I dunno what to think. 2014 has ended all of the running manga I was following (Ah! My Goddess, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, and very soon Naruto), and I haven't seen anything in any of these line-ups that have sparked my interest significantly in years. A few mildly entertaining write-ups I might give a try to if convenient, but most of those aren't easy to find in the US, and none have inspired me to hunt them down.
Sure, there are still some trickles from those anime out there (the Kenichi OVAs seem to still be happening, even if they aren't on this list, and there's a Naruto movie to dread -- I mean, look forward to), but... is anyone else getting an "end of an era" vibe from this year? So many long-running series are just ending, and very suddenly\unsatisfactorilly as well. Even Studio Ghibli may be gone after this year (though I've seen conflicting reports about that).
I guess some people are content with Attack on Titan (too grimdark for my blood) or Sword Art Online (jumps around too much; can't get into it). I never got into One Piece (I gave it a lot of chances), which may still be running, but as suddenly as Naruto and Kenichi were ended (Kenichi basically announced it was ending just one week in advance, with a dozen plot points unresolved) I wouldn't be surprised if any of those were ended with little or no warning, either.
I dunno. Sorry, probably not the right thread for this one, but it bothers me. I wonder what's going on in the manga industry all of a sudden.
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-Tonbo
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