Comments on: Shonen Jump August 2010

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:30:18 +0000

Then that out ot make it fit in with the other SJ manga just fine, right? :-s Nura sounds like a series I would really like though. I love yokai, so any series with/about them gets pushed to the top of my list! Maybe I’ll check it out this weekend.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:28:53 +0000

My hubby and I watched the first 2 episodes of Nura last night. It reminds me alot of Gegege no Kitaro, cause of all the yokai that appear. The story seems nice and entertaining, but I worry that the story is going in one direction and when that goal is achieved it might bounce off into a different directions, ala Bleach, Dragonball, YYH, Flame of Rekka, or like alot of Shonen Jump titles. I would love to see the Nura manga, I paused the player so many times last night to look at the cute little yokai and they showed so many more characters during the opening, it reminded me of one of the old Oh my Goddess openings or even a Urusei Yatsura one.

VIZ seems to be handling Shonen Sunday really well, but I wish IKKI was updated better. I hope SJ continues to be in print, I really am old fashion and love to hold a magazine to read.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:27:49 +0000

I was thinking Bleach would be the next in line for a speed up as well. They would have to wait until after the One Piece wave had calmed, so possibly sometime in the fall or next spring. SDCC is in two weeks, and there will definitely be some kind of announcement then. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see an announcement with Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, with the streaming anime. It’s getting a Jump anime special as well and will be on tour in Japan. It’s sounding ripe for a licensing from Viz. Possibly similar to Letter Bee.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:23:53 +0000

Yeah, it will be nice to see the crew back together, but I really want to see Ace in action, and fighting along side Luffy would be doubly cool!

Danzo’s arm was just freaky. I don’t know if it’s hatred of Sharigan users, or just a lust for power. That’s the kind of person he seems to be.

Bleach needs to do something and soon. It’s reaching Yu-Gi-Oh! levels of interest for me.

We need another series that isn’t just about pounding everyone’s skulls in. WSJ must have something they can license that isn’t all fight/powerup/lather/rinse/repeat. I’m waiting for that.

By: Ahavah

Ahavah — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:58:25 +0000

Things are looking bad for Jump…It’s the last printed manga magazine in the States, and it would be a shame to lose it. However, I don’t think there are any titles they can add to the magazine that are more popular than Naruto. They can’t add Kekkaishi, since it’s published by Shonen Sunday in Japan, a rival to Shonen Jump (free chapters of Kekkaishi are available on Viz’s Shonen Sunday sight already).

Maybe they’ll do a Bleach speed-up, now that the latese episodes are streaming legally in America, but that’s a financial risk for them.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:37:30 +0000

Strange, my copy of SJ has $4.99 in that bubble. It was a small issue, at 272 pages, but I ended up liking it alot.. The Shonen Jump alphabet, except I would have used Zolo/Zoro for Z, was nice. I loved the One Piece chapters. I don’t think I can remember so many different characters all in one spot, it was pretty mind- blowing. I have to say the only drawback is after all these months I miss seeing the old crew in action. I too am on the fence for Ultimo, but I think with this chapter I can sort of see what they were trying to set up.
With Naruto I was really surprised at Danzo’s arm. He must have a special hatred for Sharigan users to have all those trophy eyes embedded. It sort of makes me wonder if Madara has done something similar
or even worse to still be alive and his various powers. Now Bleach drove me bonkers. I really want something new. Ah well, just another 4 weeks and I will get my wish.