The sales of the three major shonen manga journals all fell

One of the secrets of the success of the anime business in Japan is that in addition to its high level of quality, it is also possible for anime fans to quickly access the works at a low cost. Among them, "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), and "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan) can be said to be the three pillars of Japanese shonen manga. They have given us countless excellent works over the course of decades, and without them, it would be hard to imagine what the Japanese anime market would be like today. However, in recent years, these three publications have appeared at the same time as the decline of the old man, which has also caused many people to worry.

According to the latest statistics, the total issuance in January ~ March this year is compared with the total issuance in the same period last year as follows:

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January ~ March 2013

January ~ March 2014

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2835455

2715834

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1376792

1277500

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502000

461250

As can be seen from the number of jù, "Weekly Shonen Jump" has the most severe decline, reaching more than 110,000 copies; The number of copies of "Weekly Shonen Magazine" also decreased by about 100,000 compared with the same period last year; Although the number of copies of Weekly Shonen Sunday has decreased by only about 40,000 compared to the above two magazines, no one is optimistic about the magazine's prospects, right?

In the face of this reality, Japanese netizens have also expressed their opinions. In response to the decline of "Weekly Shonen Jump", some people believe that although the current popular works such as "ONEPIECE" and "Naruto" continue to show strong vitality, it is difficult to see outstanding works in new serializations of JUMP in recent years, and many new works are quickly cut in half after serialization, and once the current pillar works are completed, it is very likely that there will be a sales avalanche. When it comes to "Weekly Shonen Magazine", although the popularity of works such as "Delusional Student Union" and "Diamond Ace" in serialization is not bad, there are very few that can be called pillars, but considering that Kodansha also has a "Attack on Titan" ("Bessho Shonen Magazine"), if this work is transferred to a weekly magazine in the future, it may be able to reverse the decline. As for "Weekly Shonen SUNDAY", it is the most worrying, in addition to "Detective Conan", the magazine can hardly find any sense of existence compared to the other two publications, and some time ago "The World Only God Knows" also lost a group of readers, although SUNNY recently played "launch of 55 new serials", "7 works OVA is born" and other banners, but it is still unknown how much effect can be gained.

Due to Japan's perennial economic downturn and the severe impact of the 311 earthquake, the Japanese seem to have lost their enthusiasm for buying manga magazines. Coupled with the fact that the problem of declining birthrate has reached the point where it will affect the future of the country, the lack of a next generation of readers for the magazine is also a reason that cannot be ignored. But in any case, the decline of comic magazines is not good news for friends who love anime, and Tencent Animation also hopes that the three major weekly magazines can usher in a turnaround as soon as possible.

"Cang no Your" was released in 2018, and it was made more than 20 years ago

At the Cannes Film Festival held in early May, GAINAX unveiled its 30th anniversary project at the booth - the mysterious masterpiece that has been silent for more than 20 years, the theatrical version of "Your" has been restarted and will be released in 2018!

"Cang no Your" is a sequel to "Wang Li Space Army ~Wings of Oniamis~" and a GAINAX30 anniversary project.

"Aono your" is a new work conceived by Hiroyuki Yamaga of GAINAX after the retirement of the former president Dousio Okada, the director at that time was Hideaki Anno, and the animation budget envisioned by Hiroyuki Yamaga and Hideaki Anno reached billions of yen, which was still a very large amount of money at the time, and with the passage of time, by 1997, Hideaki Anno had lost interest in the work, so the production lineup of the animation was adjusted. And then on July 10, 1998, the official release of the "Aoi no URU Frozen Data Collection",The following more than ten years of this work was frozen,Until 2011,This work was announced to be released in 2015。

The project for "URU" began in 1992 and was led by the superintendent Hideaki Anno, the script Hiroyuki Yamaga, the character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and the machine Shiro Masamune. However, the project was postponed for a year.

In 1998, GAINAX sold the CD-ROM of "Cangzhi Uer Frozen Jie Data Collection", which included part of the setting art, (partial) animation storyboards, dialogue between the production staff, and a small part of the script.

"Cangzhi Wuer Frozen Jie Data Collection" has now become a difficult peripheral product to buy, mainly because it has been discontinued for a long time and the second-hand price is high. can only get a glimpse of the secret of "Cangzhiyour" from the experience shared by netizens.

The netizen said that in "Frozen Jie Data Collection", it can be seen that this animation had been drawn to part B at that time (98 years). (Part A 55 pages 147 CUT, Part B 88 pages 191 CUT), but these are only a small part of the work, and there should be sections such as C and D later.

About the birth of "Aono your" - "Handsome Hero Animation"

Yamaga: "When I asked Mr. Takeda, 'What anime would you like to see most?' and the answer was, 'I want to see a cool anime' (laughs) I can't remember the exact statement, but I just wanted to see a handsome hero anime, so I decided to make such an anime." ”

Why - "aviation combat drama"?

Yamaga: Because Anno's favorite thing is the machine qì people, he has an extraordinary talent for "the floating sense of flight" and "the sense of speed". Therefore, this work wants to return to its original intention, and if it is done by Anno, it should be very handsome, I hope it is so (laughs)

In order to make zuò "Cang no your", we held a camp!

Yamaga: I wrote the script, and when it came time to make the storyboards, everyone decided to go to the dormitory like in "Wang Li", why did they want to stay together in the first place...... I can't remember it either (laughs)

Tsuruta: It's been an amazing process.

Yamaga: Anyway, we gathered a group of people to read the script and discuss how to storyboard together.

Tsuruta: It's a lot of fun to put together storyboards drawn by completely different people.

Yamaga: yes, everyone shared their thoughts on the storyboard, and then discussed "Ahhh "That's!" "It's normal" (laughs)

About the Future

Yamaga: "Aono your" is a little far away from memory now, and the situation of each person is very different from when it was conceived. In the future, if "Cang no your" can be reproduced in the future, I think the content will also change a lot.

Satsuda: My situation has changed.

Yamaga: yes. And in the middle, there is also a work with huge social influence such as "EVA".

Yamaga: There is also the problem with computers, but I think a lot has changed in the last five years or so. There were a lot of problems that couldn't be solved at the time, and I think we can solve them now.

In a 1993 interview with Wèn, "When will I be able to fill the hole", Yamaga said, "I'm not in a hurry because I want to make my own work." "Now that more than 20 years have passed since 1992, the development of CG technology and other technical aspects have undergone great changes, and the main creators have become more experienced after so many years of experience, and I believe that the 30th anniversary work of GAINAX will not disappoint.

The list of cartoon golden songs selected by 10,000 homeowners was released

CHRAPEDIA, a well-known anime-related website, has launched various rankings over the years, including the "Favorite Male and Female Voice Actors Ranking" and "Ideal Family Ranking". The latest chart survey is titled "Ask 10,000 Anime Otaku Which is the Most Impressive Anime Theme Song and Ending Song", and the results have been announced.

At the top of the list is the theme song of the first season of the super popular anime "Science's Super Electromagnetic Cannon", "onlymyrailgun". This song is the first single released by voice actor and singer Aino Nanjo after joining fripSide, and it reached No. 3 on the Oricon weekly chart in the first week of release, setting a first-week sales record of 26,000 copies (the total sales have exceeded 75,000 copies so far). It was also selected as the Best Anime Theme Song at the 15th Anime Kobe Awards in 2010. With this song, Aino Nanjo closely linked herself to the "Super Electromagnetic Cannon of Science" series. In China, the "Jin Kela" spoof series, which has been talked about so far, was also born based on this song.

The second place went to "The Story You Don't Know" from "The Tale of Transformation". The song is not only the ending song of "Monogatari", but also supercell's first single, which hit the top 10 of the Oricon weekly chart for two consecutive weeks that year, and was recognized as a "golden song" by the Japan Recording Association in January 2010, and has now shipped more than 100,000 CDs.

In addition, the song that won the third place was "The Bow of the Red Lotus". As the theme song of "Attack on Titan", a work that swept the entire animation industry in 2013, the album CD "Attack on Freedom" (including the two theme songs of "Red Lotus's Bow and Arrow" and "Wings of Freedom") set a horror record of 129,000 copies in the first week, which is also the highest sales record of anime songs in this century, and as of the end of last year, the song CD has sold more than 230,000 copies. Revo's proudest work.

In addition, "Bird's Poem" from ACG's national anthem, "Cruel Angel's Action Plan" from "Neon Genesis Evangelion" theme song, and "MySoul, YourBeats!" from "AngelBeats!" are all on the list.

The specific list is as follows:

The first "onlymyrailgun"

Lyrics: Satoru Yaginuma, Yuki-ka

Composer and arranger: Satoru Yaginuma

Singing: Aino Nanjo

2nd place "The Story You Don't Know" ("The Tale of Avatar")

Lyrics and Composition: Ryo

Singing: Nagi

3rd place "Red Lotus's Bow" ("Attack on Titan")

Lyrics, Composition, Singing: Revo

Fourth "Cruel Angel's Code of Action" ("Neon Genesis Evangelion")

Lyrics: Yogawa Mitsuko

Composer: Hidetoshi Sato

Arranger: Toshiyuki Omori

Singing: Yoko Takahashi

Fifth place "secretbase ~ what you gave me ~ " ("Unheard of Flower Name")

Lyrics and Composer: Norihiko Machida

Singing: ZONE

6th place "Connect" ("Madoka Magi-chan ☆ Magic")

Composer and lyrics: Sho Watanabe

Singing: ClariS

7th "Bird Poem" ("AIR")

Lyrics: Jun Ma Zhi

Composed by: Shinji Oto

Arranger: Kazuya Takase

Vocals: Lia

8th place "True Love 1000%" ("His Royal Highness the Prince of Songs")

Lyrics and Composition: Uematsu Fan Kang

Arranger: Hitoshi Fujima

Singing: ST☆RISH

No. 9 "MySoul, YourBeats!" (AngelBeats!)

Lyrics and Composition: Jun Maeda

ARRANGEMENT: ANAN**ARDEEYES

Vocals: Lia

10th place: "Cloudy Sky" ("Gintama")

Lyrics and Composition: T氏原ワタル

Arrangement: DOES

Singing: DOES

The old anime "Detective Sherlock Holmes" sells Blu-ray BOX

The animation "Detective Sherlock Holmes", which was broadcast on TV from November 1984 ~ May 1985 (animation cooperated with Japan's Tokyo Film News Agency and Italian national broadcaster Radio and Television Italia), has recently been announced to be on sale for Blu-ray BOX. According to the official plan, BandaiVisual will release this Blu-ray BOX from November 21 this year. This is also the first time in the history of the series that it has been Blu-rayed.

The entire 26 episodes will be processed using the latest technology, so that viewers can watch the highest level of imagery. Especially in terms of picture color, some of the color effects that were very individual when the zuò was made back then will be perfectly restored. The price of this Blu-ray BOX is 25,000 yen (excluding tax), and both viewers who have never touched the work and long-time fans of the series can take the opportunity to enjoy this masterpiece from the 80s of the last century. Of course, the bonus that comes with the Blu-ray BOX is not to be missed. This includes the theme song screen without subtitles, the ending song screen, and related advertising videos. In addition, the disc collection box designed by the art director Kazuhide Tokunaga is also highly collectible.

I believe that the name of "Detective Sherlock Holmes" has long been very familiar to everyone. The anime is based on Conan Doyle's well-known mystery novel Sherlock Holmes. However, in the anime, the protagonists of those novels have been replaced with the role of a puppy, which has become the biggest feature of this work. And compared with the original work, which creates more suspense and wits plots, the animated version is full of vitality, giving people a feeling of happy adventure.

In addition, if we look back on this work in 2014, we can also find some special highlights from it: one of the directors of this work is Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's leading animation masters. He was in charge of episode 3 "Little Martha's Big Event!? ", Episode 4 "The Lady Hudson Hostage Incident", Episode 5 "Blue Garnet", Episode 9 "Treasure Under the Sea", Episode 10 "The Great Air Battle in the Strait of Dover!" and episode 11 "The Giant Piggy Bank Being Targeted" and other episodes (the script for episode 3 was also written by him). Interestingly, just a few years before the production of this work, director Hayao Miyazaki had just finished producing a theatrical version of "The City of Lupin III Carriostreo", in which he sketched the image of Lupin III. In "Detective Sherlock Holmes", he portrayed the role of Sherlock Holmes, and the contrast between the strange thief and the detective also reflects the profound skills of this master. And "Detective Sherlock Holmes" is director Hayao Miyazaki's last TV animation work, and in a sense, it is also the "finale".

Yoshifumi Kondo, who was in charge of the design of this work, and Yamamoto 2zo, who served as the art director, and many other production personnel have an eye-catching role in Studio Ghibli's future works. It can be said that this animation is also the brainchild of a large number of industry elites in the 80s, and the Blu-ray BOX will be a notch higher in quality than at the beginning, so it is more worthy of attention. In addition, 4 episodes of this work have also been broadcast in cinemas along with "Valley of the Wind" and "Castle in the Sky". It also provides a good direction for the development of animation in Japan after the 90s. From this point of view, "Detective Holmes" is deservedly called a "masterpiece", right?

"Detective Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray BOX"

Price excluding tax: 25,000 yen

642 mins/LinearPCM/AVC/50G Blu-ray Disc×4 pcs/4:3