Forum - View topicNEWS: Viz's Shonen Jump Print Magazine to End Next March
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
Author | Message | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
enurtsol
Posts: 14766 |
|
|||||||||||||
Print is dead! Long live print!
(Maybe they'd speed up the tankoubons instead, now that there's no more monthly mag standing in the way..........) |
||||||||||||||
TsukasaElkKite
Posts: 3952 |
|
|||||||||||||
One Piece has crappier writing. |
||||||||||||||
Fletcher1991
Posts: 514 Location: Long Island, NY |
|
|||||||||||||
Honestly dude, that is not a huge market lost (if any at all). In this time, who does not have access to the internet? |
||||||||||||||
dragonrider_cody
Posts: 2541 |
|
|||||||||||||
I was definitely not surprised by this. Even major magazines are struggling and closing, and with so many bookstores closing it was going to be hard for Viz to get this stocked on shelfs. To be honest, I'm more surprised it's lasted this long.
R.I.P. Shonen Jump. |
||||||||||||||
Soundmonkey44
Posts: 1243 |
|
|||||||||||||
Now now, no need for such talk. Long Running Shonen are a beast of subjectivity, none is truly the "BEST THING EVERZ" or "Worst of all time" It all depends on the readers own personal preferance. So yeah, lets all calm down, take deep breaths...and relax. But BOT: Yeah I agree that VIZ is kind of overlooking their younger readers with this move, not all kids have tablets/kindles. And even if they do I doubt every kids parent would let them use a credit card on it. But meh who knows. |
||||||||||||||
Paploo
Posts: 1875 |
|
|||||||||||||
You should be able to pay for it with an Itunes gift card, as even if you don't have an apple product, you can still sign up for Itunes [or use a friends apple product to buy it]. And since VIZ's vizmanga accounts allow you to read on multiple devices with your account, you could then just read stuff online. They sell Itunes gift cards everywhere- I'm definitely signing up now after remembering that. This is my understanding of it anyways Anyhoo, I'm guessing VIZ'll come up with different ways to get the subscription, and will apparently be offering a year of the program to current subscribers in place of their post-April issue subscriptions, which should cover a lot of the kids in this situation. EDIT--- Looks like you can also pay by PayPal on VIZ's website, which is where this will also be for sale. Keep in mind that lots of kids buy cosplay stuff via PayPal, and that many parents would buy it for their kids with their CC anyways [they'd be doing that to pay for a print subscription anyways]. There's also a lot of people with debit cards that work online nowadays. I think it's less of an obstacle when you think about the options available. I imagine there will be some kids whose parents won't want them to buy something online, tho I suppose those kids will continue to get exposed to the series by the graphic novel lines.... |
||||||||||||||
Soundmonkey44
Posts: 1243 |
|
|||||||||||||
true, I bet you could also use a pre-paid VISA giftcard (probly be what I end up doing.)
But yeah hope this turns out well for VIZ. |
||||||||||||||
Brazzlefrazz
Posts: 163 Location: Canada |
|
|||||||||||||
This is pretty disappointing. I bought my first issue in January of 2006 and I haven't missed one since then. Before I bought that I only watched the anime that they played friday nights on YTV, so my exposure was pretty small, but afterwards I started buying and buying, and it hasn't stopped yet. It's going to be pretty lame not being able to look forward to a new shonen jump anymore, even if they issues were getting even thinner and I wasn't reading everything in it these days.
|
||||||||||||||
enurtsol
Posts: 14766 |
|
|||||||||||||
Younger kids are not to be trusted consumers. Once they become teenagers and figure out downloading, with no more allowance and with just meager pay from their crappy part-time jobs supporting their smartphone habit and high gas prices, they wouldn't spend another dime on it. |
||||||||||||||
yamiangie
Posts: 465 |
|
|||||||||||||
I feel the same way about how it used to have good content written in addition to the manga chapters. It went down hill once they stopped using it to raise awareness of titles effectively. |
||||||||||||||
Hellfish
Posts: 391 Location: Mexico |
|
|||||||||||||
I have long stopped to buy shonen jump as I shifted tastes and the magazine shifted titles, but I still find this sad. I many have the first numbers starting with the small preview. I even have a crappy letter printed in the number one...
To be honest I miss more shojo beat, but the death of Shonen Jump on the U.S. seems like the final coffin on the nail :S |
||||||||||||||
UltimaShadowfax
Posts: 288 |
|
|||||||||||||
I've taken some time to digest this news and here are my thoughts. For those who care.
As someone who has been a subscriber of Shonen Jump since issue #3, as someone who was introduced to still-favorite series such as Naruto and One Piece through the magazine, and as someone who is still an advocate for reading, not just comics and manga but books and news, in print ... ... I was absolutely shocked by this news. In fact, I took it pretty hard. Shonen Jump has been a part of my life for almost a decade. As my subscriptions shifted from Nintendo Power and GamePro to Time and Sports Illustrated, I kept Jump coming in the mail. And every time I opened my mailbox to find it, it added just a little bit more joy to my day. Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Shaman King, YuYu Hakusho, and yes even Yu-Gi-Oh! Even though a lot of my friends were fans of the same series, none of them had Jump, and I felt it was my own special thing to have, a secret knowledge to know the Japanese names of Yu-Gi-Oh's characters and know the original story behind Dragon Ball Z, my favorite show as a kid (hell, it's still in my favorite TV show). In retrospect, I should have seen this coming. I majored in journalism in college, and the major theme throughout my years was that we were getting into the industry at the worst time, because everything was going online, and print was dying. Just recently, DC Comics began releasing online-exclusive comic books, along with all of their new issues digitally as well as in print (an advantage of being one of two major comic book companies, and a decades-old publisher I suppose). And a major story in the news right now is how the postal service is pretty much going under. Even if we had a print edition of Jump, we might not have a mail truck to deliver it for very much longer. I don't think it's a bad decision on Viz's part. In fact, I think it's a good decision in terms of business. The whole reason I chose to subscribe to the magazine, and why I still buy the tankobon instead of simply downloading a scanlation and reading it on my computer is because I simply enjoying reading a physical copy in every case. I like sitting at the dinner table reading a newspaper over breakfast instead of hunched over my computer reading articles on Web sites. And I like propping up my feet or lying in bed while reading my manga. To me, it was worth the money to be able to read and enjoy manga that way. It really didn't have anything to do with whether it was ethical to download scanlations or not. But nowadays, everything is not just going online, everything is going online and mobile. Cell phones are mini-computers, and we have tablet computers that you can read at the dinner table or while lying in bed. Just recently I read my first eBook, something I said I would never do, on my iPad and downloaded my first comic book, something I said I would never do, on my iPad. And I enjoyed them just the same as I would have had they been in print, far from my experience reading scanlated images of Fullmetal Alchemist on my computer. Reading online is far more convenient now than it was even five years ago. And even since I began reading the magazine, I knew that I was horribly behind everyone else. Though I celebrated when they sped up Naruto (not once but twice), One Piece and Bleach, I still wished I could keep up with my friends. Couldn't they publish twice a month at least? More chapters per issue? I would have gladly paid more for it. Now finally we have that opportunity. And really, the only way to do it is online. Those who are complaining about affordability and lack of support for their OS, I say patience. Tablets will become more commonplace, and apps will be developed across all carriers and OSes. I know it will happen. Because 10 years ago I never saw myself reading a book on a computer. And 10 years before that I never dreamed I could fit a computer in my pocket. Yes, I'm going to miss Shonen Jump in its present form terribly, at least for a while. But if anything, it's not because I won't have the chance to read manga in a magazine. More so, it just reminds me that times are changing fast, and I'm getting older. I first read Jump as a sophomore in high school (I even remember the exact place I read the first chapter of Naruto), and now I'm a year out of college with a full-time job. I can't say I'm happy about it all. And I certainly can't say I agree with all of Viz's editorial decisions, such as certain translations and censorship. But, at the very least for the memories and happiness Shonen Jump brought me, and to see the eventual end of Naruto and One Piece (which will be even more sad to me!), I will gladly support them in this bold endeavor. It's not the end, but a new beginning. |
||||||||||||||
UltimaShadowfax
Posts: 288 |
|
|||||||||||||
And ironically, the day after I posted that, this shows up in my feed reader ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/technology/bookstores-drop-comics-after-amazon-deal-with-dc.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss |
||||||||||||||
gatotsu911
Posts: 457 Location: US of East Coast |
|
|||||||||||||
Wow, that's kinda depressing. I was crazy about everything Shonen Jump back in middle school. What a shame to see it go. This is a pretty sobering reminder of the fact that the "anime bubble" is well and truly popped.
I haven't been a subscriber for years, but I might buy the last issue for old times' sake. |
||||||||||||||
StudioToledo
Posts: 847 Location: Toledo, U.S.A. |
|
|||||||||||||
But isn't that what they wanted all the long? (at least to today's tots which I don't care about) It's all the way economics is being played in the digital age as I see it. In the end, it sucks to be poor.
Further limiting readership in the process that's already in a tight squeeze.
I don't mind the online thing much myself despite the fact some of those you don't technically 'own' in the same way you could own a magazine or book. Reading online can also be a pain for me since it does mean using something that consumes power of any kind and also a strain since the way I would read a book requires more attention with less hassle since you could take your time with 'em. As long as they do continue to publish graphic novels, I'm fine with it.
I bet it won't.
I still use my VCR, LD player and a Watchman! What of it?
See, nobody ever wins!
Which does not surprise me. They certainly butter their bread over that one. |
||||||||||||||
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
||
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group