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NEWS: Osamu Akimoto's Kochikame Manga Ends on September 17 After 40 Years of Serialization

First Naruto, Bleach and Nisekoi - Now Kochikame...
Gintama & Toriko are also heading towards their conclusion with a fast pace.

Really seems like the end of an era.

Only One Piece remains as jumps new flagship.

Oh God, even the legend is ended. The sunset era of Jump seems really near - with the exception of HiatusxHiatus, One Piece, Gintama (which is really close to ending) and Toriko (which is hanged on it) all other works is completely from 2010's era and even don't have a five years of serialization.

Araki had never talked specifically about this matter but I doubt he will ever stop doing Jojo while he's alive. It really seems to be his life purpose

theNightster wrote:

it's a Shonen Jump killing spree this year, either Toriko or Gintama are next.

Number of series that concluded this year: 6

Number of series that concluded in 2015: 13

Number of series that concluded in 2014: 10

Some "killing spree" this is. Even with Gintama or Toriko ending, it still falls short of the last years manga that came to an end.

Kind of shocking how little people know of how many manga Jump eats in a single year.

I thought it would run forever, like Doraemon.

But at least it ends because his author wants to. And at least in this part of the world we could watch (part of) the anime. Thanks you for everything, Akimoto-sensei!

Tropical Blitz wrote:

theNightster wrote: it's a Shonen Jump killing spree this year, either Toriko or Gintama are next. Number of series that concluded this year: 6 Number of series that concluded in 2015: 13 Number of series that concluded in 2014: 10 Some "killing spree" this is. Even with Gintama or Toriko ending, it still falls short of the last years manga that came to an end. Kind of shocking how little people know of how many manga Jump eats in a single year.

Aye, but how many of those series cancelled in 2014 and 2015 where short lived? Gakkyu Hotai, Kagamigami, Cyborg Roggy, E-Robot, Hi-Fi Clusters, Sporting Salt, Table Tennis, Iron Knight, Stealth Symphony, Battle Satellite etc etc, all contribute to thise statistics you list, all canned in short periods of time. Of '14 and '15 the only long running series to end where (I think) Ass Class and Naruto.

So, in terms of long running series in 2016, we've lost Nisekoi, Bleach, Gintama, Toriko, and the oldest of them all, Kochikami.

Damn, I had just assumed that this would end only with the author's death (I'm assuming others had also assumed that too). I also can't imagine reading a 200 volume manga ever (yes, I've read probably thousands of volumes, but I can't imagine them all being the same series).

I'm guessing that Kankichi will still be playable in tons of future SJ games in the future though.

Damn, 40 years! Even infinite manga's like Kochikame really do come to an end some day. All of these shounen titles have been ending left to right as of late, it's honestly kind of sad.

The end of an era...I don't suppose this could mean a licensing of, if not the manga because, OMG, then at least the anime + movies? Probably not. I can hope, though.

encrypted12345 wrote:

Wait, what is this madness? Next thing you know, Sazae-san will end.

It already did. The manga did, anyway.

Wow, that's crazy. Kochikame has always been a constant. Surreal to see it go.

For those who don't know, Kochikame actually currently holds the record for the manga series with the most volumes, with 200. A manga called Dokaben is in second with 193 volumes, and Golgo 13 is third with 181 volumes.

People here are forgetting or not even known, Cooking Papa, a slice of life and cooking manga that is published in Morning (Same magazine of Vagabond) since 1984 and has 137 volumes released until now, is even older than Hajime and Jojo.

I'm actually surprised that it ended so suddenly, though not that Akimoto is starting a new series instead of retiring; he's not that old. It's entirely possible that the new suit at Jump is cutting series. Who knows.

Hawkmonger wrote:

Tropical Blitz wrote: theNightster wrote: it's a Shonen Jump killing spree this year, either Toriko or Gintama are next. Number of series that concluded this year: 6 Number of series that concluded in 2015: 13 Number of series that concluded in 2014: 10 Some "killing spree" this is. Even with Gintama or Toriko ending, it still falls short of the last years manga that came to an end. Kind of shocking how little people know of how many manga Jump eats in a single year. Aye, but how many of those series cancelled in 2014 and 2015 where short lived? Gakkyu Hotai, Kagamigami, Cyborg Roggy, E-Robot, Hi-Fi Clusters, Sporting Salt, Table Tennis, Iron Knight, Stealth Symphony, Battle Satellite etc etc, all contribute to thise statistics you list, all canned in short periods of time. Of '14 and '15 the only long running series to end where (I think) Ass Class and Naruto. So, in terms of long running series in 2016, we've lost Nisekoi, Bleach, Gintama, Toriko, and the oldest of them all, Kochikami.

To be sure, but that is not what the original poster or the people going on about a killing spree of a purge in Jump are talking about. If the discussion was about how long runners are coming to an end recently, and how it would change the magazine, it would be one thing, but the idea there is a cleansing of old manga for new ones in Jump is a little disingenuous. Jump had always been going through a lot of manga serialisation through its history, and had been ending manga long or short running always.

Looking at the last 10 years (2005 to 2015), Shonen Jump had been debuting on average 12 to 13 new manga each year (2005, 2010 and 2014 being outliers on both extremes). To do so, many manga, both short lived and long running, have to come to an end in order for Jump to introduce new series.

This year, 2016, had thus far only had 6 manga come to an end. Sure, many are long running (Kochikami, Nisekoi and Bleach) and one was successful enough to be notable as well (Assassination Classroom, which came to an end this year, not '15). But even then, this year is falling behind when compared to the past decade alone.

In terms of long runners leaving the magazine, it is sad for it to happen but it is simply inevitable given how many of them had given clear indication they would come to an end this year (Nisekoi and Assassination Classroom giving the biggest clues). Kochikami is a surprise, but Akimoto's comments makes it clear he thinks his is a good time to quit doing the longest running manga in history, and take a well deserved rest.

Bleach's case it probably the oddest, because anyone looking at it objectively could tell it was going to end at the 15th anniversary, but reading the story it seemed like it had some more to go before coming to the ending it did. Whether it was because Kubo was just a poor planner and couldn't wrap things up in sufficiently (given the state of the story, it wouldn't surprise me to learn he botched the timing of the ending) or he was having an episode similar to Togashi, Takei or Takahashi had during YYH/Shaman King/Yu-Gi-Oh, we might not know, unless he says so in an afterward in the final volume.

So yeah, that would affect the magazines stables a lot, and cause major shifts in what will attract people to it now. But that doesn't make what's happening a killing spree or a purge or anything of the sort.

Manga end in Jump so new manga starts in it, it has been that way for decades. Just because some of those long running manga fans haven't noticed the going on's in the magazine until this year doesn't mean it's history should be ignored.