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Mad kudos to Arakawa. Adding in FMA and Arslan, that put her at, what, at least 70 million in total volumes sold?
Silver Spoon: 17 Million
And worldwide, close to 90.Mad kudos to Arakawa. Adding in FMA and Arslan, that put her at, what, at least 70 million in total volumes sold?
She's now behind just Takahashi herself as the most successful female mangaka out there.
I mean, there are many, many failed newbies as well (and it doesn't really make sense to mention Arakawa in the same breath as the others, sure, she's new to Sunday but she's also one of the most famous creators alive, it's not like Sunday can pick up people on that level regularly), and besides, a lot of the hits (not huge hits, exactly, but Sunday needs whatever it can get) also came from veterans: Souboutei, Major 2nd, MAO, the Conan spin-offs, even Yofukashi would be considered a veteran returning right now. There's also stuff like Kimi wa 008 and Tonikaku, which aren't great sellers, but do solidly enough to help the magazine. That isn't to say Sunday have no problems with it's system right now, but it's more complicated, I think.So, this is something I've been debating about, do you guys think Sunday's focus on keeping its veteran authors around is to the detriment of the magazine? Because its kinda conspicuous how about half of the authors in the magazine have been part of it for at least 10 years, with a number going much longer. Consider this, the four big hits of the 2010s for them, Magi, Silver Spoon, Dagashi (and likely Yofukashi as well) and Komi were all done by either new creators, or ones from outside Sunday itself.
I know you mentioned Arakawa being a veteran before, but I can't believe you didn't mention Ohtaka as well, since she published Sumomomo with Square Enix before she moved to Sunday and started Magi, sure it wasn't as big as FMA but I feel it's at least worth mentioning.I mean, there are many, many failed newbies as well (and it doesn't really make sense to mention Arakawa in the same breath as the others, sure, she's new to Sunday but she's also one of the most famous creators alive, it's not like Sunday can pick up people on that level regularly), and besides, a lot of the hits (not huge hits, exactly, but Sunday needs whatever it can get) also came from veterans: Souboutei, Major 2nd, MAO, the Conan spin-offs, even Yofukashi would be considered a veteran returning right now. There's also stuff like Kimi wa 008 and Tonikaku, which aren't great sellers, but do solidly enough to help the magazine. That isn't to say Sunday have no problems with it's system right now, but it's more complicated, I think.
While I don't agree with your view, I like how optimistic you are. Just what I can expect from the sole reader of the Ninth Wave.Sunday isn’t lacking for newcomer success, honestly, or even big sophomore series from previously cancelled authors. Switch is endlessly reprinted and consistently doing crossover promotions, Amano Megumi has been comfortably performing for years, Komi-san is phenomenally huge (a second title after the bomb of Dezicon), Sleepy Princess has an anime coming and sells well... so we’ve got successes from both newcomers and veterans, as others mentioned above. So like... everything functions? Nothing detrimental is going on in any case.
Veterans are great for a legacy magazine’s image, and newcomers are the fresh blood that sustains it moving forward, and Sunday actually balances these better than most, while continuing to clearly focus on publishing stories they find interesting over hunting hits (The Ninth Wave persists for a reason, and Youkai Giga more so)
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