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yah boruto is pretty good. idk, the ninja world makes sense.
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Peanuts is popular in Japan. Though I wonder if Japanese audiences mistake it are compare it with harem anime or tsundere stuff with Lucy’s interactions with Charlie Brown or Peppermint Patty’s unrequited love for Charlie Brown

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Wbqp0AFdqM
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And of course we know how American audiences feel about the Japanese equivalent to Good Grief
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I think I remember something about japs really seem to like snoopy but that seems to be the norm everywhere you go (although he does kind of look like a sanrio character) , but the peanuts themselves kind of seem similar to a few of the long running kids anime that don't get talked about in the west, stuff like Sazae-san, chibi maruko-chan, Crayon Shin-chan, etc. Though this is mainly superficial (especially for shin-chan).
 

Manga PLUS Editor Yuta Momiyama Claims Manga Sales Will Be Split Evenly Between Japan and Overseas in 10 Years​

The Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the digital Shonen Jump+ service for Japan and staff of the international Manga PLUS service for international regions Yuta Momiyama spoke to Japanese media outlet ITmedia about the internationalization of manga through digital service in a very extensive interview, including how international sales for manga is growing and hat machine translation might help bring more manga to more countries.

Momiyama, who not only is second in charge of Shonen Jump+ but who helps launch rookie programs including the MILLION TAG manga creation battle web series, has high hopes for the Manga PLUS service helping manga grow internationally. Momiyama explains that he understands that "overseas manga sales represent about 10 to 20% of the overall manga market." He went on further to say that "if the climate for the delivery of digital manga overseas is improved, in about 10 year's time, overseas and domestic sales may be split evenly 50-50."

The editor explained that this is mainly because "Japanese anime is being watched on streaming sites, making it easier to sell the manga thanks to the anime," and that "Japanese manga is both interesting and high quality, so as long as we can provide an ideal way for people to read it, it is sure to grow." He hopes that Manga PLUS will help "the popularity of a series spread [internationally] at the same time as in Japan. With MANGA Plus, readers will be able to get excited at the same time as in Japan."

"I feel this is similar to my experience when I started working on the digital rollout of 'Weekly Shonen Jump' inside Japan. When the smartphone version of the magazine launched, the digital presence was still weak, but that seemed to have changed quickly," Momiyama expanded. Momiyama is part of the team that helped bring series' such as Spy x Family and Kaiju No. 8 to life, which are popular around the world despite not yet getting anime adaptations.

Despite this, Momiyama says there are some negative sides to international expansion, including the "lack of resources for running the service in each country" and that each region has its own "form of censorship." He admits that Shueisha "still doesn't have enough knowledge about these areas." Other issues include the process of going from pen and paper to digital, with Momiyama saying that when "we think about what is most desirable for readers, works, and writers in the digital age, we need to make adjustments to existing business models, which makes it difficult to speed up the process of creating new services."

The final issue Momiyama touches on is one that many international have – communication and language. He says that "right now, the cost of translation is very high, making simultaneous distribution very difficult" and "the quality of machine translation is still relatively low, but it will improve over the next 10 years. Once high-quality translations are available in a wide variety of languages, many things will improve."

Though translations are difficult, Manga PLUS recently became available in Portuguese in April 2021, with Russian following in August. The mostly free service is now available in English, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, Portuguese, and Russian in many countries around the world. For English readers, the service works in conjunction with Viz Media's Shonen Jump app, sharing some translations and series (as well as chapter restrictions).

Source: ITmedia
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I think I remember something about japs really seem to like snoopy but that seems to be the norm everywhere you go (although he does kind of look like a sanrio character) , but the peanuts themselves kind of seem similar to a few of the long running kids anime that don't get talked about in the west, stuff like Sazae-san, chibi maruko-chan, Crayon Shin-chan, etc. Though this is mainly superficial (especially for shin-chan).
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Sanrio has the rights to make Peanuts merchandise in Japan, actually, and they've had the rights for years.
 
Is fire force any good? I keep looking at it but I dunno if it's worth the lunge. The OP slaps, the guy who made soul eater made it, and Benimaru is cute thats all I know tbh.
 
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This is an interesting read:
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The Girls Trying to Bring About National Pride (Hinomaru Gaisen Otome) is a right-wing nationalist manga/cartoon series by Akiko Tomita. Episodes are first published in JAPANISM, a bimonthly magazine from Seirindo, and later compiled into comic books.

You don't need to read Volume 1 to read this because each volume discusses a different topic.

This volume explores yet a “hidden truth” on the comfort women issue. The chapter opens with a former classmate of the main character who had moved to Southern California discussing violent hate crimes and bullying that she is experiencing as a result of the construction of a comfort women memorial in Glendale. The storyline is based on the thoroughly debunked false claim of rampant bullying against Japanese children in that city.

The previous volume published in 2015 follows the main character, a middle school girl, who encounters an anti-Korean demonstration and “discovers” the “truth” that the mainstream media hide about the oppression of Japanese people by the Korean minority. The anti-Korean demonstration Tomita depicts are similar to those organized by Zaitokukai in reality, and many counter-demonstrators who protest them are also said to be based on real anti-fascist activists.

The artist is very active in social media, and her content is filled with yaoi and right wing extremist content:
https://myanimelist.net/people/49765/Akiko_Tomita
http://at9-bloods.but.jp/
http://at9-bloods.but.jp/index2.html
https://twitter.com/info90234977

She also created a manga on Antifa:
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Gooks can't into based, sorry but they don't get it
 
What’s up with Tokyo Revengers? I saw a lot of hype surrounding it but reading the summary it sounds like yet another shitty Peggy Sue time travel story.

On a side note I started reading Terra Formars and the concept is ridiculously dumb and edgy. I'll have to give it another volume or two to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing because at face value I’m not sure how serious I’m supposed to be taking a story about genetically modified humans with bug superpowers exterminating nigroaches.
 
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Gar For Archer said:
What’s up with Tokyo Revengers? I saw a lot of hype surrounding it but reading the summary it sounds like yet another shitty Peggy Sue time travel story.

On a side note I started reading Terra Formars and the concept is ridiculously dumb and edgy. I'll have to give it another volume or two to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing because at face value I’m not sure how serious I’m supposed to be taking a story about genetically modified humans with bug superpowers exterminating nigroaches.
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I've kinda stopped reading the manga for TG since a while, but it gets really repetitive after a while.

I'm gonna help you here, Terra Formers turns into garbage later on, & is on a hiatus for years due to mangaka's health.
 
Gar For Archer said:
What’s up with Tokyo Revengers? I saw a lot of hype surrounding it but reading the summary it sounds like yet another shitty Peggy Sue time travel story.
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Haven't gotten around to the manga but the anime is pretty bad to the point where its funny, especially the censored version which makes certain scenes pretty unwatchable.

Its popularity probably comes from its cast of fashionable pretty boys and the void of gang related stuff lately. The main character doesn't really do much other than cry and there isn't a lot done with the time traveling aspect, at least in regards with the anime.
 
Xenomorphs Are Cute said:
I've kinda stopped reading the manga for TG since a while, but it gets really repetitive after a while.

I'm gonna help you here, Terra Formers turns into garbage later on, & is on a hiatus for years due to mangaka's health.
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Okay, now that I come to think of it... are there any seinen manga that (1) actually finished their run and (2) didn't shit the bed with its ending? Off the top of my head the only ones I can think of (and this is based on my impression of the general reception, I haven't read them) are Monster, 20th Century Boys and Pun-pun - every other title I know of either had a lackluster ending (Gantz, Claymore) or are currently ongoing or on hiatus.
 
Just read the latest chapter of Historie and what the actual fuck
We might be going into full on alt history now since Aristotle found a way to revive Phillip after being stabbed to death
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This isn't the first times Iwaaki's done this with the biggest one him making Hephaestion a split personality of alexander due to Olympia being bat shit insane. But this might take the cake since some people have pointed out the revived Phillip might end up being Antigonus the One-Eyed, the guy who killed Eumenes in history

Fuck this series, I still enjoy it but I'm getting tired of these BS turns you have to wait months to get an explination for and years of progression that make HxH look like a weekly series. I might pick it up again one day if any news happens like it gets a US print or an anime adaptation (please god no), but I'm fully expecting the next news about it will be Iwaaki pulling a Miura.
 
Gar For Archer said:
Okay, now that I come to think of it... are there any seinen manga that (1) actually finished their run and (2) didn't shit the bed with its ending? Off the top of my head the only ones I can think of (and this is based on my impression of the general reception, I haven't read them) are Monster, 20th Century Boys and Pun-pun - every other title I know of either had a lackluster ending (Gantz, Claymore) or are currently ongoing or on hiatus.
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The 3 that come to head from my personal experience would be Trigun, Dorohedoro, & Cells at Work: Black. I have yet to read Monster.
 
Gar For Archer said:
Okay, now that I come to think of it... are there any seinen manga that (1) actually finished their run and (2) didn't shit the bed with its ending? Off the top of my head the only ones I can think of (and this is based on my impression of the general reception, I haven't read them) are Monster, 20th Century Boys and Pun-pun - every other title I know of either had a lackluster ending (Gantz, Claymore) or are currently ongoing or on hiatus.
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I really liked Ajin's ending. He squeezed everything he possibly could out of the final arc, wrapped the story and characters up neatly, and allowed the possibility of a sequel without ever needing one. Very satisfying. I also liked Parasyte, Uzumaki, Evangelion (Sadamoto's version) and Bokurano's endings.
 
Gar For Archer said:
Okay, now that I come to think of it... are there any seinen manga that (1) actually finished their run and (2) didn't shit the bed with its ending? Off the top of my head the only ones I can think of (and this is based on my impression of the general reception, I haven't read them) are Monster, 20th Century Boys and Pun-pun - every other title I know of either had a lackluster ending (Gantz, Claymore) or are currently ongoing or on hiatus.
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How about Planetes? The Gyakkyou Kaiji gambling series is also good.
 
Trashfire Garbagefuck said:
I really liked Ajin's ending. He squeezed everything he possibly could out of the final arc, wrapped the story and characters up neatly, and allowed the possibility of a sequel without ever needing one. Very satisfying. I also liked Parasyte, Uzumaki, Evangelion (Sadamoto's version) and Bokurano's endings.
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Ajin’s been on my read list, wasn’t aware it was seinen. Thanks for the recs everyone, got a few more series to check out now.
 
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