribution..
Monkey D Luffy.. (Will of D finally being explained..?) .. Do Flamingo (Super mega ultra stretch lol)
Dragon Ball
Death Note. (Ey they finished Bakuman already but.. I think they would take a longer break, who knows?)
D-Gray Man
Also to me one of the fonts seems like the font on the back of the Digimon cards used on Digimon tamers.. Digimon is shueisha so.. yeah super mega long stretch lol

 

[Asgaroth]

Maybe the D stands for...

Spoiler

Delayed, lol =)

 

[Zeromcd]

First Half 2012 - Accumulative Average Sales of Old Volumes

122,667　- ONE PIECE
*78,333　- Kuroko no Basket
*60,534　- HUNTER×HUNTER
*47,561　- Toriko
*33,644　- SKET DANCE
*29,686　- Bakuman
*23,750　- Beelzebub
*17,464　- Gintama
*15,917　- NARUTO
*12,309　- Nurarihyon no Mago
**5,983　- REBORN!
**5,013　- BLEACH

 

[K H Reborn]

REBORN! sold more then Bleach looooooooool . That was completely unexpected

 

[crimsonlink310]

I'm interested in what the D stands for but I doubt its anything related to just one piece manga.

Its probably something that affects the whole magazine so I'm going to say digital distribution like others have said.

How old is that list [USER]Zeromcd[/USER]? Thought Naruto would be higher lol. One Piece isn't a shock. Bleach being at the bottom was surprising but maybe the Rebooted Souls will help change that around in the 2nd half of 2012. Naruto will probably get a huge boost in old manga sales after the manga ends.

 

[Zeromcd]

How old is that list [USER]Zeromcd[/USER]? Thought Naruto would be higher lol. One Piece isn't a shock. Bleach being at the bottom was surprising but maybe the Rebooted Souls will help change that around in the 2nd half of 2012. Naruto will probably get a huge boost in old manga sales after the manga ends.

First half of 2012 so it is recent. These are the sales for the old volumes only so its more useful for seeing how many new fans the series are attracting.

 

[Newkerzy]

Am glad that Kuroko's gaining new fans..... must be the anime, huh??

 

[Zeromcd]

Jump Series - 8 Week Averages

1.Toriko　　 2.4(△0.5)
2.One Piece　2.7(―0.0)
3.Naruto　　 3.6(▼0.6)
4.Haikyuu!!　6.9(△0.5)
5.Nisekoi　　 7.0(△0.5)

6.Gintama　　 8.4(▼1.4)
7.Sket Dance　9.8(▼0.2)
8.Kuroko 　　 11.6(△0.9)
9.Beelzebub　 11.8(▼0.7)
10.Bleach　　 14.0(△0.1)

11.Medaka Box　14.3(▼0.7)
12.Kochikame　 14.6(▼0.1)
13.Reborn! 16.5(▼0.4)
14.Kurogane 16.8(▼0.3)
14.Pajama　 16.8(▼0.9)

 

[Googlez_kun]

Ok ok, I haven't read the last 100 or so chapters, but is Toriko really as brilliant as the TOCs make it out to be?