The double-issue for Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 for #21 & 22 asked the question to the authors if there were shops or services open year-round. The authors took a bit more of broad view of that question with their answers this time.
New Piece: Showing No Mercy for 35 Years! Monthly Shonen Gangan's Rebirth Era Part 2 (2006-2010)
The 00s continue on with the final major runs of some long-term Gangan mangaka, debuts of newcomers who'd become notable, another still-running manga, & even Stan Lee!
Also, a LOT of Masahiro Totsuka.
For issue #20 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the question to the authors was what the biggest crisis in their life has been so far.
New Piece: Showing No Mercy for 35 Years! Monthly Shonen Gangan's Rebirth Era Part 1 (2001-2005)
After a mass exodus following the founding of Mag Garden (& the future Ichijinsha), the first half of the 00s was a hectic time for the future Square-Enix.
Equivalent Exchange & all that jazz, right?
As part of the Jump Multi World booklet in 1993, the next author they highlighted was Motoei Shinzawa, best known for his "High School! Kimengumi" manga. We've also dug into the author comments surrounding it's cancellation in 1987.
Coming off of the 15th anniversary issue in 2001, Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #19 started with some new serializations and closing out of some previous stories. With an older demographic for readers, it also asked a question related to economy.
The 18th issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits back in 2001 was the 15th anniversary issue! So for that week's author comments, most of the authors kept their answers a bit more hopeful and uplifting.
Back in 2001, Weekly Big Comic Spirits in issue 17, asked its authors what some of their best jokes are for April Fool's Day!
As we move deeper into the Jump Multi World booklet from 1993, we start getting to some more mangaka who had been published in the mid-to-late 80s. Tadashi Sato with "The Burning Wild Man" was one of those artists who we take a look at next.
While Yoshihiro Kuroiwa would later find his big success with "Zenki" in Monthly Shonen Jump, he still had a collection of short series in Weekly Shonen Jump in the late 80s which got him a profile in the Jump Multi World booklet from 1993.
The Spring season had also started back in 2001, so the editors asked the authors what signs of spring were they looking forward to.
For the graduation season, the editors asked the authors back in March 2001 who they would like to hear a congratulatory speech from!
Time for a little catch up with the March author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine from back in 2001!
(Will hopefully be more back on our release schedule next month, along with some other articles!)
Collector's items can always go for a high price, so the editors in Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #14 back in 2001 asked their authors if they have any items that could sell for a high price.
From when the Jump Multi World event was happening in 1993, the Ninku manga series was a relatively new series. We dig into the author Koji Kiriyama and his previous works over in Shogakukan's magazines.
Want to listen to me yap about Shonen Jump for over an hour? Well here's a vid on what Jump was doing throughout 1998, it was a pretty big year!!! 🐸
youtu.be/x4-mZXWGI7o
From the Jump Multi World profile in 1993 we take a look at Takashi Kisaki's series up to that point. However there is a much more expansive collection of oneshots and author comments which we have collected in the article as well!
Back for issue #13 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 the question to the authors was what they wanted to toss into a bonfire. There is a lot of cooking of potatoes, but there were some other answers too!
From the Jump Multi World profile in 1993 we take a look at Takashi Kisaki's series up to that point. However there is a much more expansive collection of oneshots and author comments which we have collected in the article as well!
✨️NEW INTERVIEW ✨️
Last month, A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity manga creator Yoshitoki Oima visited India, and Manga Mavericks (in partnership with our friends at AniSync) got to ask Oima-sensei about their creative process!
Check out the full interview on our website!
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While you might consider a mangaka a famous person, in Issue #12 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, they ask those mangaka what famous person they would want to read their own stories.
For the Valentine's Day issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the editors attempted to have a nice question about the day... but some of the authors took a bit more of a dark response.
It may have only been February back in 2001... but Weekly Big Comic Spirits was already running out of ideas for questions to the authors. So they basically repeated a question again about the 21st century!
Not all of the author questions are happy ones! For issue #9 in 2001 for Weekly Big Comic Spirits they ask the authors about what makes them feel small.
Even though it was a short series, newcomer Taro Gachon had a small article in the Jump Multi World booklet in 1993. In addition to that article we take a look at his work leading up to his only serialization, Ozumo Deka.
For the 8th issue of Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 2001, the author comments ask the what song the mangaka hum when they are in a good mood.
Continuing with our weekly lookback at the author comments in Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 2001... Issue #7 asks the authors which biography they would like to read of any person.
After our short hiatus, we're back with more articles looking into the authors highlighted in the Jump Multi World booklet from 1993!
Today's article is about this artist who won't really make it big until the 2000s... Takeshi Obata!
The website for Shueisha Manga Expo has launched and one of the sections of the website includes a section where various manga artists will give thoughts about their series. Up to 40 artists will contribute to this, which will be interesting to read!
