CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Viz has announced that it will be releasing the latest creation by the team that brought us Death Note starting in August!!

I haven't seen this announcement on the boards yet, but if someone's gotten to it before me, please feel free to delete this.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-04-14/find-out-what-it-takes-to-make-it-to-the-top-as-a-manga-creator-in-the-new-shonen-jump-series-bakuman

Read some of it in Viz's Shonen Jump.

Twas cool.

Oooh, I love that one! I'm reading it weekly on a site... so I guess that means it'll be shut down. T.T Why does manga have to be so expensive!!!

I read the first chappy in SJ too! It looks really interesting and like the art work a lot.

I am totes down for it.

I keep meaning to read this... Maybe I should pick it up now.

I've been following it since the first week it was serialized. This week is Chapter 83. It's still great.

Why is Bakuman so great?
Just because it's not something deep and dark like Death Note doesn't mean that Ohba's writing gets worse. You can expect the same quality of writing from Death Note, just not as serious business. You'd be surprised at the number of twists and turns that can spring from a manga about publishing. The characters are fantastic and numerous. Most of these other characters are editors and other mangaka. Some of them don't turn out to be who you might have expected them to be.

What's most interesting about Bakuman is that it gives you a look at the process of how manga is created. You can see it go from concept to draft to drawing to printing. You get to see the internal politics of a manga publication and the process that a manga has to go through in order to get published and serialized. It has some really interesting opinions that get pretty meta about how Shounen Jump is run. And, it has some pretty neat ideas for manga series.

I've been following it since the first week it was published and pretty much every chapter has been great. It's amazing how each week's chapter ends up springing a twist or cliffhanger while managing to move the plot forward at a good pace and making sense. It's gripping like Death Note was, except instead of elaborate murders, we're dealing with Shounen Jump rankings.

I just bought a copy of Shounen Jump, and am highly enjoying this series, especially since me, my bro, and 2 friends are aspiring manga-ka who are starting our own manga magazine! I found it inspirational.

I also read the preview in Shonen Jump- Bakuman ga suki! I will definitely buy this one.

Lol, this manga is hilarious. It's awesome. XP