On July 22nd, 1992, elementary school students, middle school students, high school students, college students, and even some social animals in Fusang began to get excited at the same time.
It was Tuesday of the week, which was also the day when Weekly Youngermen Jump was released.
Of course, because of the transportation, the readers who could buy the latest issue of Weekly Youngermen Jump on Tuesday were usually in the surrounding areas of Tokyo.
The children in the farthest areas, such as the Ryukyu area, had to wait until Friday to read the latest issue of Weekly Youngermen Jump. In some mountain villages, where transportation was more inconvenient, they had to wait for months.
However, this never stopped the enthusiasm of the children to buy Weekly Youngermen Jump. In an era where there was only TV, no mobile phones, no Internet, and no iPad for entertainment, the best and most convenient entertainment was reading comics, especially Weekly Youngermen Jump, which was regarded as a treasure by countless children.
"Hey, look, this issue of Weekly Youngermen Jump has a new serialization!" Soon, the children discovered that this issue of Weekly Youngermen Jump had a new serialization.
For a reader who liked Weekly Youngermen Jump, reading the new serialization was the most interesting thing. This was because every new serialized comic meant that a brand new story would be unlocked. It was a brand new setting and characters, which meant that it would have more interesting stories and dreams.
Therefore, when the children discovered that there was a new serialization in Weekly Youngermen Jump, they couldn't wait to read it first to see if it met their interests.
Therefore, on Tuesday, nearly two million readers in Fusang were the first to read Yu-Gi-Oh. In the next few days, a total of six million readers would read the manga one after another.
If the children who didn't have the money to buy Weekly Youngermen Jump and read the manga with the help of their classmates' copies, the number of readers would instantly expand to tens of millions, or even tens of millions.
"Original author: Kazuki Takahashi. Script: Jia Yapeng? So Fusang also has the surname Jia? " Seeing Jia Yapeng's name appear in the script, the children were a little curious, because the surname Jia was basically unheard of in Japan.
"It should be. Didn't the book say that there are tens of thousands of different surnames in Fusang?" Some children disagreed. Fusang had all kinds of surnames, and people with the surname Koinu were everywhere. There was nothing strange about the surname Jia. Anyway, none of the children knew that the name Jia Yapeng was actually from Hua Xia.
Many years later, when the readers who still kept this issue of Weekly Shonen Jump saw the name Jia Yapeng, they would have a very complicated expression. This guy was really annoying, but they couldn't get rid of him, just like Ma Huafu and Ma Yun in the future.
"How is it? Is the new manga good? "
"It's okay, it's quite interesting!"
"Not bad, it's quite fun to read!"
"Everything else is okay, but the hairstyle is too weird. This hairstyle is too creative!"
"Who is this Qin Shi Huang? Do any of you know? "
When the children finished reading the new manga, they would communicate with their friends nearby, and then they all felt that it was quite good. Of course, there were also some who felt that the hairstyle was terrible, and some who didn't know who Qin Shi Huang was. Not bad, in general, this was a good start.
However, at this time, only one chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh was updated, so it was impossible to really cause a huge sensation. The children just felt that the manga was good. The readers of a manga need to be accumulated slowly, sometimes it may take a few years to settle down.
For example, the original Dragon Ball took two years to accumulate.
Even for a god-tier manga like "Doraemon", it took a full three years for it to explode among the readers.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for a manga to quickly become popular among the readers. This is a process that takes time to accumulate. However, it is not that there is no way to speed up the process. For example, animation is a great idea.
Through animation, the original monotonous manga can be turned into animation that can move and speak. At the same time, the content of the story can be further enriched. This can greatly promote the manga.
In fact, most of the animated manga do not expect the animation to be able to make money. They only hope to use the animation to make the manga sell well and earn a small amount of income from it.
All of Fusang's god-level manga gradually became god-level after the animation.
However, animation is only a benefit that some manga can enjoy. Only about 30% of the excellent manga in Weekly Youngermen Jump are qualified to be animated, and generally, they have to be serialized for one or two years, or even three or four years, before they get the opportunity to be animated.
Among them, the fastest animation is probably Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon began serialization on December 28, 1991, and the TV anime announced that it would be animated on March 7, 1992, with only a little more than two months in between.
Sailor Moon wasn't a manga from Weekly Shōnen Jump. The record for the fastest manga in Weekly Shōnen Jump was set by the All Time Hunter. After five months of serialization, it was announced that it would be turned into an anime.
However, this record will no longer exist, because when the children finished reading the first chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh in Weekly Youngermen Jump, they were very surprised to find that at the end of the first chapter, Weekly Youngermen Jump announced that the first chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh would be broadcast on October 1, 1992, just in time for the October new issue.
"Damn, the first chapter directly announced that it would be animated. This is too awesome!!!" Countless teenagers who saw this couldn't help but exclaim.
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"This is terrible. Who is the boss behind Kazuki Takahashi? The first chapter directly announced that it would be animated. This is too fast!" This news was extremely shocking and enviable, even in the editorial department of Weekly Youngermen Jump.
"Yeah, Kamitani-sensei and the others called me and asked me in a roundabout way who is behind Kazuki Takahashi, and what benefits he gave the editorial department!"
"Hehe, you're still okay. The teachers under me almost scolded you directly. I had to smile. It's too difficult!" Several editors discussed. Although they were the first to know that Yu-Gi-Oh would be animated, this news was still very shocking.
"Hey, hey, hey, do you know which animation company is in charge of the animation this time?" an editor asked excitedly.
"Who? Sunrise? "
"No, it's Dynasty. It's the Dynasty Animation Company in Hua Xia!" the editor quickly said.
"Dynasty, the company that made Four-wheel Drive Brothers and Water Margin Heroes!" It seemed that Dynasty Animation's reputation had spread far and wide in Fusang. Even the editorial department of Weekly Youngermen Jump couldn't help but feel a little excited when they heard the name Dynasty Animation.
It couldn't be helped. After all, Dynasty Animation's animation had always been superior in terms of quality. In the whole of Fusang, there was probably no animation company that could be compared to Dynasty Animation before the birth of Jingani and UFOs.
Although the production cost of each company was the same, which was about a few million RMB, the price of hiring an artist in Hua Xia was equivalent to hiring five artists in Fusang. How could that be compared?
"Alright, with the support of Dynasty, it seems that Yu-Gi-Oh is destined to be a hit!" an editor exclaimed.
"That's not necessarily true. No matter how good the animation quality is, the story itself has to be able to keep up. Whether or not Yu-Gi-Oh can really become popular depends on this survey … Takahachi-kun, has the latest reader survey been tabulated? What's the ranking of your Yu-Gi-Oh!? " Another editor loudly asked Takahashi Toshimasa, who had just arrived at the company and was still eating breakfast.
"It's not high. It's only number 12!" Takahashi Toshimasa said calmly.
"Number 12 isn't high? This is a new comic by a newcomer. It's the first time it's been checked, and it's already number 12. It seems that Yu-Gi-Oh is really going to be popular!
Suddenly, an editor looked at the packaging in Takahashi Toshimasa's hand and asked curiously, "Hey, Takahashi-kun, what's that in your hand?"
"Oh, the 7-11 convenience store downstairs just put a new type of instant noodle on the shelves. It's called crispy noodle. This crispy noodle actually has to be crushed before it can be eaten!" Takahashi Junchang said.
"Crushed instant noodles to be eaten? That's so interesting. I want to buy a packet to try it!" the other editors said eagerly when they heard that.
At this moment, Takahashi Junshou suddenly thought of something. He put the crispy noodle snack pack in front of everyone, then pointed to the yellow Pikachu on the crispy noodle snack pack and said, "This crispy noodle snack mascot is really too cute. Do you think if we buy the copyright of this mascot and put it in a comic as a mascot, it will quickly attract the readers' love?"
"Or we can just make a comic with this mascot as the theme. I think it will become popular!" Takahashi Toshimasa said very seriously.
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