Mag Talk Weekly Shounen Jump [2009] - Discussion & TOC Talk

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Sket rocks! It has every right to be up there at the top. I'm so happy for it!

By the way, at what chapter do the translations go up to? If there are still some trans without scans, I could do a Edited Manga.
 

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It's cover of the issue 06&07.


All hail Sket Dance <3
Lately ES21 is a bit lower than usual - I don't like it at all - this arc is pretty nice, definitely a lot better than previous one; but underrated - so disappointing.
Asklepios - rest in peace. Same goes to Psyren.
Excuse me, Psyren is not dying. They just gave it pins and a special chapter in akamaru, thank you very much.
 

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Heiji - Sama put out a revised TOC since I posted, questions will be answered, Neuro fans will be disappointed:

Issue 6 - 7:

Naruto (Pc + Cover Alternative)
One Piece
Toriko
Bleach
Reborn
Sket Dance
Kyôsuke Usuta / Double Mamedaishi (One Shot, Pc, 48p)
Baku-man (Pc)
Gintama
Es21
Inudashi
Kuroko
Bokke (27p)
Meister
Kochi
Psyren
Mago
Neuro
To Love
Askelpios
Jaguar

Not a good sign that the editors placed the new series so low. Only time will tell but they all may sink to the bottom when reader placement begins. There all pretty good, it would be a shame if I'm right. Sket seems to have found it's audience (as others have said). Is an October anime in the picture? Mago continues to worry me, it continues the trend Psyren and Sket started; sagging in the polls as it approaches it's first anniversary. Hopefully volume three sells really well next week. It's my favorite new series (including canceled ones), I don't want it to end.

This is next weeks issue, as many have said. Due to Christmas and New Years next week it had to go to press a week early. That's why spoilers and the TOC are out so early.
 

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I am sad to see Askelpios so low :( i have enjoyed it.

Glad to see Psyren fighting and Sket staying alive and crawling up the TOC lol.
 

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aren't these ratings a bit misleading anyways? Kuroko/Meistar/Bokke aren't really rated yet, right?
 

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Sket seems to have found it's audience (as others have said). Is an October anime in the picture?
If the Jump people and someone in the anime industry know what they're doing, then hopefully yes. If not...well, then hopefully it will eventually. From what I've seen and heard of Sket, it just seems like the next Gintama if the anime comes out. (a comedy that sort of lays low then explodes when the anime comes out)

Sorry for my late comments (just came back from London) but the Sket entry (and Toriko's strength) just shows good hope for the future. (no I don't think we'll ever see Bossun hanging out really close to Luffy, Naruto & Ichigo in the near future...but he may get closer to the front soon enough on the group covers) As for the crappy placing of the new series...well it's still early but who knows.

Oh, and I see we're finally getting to the Gintama 5th...but will Psyren get anything for surviving one year?
 

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aren't these ratings a bit misleading anyways? Kuroko/Meistar/Bokke aren't really rated yet, right?
Readers can vote for new series on the post card from week one. They're never exempt. The postcards in any given issue take eight weeks to be reflected in the TOC, thus this TOC (issue 6 - 7) is actually representing votes from two months ago. That means a new series needs eight weeks before the votes from it's first issue can be tallied. In the meantime the editors decide where in the magazine they appear. Series with initial buzz (early post card returns, 2CH) tend to be placed between 6 - 10. Series that garner little to no initial interest are placed just above the bottom five. Asklepios and Chagechi each got placement closer to the bottom. Psyren and Mago were placed high. Laugh all you want but Psyren's lasted for more than a year, Mago's at ten months. It's still early for the noobs. I'm not saying they'll fail, but it is not a good omen.

A Sket anime seems to be a good bet. It's surging up the TOC, guaranting it's existence. An October anime would need to go into production this spring, Sket will obviously be around. And of course nobody has been shy about adapting Jump material of late. To Love Ru and Neuro got anime without being in the top tier. Hatsukoi Ltd.'s anime is premiering over a year after the manga ended. And, Hatsukoi will end by July; there's not enough chapters to make more then fifteen episodes. Sket Dance would give Jump two new anime in the same calendar year for the first time since 2006.
 
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In regards to the anime, I think it's one of the problem of having such a topheavy lineup for such a long time. With series such as OP, Naruto and Bleach (and subsequently even stuff like ES21, Gintama, Reborn and D.Gray) being long and successful series, what's left are lower, second-tier series that never really seem big but at least got the respect for an anime. Sadly that's where Neuro and To-Love are. Somehow it looks like that if a lot of the series in the magazine survive currently we may get a surge...but it won't happen until '10 when they're 2-years running. (going into stuff such as Psyren, Mago, Toriko & Bakuman) The animes are drying up now allowing for older series to slip perhaps (ES21 & D.Gray are done, Gintama will be over in March, '09 with everyone knowing that it's entering a "final arc" now in the anime) so maybe Sket does have a better chance to use it to it's advantage if it happens (can't say when thanks to Muhyo & Mx0)...maybe not bolt to "top 3" status but at least rise to one of the main players for a while.
 

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Why is One Piece so low?

I always thought OP was the most popular series currently running in Japan. Or has it been surpassed by Naruto?

Btw, Bakuman is ftw :)
 
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so low? it's at #1 this week.......

and naruto and one piece are often swapping places. sales wise one piece is the big hitter, but in the anthology naruto does very well too
 

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Gintama's team could do a good job on Sket.
 

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no question there. and with the gintama anime ending sometime soon, it wouldn't surprise me if that becomes their next project. AND SO IT SHOULD
 

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Sunrise would be a nice choice of studies. Shaft (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) or Kyoto would be even better. So long as it's not Madhouse, Gonzo, or Pierrot I'll be happy.
 

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Madhouse are an exercise in cocking stuff up, and being really overrated.
 

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Madhouse fucked up Kurozuka.

I will never forgive them.
 

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Hmm.

And Madhouse is doing Rideback.

Shit.
 

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Hmm.

And Madhouse is doing Rideback.

Shit.
I died inside a little when I saw them tied to that. The preview did nothing to make me feel better. The animation looks a bit......generic. Anyways, back to Jump talk.
 

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Madhouse isn't bad. They did a great job with Claymore, Death Note and Nana (not to mention their original series). Then again they also did Devil May Cry and Neuro, which looked a little cheaper and lacked in the story department.

Pierrot is good up until fillers. After that it takes probably another set of fillers for things to return to their original quality.

I'd rather see Sunrise work on the anime. Just please don't make it Deen, what with their inconsistent quality.
 

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Deen is awful, no argument there. They butchered Vampire Knight, they'd butcher Sket. Fortunately they rarely work with Shueisha. I didn't love Madhouse's treatment of Death Note; I found the animation stiff. Sunrise has done okay with Gintama, I don't think it's up to their usual standards. If I could pick any studio to do Sket I think Shaft would give it the best treatment.
 

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can anyone tell me on which shonen jump appears naruto 230? is it WSJ 2009 6&7?
 
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