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Shonen Jump Magazine Ending, Replaced By Digital Shonen Jump Alpha

By Ishaan . February 4, 2012 . 2:01pm

Shonen Jump Magazine Ending, Replaced By Digital Shonen Jump Alpha

Viz’s Shonen Jump magazine is going the way of the dinosaur. Taking its place is Shonen Jump Alpha, a new weekly digital magazine that launched recently.

 

Viz have been aiming to shorten the time between new chapter releases in Japan and North America, and Shonen Jump Alpha is another step in the process.

 

For example, new Naruto chapters will be released in North America just two weeks after they’re published in Japan. That effectively means that Japan’s only going to be ahead by about two chapters.

 

Speaking with Crunchyroll, Viz Senior Vice-President, Alvin Lu, says that the decision to end the print magazine and replace it with a digital counterpart was not made lightly.

 

“The newsstand is a great tool for reaching certain kinds of readers, particularly those kids who are in Wal-Mart or in the supermarket, and we’re not gonna reach them on newsstand,” Lu says. “That was something we definitely had to take into account when we made this move.”

 

“We are jumping into something that’s a lot less clear-cut and at the same time, it’s rapidly evolving At this point, it’s probably too early to say how kids are gonna interact with handheld devices, where we think a lot of this business will take place.”


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  • gundamfan

    sounds interesting cant wait to see how it plays out.

  • 27CansOfTuna

    Well I have the full year sub, and its nice, based on issue 1.  The Kishimoto interview was nice, fan of the scriptwriting in How to Train Your Dragon…I dont know something felt off with the entire movie. (and 500 Days of Summer).

    Shonen Jump Alpha is a nice start, but I felt it is pretty barebones, but for 99 cents, I guess its a decent deal, needs more content. (and a replacement for the bi monthly free yugioh/naruto cards).

    Wish they would stop Art of the Multiple Shadow Dopplegangers and move to Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu. 

    • http://twitter.com/creid8 Pete

      I’ve read they’ll still be sending out cards quarterly.

      • 27CansOfTuna

        Wow thats amazing then. That was always one of my favorite parts, getting tangibles with magazines has always been a great bonus and Yugioh cards!

  • Lexaus_the_Alchemist

    It’s good that they are embracing digital release a bit more (and I’m definitely not saying that physical books/magazines are bad), but there’s one thing I don’t really like: that 2 week delay. Not to encourage pirating, but if fan subbers can get it done in almost less than 1-2 days after they’re released in JPN, then there’s no excuse for a professional company to be behind by that long.

    • 27CansOfTuna

      I was sure that scan translators of some Jump manga, are actually releasing the series before they are on stands for sale in JPN…

      • http://twitter.com/Admiralvic Grant

        I am 99.99999999999999999999999999% sure that the way it has always worked was as follows.

        Monday: Jump is released.
        Tuesday/Wednesday: Next weeks chapter appears online in some form.
        Wednesday – Friday: Chapter is out and translated.
        Next Monday: That chapter is released.

    • glemtvapen

      This. That is probably fansubbing’s greatest strength. The only way that Viz or whoever for that matter be able to compete to fansubbers is to release their content the same day it hits Japan’s stands.

      • http://twitter.com/Xander_VJ David García Abril

        That’s only possible for mangas that are already popular overseas. For new mangas is definitely impossible.

        Keep in mind that, if a translation hits the same day as in Japan, that means the publisher has to schedule the whole thing so the translators have time to translate it. And most mangakas give the new chapters with a very tight schedule to begin with (They might give the chapter the night before they start printing!).

        They might do it for “Naruto” or “Bleach”, because even though it’s a huge pain in the ass, at least they know for sure it’s worth it.

        They can’t be sure for new mangas. They are not even sure if the new manga will have success in Japan itself. How are they going to know if it will sell in America or any other country?

    • http://twitter.com/Xander_VJ David García Abril

      The only thing fan subbers can do in 2 days is a 20-page chapter, not a whole magazine. And with a lousy translation quality, I might add. (Not that people care about translation quality in those, though).

      • Lexaus_the_Alchemist

        Not sure which groups you’ve seen, but there are some well done scanlations out there which also come out at high speeds. Slight grammar error here or there, but overall those are corrected pretty quickly. 

        • http://twitter.com/Xander_VJ David García Abril

          I have seen pretty good scanlations, indeed. But those who were near a proffesional level, were done either by Translation students practising or proffesional translators that did it for free since no one was bringing them.

          The rest are pretty horrible, specially those that keep the Japanese grammar structure, falling in the trap of believing that’s “more faithful” to the original, or even worse, leaving words untranslated just because they think it’s cooler to leave them in Japanese (I swear, the next time I see a scanlation that leaves “baka” instead of “idiot”…).

    • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

      Fansubbers have nothing to do with manga though.

  • ForeverFidelis

    This is a small tragedy for me, because I kind of grew up with Shonen Jump magazine. Haven’t bought an issue in years, though. Saw one at Kroger, and I knew it was close to its end

    Because, in ALL SERIOUSNESS
    What’s the point of subscribing a magazine that’s weeks behind what you could just look up online for free?

    ==Lamar S. Smith was a little boy, once. The son of otaku supreme, the owner of the North American Branch of Shonene Jump. When he was of age, he traveled to the local gypsie fortune teller to see the fate of the company he was previously fated to inherent. Through the crystal ball, Little Lamar beheld a strange sight.
    A scroll unwritten, and yet written. Words and data that did not exist, but yet did.
    Within this wondrous world, he saw one comment on one conglomeration of information. “By God, This Fidelis fellow has a point,” he said through bated breath. ==

    Not that I support SOPA, but in situations like this I can certainly see where they’re coming from. The manga and comic market specifically are crippled by piracy.

    • 27CansOfTuna

      Not all people like reading things online, some people like having a physical copy, people like being introduced to some series with the random or so one chapter preview of a non Jump manga, people like getting six manga series for less than the cost of one volume of one series? There are a variety of reasons why people would subscribe.

      The argument also would be the same for print newspapers…whats the point of subscribing to a newspaper that is hours behind what you could just look up online for free? I dont know, theres still a market. Why not just say the same for all things, whats the point in buying x when it could just be gotten online for free? Again people like stuff.

      People still buy movies, tv shows, anime months after it aired, but on disc.

      • ForeverFidelis

        While it’s true that there are plenty of collectors out there, it is also true that the North American anime and manga industry is in horrible shape right now which it can attribute to the ease of free access to its contents.

        This site itself heralds sad news about multiple anime subbing and dubbing companies going down, and this article itself is about Shonen Jump being pushed out of print. 

        Based on my memory of it being the only thing I watched on TV, anime and manga was a booming success late 90′s, early 2000s. But now, it just feels like a drying pond of an industry, and that’s thanks to the development of streaming sites through those years. 

        If people had motivation to actually purchase manga and anime to experience a story for the first time through instead of for courtesy or for collecting’s sake, then this industry would be it much better shape.

        Personally, I remember going to barnes and nobles every month, excited to read new manga and pick up a shonen jump and read through it. And whenever I had money on hand, I always bought one, because I was so excited about what I read and saw.

         But now, I see a shonen jump, I pick it up and there’s nothing new and exciting inside. It’s full of stuff that I’ve already read long ago, and I had no motivation to buy it and bring it home. The sense of excitement is nonexistant. 

        People are on budgets and I doubt that they’re going to shell out $10 for a graphic novel thick and full of pages they’ve already read and could read again at no cost. Because you gotta remember, a newspaper only cost like a buck.

        But imagine a world with no scanlations. You’re going to pick up the next issue/volume of that manga with lightning speed probably be more apt to purchase it.

        Or you could be a jerk like I was with no money and just sit in the barnes n nobles for an hour until you’re done reading it 

        Shonen Jump realizes this.
        That’s why they’re changing to digital, charging close to nothing, and trying to keep as close as possible to the Japanese releases.

  • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

    I find this to be a great progress! This will cut down the cost for publishing material, as well as eliminate the potential issue of supply insufficiency. The readers will also have the benefit of not having to worry about carrying around, storing or maintaining the books.

    I’m not sure how much cheaper this system will make the books, but a beginning is usually bound to be shaky for every new system, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the price difference isn’t too much. If those from Europe can subscribe to it as well, I’d like to give it a shot.

    Anyhow, I hope Viz finds success in this new waters. If they like the results and decide to move on to e-Manga… :)

    • Solomon_Kano

      “The readers will also have the benefit of not having to worry about carrying around, storing or maintaining the books.”

      That almost makes it sound as if carrying them was burdensome. I certainly see this as a positive given the way that e-books and tablets and whatnot have taken off in recent years, but some of us out here still prefer print media… or I do, at least lol.

      So I hope they’re successful as well, but I can’t help but be a bit saddened by this news.

      • RupanIII

        You’re not alone man, I prefer print too. But I did get a Kindle for the holidays though and I gotta admit, it’s awesome and I’ve been using it a lot. The text and contrast are super clear and there are loads of public domain books you can just download for free that I wouldn’t read if I had to look at them as .pdfs on my monitor. I’m reading Sherlock Holmes right now lol

        But as much as I like it, digital can’t replace print, and if it’s something I’m really into, I want a physical copy. I like flipping pages and I love the smell of print. I’d like to think there’s room for both, but print has really taken a hit lately.

        I didn’t read Shonen Jump a lot, but I sympathize with you SJ fans. It reminds me of when my favorite gaming magazines went downhill and closed up. Another one bites the dust. I remember back in the day you could find loads of computer, gaming and even anime magazines on the newsstands. Magazines were booming and I have a lot of fond memories going to bookstores, ogling screenshots, etc. Those were the days when Ziff Davis was king (they even had a TV channel, any other fans of The Screen Savers?) I used to imagine how awesome it would be to work at a gaming mag. Collect a bunch of free swag, get into hi-jinks with the other editors, etc. lol

        It makes me sad nowadays to see how small the newsstands have become.

        • Solomon_Kano

          Yea, it saddens me that I can hardly find anything interesting on newsstands nowadays. I only ever see OXM, OPM, and… GamePro. *sigh* I haven’t read SJ in some time so it’s not -too- bad, but it’s just sad to see it go the way of so many others. I suppose if I ever do get a Kindle I’ll jump on this — you made the thought sound appealing lol.

          • RupanIII

            Yea, and I think I heard that GamePro is going quarterly or something. At least GameFan is back, but I can never find it in stores. :/ I know, there are a lot of stories about Halverson (GF’s former and current editor, if you’re not familiar), but you can’t deny the guy’s passionate about gaming lol I don’t get that as much online. I find a lot of gaming blogs have kind of this hipster-y approach that’s more about trying hard to seem ironic or ‘geek-chic’ or something than actually playing video games. Or else drab pretentious navel-gazing (looking at you ‘new games journalism’) That’s one of the reasons I visit Siliconera regularly, the coverage is actually about video games lol

            I miss the professionalism of the magazines too. Okay okay, sometimes it wasn’t too professional, but they were real jobs so I think they tried to take them seriously. I mean, there were some standards, it wasn’t just some guy with an ego or an unpaid intern or whatnot sounding off online. I’d rather read a decent thought out piece later on than get news immediately in an online blurb.

            I mean, sure, the internet is more democratic (unless some regulations come into place), but that just means there are 50,000 blogs to look at, none of which give me the pleasure I had reading a gaming mag back then.

            Anyway, starting to ramble lol, but don’t worry, you’re not the only young ‘dinosaur’ lol I buy CDs, DVDs, and books/magazines, and don’t plan to stop anytime soon. Plus, not everything gets converted to new formats. There are lots of movies that came out on VHS but never got DVD releases, for ex.

          • Solomon_Kano

            Huh. Quarterly you say? That would explain why I’ve been seeing the same issue of GamePro for the last several months lol. I thought I was just going crazy.

            I get what you mean though about how the magazines used to be. Honestly, that’s why I still like Game Informer. My favorite gaming magazine was EGM until I got an issue of GI. From the way they interact with their community on GIO, the humor they have, just… I dunno. They take video game journalism serious without sucking the fun out of it. Apart from Siliconera, I find their reviews to be the most honest. Or… in line with how I feel, I guess.

            You’re right though, the blogs really just don’t match up to the old mags. Most of these sites either feel too pretentious or too afraid to give any real opinion about anything (I’m looking at YOU IGN).

            Glad I’m not alone in feeling prehistoric though lol. I just can’t get with the whole digital move. I’m not against it or anything but, so long as physical media persists, that’ll be the format of choice for me. Like you said, some things never get converted. I still have my Fox Kids VHSs (how do you pluralize that anyway? lol) of The Tick, Bobby’s World, etc. and none of that stuff got DVD releases (to my knowledge). I’ve got tons upon tons of old Scooby Doo VHSs and I’ve yet to see any of them on DVD.

          • RupanIII

            I actually haven’t read GI in a while, but I used to buy them pretty regularly. Still have a lot too. I totally agree with what you said about taking it seriously without sucking the fun out of it. PSM and Ultra GamePlayers were hilarious. And Gamepro and EGM were like mainstays back then, sometimes they were THICK too, like 200+ pages. Oh, and Next Generation, with those neat glossy covers. I’m sure I’m forgetting some.. time to go flip through my stacks haha

            Ha, I’ve got Fox Kids VHSs (yea, no clue about the pluralizing lol) too! I know they started putting a couple shows on DVD (Pinky & the Brain, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons season 1), but I think like you said most are still only on VHS.

          • Solomon_Kano

            Yea, interestingly enough, the few Fox Kids shows you named were owned by WB, so that’s probably the only reason they saw DVD release. A real pity since there were so many other awesome shows on Fox Kids that deserve a re-release (Eek! springs to mind).

      • Aoshi00

        I like books as much as the next guy, I still bought the Gears of War novels in print and never on my Kindle Fire despite it being more convenient to bring to places.. but space is definitely my biggest concern, I got literally shelves and shelves of manga it scares me, and in my earlier years I collected a lot of Jpn weekly Shounen Jumps, each one of those babies as big as a phone book and 52 of them in a year (sometimes I skipped a week or 2), and I got quite a few years to follow Dragonball, YuYu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, or Kenshin during their original run.. I kinda want to throw them away but too hard to part w/ them (these books cost me a fortune when I was a kid on meager allowance).. when I looked them over, it really brings back memories, I remember where I was when I was reading them (the first time Trunks showed up to cut Freeza in half was dang exciting, or Vegeta turning Super Saiyan), but books take up a lot of space if you follow many manga series.. in recent yrs I’m only following a couple..  If I’m given the choice, I would love to be able to convert my mountains of books to digital format, I want to be able to still own them, but doesn’t matter if not in paper form.. seriously I feel guilty for every new book I buy because I always need to devise ways to store them.

        I had only collected about the 1st 2 years of Eng. Jumps from Viz though..

        • Solomon_Kano

          Yea, I get the space issue, it’s one I have myself with my tons of books, but… I dunno. I guess if the alternative is everything being digital, then I don’t think it’s an issue I’d mind.

          Now I’m all for digital being there for the people who want it, I think it’s a step that more publishers need to take so as to future-proof themselves, but it’s just sad in cases like this where it isn’t an option but, rather, the only choice. I’d even consider buying books digital if I had a device with which to read them on, but I’d prefer to have comics/manga physically. The feeling of flipping through pages awaiting what’s on the other side… it just isn’t something digital can replicate.

          Alas, it looks like I’m becoming a dinosaur (a pity at such a young age lol).

          • Aoshi00

            I hear you, despite me having a serious finite space problem, I still buy my novels/manga/artbook/guides in printed format (I don’t want to buy the digital artbook on PSN lol).  I also like to flip thru the pages (even though they are all oxidized and turned yellowish), but they just add up in terms of taking space, w/ DVD/blu-rays, games, books, believe it or not I still buy CDs (I just bought the soundtrack for the movie “In Time” instead of MP3s).. also the issue of mobility if one needs to relocate.. I alrdy threw away my boxes of old VHS several years ago, and tons of magazines from yrs before (at least I’m not getting more mags now). I just don’t know how many more books I can buy..

            I understand it’s a pity they’re doing this to survive.. but if they could bring out new chapters faster for cheaper subscription might not be a bad thing.. personally I never had to depend on translation though, I just get Jpn manga straight from Kinokuniya (in recent yrs I just buy from YesAsia, too lazy to go to store now)..

            I guess this is just evolution though.. print might not go away overnight, but they’re being phased out.. remember in Xenosaga Junior had some of the last collection of books from humankind :).. I don’t have an iPad yet, but I got the Kindle Fire for $200, it’s really nice for reading books and convenient to bring around..

          • Solomon_Kano

            I still buy CDs as well. I mean, I have tons of random mp3s, mixtapes, etc. on my PC but, when it comes to actual albums, I always get a hard copy. I guess it’s just not an issue for me since relocating isn’t something I have to worry about, but heaven help me if I ever do lol.

            The cheaper subscription with faster chapters is certainly great, which is why I’m not opposed to this. If they  had just scrapped the physical to do the same thing online then I’d be against it, but this sounds like a good step forward. That’s cool that you never had to worry about translation though. Would that I could read Japanese, I’d probably be buried in even more books than I am now lol.

            Speaking of a Fire, I was thinking of getting one myself so, whenever I do, I’ll be all over this. I’d never go for an iPad as they’re so… big. But I’m liking how the Kindle’s form factor is relatively close to an average novel, so I may get one. It’s also funny that you mention Xenogears as I’m currently playing it for the first time. Just got it a few days ago. Awesome game.

          • Aoshi00

            Yeah, I still collect OSTs and drama CDs for my fav. games.. I just got the Nier concert CD & El Shaddai OST.. I only buy MP3s if there’s no physical CD..

            That’s why I thought knowing Jpn could be a blessing and a curse.. there was one time I would pick up used manga from Book Off for a buck each.. they were just so cheap you kinda stocked up lol.. later I never buy used stuffs anymore once I had more money.. thinking back dunno where those books have been..

            Kindle Fire is pretty great for reading.. I’ve wanted a tablet for a long time but didn’t want to spend a fortune on the iPad (3G w/ bigger memory is much more expensive than the $500 base one).. so $200 Fire was a great way to try the tablet and book reader.. I like reading books on it (I’m not much of a reader actually), streaming Netflix is ok, but the speaker is kinda crappy, probably worse than my phone..

            Just got it on PSN huh? Actually I meant Xenosaga.. in that time paper books are like antiques and are pretty much extinct :) Of course we would miss the physical stuff, but future generation or kids today don’t even miss CDs or the older media, so..

          • Solomon_Kano

            Ah. I saw Xeno and got excited. Definitely misread that lol.

            Yea, the Fire seemed like the most viable way for me to get in on the whole tablet. I thought the iPad was too pricey as well. Your’re practically paying for a laptop at those prices. It really is a shame to think that future generations won’t even have books and other physical media to miss. Oh advancing technology — I love you, but I really, really loathe you lol.

      • Joanna

        I prefer print too, but it’s getting hard to store all these volumes, so for larger series (or stuff I like just not enough to buy all the volumes) e-format is god-sent. Like Rupan, I really do hope both can co-exist because I don’t want print to go away, but e-format is also really convenient for the longer series (30+ volumes).

        edit: opps, I didn’t see Aoshi bring up the same issue down below. I should have read all the threads first before replying. ^__^;;;

        • Solomon_Kano

          It’s cool. I can definitely see e-stuff being good for longer titles even though I prefer print — no way I’d grab all the volumes of Bleach I’ve missed in print!

    • 27CansOfTuna

      Confused on what your statement is addressing, since theyve already went vastly far ahead with tons of digital releases compared to the manga (ie, Bleach on print is like 15= issues behind the digital release, Naruto is at least 4 ahead, one piece too), they already sell some chapters individual (eva), and virtually any physical release is sold digitally already for them. So theyve honestly already been into emanga for many many months.

      • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

        It’s been running for a while now? How do you subscribe to that?

        • 27CansOfTuna

          Since way early last year they been selling manga digitally on iOS devices and on vizmanga.com. Theyve been doing super fast digital speed ups of volumes for bleach, naruto, and one piece, and soon bakuman etc. 

          • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

            iOS… Wonderful. It just had to be the platform I have no access to. OTL

          • Aara_Malik_Davoodi

            You don’t have to have iOS. You can read everything right on your computer. 

  • ManaKnight

    The only reason I may want a print copy is so I can read at work (my work doesn’t allow iPADs and other digital devices due to security reasons).

  • Solomon_Kano

    NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    I mean, yay for progress, but I’m saddened that the magazine’s print form is dying in the hopes that Alpha will take off.

    Shonen Jump was an integral part of my younger years (which makes me sound older than I am, but I’m young), so… I dunno. It’s cool that it’s still around in SOME form, and it’s not like Viz itself just bit the dust, but this is like… this is that feeling I had when Toonami died (not that its latter years were much good, but still). I started reading Jump waaay back in elementary and, though I haven’t read it in YEARS, this still hurts the part of me that holds those memories.

    /sadness-induced semi-rant

    • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/DrakosAmatras DrakosAmatras

      [Pat pat]

  • http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/members/55321.html FinalArcadia

    Ugh, I can’t stand reading things on electronic devices like the iPad or Kindle. Call me old-fashioned, but I want a magazine firmly in my hands, so I can feel the paper as I turn the page. So I can SMELL the paper. Yes, reading should be an experience that affects many senses… and digital magazines just aren’t doing it for me.

    Why can’t anything just stay the same? T_T

  • shy_mel

    I wonder if Viz would consider doing a digital Shojo Beat magazine even though the magazine was discontinued in 2009.  I’m still grieving. ;.;

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Altin-Bujupaj/1157167838 Altin Bujupaj

    If It is just Shonen Mangas like Naruto, I couldnt in all honesty care lesser.

  • Nicolas Vasquez

    its hard to figth piracy with a 2 weeks margin, when fansubs usually dont take more than 2 days in popular series, we are to the point we are getting scanlations before the magazine is out, even more knowing that those online services are very restricted, like recently i was dissapointed that the “worldwide” stream of black rock shooter isnt avaible in my country, just certain countries of south america.

  • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

    I thought this was the end of Jump in Japan.  Made me think that Gintoki would need to get a computer for his Jump fix.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fitzpatrick-Phillips/1786364591 Fitzpatrick Phillips

      I can’t wait to see the episode based on that.

      • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

        That’s what I was getting at, but if it’s not going strictly digital in Japan… probably won’t happen.

  • Okuni-chan

    First I was like: *GASP* NUU…
    Then I was like: ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ 

  • pockystix

    A lot of folks have kind of wanted this for a while; mainly because of the whole: 1. buying a big book that tends to be expensive, and 2. These books being repeatedly pushed into the back end of stores (thank you Ishihara – ,-)

    I for one think it’s a pretty good move, and hopefully this means some new blood can be brought in; since they’re not having to pay so much for the printing. Experiment ya fools!

  • http://twitter.com/Luimango lulu M

    Reading too long electronically hurts my eyes :/

    But guys got to make money

  • neetyneety

    As much as I love digital magazines (reading them accounts for about 80% of the whole time I use my iPad), I’m greatly saddened by the fact that they’re going to scrap the actual physical Jump. I only have one Jump (they’re really hard to find here) but good golly do I love it. Yes, it might have tons of grease stains and LOTS of creases, but each and every single one of those is proof of how much I love and read it over the years. All those times of staring at each page, feeling the crisp paper in my hands, smelling that particular scent akin to a new car, tasting the ink (ok, that last one was a joke)…. it just can’t be matched by digital releases. The times are a changin’~ OTL

    • RupanIII

      haha some of my old game magazines are like that, some of them I took around everywhere, or I kept folded next to me when playing a game for strategy guides and stuff. Also, I lol’d at ‘tasting the ink’

  • Deluode Koyor

    Still remember the “first” one that was released sometime I believe in the summer of 2003, enjoyed the magazine and always looked forward to it even when I had a subscription to it. Glad that they at least made it to 100 months and sad to see that it won’t at least continue for at least one more year. Still good news in terms of being almost up-to-date with the latest chapter in some mangas within a week or two after they are published in Japan. 

  • RablaAndrews

    I smell an upcoming Bakuman plot arc

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002868112952 Blaine Frisbey

    But what will happen to the Yu-Gi-Oh cards? :C

  • PK212

    I hope this doesn’t end up hurting their ability to bring manga volumes to the US down the line :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/pokefreaks Nay Aung Latt

    There will still be 2 weeks difference? I hope they can do simultaneous release later just like several companies are doing with Anime simul-cast.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/GuoEn-Wu/100000164772664 GuoEn Wu

    please dont end the shonen magazines 

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