After an extremely short run of "Yagyu Reppuken Renya" in Weekly Shonen Jump... Did you know that the author Takashi Noguchi then published some Final Fantasy oneshots in V-Jump? We take a look at his early works in our latest article: manga.properties?p=3087

THE SWORD OF PAROS RELEASE UPDATE! We need YOUR help! If you provide us with a lead that directly results in the procurement of one of these issues of Monthly Asuka by 9/15/26, you will receive a name credit in our English release of The Sword of Paros and a complimentary copy of the book!

As a bit of an artifact from the time, for author comments in issue #38 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001 they ask the mangaka if there were any commercials that had recently caught they attention at the time. Article: manga.properties?p=3058

Just like it is today, 25 years ago we still had the combined issues for many magazines around this time of year. Weekly Big Comic Spirits from 2001 was no different with issue #36-37. For that issue, they asked the authors for their childhood heroes:

With the upcoming print release of "The Sword of Paros", Manga Mavericks Books is looking for help tracking down some issues from Monthly Asuka magazine. We've done a deep dive to try and uncover what these lost color pages were!

Curious about "Monthly Asuka" magazine where "The Sword of Paros" was originally published in? We've just posted 3 articles doing a complete breakdown of the entire Table of Contents (ToC) for all of the issues from 1985, 1986, and 1987! Start from the beginning:

It is a bit of an odd question, but in Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #35 in 2001 asked the authors what their favorite summer resort song is. Even with the question being asked in 2001, many of the songs mentioned are quite older.

While they only had a single serialization that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump, Nobuhisa Tsuruoka still had numerous oneshots in Jump and also received a profile in the 1993 Jump Multi World booklet.

Nobuhisa Tsuruoka Profile - Jump Multi World 1993

From the 1993 Jump Multi World booklet the mangaka Nobuhisa Tsuruoka has a profile highlighting his series in Weekly Shonen Jump.

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Summer was in full swing, so the editors asked their authors how to beat the heat back in 2001 for the Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #34 author comments.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #34 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #34 in 2001.

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For the February 2026 issue of Monthly Corocoro Comic, the mangaka are asked if they want to travel to the past or the future. Quite a few of them want to travel to the past to see the dinosaurs!

Corocoro Comic Magazine - February 2026 Issue - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from the February 2026 Monthly Corocoro Comic magazine.

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We're back with the Jump Multi World articles! Today's article is featuring around Tsunomaru and his first manga series,"Monmonmon", that appeared to live on the edge of cancellation back in 1993.

Tsunomaru Profile - Jump Multi World 1993

From the 1993 Jump Multi World booklet the mangaka Tsunomaru has a profile highlighting his series in Weekly Shonen Jump.

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For issue #33 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, they asked the authors what their book recommendations are for a summer book report. These are a bunch of titles that may not be obvious to track down in English, if at all!

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #33 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #33 in 2001.

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For issue #32 of Big Comic Spirits in 2001, they asked the authors about a chilling experience they had or one they could imagine. A variety of answers were given.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #32 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #32 in 2001.

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From issue #31 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the editorial team asks what newcomers are the authors keeping an eye on. Looking back 25 years on this is an interesting lens to see where those newcomers are now!

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #31 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #31 in 2001.

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Catching back up with the Weekly Big Comic Spirit Author Comments from 2001... Issue #30 asked the authors what type of merch they would like to see created based on their series!

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #30 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #30 in 2001.

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Since we have some reference materials on file, here's a short thread with some early looks at how the official Japanese Jump website was advertised in the magazine itself! Issue #32 in 1998 in Weekly Shonen Jump as part of the "Jump Timeline" noting that the website launched:

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Made a little video that's a collection of weird tidbits and connections between Shonen Jump and the early Internet! Please check it out if you think that'd be interesting! 💻🍂 youtu.be/cH5-GrTGSAU

With 9 manga serializations in Weekly Shonen Jump, one of the highest, Ryuji Tsugihara is of course also highlighted in the Jump Multi World booklet from 1993. We also uncover yet another one of his serializations that is often overlooked! manga.properties?p=2824

We've launched a new website & social media news feed... Aside Manga News (@aside-manga.news)! We're jumping straight into some video production to cover smaller manga news stories from around the world! Hopefully you'll enjoy these bit-sized news videos.

Aside Manga News Launched!

Aside Manga News has launched as video series focusing on smaller news stories from around the world.

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For issue #29 in Weekly Big Comic Spirits back in 2001, they asked the authors for which movie or manga had a memorable scene in the rain. There was quite a few overlapping and maybe expected answers.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #29 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #29 in 2001.

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Back in 2001, the Seattle Mariners' rookie baseball player, Ichiro Suzuki, was so popular that he was the inspiration for Weekly Big Comic Spirits' issue #28 author questions that year. The authors then give their best consecutive record achievements.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #28 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #28 in 2001.

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After a 6-month break, we are back with a look at the on-going monthly author comments from Corocoro Comic! To start our catch up, we're taking a look at the January 2026 issue where the authors give their New Years greetings!

Corocoro Comic Magazine - January 2026 Issue - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from the January 2026 Monthly Corocoro Comic magazine.

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Site updated with a review of @titanmangahq.bsky.social release of Ao Ashi Omnibus 1! Big shout-out to Titan Manga for including us in their Aoashi blog tour!! We've been excited to check out this release, and you can check out our review! wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2026/06/aoas...

As we enter the issues released in June 2001 for Weekly Big Comic Spirits, we get an odd question about resting your head in someone's lap. The amount of athletes as answers may or may not surprise you.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #27 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #27 in 2001.

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While Yutaka Takahashi's manga series was being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, he was one of the many authors highlighted in the Jump Multi World booklet in 1993. In his celebratory comment for Jump's 25th anniversary he quoted several popular series. Can you name them all?

Yutaka Takahashi Profile - Jump Multi World 1993 - Manga Properties

From the 1993 Jump Multi World booklet, the mangaka Yutaka Takahashi, has a profile highlighting his series in Weekly Shonen Jump.

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For issue #26 back in 2001, Weekly Big Comic Spirits asked the authors what they think the theme song for their manga would be if it got a live action TV drama. There was a wide range of actually thoughtful answers this time!

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #26 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #26 in 2001.

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For issue #25 of Weekly Big Comic Spirits in 2001, the question of the week was asking the authors for what their most regrettable lost item is.

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #25 - Author Comments

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #25 in 2001.

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Our spin-off website/database for keeping track of live action manga adaptations available in English had its first anniversary today!

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Happy 1 year anniversary to us! We launched LAMA with the goal of keeping up-to-date with all of the live action manga adaptations you can watch in English officially, right now! Its a database that's just shy of 400 titles! We'll continue this year on updating as more come out!

With spring weather happening this time of year back in 2001, for the Weekly Big Comic Spirits issue #24, they ask the authors what their favorite car is!

Weekly Big Comic Spirits - 2001 Issue #24 - Author Comments - Manga Properties

Listing of the author comments from Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, issue #24 in 2001.

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I'm finally back to exploring Shonen Jumps history so here's another 1 hour + long video!! 1999 is pretty fun seeing the debuts of Prince of Tennis, Hikaru no Go and even Naruto! I hope you enjoy watching! youtu.be/81QfCMz1cDc

What was Shonen Jump like when Naruto began?

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Site updated with an interview with the Manga Taisho winning author of “Draw This, Then Die” Minoru Toyoda! wsstalkback.blogspot.com/2026/05/gess...

Gessan Exclusive: Interview with Minoru Toyoda, author of "Draw This, then Die!"

Have you ever wanted to do something so bad that not doing it feels like you're dying? The drive to make something....to create lives in all...

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