Shonen Jump Forum

[DeathBug]

This fine manga publication has been in print in the US for over a year now, and I believe, due to the large number of properties that fall under it, that it can warrent its own forum.

I am aware that three Jump properties, (Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragonball Z, Yu yu Hakusho) already have individual forums; however, SJ has several other viable series that can and will generate discussion.

These include: Shaman King (Also an anime, and a personal favorite of mine), One Piece, Naruto, Sandland and Hikaru No Go. If we include Rourouni Kenshin and Knights of the Zodiac, both of which are published in graphic novel form under the SJ imprint, then we have a large block of popular series, a few of which could hold their own sections, to fill the forum.

[Semjaza]

I don't see why this would be created especially since a general "manga" forum would make much more sense and most obviously would be far more active. Whether or not that will be done, however, I have no idea.

[Guest MetalSonic700]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i]
[B]I don't see why this would be created especially since a general "manga" forum would make much more sense and most obviously would be far more active. Whether or not that will be done, however, I have no idea. [/B][/QUOTE]

I have been here sincre July and have seen MANY manga threads. This is a very good idea. I always wondered why there was no manga section, techinically, since manga isnt anime, it should have no place here!

[James]

[color=#707875]There is a manga section. The Poetry/Literature forum can be used to discuss comics and/or manga. It's in the forum description. ^_^[/color]

[Semjaza]

Well, I meant more of a specific Manga section as that's what he seemed to be asking for heh.

[DeathBug]

I am aware that the Poetry/Lit section is used for manga discussion, but then why have an "Anime" forum when it can easily fall under TV and Movies?

For that matter, why have DBZ, YGO, YYH, etc, forums when they could fall under the Anime forum?

Shonen Jump isn't a manga, it is a brand branching out from a manga anthology. It covers seven very popular manga titles (not counting YGO, YYH, and DBZ), a popular Saturday morning anime (which has video-game spin-offs arriving this year), two incredibly popular anime series about ready to hop the other pond, and the most popular series of manga graphic novels currently availible.

(Also the best value GN's, at only 7.95 a pop, as opposed to $10 or $12)


This is all within that anthology magazine's first year of production. I think it is a completely valid idea for a sub-forum in the anime section, as an "umbrella" for several different topics.

[Guest MetalSonic700]

Oh they own a lot more than that.

Think about this: Viz owns Shonen Jump. So start a viz section! But then again, viz owns Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Project Arms, and a whole ton of manga! And if you start a SJ section, youd end up getting Japanese SJ stuff like Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Prince of Tennis, HunterXHunter etc. ALLLLLLLL that in one section......

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!

[OtakuSennen]

[color=midnightblue]But then, let's remember, MetalSonic, many people may not know every single title owned by Viz. I mean, I know quite a few, but it's not like I can automatically know if it's Viz-owned or not off the top of my head. Thus that may lead to a lot of threads in the wrong places, which means a lot of moving threads for moderators. It might be a little bit of a hassle because of that broad range of topics.[/color]
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[i]DeathBug originally wrote:[/i]
[b]For that matter, why have DBZ, YGO, YYH, etc, forums when they could fall under the Anime forum?[/b]
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[color=midnightblue]Those series are very long and popular among mainstream anime fans, plus a broad range of topics could stem from one of those shows. These factors show that many people would know the series and be able to hold intelligent conversations about the titles.

Besides, OtakuBoards is essentially about anime (Though it seems a lot of members could care less about the anime forums, judging by how few people are actually voting for the corresponding categories in the Otaku Awards), and having just one forum dedicated to anime seems a little odd, don't you think?

I personally feel that there is no need for a manga forum, because most popular manga are turned into anime anyway, correct? Plus, I have noticed a few manga threads in the Anime Lounge that had no corresponding animated version, and nobody really noticed or cared. Manga could be considered a sub-topic to anime, and I see no need for a manga sub-forum either.

If anything needs to be changed, I think a Manga/Anime hybrid forum would be best. I would keep the title of Anime Lounge, and just change the description includes manga.

..But that's just me.[/color]

[Guest MetalSonic700]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by OtakuSennen [/i]
[B][color=midnightblue]But then, let's remember, MetalSonic, many people may not know every single title owned by Viz. I mean, I know quite a few, but it's not like I can automatically know if it's Viz-owned or not off the top of my head. Thus that may lead to a lot of threads in the wrong places, which means a lot of moving threads for moderators. It might be a little bit of a hassle because of that broad range of topics.[/color]

[color=midnightblue]Those series are very long and popular among mainstream anime fans, plus a broad range of topics could stem from one of those shows. These factors show that many people would know the series and be able to hold intelligent conversations about the titles.

Besides, OtakuBoards is essentially about anime (Though it seems a lot of members could care less about the anime forums, judging by how few people are actually voting for the corresponding categories in the Otaku Awards), and having just one forum dedicated to anime seems a little odd, don't you think?

I personally feel that there is no need for a manga forum, because most popular anime are turned into anime anyway, correct? Plus, I have noticed a few manga threads in the Anime Lounge that had no corresponding animated version, and nobody really noticed or cared. Manga could be considered a sub-topic to anime, and I see no need for a manga sub-forum either.

If anything needs to be changed, I think a Manga/Anime hybrid forum would be best. I would keep the title of Anime Lounge, and just change the description includes manga.

..But that's just me.[/color] [/B][/QUOTE]

And here we have a brillaint mind. Thank you. And I think a manga subsection would be a brilliant idea! JAMES! v.7 IDEAS! Enough of me. PS: if anyone cares....
Viz DVDs
A Chinese Ghost Story
Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango)
Ceres, Celestial Legend
Corrector Yui
Fatal Fury
Great Dangaioh
Hamtaro
Inuyasha
Key, The Metal Idol
Night Warriors
Please Save My Earth
Pokémon
Project Arms
Ranma 1/2
Trouble Chocolate
Video Girl Ai

[DeathBug]

This is all running out of hand considering what I originally proposed. I'm just going to reinstate my argument, then bow out gracefully.

Shonen Jump has, within the space of a year, achieved the following:

*A top selling manga anthology with circulation beating out most comic books, and almost total market penitration.

*It has its name on all products spinning off of the manga cointained therein, including toys, videos, clothing and even the Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards. It's even getting it's logo on stuff that existed before it did.

*It produces the following graphic novels:
Yu-Gi-Oh
Rorouni Kenshin
DBZ
Sandland
One Piece
Shaman King
Naruto
Yu yU Hakusho
Knights of the Zodiac

*All of those titles are top-sellers doir a very low price. (7.95)

*It has the following anime to its name:
Dragon Ball, DBZ, and DBGT
Yu-Gi-Oh
Shaman King
Yu Yu Hakusho
Roroni Kenshin
Knights of the Zodiac

*The following anime are soon to be released, and are based off of current product:
Naruto
One Piece
(They are pheonomenons in Japan.)

All that was within the space of their first year. I believe the shonen Jump imprint is the next big thing, and will become even more popular within the year. It seemed logical to create a forum, and I could probably give you a list of a large number of OBers who would frequent it enough to validate its existance.

That is all.

[Semjaza]

I think the main point is that this could all be posted in the Literature forum with ease. It's basically making a whole other section for more books... and what if someone wants to talk about other manga? We have to tell them to go elsewhere because this is for Shonen Jump only? There'd basically be two manga forums in a sense, which just strikes me as odd.

I see your point, but the idea of this forum seems redundant... but that's my opinion.

[Katana]

Now I'm going to add my fuel...yay, fun..
MetalSonic, by the way you're posting you've given us bad names. You don't have many points to prove, just that Shonen Jump is cool and stuff. Anyways...
The Literature section isn't exactly a place to talk about manga. From what I've learned, the Otaku Public is a place where anime is, welll, forbidden to be made into a thread, so the same kinda goes for manga.
Also, if we were to create just a SJ thread, it'd be kind of hard to discuss everything within Shonen Jump. You'd have a post about One Piece, three posts beneath that one about Naruto, and then another person talking about One Piece under the Naruto ones. It'd get really complex after a while, if you ask me.
Maybe a manga thread is in order. Not every single manga created has a corresponding anime that's been dubbed from Japanese. Most manga's animes have yet to be dubbed, and mangas aren't anime, so you can't talk about them in the Anime Lounge. *takes drink of water and comes back*
My suggestion would be that, if someone were to create a manga forum, then you could have Shonen Jump as a kind of sub-forum, like how "Your Picture" is a sub-fourm in the Otaku Lounge.

[James]

[color=#707875]I think that basically, what we want to do is create broader forums that cover more potential topics, rather than have lots and lots of smaller forums with very little activity.

Again, if you want to discuss manga at the current time, you will have to use the Poetry/Literature forum. The forum description tells you that you can also discuss manga there. There should be no problem with that whatsoever; having a manga-specific forum at the current time would really achieve nothing. You'd be posting the same conversations with the same thread titles, just in a different location.

At the moment, I realize that things are a bit cumbersome. And that's because I'm not making any forum changes until the next version of the site. At that point, you'll find that everything is nicely integrated and more functional than it is now.

In the meantime, however, manga must be discussed in its designated area. That shouldn't be too difficult.[/color]