Sousou No Frieren became quite popular after Madhouse’s anime adaptation aired in 2023. It was praised for its deep story and incredible animation.
The anime has made it to the top spot in its own MAL rankings for over a month, showing that its meteoric rise is not something short-lived. In fact, thanks to the popularity of anime, manga circulation increased from 10 million copies in October 2023 to 17 million copies in December 2023.
Relying on the new popularity of Frierena comment by Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine Editor-in-Chief Kazunori Oshima brought to light the popularity of the series.
This comment was revealed by veteran Shogakukan editor Katsuya Shirai in an interview with fellow industry veteran Kazuhiko Torishima.
Shirai and Torishima are discussing competitiveness and rivalry between manga publishers, with Shirai mentioning how he often follows other magazines to look for upcoming authors or works will be famous.
The idea was to steal “treasures” from other magazines in order to weaken competitors, while strengthening their own magazine portfolio. Torishima felt that Shirai’s keen eye led to the prosperity of Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, however, he felt that after Shirai left, the magazine was perhaps no longer the same, regretting its competitive spirit. Has lost.
Shirai disagrees, saying the same level of competition still exists today. This is when he pointed out Kazunori Oshima’s comment about Frieren more popular Demon Slayer. Oshima became editor-in-chief of Sunday in 2021.
That’s not the problem, right? I think the current editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Sunday has a lot of competitive spirit,” Shirai said. “The other day, I was told by the editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Sunday, ‘This will be Kimetsu no Yaiba in five years.’ It’s a work called Sousou No Frieren, which won the Manga Taisho award.’This will surpass’Kimetsu no Yaiba,’ he said.“
The best part about this review is that it was made in 2022, before the anime adaptation aired, which shows the foresight of editor-in-chief Oshima.
When this comment started circulating on various forums, the majority of fans disagreed with this point of view, stating that the popularity of Demon Slayer would be difficult to replicate in both adults and children investing equally Demon Slayer.
Other reviews indicate that Frieren is not a fighting shounen, so it may not achieve the same level of popularity.
However, some comments on X (formerly Twitter) suggest that even if it did not reach the same level of popularity, Demon Slayerit will still be just as popular in form Spy x Family.
Katsuya Shirai is a veteran manga editor and anime producer who worked at Shogagukan. He is best known for handling manga Maison Ikkoku. Kazuhiko Torishima also began his career as a manga editor for Shueisha, before serving as editor-in-chief for Weekly Shonen Jump and later becoming director of the publisher Shueisha-Shogakukan.
