one piece production rate in america

[Noskee88]

so i been noticing that shonen jump would take breaks from Naruto out of their magazine by coming out with about 9 voulmes in the US in three short months they did this twice so far and have just about caught up to Japan so im thinking why not one piece? i know its not as popular as naruto (in the US!) but cmon now their on volume what 60+ in japan!? and 20 in america?! i dont want to be an old man by the time their all caught up with it :wacko:

[Gjallarhorn]

so i been noticing that shonen jump would take breaks from Naruto out of their magazine by coming out with about 9 voulmes in the US in three short months they did this twice so far and have just about caught up to Japan so im thinking why not one piece? i know its not as popular as naruto (in the US!) but cmon now their on volume what 60+ in japan!? and 20 in america?! i dont want to be an old man by the time their all caught up with it :wacko:

The reason they increased the release rate for Naruto is for two reasons:

1. It is incredibly popular in America, and the anime industry has fallen on some hard times, so they wanted to get more money.

2. To prevent, to some extent, the piracy of the manga.

This will not happen with One Piece because it is not popular in America, by any means.

In Japan, One Piece is huge, and Naruto is also pretty popular. In the US, Naruto is the most popular (or at least most purchased) manga, while One Piece is not even remotely close. There is no benefit for the distribution companies to mass-release One Piece; in doing so, they'd be losing money.