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

[SharkBait]

unfair age range i want to be next to luffy

 

[MangAniMY]

Promised neverland is selling well outside of jpn? Apart from america who else has its volumes out?

Isn't TPN huge in France?

 

[SharkBait]

Isn't TPN huge in France?

are you sure? i thought the first volume of it only just came out there last month.

 

[OfficialHxH]

Isn't TPN huge in France?

Very huge and especially since they finally got vol. 1 last month.

 

[SharkBait]

Very huge and especially since they finally got vol. 1 last month.

How much did v1 sell there? Impressive if its a million seller already in france.

 

[Ninjaz]

How much did v1 sell there? Impressive if its a million seller already in france.

The French manga market is big, but not big enough for a series to sell a million or even print a million for a first volume as soon as it came out. If I remember correctly, the first print was around 100k or so there (correct me if I'm wrong), which is pretty massive for a new series.

 

[conankudo]

Author comments issue #26

 

[Newkerzy]

Huh.... Horikoshi's advice sounds like something worth trying!

Also, looks like we now know why Tabata's chapters a few weeks ago looked like that.

 

[De La Croissant]

That's about 625k per volume, meaning we have a possible new million seller if the anime does well. And this is still about 8 months before the anime airs. It's possible that the manga could be average 700k+ per volume by the time the anime rolls around.

Makes me wonder if Jump will try more writer + artist duos now instead of having solo mangaka.

I honestly think that the rise of TPN has less to do with the authors and more to do with advertising.

In France, some said that the trailer for the first volume was shown before Infinity War.

 

[ChocoBar9]

I honestly think that the rise of TPN has less to do with the authors and more to do with advertising.

In France, some said that the trailer for the first volume was shown before Infinity War.

Yep it definitely shows the benefits of advertising a series excessively but at that same token it being good also helped it a lot.

 

[WyldViolet]

It'd be nice if Viz wasn't incompetent and we could get good advertizing in the states.
Series has the best potential for global popularity with a non manga enthusiast audience for a Jump series since Death Note nearly a decade and a half ago.

 

[conankudo]

It'd be nice if Viz wasn't incompetent and we could get good advertizing in the states.
Series has the best potential for global popularity with a non manga enthusiast audience for a Jump series since Death Note nearly a decade and a half ago.

Viz isnt even able to advertize monthly chapters of Platinum End on their own website or on social media like twitter. And then they say is sells badly. I dont expect anything of their marketing crew anymore.

--- Double Post Merged, May 28, 2018, Original Post Date: May 28, 2018 ---

Comixology does a better job of reminding you than viz. LOL

 

[SharkBait]

I think it getting an anime would be a good marketing tool in the states. Dont think most of our best selling mainstream mangas here are ones that didnt have an anime and word of mouth is a more powerful tool here.

Additional problem is how do you advertise a book in america, not like brick and mortar bookstores arent in a downward state here, and an app would require the mainstream non manga reader people to already be engaged in mangas.

I also dont think an image for an ad is enough to convince someone to blind buy a manga volume.

 

[OfficialHxH]

Viz isnt even able to advertize monthly chapters of Platinum End on their own website or on social media like twitter. And then they say is sells badly. I dont expect anything of their marketing crew anymore.

--- Double Post Merged, May 28, 2018, Original Post Date: May 28, 2018 ---

Comixology does a better job of reminding you than viz. LOL

They have been looking for someone in marketing though so maybe advertising will get better soon.

 

[ChocoBar9]

Since its on Noitamina the anime is going to have to be real good in order to get any attention since it'll only be available on Amazon Prime where most people won't be able to watch it which hurt a lot of series getting widespread attention.

 

[Serinox]

Promised neverland is selling well outside of jpn? Apart from america who else has its volumes out?

Aside from France, I know that Germany has the first two volumes out now, release started in March this year, and Volume 3-6 already have slated release dates for the next seven months, published by the company that also publishes One Piece, MHA and Attack on Titan in Germany.

 

[XtrnlArdent]

Spain has Neverland too, it has good sales, but we don't have a very large market here. It's growing fast tho.

 

[Nakura]

UK and Ireland also have the first 3 volumes of Neverland, published by Viz. I;m not sure manga sells especially well over here though.

 

[MangAniMY]

Hearing about other countries having official releases really make feel sad that we (currently) have no official releases of Jump manga.

Spoiler

people would say we have but I am certain they are bootlegs

 

[Aipom626]

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K first chapter from Jump Giga
https://tmblr.co/Zg3dzx2YMnW3e

Unsurprisingly, another solid chapter. I wonder how many of these Jump Giga special chapters we are going to end up getting. Do the 4-koma strips at the end of each issue form a coherent story, or are they basically just small gags/jokes?