How to Develop the King of Anime

"As we all know, Shueisha and Shogakukan belong to the same group, but Shueisha was just a subsidiary company separated from Shogakukan. When the comics boom first emerged in the [-]s, it was under the influence of the parent company Shogakukan. pressure."

The editor-in-chief named Tanaka stood up, an old and short body standing at the front of the conference table, but like a giant, oppressing all the editors present.

He looked around, and everyone he looked at stood up straight, for fear that something might go wrong.

"I wasn't born when Shueisha was established, but in the first wave of manga, I joined Shueisha at a young age and struggled with my seniors. When Kodansha and Shogakukan divided up the manga market, I was abrupt. It blazed a trail and is now the #[-] selling manga magazine of the week."

The editor-in-chief Tanaka spoke in a calm voice, telling the untold stories of how Shueisha, which had a bleak future at the time, made it to its current status.

The other editors present had never experienced that era, and they all felt excited when listening to the many stories told by the editor-in-chief at that time.

"Up to now, the seniors are gone, but I have been working until now with my love for comics, but I also know that I am old, it is time to retire from this position, and to take over this position, Maybe it's among you."

Editor-in-chief Tanaka slowly swept his gaze across the editors present, looking at their eager anticipation that could not be concealed despite trying their best to remain calm, and nodded in satisfaction.

He has deep feelings for the magazine he brought out, and he doesn't want to wait for him to step down and watch it decline. There are many talents who can replace the editor-in-chief of the following branches, but the one who can take over his position as the editor-in-chief of the head office, But there are definitely not many, he needs to find a person who is most suitable for the next path of Weekly Shonen Jump to replace him.

"The editor-in-chief Tanaka is old and strong, and he can still lead us to work for ten years. How could he just retire like this."

"Yes, yes, the editor-in-chief can still work for ten years."

A compliment came, and Tanaka just smiled and shook his head.

People are old and mature, he is not old and confused, how can he not know that these people below are eager for him to go down and change people quickly, but people go to high places and water flows to low places. Ambitious people are the real core because they work hard for their ambitions.

"Cough cough!"

He covered his mouth with his hand and coughed twice, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Okay, be quiet. Next, we're going to talk about the most important things. The reason why I'm telling you the little things in the past is to tell you that we may need to change."

"We made our magazine famous back then, so I won't say much about the teachers who got out of the predicament..."

When Tanaka said this, the editors below all laughed tacitly.

Although they didn't live in that era, as the editors of the weekly Shonen Jump, they certainly knew the company's development history.In order to get rid of the predicament, the Weekly Boy JUMP used pornography and underworld cartoons to cause a social sensation. Although many people boycotted them at the time, they also brought fame through hype.

"After that, we began to adjust the direction of our operations, and changed our readership to a group of young readers over the age of 15. We began to use some passionate, sports comics to grasp the readership, and it turned out that we succeeded. Of course, We're not at the point of life or death yet, we're still the best-selling weekly comics, and we can't change the subject matter, but we can change the rules a little..."

"...What I want to say is that the teachers who made our magazine reach its peak, Mr. Akira Toriyama, Mr. Takehiko Inoue, Mr. Fujian, etc., these teachers have drawn many phenomenal comics, and let our The magazine has a better reputation and has always been leading the trend of the comics industry, but everyone should have noticed that although the development of comics has been stable and flat in recent years, this stability is good news for other magazines and gives them time to save, but for us Said, this kind of stability is unnecessary! We still have to lead the trend, we must continue to have that kind of phenomenon-level comics!"

The editors present all nodded secretly, agreeing with the editor-in-chief's words. The good-sounding comics industry has been stable in recent years, but the ugly ones are going downhill. What they need is the kind of national comics like Dragon Ball!

"We have always had an unwritten rule, that is, when serializing, we are accustomed to selecting the works of teachers who have experience in serialization or who have contributed many times, but the situation in recent years has let us know, those teachers can let us Stability, but it won't allow us to break through again!"

Editor-in-chief Tanaka speaks with the indifference that is unique to a company or a businessman. What he means is obvious. We have given you so many opportunities, but you have not satisfied me in return, even though we have cooperated many times. Also a pleasure to work with, but also had to kick you out.

"So, we need to speed up the speed of serialization, this will not shake our current status, but it can help us explore and explore more paths. In the past, we used two comics for each change. This time, I decided to Cut the four books in half!"

After a pause, he continued: "...and we also need to discover more newcomers."

Chapter [-] passed by the serial meeting

"Having said so much, I just want to tell everyone who sits down. Next, we may use some experimental properties to speed up our speed. You have no opinion."

The editor-in-chief Tanaka said this, and he himself understood that this choice would increase competition, which may bring losses to the weekly magazine in the long run, but it doesn’t matter in the short term, as long as the experiment is changed back after a few issues.

The other editors present shook their heads, and their bosses had all decided. If there is no good reason to refute it, it will leave a bad impression, not to mention this kind of boss who is about to leave, he should be careful.

"This is the last four ranked in this questionnaire. Do you have any questions?"

The editor-in-chief operated it with a computer, and the data on the projector changed.

"These questionnaires are conducted under mutual supervision of various departments, and there is absolutely no question editor in chief."

One of them at the conference table replied.

"Very good. Then the next thing is the most important, we are going to serialize the four comics... Everyone is not a newcomer. We have held this meeting many times, so let's not talk nonsense. A total of six editors selected two Nineteen comics, the originals have been sent to you a few days ago, I think everyone has read the originals."

The six editors nodded their heads. If you look closely, you can see their dark circles. Comic editing is not an easy job, and overtime is the norm. The editors of these branches are even more busy. It is a waste of energy to make a basic ranking in nearly [-] comics. Although those are only very short manuscripts, their responsibilities require them to carefully consider every step.

Of course, they don't need to rank the few books they are responsible for, and it is also for more fairness and justice.

"I received your emails this morning, and the assistants have already done the integration. After proofreading, I found no problems. You can take a look. According to the result, of course, it is not the final result, you can ask any questions if you have any questions, and if necessary, we can change it before the meeting.”

Having said that, the screen on the projector changed again, and the names of four comics appeared, filling the positions where they had been cut in half.

""Red Star Stories", "Naruto", "LOCK.OFF", "Yotani Strange Story", if you have any questions, feel free to ask."

The editor-in-chief of several branches looked at these comics and found that the authors were all of the younger generation. Just as the editor-in-chief Tanaka said, we should discover newcomers.

"Editor-in-chief, I have a problem!"

Suddenly, a voice came from the conference table.

"Oh? Uehara-san, feel free to ask any questions."

The man named Uehara stood up and said, "Editor-in-chief, I have no opinion on the other three comics, but I think "Naruto" should be considered?"

"Why does Uehara-san think so? Let us hear the reason..."

"Yes, editor-in-chief! The editor-in-chief's meaning is to vigorously cultivate newcomers and give them more opportunities. I agree. I don't agree with "Naruto" because it is not bad. On the contrary, I feel that from all aspects, in Among the twenty-nine comics this time, this "Naruto" can be said to be the best, but the teachers of the other three comics to be serialized are also newcomers, but they have all contributed to our magazine several times. And persevered, but the author of "Naruto" is the first time to submit, we don't have such a precedent yet? Besides, the age of its author is really...too young."

His words made Beichuan, who was secretly delighted, shudder. To be honest, he was not satisfied with the comics he submitted this time, and he did not feel that he could pass the serialization meeting.

He hurriedly looked at the editor-in-chief nervously, because of the comics in his hand, he still cared a lot.

"Hehe, I have thought about Uehara-san's questions, and I understand what you mean... Sixteen years old, I am a little young, I am still a child at this age, and I may draw comics just because of sudden interest. It may be an unstable factor. But as Uehara-san said, the quality of this comic can be said to be the best in this issue, and it would be a bit unwilling to give up like this."