
Not only are almost 90% of One Piece readers adult, most of the adult readership is at or past middle-age and quickly getting older, a far cry from the kiddy image stereotypically associated with many shonen manga titles.
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Ken Akamatsu’s magical love comedy Mahou Sensei Negima has finally drawn to a close after a 9-year run, sparking a none-too-kind reaction from fans disappointed at a harem manga ending without clearing up its major plot device…
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Manga fans are now hailing “Crimsons,” a stirring shonen manga tale about the adventures of a young salmon, as possibly the most bizarre manga title ever to find itself published.
Naturally, there is a scene in which a female salmon is molested by a gang of shrimp…
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Bleach-watchers have reacted with a mixture of surprise and incredulity to the news that Bleach is entering into its “final chapter” – although just how long this will last is the subject of much speculation.
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2ch’s plagiarism police have been sharing some of their favourite examples of how not to go about blatant manga plagiarism, although at times it seems their zealous pursuit of these goals has got the better of them.
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Those looking for an anime which revolves around more than just schoolgirls paying endless visits to various bathing venues need look no further than the following ranking of anime “even adults can enjoy” – being packed with Type A anime and with nary a moeblob in sight, it certainly makes a change from the usual fare.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Aug 20, 2011 23:18 JST
- Tags: Bleach, K-ON!, Naruto, One Piece, Rankings, Shonen, Shonen Jump, Shoujo, USA

American publishing industry figures for the top selling manga franchises help underline the superior taste of American audiences when it comes to manga, and (rather more surprisingly) the fact that US manga fans have apparently forsaken the shonen manga holy trinity…
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Anime fans have ranked what they consider to be the most hackneyed and cliched situations ever to plague virtually every anime ever made…
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It is being claimed that girls are now more interested in male-marketed shonen manga than in the shoujo manga publishers think they are supposed to be reading.
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Shonen Jump readers asked about just which titles it is they buy the magazine for supply an unsurprisingly one-sided list of shonen blockbusters.
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The Japanese masses offer a ranking of their favourite One Piece characters (or at least those who count themselves members of Luffy’s crew), for once providing a ranking not determined by breast size.
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Manga fans supply a ranking of which mangaka they always assumed were male, whether based on name, art style or story, only to be surprised to find they were female.
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