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Ok,

I thought it would be best to put the things about Takeis upcoming volume, volume 33, in this topic.
And let me be the first.

Takei annouced at Japan-Expo that Volume 33 of Shaman King will be released later this year! It will be 280 pages. the man that is being interviewd:
http://otakuniverse.com/images/HiroyukiTakei.jpg

Q1 - Something about volume 32 & the end of SK..
Answer : Yes, there will be a sequel, a true ending, I hope to do that for the end of the year or during 2008.

Q2 - Is the end a continuation and end of SK or rather a new story?
Answer : Just wait for it to be released and read it.

Takei also said that he hase some "secret plan." This could mean that he has a new manga (series or oneshot) planned,or a "new" story about Yoh and his friend,Anna or sombody else.

He didn't want to say anything about the plot or anything (of SK volume 33) except :
"This will be like AstroBoy.. kind of.."

Here is a video where he sais it but its of horrible quality.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hpfn ... 007-inside

The transcript of questions and answers for and from Takei from the video above. Statements may not be 100% acturate for the following reasons.
- Poor video quality
- Poor sound quality
- Lots of noise
- Translations going Japanese -> French -> English

All notes and comments are in the [ ].

Q. Will there be a SK sequel? [Questionaire didn't say anime or manga, but we'll assume manga]
A. "If possible" or 'Soon as possible''

Q. Why was the Shaman King anime ending different? [Probably meaning the 2nd season of the anime, which was changed from the manga]
A. Well, the manga was still running so it was impossible to follow the book, so they used a different ending

Q. [The person was unable to state his/her question]
(another person says): Can you guys shut up!? I have an intelligent question here.'' [Because the last question was really easy]
New Q. Is there a movie or short subject [OVA/OAV/Special] of Shaman King? [Assuming that there will be a new one, not something that has already been done and hasn't been dubbed by 4Kids]
A. Probably "No." but video got cut off.

[End of video clip]

Also, If somebody could download the video and upload me a .flv or .avi file of the video, that would be very helpful (since I can sub the video).

Please discusse its easier here then to talk about it in 2-3 different topics.

greetz,

reaper_unique

(info came from http://mankin-trad.net/main.php)

Wow, thanx for posting this.

your welcome and what a fast respons
thought you people had vacation?

What?

well r u american?
if you r I thought you had vacation?
other wise never mind.

ow and about SK
don't know if I said it but it's possible that the officiel announcement of "volume 33" will be around november or december. And not september or october because in september well, then Takei wont be far enough with his "volume" and in october Shonen jump will dissapear and JumpSQ will come in its place.

Ooo
cool

Well I though it was somthing like this
I'll check it to make shure.

yayy

yes it's like that, I'm pretty shure but we'll see.

how do you guy's think shaman king will "end" if it's going to end ofcourse.
I think Yoh will try to convince Hao not to kill every human on the planet and that Yoh will become the shaman king

new info!!:

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).)

http://mankin-trad.net/main.php

Wow, thanks for the info, I still can't find the scans for volume 33 (or whats out at least), so i was looking up info. The manga really is a 100 times better than the anime.

reaper_unique wrote:well r u american?
if you r I thought you had vacation?
other wise never mind.

ow and about SK
don't know if I said it but it's possible that the officiel announcement of "volume 33" will be around november or december. And not september or october because in september well, then Takei wont be far enough with his "volume" and in october Shonen jump will dissapear and JumpSQ will come in its place.

Shonen Jump is still running in Japan. Jump Square is just a new addition to Shueisha's shonen line. I believe Ultra Jump is still running as well.