The Incredible Shrinking Shonen Jump

[rarnom]

Yeah it is kinda lame that a 360 page mag went to 280 page in just one year. If you ever look at japanese manga mags they are 600 pages a piece and only $4 in japan with the US price being $8. I think the companies are noticing a kind of manga bubble burst which I kind of blame manga consumers as many only read fan scans instead of buying the stuff. Then again manga is just anime in the fact that they are both a pain to find missing volumes of.

The Japanese ones also are WEEKLY. They have about 20 different titles with one chapter each. The Shonen Jump is like $5 newsstand price and a subscription is half that. So, it is really cheaper to subscribe rather than to buy all the graphic novels. I still will subscribe because I can pay for it with classroom funds, but it is pretty lame they are cutting the size.