Chatterbox - Anime & Manga

Well to quote what I’ve seen on another thread, in the most recent arc “alll the female characters tied to pillars(almost erotically) at gun/arrow-point, while the "men" discussed philosophy and semantics. And where this is a monthly series, this was like 3-4 months.”

Each vol sold 300k+ IIRC, so yeah its a success in Japan

More like the West isn't matter at all. Only sale in Japan is what matter most of the time ( since that where publishers get most of their profit). Just look at the manga sale data and you can see the difference between manga sale in the Japan and the West. Even the biggest manga market in the West (France) best-seller rarely reach above 50 thousand copies.

Edited by BattleRaizer on Dec 20th 2020 at 1:15:19 AM

one thing's for sure, you're not gonna find another country where each volume of a series can sold 4-5 million copies.

Orient is getting an anime adaptation.

You know, you could at least post a link to some news page that could give us some context on WTH you're on about.

Orient is the current manga by mangaka behind Magi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_(manga)

Not seeing official source yet; guess it was tweet?

Edited by vicarious on Dec 23rd 2020 at 12:39:55 PM

Yeah sorry, forgot to throw in a link.

Honestly I lose interest in Magi after the Magic Kingdom arc. I only check back in during the flashback part. Something about it just make me stop enjoy reading it

So out of some curiosity after being in a bit of a Yugioh nostalgia mood, I decided to read Takahashi's more recent short series The ComiQ.

To be honest, the plotting and characterization isn't anything super exceptional (and in fact has some...dicey elements in the final reveal), but it does at points remind me a little of the horror vibe that early Yugioh had, which is probably the one thing he can do reasonably well. I kinda wish he would just straight up make a horror manga sometime because I'd be curious to see what he'd come up with.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Dec 28th 2020 at 10:05:05 AM

My wife got me the first volume of Blood on the Tracks as a Christmas present and I was immediately hooked...it's a low-key psychological horror and is quite creepy.

Edited by Willbyr on Dec 29th 2020 at 5:59:23 AM

Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru is getting an anime in 2022. It's by the same mangaka as Teasing Master Takagi-san.

New footage of yet another live action anime adaptation, the Filipino made Voltes V adaptation.

When the Phllipines can make a better Live Action Anime adaption then Hollywood or Netflix, you know how out of touch they really are on how they do it. XD

I liked Alice in Borderland. Everything else hasn’t come out yet it feels like.

Alice has the advantage of being directed by Shinsuke Sato (I am A Hero, Inuyashiki, Kingdom), IMO, one of the best director of live-action anime adaptation. Honestly the Japanese has slowly becoming better and better when it comes to live action adaptation: Kenshin, Inuyashiki, Kingdom, Ajin, Blade of the Immortal, The Fable are proof that when you give them enough budget and a good crew, they can make some really good movie that stays true to the spirit of the manga, even if the story is often truncated or shorter.

Even the recent live action adaptation of Grand Blue seems to have been positively received.

Edited by jun_kagami on Jan 15th 2021 at 5:37:45 PM

Russia Bans Death Note, Inuyashiki, Tokyo Ghoul Anime

They also want to ban Naruto, Elfen Lied and Interspecies Reviewers as well.

Funny that yesterday I saw a Russian judge watched pirated anime.

I wish I had gotten into Revolutionary Girl Utena when it first aired, then I'd maybe have a community to dissect ever little bit of it with.

The Canipa Effect, an Anituber who primarily makes production-focused analysis on anime, just released their coverage on Ex-Arm's bizarre connections and inexperienced/ill-fated staff.

On today’s edition of “word salad projects” Idris Elba is making an anime with the help of Crunchyroll.

Edited by Beatman1 on Feb 2nd 2021 at 9:09:41 AM

Summer Time Rendering is getting an anime adaptation! (And a live-action adaptation.)

The best way I can describe it is "Re:Zero meets Anohana with a side order of Among Us (or more accurately, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)."

Might not be the best description, but I read the first couple of chapters (I think nine?) via perfectly legit methods not long ago and I can safely tell you that when the first chapter ends, shit hits the fan and it keeps hitting the fan again and again and again and AGAIN.

Ajin finally ends, and Truck-kun completes his character arc.

Only thing missing was Kei and Kaito reuniting, but knowing Kei hes always had a soft spot for the guy, including creating fantasies in his hesd of Kairo coming to rescue him.

Sato is the MVP on most batshit immortal gamers.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Feb 11th 2021 at 12:17:44 PM

Oh right my friends a huge fan of that, he's collecting the manga.

How that end?

Resolving all current story points involving characters fates.

They also never confirm if Ajins actually die from Old Age, which Im starting to suspect is indeed BS because Kei resurrected Kaito who died and Kaito is still a normal human when he came back to life.

So in 200 years society is going to have to deal with Sato because no other way of keeping him at bay currently exists.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Feb 11th 2021 at 12:40:36 PM