An Unprecedented occurrence... A popular manga's mysterious move to a rival magazine

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An Unprecedented occurrence... A popular manga's mysterious move to a rival magazine

The continuous of the popular manga "Welcome to Black Jack" (Black Jack Yoroshiku) has moved serialized to "Big Comic Spirits" (on sale the 22nd from Shogakukan) with the title "New Welcome to Black Jack."

The manga "Welcome to Black Jack", about a new doctor's development had run until Heisei 17 in the "Morning" (Kodansha) magazine. It is extremely rare for a popular manga to change publishers. According to people close to the case, the background is that the creator Satou Shuuhou (33) had a disagreement with the editorial department about manuscript payments and other stuff.

"Welcome to Blackjack" has run for 14 years. It was highly praised for paying close attention to real medical details collected from actual data, and won the "6th Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Manga Award", and through 13 published volumes has sold over 10,000,000 volumes.

In the 15th year it was turned into a television drama with Tsumabuki Satoshi as the main actress on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network. At the end of the 17th year it was put on break following the "psychiatry" arc.

Satou was born in Hokkaidou. After quitting Musashinobijutsu University he because Manga Artist Takabashi Tsutomu (41)'s assistant, and made his pro debut 9 years later. He is also knows as the creator of "Sea Monkey", a manga about a person in the Maritime Safety Agency that was turned into a TV drama and a movie.

Translated by FuguTabetai
Transalted from: http://zakzak.co.jp/top/2007_01/t2007011002.html