The creative team has done a solid job of bringing the aesthetic
of sports manga to a western audience mixing the two worlds together to create a product that's fun and entertaining.
What would you say manages to set these kinds of series apart, in comparison to
other sports manga that often last less than a year?
Due to this interview falling during the 2018 Winter Olympics, we put a primary focus on
sports manga in the back half of the chat.
If
sports manga about basketball, football, baseball, or tennis doesn't do well, you can well imagine a manga about a sport that isn't very popular, like soccer, wouldn't do well at all.
Over in the columns, we give our Picks for the week, and then Charles Tan explains Why he
Loves Sports Manga.
I'm not sure how this will do with readers in Japan, but the harem - comedy aspect immediately ups this thing's appeal above other
sports manga for readers here stateside, where a large amount of readers buys into the harem - genre of anime / manga.
And the last 30th volume of Tadatoshi Fujimaki's basketball -
themed sports manga Kuroko's Basketball sold 337,000 copies in it's first week of December 2014.
I found the combination of
sports manga plot structure and endless drawings of bowls of katsudon compelling.
Would you say that, on the whole,
sports manga appeal to a different audience than more fighting - oriented series like «One Piece,» «My Hero Academia,» and «Black Clover» do?
Tadatoshi Fujimaki was well known for creating Kuroko's «Basketball,» prior to beginning «Robot x Laserbeam» in the March of 2017, which currently stands as the
only sports manga in English Weekly Shonen Jump.
While
numerous sports manga in the recent past have had relatively short serialisations in Weekly Shonen Jump, both «Haikyu!!»
If you could bring a previously
finished sports manga back for a revival in Weekly Shonen Jump, what would it be and why?
Do you think this was done to separate Fujimaki's new work from his previous one, or to help Robot x Laserbeam stand out amongst its
current sports manga peers?
POSSIBLE AUDIENCE: Readers looking for a
great sports manga or comic book will find that in Slam Dunk, which will also entertain teens and older readers.
Although you might not expect to have heard of any of the manga series running in Manga Action, the late, lamented JManga had a good relationship with Futabasha and was translating Nakua Hakao's «Masuikai Hana» as «Anesthesologist Hana» and «Odds GP,» Ishiwata Osamu's
sports manga about the short - track bicycle racing known as Keirin.
AN: I'd say this applies more to the English - reading audience than it does for those reading Shonen Jump in Japan, which has a track record of long -
running sports manga.
If you
love sports manga, especially basketball, volume 24 of «Slam Dunk» features the conclusion of Shohoku vs. Toyotama
If you haven't already dived into the passionate world
of sports manga, this is the time to do so.
I doubt though that we will be seeing the rest of
this sports manga any time soon.
At the opening of the new Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York, Viz announced the licensing of another of Takehiko Inoue's manga, REAL,
a sports manga with a twist; Wheelchair Basketball.
Vol 1, the long - awaited
sports manga hits # 1 among sports manga but falls another 2 spots in general manga to # 9.
As with
every sports manga, the team had to get low before they could get high, and the anime ended on a low.
I'm not normally
a sports manga fan, but recent titles have been persuading me.
The Sports Manga Essentials include a huge lineup of our favorites including Haikyu!!
So, enjoy this collection of
sports manga, and remember that the only «I» on this sports manga team is you!
Sports manga are about more than just the game — they're a showcase for the real, deep and sometimes unbelievable characters that create the makeup of every great team.
Sports manga, even ping - pong it seems, just doesn't appeal to WSJ readers.
Since its inception English Weekly Shonen Jump has published around 10
sports manga, for varying lengths of time.
AN: The competition for coveted spots in the lineup is fierce for all genres, so I'd say short serializations aren't limited to
sports manga.
Replacing the sci - fi title Barrage, which wrapped up last week, Cross Manage fulfills
the sports manga genre which has been missing from the Shonen Jump Alpha line - up.
The set - up feels like a text book part -
sports manga (athlete facing injury from the past helps others improve and become better) and part - harem - comedy manga (one high school boy suddenly thrust into a team of girls and the wackiness that will ensue in his life).
My enjoyment of that series has me taking another look at
sports manga, and this series, Kuroko's Basketball, has a really intriguing premise and characters that has me looking forward to its debut.
I've enjoyed
the sports manga that's come out such as Slam Dunk and Cross Game, but none of them really struck me until recently with Yowamushi Pedal.
, kuroko's basketball, prince of tennis,
sports manga, Viz