Forum - View topic
NEWS: Dokodemo Young Champion Digital Magazine Ends Publication




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article
Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
malvarez1



Joined: 17 Nov 2008
Posts: 2993
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2026 10:36 am Reply with quote
Well, that’s a very specific reason.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Blanchimont



Joined: 25 Feb 2012
Posts: 3842
Location: Finland
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2026 12:45 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
..has grown in size to a 2,000-page publication, with plans to expand to 3,000 pages. However, that would make the magazine unable to be sold on some digital retailers, so the editorial staff decided to end the magazine.

? I would understand if this was a case of a print publication, but why would a digital retailer care about page count?

..Actually, I think I can imagine a few cases, if it's a digital retailer that demands you read on their app/storefront (like BookWalker) they might have limits what those readers can handle(?). But it still doesn't make sense as I'm pretty sure it wouldn't apply to Kobo or the like as I'm pretty sure there are books with more than 3000 pages out there that can be read on their reader devices, why would a service limit themselves in this regard?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Doubleclouder



Joined: 07 Jan 2024
Posts: 162
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2026 12:48 pm Reply with quote
Blanchimont wrote:
? I would understand if this was a case of a print publication, but why would a digital retailer care about page count?

..Actually, I think I can imagine a few cases, if it's a digital retailer that demands you read on their app/storefront (like BookWalker) they might have limits what those readers can handle(?). But it still doesn't make sense as I'm pretty sure it wouldn't apply to Kobo or the like as I'm pretty sure there are books with more than 3000 pages out there that can be read on their reader devices, why would a service limit themselves in this regard?


File size limits, bandwidth.. there could be numerous reasons. It does raise the question why not just keep the magazine the same size though.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
BlueAlf



Joined: 02 Jan 2017
Posts: 1768
PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2026 7:50 pm Reply with quote
Can anyone explain this? Do they mean thousands of pages in one edition?

How does a magazine ended up getting 2000 pages in a single edition?

Normally a single monthly manga chapter would be around 40 pages right? One shots or first chapters probably reaching around 70. How does it end up with 3000 pages? Does the magazine have that much manga?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Blanchimont



Joined: 25 Feb 2012
Posts: 3842
Location: Finland
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2026 3:44 am Reply with quote
BlueAlf wrote:
How does a magazine ended up getting 2000 pages in a single edition?
They were up to 60 chapters per issue, and were planning to expand that. That's a lot of pages..

Just to clarify to anyone wondering, the series in it won't vanish, the magazine was collecting chapters most of which were already published on the online platform Yanchan Live!, and those series will continue to be published there as usual.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
DamianSalazar



Joined: 25 Jul 2017
Posts: 832
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2026 7:16 am Reply with quote
Speaking of suspensions, could you put up an article about Matogrosso's suspension.

https://matogrosso.jp/serial/info-3_03-85/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
kgw



Joined: 22 Jul 2004
Posts: 1536
Location: Spain, EU
PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2026 8:03 am Reply with quote
Blanchimont wrote:
BlueAlf wrote:
How does a magazine ended up getting 2000 pages in a single edition?
They were up to 60 chapters per issue, and were planning to expand that. That's a lot of pages..


Maybe it was the model's pics that were too heavy?

DamianSalazar wrote:
Speaking of suspensions, could you put up an article about Matogrosso's suspension.

From what I've read, they "evolved" into Comic Porta --> their series will be switched to comic-porta(dot)com.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Gamen



Joined: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 277
PostPosted: Sun May 31, 2026 11:49 am Reply with quote
Blanchimont wrote:
BlueAlf wrote:
How does a magazine ended up getting 2000 pages in a single edition?
They were up to 60 chapters per issue, and were planning to expand that. That's a lot of pages.


The February issue had 76 chapters with ~18 on break that month for 2533 pages; and at 1200px from Kobo it was 649MB. That was the largest one. The final June issue indeed only had 59 with ~23 series taking a break for 2037 pages and was only 528MB. Either way it's a little hefty.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group