Mag Talk Weekly Shonen Jump [2018] - Discussion and TOC Talk

[tirakai]

I think we're at that point where WSJ has most of the main bases covered so the unique stuff is what's going to stand out and take much of the remaining spots.

- OP, MHA, Black Clover, and Kimetsu cover pretty much all the bases for what you could want in a battle shounen
- WNL and Yuragi cover both the cute/heartwarming and the fanservice sides of romcoms pretty well
- Haikyuu is the big mainstay normal sports series, as well as having Zumou for direct intense action and Soma for alternative stuff (sure cooking might not actually be a sport but the series is certainly structured like a sports shounen)
- Neverland covers the suspense/mystery niche that WSJ always seems to have 1 of at all times

Honestly the big thing they'll be missing this year is gag series. With Saiki basically having ended, Spring Weapon probably getting cancelled very soon, and Gintama ending at some point this year, fairly soon their only gag series left will be Lycopene (unless you count the romcoms). I can see WSJ trying out a lot of new gag series in the near future hoping to get something to fill that gap.

 

[TyVip]

2 series with anime in the summer and one possibility in the fall/winter are dead last.

Mind game indeed

 

[Scruffy8642]

Interesting about the comedies, because it was only 12-18 months ago I was thinking how saturated the magazine was of them. Now all of those old ones are practically on the way out...

...making way for Numa’s glorious return with a massive hit!!

 

[tirakai]

It's crazy how competitive the rankings are right now thinking about it, pretty much every non-new series in the magazine could be considered a frequent/occasional top-5 series except Spring Weapon and RxL (and maybe Soma I guess?).

Makes me think Yuragi and Zumou's bottom rankings could just be because everyone considers them safe due the upcoming anime, so it doesn't matter right now if they don't vote for them.

 

[Doughboy]

Probably better if people just don't dive deep into it, saying its competitive for ranking is sorta stretching it. Like others have pointed out it's not even based on the chapter anymore. Moreso promotion or who's next to get dumped. Yuuna's ranks are pointless to be worried about cause it's safe at least until its anime begins airing. Golf is dying, MHA being top 5 is a rarity now regardless of its sales while everything else just yoyos randomly. The EIC needs to cancel himself.

 

[Caiops]

Jump refuses to reveal something about Hinomaru Zumou anime, wtf.

 

[shoyoboyo]

Black Clover's still around because it's always focused on being fast and exciting above all else, never dwelling on any one scene on conversation long enough to feel drawn out or skippable.

Too bad the anime threw that to the dogs.

 

[Franz]

Too bad the anime threw that to the dogs.

We do not start, please,

I answer you in the topic of the anime.

 

[MangAniMY]

Black Clover's still around because it's always focused on being fast and exciting above all else, never dwelling on any one scene on conversation long enough to feel drawn out or skippable. Bozebeats' chapters past the first have mostly just been boring infodumps and meaningless conversations about nothing, it's about as opposite to Black Clover's appeal as it gets, with the battles feeling like they're only shoved in there because there'd have been no exciting content in the chapters otherwise.

Until it reaches a "safe" chapter count, It slowed down a bit compared to its early days, but still quite fast compared to most series, TBH it's manga pacing may be the reason I enjoyed reading it from week to week, it seems like it knows it is cliche and use it to its advantage,

 

[ChocoBar9]

Jump refuses to reveal something about Hinomaru Zumou anime, wtf.

And no website domain either. Feels like a spur of the moment announcement considering it was weeks after Jump Festa where it would have been most appropriate.

 

[WyldViolet]

Wait for the third season and you will see that My Hero's TOCs will skyrocket.

Having said that, it seems clear to me that the Battle Shonen is a genre that no longer pulls, I believe that the latest "recent" members are My Hero, Black Clover and Kimetsu.

Just think of the Golem Hearts flop. Perhaps finished one of these in a few years you can return to have a successful one.

I fail to see the relevance of namedropping Golem Hearts as if it didn't suffer the same fate as the majority of series Jump puts out every year since the magazine's inception.

 

[shoyoboyo]

Probably just using it as the most recent recent example. The fact that he didn't say Fulldrive just shows how forgettable it was.

 

[DyanSon]

MHA season 3 pv news?

 

[ChocoBar9]

MHA season 3 pv news?

At this point probably during its panel at AnimeJapan

 

[cody]

At this point probably during its panel at AnimeJapan

Probably, TOHO animation seem to be a new sponsor for Anime Japan. Maybe Hinomaru is also from TOHO and we'll also get information about the anime there.

 

[TyVip]

I think HZ anime announcement is an early April’s Fool from big boss Shuiesha.

 

[SharkBait]

At this point probably during its panel at AnimeJapan

i would guess the same for HZ, if not, welp its probably coming fall or winter

 

[Cavaner]

MHA season 3 pv news?

For Season 2, the PV previewing the new OP (Peace Sign) was released the Saturday after the artist was officially announced in Jump. So given that UVERworld and Miwa were announced as the OP/ED artists on Monday, it's possible we'll see a new PV this Saturday, released on Toho's Youtube channel. The dates match up pretty well too, for last year and this year, taking into account that Episode 1 of S3 will be airing on April 7th, while Episode 1 of S2 aired on April 1st.

 

[MangAniMY]

while speaking of TOHO Animation, I'm just gonna say I really love how they handle their YouTube channel, they don't region block their videos, they put up the non-credit version of the OPs and EDs, sometimes we gets extra stuff from the channel (They made AMVs of the shows!), they sometimes have MVs of the songs(but I think that mostly depends on the record label) and THEY DON'T REGION LOCK THEIR VIDEOS!


... Carry On...

 

[ChocoBar9]

i would guess the same for HZ, if not, welp its probably coming fall or winter

Does it even have a listing?