2017 in Numbers

2017 has been a most interesting year for Weekly Shonen Champion, with a change in head editor and the return of successful veterans.

So let's summarise the year in categories.

New Series - 10
Ended Series - 11
Short Series - 7
Special Short Series - 2
One-shots - 39
Special Chapters - 4

A significant rise of over 100% in the numbers of one-shot from last year.

1 short series was granted official serialisation status. There were many one-shots of which many were by returning authors and only a couple were by newbie authors.

An year with 1 standout success in Mairimashita! Iruma-kun but BEASTARS and Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuubu both established themselves this year after proving to be successes last year. Himawari and Rororro! and Mahou Shoujo Site are set for success but whether they will establish themselves will be for us to see in 2018. 

2018 promises to be a year of much change with series like Samejima, Saigo no Juugonichi, Shuujin Riku and Dokaben Dream Tournament all heading towards a finale, 2018 will also set up for the 50th anniversary of WSC in 2019.

Otae-san wa Kyou mo Tabetai - Cannibalism Madness

A minor review on the series.

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News - Head Editor Change and Others

Head Editor Change after almost 12 years.

Sawa Takafumi left the post of head-editor of Weekly Shonen Champion in the issue 2017-26. He had been the head-editor since 2005. He became the longest standing head editor in the magazine's history and with credit as he drove the magazine into a stable period. During his time in charge many hits such as Mitsudomoe, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Clover, Jitsu wa Watashi wa, Saint Seiya Next Dimension Meio Shinwa, Furutto on Thursday and Yowamushi Pedal. His successor, Takagawa Shingo, has a tough task ahead of him. He has been in charge for a couple of months now and there is been an rather quick change in the magazine. The swift conclusion of Nekogami Jarashi! and Shonen Racquet showed strong character and then the re-introduction of Hirakawa Tetsuhiro and Sakurai Norio while also bringing Kentarou Satou to reap the benefits of a eventual Magical Girl Site TV anime were all smart moves to grant a sense of stability in a hard time for manga magazines in general. I personally, I am looking forward to see what else will Takagawa will bring to the table.


Otae-san wa Kyou mo Tabetai Volume release confirmed.

This came to a surprise to some, to me it was. It is bad news for the others two series that had no news but for , Amayama Maya, it's great news. The series seems to have settled down recently and it could possibly turn into a success?

WSC 2016 Round Up

 

Year Round Up

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One-shots in 2016 WSC

Future Series?

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Weekly Shonen Champion 2016 in numbers.

2016 in Numbers.

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