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July 31, 2002
Jump Up for the Down Stroke
Shonen Jump, that is.
Another reason to hit Comic-Con International: San Diego: Viz's launch party for the North American version of Shonen Jump.
Shonen Jump is launching in November through a partnership of Shueisha, publisher of the Japanese edition and the largest manga purveyor in the world, and Viz Communications, the leading U.S. producer of manga and anime, the film version of manga, seen in movies such as "Akira" and "Princess Mononoke."
[. . .] Shonen Jump--the first word of whose title has connotations in Japanese culture of courageous boyhood adventures--will offer a hybrid format.
Each 240-page issue of Shonen Jump will mix about six recurring comic titles with about 30 pages of feature articles on the anime lifestyle as exemplified by current movies, music and fashion.
That length actually represents a significant slimming down from the Japanese edition of Shonen Jump, which routinely weights in around 430 pages and has a weekly circulation of 3.4 million copies.
It'll feature Dragon Ball Z (no interest) and Yu-Gi-Oh (ditto), according to the press release. Yeah, I could link those, but what do you think Anime Web Turnpike is for?
This ain't the first manga anthology in the states by a long chalk, but Mixxzine's version of Magic Knight Rayearth was so frustrating, I just bought the three collections at then-Yaohan, printed (at work, of course, you know how much paper it took?) a translation off the web, and read the story that way.
ISTR allegations that Mixx was using that fan translation, sans payment, but see no reason to go digging around old rec.arts.anime.misc posts for confirmation. So I'll just toss unsubstantiated allegations out there with no supporting evidence.
Hey, it works for the warbloggers.
Saw the reference to the launch party in Steven Grant's Permanent Damage column at CBR. Think he's paid by the hit, so give him a visit.
Oh, and reading unflipped manga as an ignorant Westerner? Easier for children, I think. And I've never had a problem with everyone in the Americanized versions being left-handed. . .
Update: Fixed the Rayearth link. Also, I am Hikaru-chan's bitch:
Update 2: Want to know more? The The Art of Magic Knight Rayearth should be available in North America real soon now. Plus, I'm pimping product. Hey, it's Clamp, so it must be good.
Posted by Aaron at July 31, 2002 11:44 AM
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