"Magazine-speial" is a supplement of "Weekly Shonen Magazine" under Kodansha. The circulation is about 1/20 to 1/30 of "Weekly Shonen m", and occasionally the ratio is as high as 1/15.
"Shounen Weekly m" is one of the three major juvenile weekly magazines in neon. The highest circulation once reached a terrifying figure of 4 million copies per week, but that was also a matter of the last century. It has been falling since the beginning of the new century. It fell below 1 million in half a year, and continued to fall all the way, falling below 800,000 at the beginning of 18, and falling to 700,000 in mid-19, and finally managed to stabilize.
The "Weekly Shonen Jump" with the best circulation is also not objective. The king with a circulation of more than 6 million per issue fell below 2 million at the beginning of 2017, and quickly fell to 1.9 million in 17 years. , In 2019, it continued to fall, and fell below 1.6 million in mid-19.
If "Weekly Shonen Jump" does not have pirates, it is very likely that it will fall below 1 million by the end of 2018.
As for the "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in Xiaoxiaoguan, it has already fallen below 300,000, and it has no way to fall. Either it will continue to consume between 200,000 and 300,000, or it will stop publication.
At the end of 2019, the circulation of "magazine-speial" probably remained between 25,000 and 30,000, and most of them were still at 25,000.
When "Mountain and Sea Strange Man" was serialized for the first time, the circulation was 25,000, the second time it was increased to 30,000, and this time the circulation was increased to 35,000.
On the morning of the 19th, after the physical distribution channels such as comic shops went on sale, the supplementary issue that serialized "Mountain and Sea Stranger" sold out quickly. Some comic shop owners were surprised to find that for every 10 copies of "Weekly Shonen M" sold One of the supplements was sold, and some comic shops with a low ratio of buying supplements found that the supplements were sold out after ten o'clock in the morning.
This kind of situation happens a lot, and some comic shop owners are a little baffled.
"Why did you buy the supplement?"
The owner of a comic shop in Hokkaido, after discovering that the last supplement had been bought, couldn't help asking the boy who bought the last one.
"Because there is "The Strange Man in Mountain and Sea"!"
The boy replied, but ignored the boss, threw his schoolbag on the ground, sat down on it, leaned on the bookshelf of the comic shop, opened the supplement, quickly found the serialized page of "The Strange Man of Mountains and Seas", and read it with relish.
"Are you also because of "The Strange Man in the Mountain and Sea"?"
The owner of the comic shop asked a boy on the other side who was also sitting on the ground and watching.
The young man nodded, continued to read, and then let out a low growl of pain: "Baga! It's gone! The hateful author is disconnected here! I really want to kill someone!"
The owner of the comic shop was very depressed. He really didn't know any good comics in the supplement of "Weekly Shonen m". He rubbed his hands in embarrassment and asked the boy, "Can you lend me a look?"
The boy shook his head, then stood up, picked up his schoolbag, thought for a while, and said, "It's fine to lend it to you, but you have to promise me one request."
"any request?"
"After this supplement arrives next time, you must leave a copy for me."
"no problem."
"Then read it quickly, I will take it back for others to see after reading it!"
The boy is very happy, this way, he doesn't have to worry about the supplements being sold out and he has to skip class to buy manga.
The owner of the comic shop quickly expressed his emotions: "Si Guoyi! This artist is so good! And this style of painting, I really like it!"
The boy seemed a little anxious to go back to school. After thinking about it, he said, "Boss, why don't you log in to Kodansha's mobile app to watch it. You can start watching from the first chapter."
The boss thought about it, thought it was okay, and then returned the manga to the boy.
"Then our previous agreement remains the same?"
"No change. By the way, who is this cartoonist? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
The boy shook his head, expressing that he didn't know, and hurried to school with the comic.
Like this young man, most of the fans and readers don't know who the author of "The Strange Man of the Mountain and Sea" is, and they don't even know that he is from China. "Fascinated.
After Meng Fan fought in the Kyoto Dome, the Kodansha at that time was honestly uncertain about the future development trend, so they didn't do any publicity for Meng Fan. The increase in the circulation of the supplementary issue and the rising performance of "The Strange Man in the Mountain and Sea" on the official website are mainly due to the comic itself.
The manga store owner opened the app on his mobile phone, and quickly found "The Strange Man of Mountains and Seas" on Kodansha's website, because it was currently on the list of new episodes, and he finished reading the first six episodes while exclaiming and admiring, manga The boss growled, "The rest haven't been updated yet! The latest chapter 7 and chapter 8 were on the supplement just now! I actually let that boy go away! I won't be able to see the latest chapter until noon." The update is really disgusting!"
The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became. The owner of the comic shop called the owner of another comic shop, hehe, it was sold out there too!
"Next time, make more!"
This kind of voice returned to Kodansha through many channels, and Kodansha also expressed its helplessness in this regard.
It is of course a good thing that the comic shop wants to buy more goods, but no matter how much the supplements are printed, how far can they go!
Now it is 35,000, and if it is printed up, it will be printed up to 50,000 at most. If there is more, it will be meaningless, and it will cause a waste of "resources"!
That kind of overprinting power is not as good as...
Takahashi Goro, the editor-in-charge of Meng Fan at Neon, immediately knew the information fed back from the major physical stores, and then walked into the editor-in-chief's office for the second time today to tell his own story.
"Transfer? To "Weekly Shonen M"?"
The editor-in-chief fell into a long silence after reading the data in his hand, which included the feedback from the physical store and the data on the Internet, and then said: "From the data, "Shan Hai Qi Ren" does have the serialization in "Weekly Shonen M". Strength, but there is no serialization slot for "Youth M" for the time being, and I remember that the contract stipulates that there are two episodes a week to be updated. If we serialize one episode here, Huaxia will continue to serialize two episodes. Come on, if we update the progress, we will be far behind, this... "
Takahashi Goro was a little excited: "Editor-in-chief, why are you hesitating! The quality and data of the comics are all in line, even surpassing the works on "Shounen Weekly m"! There are at least three works on "Shounen Weekly m" that should have It’s cut in half, why bother to support it, what’s the problem with vacating the serial space for "The Strange Man in Mountains and Seas"! Is it just because its author is not a neon person?"
The editor-in-chief smiled wryly, as long as you know it. If it wasn't for this, the third week's update could be transferred, but it's really hard to say.
"Editor-in-Chief! As you can see, from the very beginning, we have not done any publicity for the author, and we are still able to achieve such results. On the network side, the data is nothing to say, the new show ranks first, Recently, the total number of clicks has also entered the top sixteen. After the update at noon today, it is certain to enter the top ten. Moreover, you must have heard something about the author Meng Sang. If this title is used after the publication, I believe it will attract Come get more attention! If you still disagree, then I will go to the president!"
Relying on his old qualifications, Takahashi Goro can still be tough.
"How about, let's wait for the situation after the noon update! Also, didn't you say that Huaxia has published the first volume of "The Strange Man in the Mountains and Seas"? Let's also look at the sales there. If there is no problem, Not to mention transferring the publication, I can also agree to your request to publish a separate volume for "The Strange Man of the Mountain and Sea" in advance."
"Then, I'll be waiting!"
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The first volume of "The Strange Man in Mountains and Seas" has been distributed to major cities across the country as early as a few days ago. The distribution is absolutely possible. At the beginning, the total distribution volume was 20,000 copies. After all, the first printing is only 8. Ten thousand copies, the print run of this first is actually very good. However, after Meng Fan won the wrestling and judo championships successively, Changjiang Publishing House, which contracted Penguin Comics to publish comics, printed 50,000 copies twice, and the physical store goods increased from the original 20,000 to 40,000.
Most of the physical stores have also arranged a very conspicuous location, and wrote something like "Manga Works of Wrestling Champion & Judo Champion", "Wrestler's "Mountain and Sea Strange Man"", "Iron God's first original comic " recommendation language.
Some customers who entered the store were baffled when they saw it. Some customers immediately thought of Meng Fan when they saw it. Some customers picked it up and left after reading the comics.
The person who knows this situation the most is undoubtedly the cashier at the front desk. In major bookstores across the country, "Mountain and Sea Strange Man" is undoubtedly the most sold comic book this morning, and every now and then a customer buys a book with this comic in it Book.
Before noon, some of those who had little knowledge of the comic book author's temporary increase in stock after the initial distribution had not yet arrived, had already sold out.
Such a fast sales volume is indeed largely due to the fame of the author, Meng Fan. It can be said that he has a great star effect, which is like some traffic idols who can sell hundreds of thousands of their autobiography. However, the difference is that Meng Fan's cartoon does have something.
Of course, it’s not all about Meng Fan’s fame. There are many comic fans who go to the bookstore to buy the booklet. The main reason is that they really like comics, especially since the content of the latest two chapters is more important than online updates. Early, I went with an itch in my heart.
In addition, the artistry and painting style of "Mountain and Sea Strange Man" are worth buying and collecting, and there is also a bonus illustration. The illustrations of each book may be different, so many comic fans bought a few more copies , It's like drawing a card!
At 11:30 noon, after Meng Fan updated a scarf, many people reposted and commented on it after seeing it. The content actually has nothing to do with comics or live broadcasts, purely because this is Meng Fan from South Korea. At the end of the tour, the first scarf after the double champion of the Wrestling Grand Prix and the champion of the Judo Masters.
In addition to some reposts with ridicule, there are also some reposts to sell, but the style of painting is not too normal.
Mr. Sleepy: During this period of time, I have received many calls from friends who have not been in contact with me for a long time. I thought it was my conscience who found out and asked me to play. After a long time of pleasantries, I finally asked Meng Fan about it! Don't you guys want comics, buy them yourself!
Teacher He: A judo champion who can't wrestle is not a good cartoonist!
Bai Zhi: I look forward to the early animation of Brother Meng Fan's comics, and you can do the dubbing by yourself!
Su Qingcen: I'm going to buy a hundred copies and send them directly to Tie Shen's house for him to sign, and then sell them at a high price. Am I very smart!
Yu Xiaoer: I can't help you with winning the championship, but winning the championship in comics sales can help.
Tao Tao: Forward this scarf and pick someone to give me a copy of "The Strange Man in Mountains and Seas".
The official scarf of the movie "Crazy Primitives II" did not miss such a good opportunity. While reposting it to help publicize it, it also promoted itself: 10 netizens who reposted this scarf gave away the "Mountain and Sea Stranger" comics and the movie "Crazy Primitives ii" ticket. Meng Fan has voiced in the Mandarin version, guess what role he plays!
By the time Meng Fan started the broadcast at 12:00, the number of retweets was already quite high. In addition to the early announcement in the live broadcast room, and the water friends from the water friend group rushed to tell each other, the number of people online easily exceeded ten 10,000, and after a while, it will go up to 500,000.
As for the number of people who are online, Meng Fan couldn't help but sigh in his heart again. It would be great if the task of "Live Streaming Master" can be advanced, even if it comes to 1 billion or 10 billion people, it will be easy. There are also live broadcasts of sports games in the loose swipe, so it's faster to swipe!
"Hello everyone!"
Meng Fan greeted the camera, and while chatting, he clicked on the backstage of Penguin Animation Network and said, "It's 12 o'clock, I'll update the manga first."
After uploading two episodes, Meng Fan switched to the manga page of "The Strange Man of the Mountain and Sea", laughed a little, and said, "I'm sorry, every time it's aired recently, it's related to advertising. The last time "The Strange Man of the Mountain and Sea" started serialization , This time, the booklet "The Strange Man in Mountains and Seas" is on the shelves. But there is no other way, because life forces me to. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, I have to rush for performance. Did you see this?"
Meng Fan pointed to a link added to the manga page, and said, "Whether it's a web page or a mobile app, after you click on the 'buy booklet', you will be redirected to the page for buying booklets. Or you can open these e-commerce platforms and Search "Mountain and Sea Strange Man" or Meng Fan... "
After Meng Fan talked about several purchase methods, he said with a smile: "I know that a large part of the online netizens and water friends are not here for comics, but I still hope that what you like is this comic. It’s not about me, I have nothing to like about me, I just look a little better, but the manga is different, it’s quite good-looking, and there’s a lot of stuff! I recommend you buy a copy, it’s not good ,You hit me!"