Banzai! (magazine)

The Banzai (own spelling: BANZAI ) was a German -language manga magazine monthly from November 2001 to December 2005 was released by Carlsen Verlag in a total of 50 issues and mainly aimed at young male readers. The circulation was 80,000 copies per month.

Banzai (Japanese万 歳) literally means " ten thousand years " and is used as an exclamation in honor of a person or the promulgation of a victory. Common translations are "Hurrah! " And " Here's to ...! "

The rather directed at girls, from February 2003 to May 2012, published in the Carlsen publishing manga sister magazine called the Banzai Daisuki.

Content

The Banzai took over manga series from the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump of Shueisha publishing, but also published German productions.

In addition to the manga, the magazine contained background information on the series, whose authors and Japan in general. Similarly, there was the Japanese Course Banzai de Nihongo, the drawing course mangaka studio, Curiosities from Japan under the title Tokyo 109, as well as fan art and letters.

At irregular intervals also were extras such as stickers, posters and CD-ROMs at ( for example with demo versions of Yu -Gi -Oh! Computer games). Issue 2 /2002 ( # 4 ) contained a CD of the rapper Spax with the specially produced " official" song Banzai, which, however, found little favor with the fans.

As with the Japanese model of Weekly Shōnen Jump, the individual chapters of the manga series from the magazine were mostly summarized in anthologies and republished.

Published Mangas

  • Black Cat: June 2005 to August 2005 (No. 44-46 ), as " Banzai presents" (Extract)
  • DNA ²: November 2001 to March 2003 (No. 1-17)
  • Dr. Slump - News from Penguin Hausen: July 2002-January 2003 (No. 9-15), canceled
  • Hikaru no Go: November 2003 to December 2005 (No. 25-50 )
  • Hunter x Hunter: November 2001 to December 2005 (No. 1-50)
  • I " s: February 2005 to May 2005 (No. 40-43 ), as" Banzai presents " (Extract)
  • Naruto: November 2001 to December 2005 (No. 1-50)
  • Neko Majin: June 2002 to August 2002 (No. 8-10) and from April 2004 to June 2004 (No. 30-32)
  • One Piece Red: April 2003-August 2003 (No. 18-22)
  • One Piece - Rogue Town: December 2001 to September 2002 (No. 2-11)
  • One Piece - Romance Dawn: November 2001 ( No 1 )
  • Sandland: November 2001 to May 2002 (No. 1-7)
  • Shaman King: December 2001 to December 2005 (No. 2-50)

Published productions

  • Crewman 3: January 2003-October 2003 (No. 15-24)
  • Hakuchi One: December 2004 to December 2005 (No. 38-50 )
  • Halloween ( humorous short trips ): November 2001 to November 2002 ( Nos. 1-13 )
  • White Mary: June 2005 ( # 44 ) - Winners of the Manga Shōnen Jump Banzai Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2004, was also published in the Japanese magazine Akamaru Jump

Background of the setting

The setting of the Banzai was founded in issue as follows: " Due to changes in business policy both Shueisha and in Carlsen Comics continuation (...) is not possible. "

Kai Steffen Schwarz, program director for mangas with Carlsen, commented: "We respect the decision of our Japanese partner, with whom we continue to work together. The market has changed since the start of Banzai 2001: Was it still extremely important to test series on a young market before, today there are many other ways to quickly accommodate the wishes of the fans and put them into great books. "

Perhaps the decision was influenced by a 2005 concluded -down license agreement between the German Tokyopop publisher Shueisha and in which it was determined that all other manga series of Shueisha publishing may be published in German only by Tokyopop. Although this does not apply to pre-existing German licenses are available to the Carlsen publishing house so that no new Shueisha series longer available.

The Banzai in the unfinished manga series have been made as a pocket book series.

  • Manga magazine ( Germany )
  • Antiquarian Magazine ( Germany )
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