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NEWS: Shonen Jump Alpha Adds Blue Exorcist, Takama-ga-hara Manga


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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:37 pm Reply with quote
Yay! The new series from the creator of Neuro! Oh and the Blue Exorcist thing is cool too. Cool
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:42 pm Reply with quote
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Yay! The new series from the creator of Neuro! Oh and the Blue Exorcist thing is cool too. Cool

Wrong series. The series the neuro creator started is assasination classroom.
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:50 pm Reply with quote
opn wrote:
The Mad Manga Massacre wrote:
Yay! The new series from the creator of Neuro! Oh and the Blue Exorcist thing is cool too. Cool

Wrong series. The series the neuro creator started is assasination classroom.

Oh... Darn. Oh well, hopefully it's still interesting.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:52 pm Reply with quote
The Mad Manga Massacre wrote:
opn wrote:
The Mad Manga Massacre wrote:
Yay! The new series from the creator of Neuro! Oh and the Blue Exorcist thing is cool too. Cool

Wrong series. The series the neuro creator started is assasination classroom.

Oh... Darn. Oh well, hopefully it's still interesting.


I wanted Assassination Classroom instead of Takama-ga-hara. Assassination Classroom is really good so far with some really funny moments, in chapter 2 I laughed so hard at one scene for a few minutes, and some serious ones. However, I find Takama-ga-hara to be just a normal shonen series with nothing new.

But I am really excited for Blue Exorcist because I love that series so much.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:16 pm Reply with quote
Is Blue Exorcist doing pretty well for them? It seemed like quite a few people were turned off by the last half of the anime, and then I never really heard about he series from the fandom again. If it is, then hey, cool.
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:28 pm Reply with quote
rapjul wrote:
The Mad Manga Massacre wrote:
opn wrote:
The Mad Manga Massacre wrote:
Yay! The new series from the creator of Neuro! Oh and the Blue Exorcist thing is cool too. Cool

Wrong series. The series the neuro creator started is assasination classroom.

Oh... Darn. Oh well, hopefully it's still interesting.


I wanted Assassination Classroom instead of Takama-ga-hara. Assassination Classroom is really good so far with some really funny moments, in chapter 2 I laughed so hard at one scene for a few minutes, and some serious ones. However, I find Takama-ga-hara to be just a normal shonen series with nothing new.

But I am really excited for Blue Exorcist because I love that series so much.

Yeah I'm really excited about Blue Exorcist too! Very Happy do you know what Takama ga hara is about?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:35 pm Reply with quote
Sorry, wanted Beelzebub, Sket Dance, and Neuro. Guess I'm done with SJ in America after Slam Dunk.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:58 pm Reply with quote
Maybe I need to give Blue Exorcist a try again, pawed through the first volume from the library, and it seemed really generic shonen material to me. But seeing all the excitement for it, and people like Deb Aoki saying it's good, maybe it does deserve a second try.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:19 pm Reply with quote
Hagaren Viper wrote:
Is Blue Exorcist doing pretty well for them? It seemed like quite a few people were turned off by the last half of the anime, and then I never really heard about he series from the fandom again. If it is, then hey, cool.

The last few episodes of the anime were anime original, if I remember correctly. That probably had something to do with it. I don't know how well the manga is doing for Viz, but the anime boosted the sales of the manga in Japan.

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With the additions of the Kenshin series from Jump SQ and the Yu-Gi-Oh series from V Jump, it became obvious that Viz was going to use Alpha to showcase series from various Jump magazines, not just Weekly Shonen Jump. Blue Exorcist is one of the leading Jump SQ series and one Viz has already brought over, so it was something I was expecting sooner or later.

As for Takamagahara, I would have preferred Assassination Classroom, but any new WSJ series added to Alpha is a good thing in my book.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:24 pm Reply with quote
Blue exorcist, it really is generic and that dosn't change much, but its still fun and the manga is SHIT TONS better than that BS they came up with in the last portion of the anime.

Takamagahara...erm.... why didn't you add assassination classroom?

Really Takamagahara's alright and it could change as it gets more chapters...(which considering thats the one being liscened that must be SOME sign that it was well recived in japan or something.) but the begining really didn't catch me. spoiler[Those punches to the face though.... ]
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:31 pm Reply with quote
Thatguy3331 wrote:
Takamagahara...erm.... why didn't you add assionation classroom?

Really Takamagahara's alright and it could change as it gets more chapters...(which considering thats the one being liscened that must be SOME sign that it was well recived in japan or something.) but the begining really didn't catch me. spoiler[Those punches to the face though.... ]


I think Takamagahara was chosen because it's a fighting action manga. I use the same reasoning for why Barrage was chosen. Viz seems drawn to those types of series for Alpha.

I don't think it'll last too long (Barrage either, frankly) but we'll see.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 4:42 pm Reply with quote
boznia wrote:
Thatguy3331 wrote:
Takamagahara...erm.... why didn't you add assionation classroom?

Really Takamagahara's alright and it could change as it gets more chapters...(which considering thats the one being liscened that must be SOME sign that it was well recived in japan or something.) but the begining really didn't catch me. spoiler[Those punches to the face though.... ]


I think Takamagahara was chosen because it's a fighting action manga. I use the same reasoning for why Barrage was chosen. Viz seems drawn to those types of series for Alpha.

I don't think it'll last too long (Barrage either, frankly) but we'll see.


The comments on Japanese website's for Takamagahara first chapter were very negative so hopefully it will get canceled if it doesn't get better.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:24 pm Reply with quote
boznia wrote:
Thatguy3331 wrote:
Takamagahara...erm.... why didn't you add assionation classroom?

Really Takamagahara's alright and it could change as it gets more chapters...(which considering thats the one being liscened that must be SOME sign that it was well recived in japan or something.) but the begining really didn't catch me. spoiler[Those punches to the face though.... ]


I think Takamagahara was chosen because it's a fighting action manga. I use the same reasoning for why Barrage was chosen. Viz seems drawn to those types of series for Alpha.

I don't think it'll last too long (Barrage either, frankly) but we'll see.


I don't have a problem with action series and I do hope Bulge lasts a while to develop its own story but....


rapjul wrote:

The comments on Japanese website's for Takamagahara first chapter were very negative so hopefully it will get canceled if it doesn't get better.


...If Takamagahara goes I won't miss it. How did the ones for Bulge look BTW?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:16 pm Reply with quote
@thatguy Mostly negative. Might be wrong on this but i think its polling badly too.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:44 pm Reply with quote
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@thatguy Mostly negative. Might be wrong on this but i think its polling badly too.


Boo, I get Shonen Jump Alpha (for One Piece), so I've been giving it a quick look. It looked like something that could make a decent 6 volume series. Premise is pretty interesting, but there really isn't much potential for it to be an epic shonen battle manga that it wants to.
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