Hey guys! I’d like to take this time to annouce this…

Next week, Takei will have a message in Weekly Shonen Jump! The section his message will be under is the “Go!Go!SQ!” which is a section about the new manga magazine, Jump SQ (released monthly starting in Nov.). His message could just be “support” for the new magazine, BUT there will be an illustration by Takei as well (as far as the orginal rumor-news says). And rule of thumb is (and even more so if it’s noted in advance)…

New drawings almost always mean a new series!

And by new series, it could mean Shaman King comes back! Or it could be something new! It could be a one shot, or it could be a brand new series. Either way, it will VERY likely mean that it will be in JumpSQ and NOT Weekly Shonen Jump. This means, if it’s any more than a oneshot chapter, it will be monthly chapter releases.

So, I’d like to annouce at this time, or just re-confirm, if Takei releases anything in JumpSQ (oneshot, SK, or something new), Mankin-Trad will try it’s hardest to scanlate what ever it is.

Just like with Jyuki Ningen Jumbor, we will work hard next week to both raw scans and translations for the one page message (ok, half page message, somebody else is making a comment too). Also, if it is Shaman King coming back, yes, we will finish up all 32 volumes of Shaman King manga BEFORE it gets released (assuming it follows my prediction as stated below). So check out this site for anything Takei, since we keep you updated!

(Oh, and here’s just my hunch, not fact, but I’m normally not off by very much. I believe it will be Shaman King returning, but it won’t start until the 2nd or more likely the 3rd issue, the January issue.)

(Also, this clearly isn’t the project I have talked about in the last news post, so yes, these are two different things. But with this new, soon to be annouced annoucement, Mankin-Trad will be up to 4.5 manga series scanlated (the .5 from Funbari No Uta).)