Manga 'Black Torch' Gets TV Anime Adaptation

An axed manga with barely any chapters getting anime. There's a bunch of those I'd like to get anime actually.

Okay, a manga that got axed almost 7 years ago, and therefore had the story end prematurely, is getting an anime adaptation? And the anime might even ignore the manga ending and possibly be the full story the author wanted had it not gotten axed? Probably unlikely, and most likely will just adapt everything like it was in the manga, including the ending. But this might be the first time an axed manga (as in axed very early on) ever gets an anime, because I never heard of this ever happening before.

An axed manga with barely any chapters getting anime. There's a bunch of those I'd like to get anime actually.

@MegamiRem The next level is the adaptation of the canseled manga like Gal Cleaning. In our time, everything is possible.

@RobertBobert everything except more Shoujo and Josei adaptations apparently

@LuxuriousHeart Don’t you get more shoujo and josei adaptations lately? Only in this season we have two shoujo anime, not to mention otome isekai.

Axed 7 years ago shounen manga, with 20 chapters of content, gets anime. Not complaining, but why? Its there a diehard fan of this, who is rich, and decided to fund it, single handedly? /lol



Now I wonder if Psyren, Mx0, Heart Gear (same uthor, BTW) and other oldies can get the same treatment.


I guess Jump gave up on cashing in new stuff, and now is trying to do with older, forgotten stuff. Wonder if this gets to be a success, can it revive the dead manga? And will it gets a Anime Original Ending, or a open ended one?

@RobertBobert There's even more Shounen and Seinen. Also, there's some great Shoujo manga on backlog, but the studios decide to waste their time with an axed series. 😒

@LuxuriousHeart It’s not as easy as you might think. Firstly, the shoujo market was virtually dead for years because the shoujo audience was ready to watch any live action adaptation of a shoujo manga but not anime. Secondly, for better or worse, the shonen and seinen market has been perceived by the industry as a default market for years, while shoujo and josei are falling into so-called "girls ghetto". This is one of the reasons why there are so many shonen and seinen-labeled anime for girls. You can easily sell male anime for girls, but not female anime for guys. At the time, this was one of the reasons why Argonavis quickly lost the Bang Dream tag.

@Fabris It is probably something like the Japanese Firefly, who managed to conquer a decent fanbase being a failure and canceled.

@RobertBobert Shoujo is dead, but an axed Shounen manga isn't?

can't wait to SIMP for the girls

holy shit, i can't decide which one is best girl 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@EcchiGodMamster

Truly the endless dilemma whenever a new anime adoption gets announced. 😁

@Retro8bit

haha... well for me... i can usually tell who best girl is gonna be from a PV alone lol

@LuxuriousHeart Let’s start with the fact that the adaptation of this manga is something unique I am no less surprised by it. Secondly, as I said before, it is the long absence of ratings for shoujo manga adaptation that was led to long absence of shoujo anime. Unlike live action adaptations, which have always been hits. The target audience simply did not watch it with rare exceptions. The situation has only changed in the last 5-6 years when Fruits Basket reboot really showed great ratings and became a blockbuster.

@RobertBobert Because it had a great budget and was a great adaptation. Same with A Sign of Affection.