Yesterday, Viz held it’s annual Shonen Jump Panel at San Diego Comic Con, which covers details about current and upcoming releases. This year, new announcements were very limited, but some information about Shaman King and Ultimo were hinted at. Additionally, the Shonen Jump magazine will also be recieving a “face-lift” in December. This could include additional content online (such as online chapters), though this statement was not made at the time.

At 5:32 in the video, the question of “Will there be an end to Ultimo at some point?” was asked to the Shonen Jump Panel (not Takei). The response basically was it would be up to Takei when he feels the ending should be.

At 6:16 in the video the following was asked: “Are we going to be seeing the extended Kanzenban endings for Shaman King and DragonBall?” The response:

“Uh.. Do you mean Today…? Ever…? We’ve had a few fans ask… Do you want to see that? Do you know what he’s talking about? [*crowd cheers*] So in Japan after they put out the first manga in the magazine then it goes into regulat takoban format, after that, a few years later, after the series has ended, they collect it and do a nicer edition. Sometimes there is an alternate ending, or extra content, or stuff like that. So that’s what he is refering to. So there is one for Shaman King and Dragonball, and we haven’t published those here. But is that something you guys would like to see? [*crowd cheers*] I’ll officially put that on the consideration list.

At 11:14 in the video, the panel announces that Stan Lee wasn’t feeling well, but their surprise was Hiroyuki Takei would make an appearance instead.

Joel: First off, new cover [of Shonen Jump USA], right there. Really quickly volume 2 just came out this month, number 3 is coming out in December here. So what were your first impressions seeing the book in English?

Takei: So my answer to what I think about it… So when work is translated into English it becomes something of it’s own entity. So that would also influence how awesome a series is as well. So I really honestly hope all of you study Japanese.

Joel: So in Shonen Jump magazine we are a little bit into Part 2 of the story now. And part 1 is finishing up in the graphic novels. So without giving any spoilers is there anything cool you can tell us that’s happening? Part 1 was really epic story. What do we have coming in Part 2 that you can talk about?

Takei: [*Takei laughing*] The interesting thing about chapter 2 is that it won’t get interesting until chapter 3. [*crowd laughs*] But! But! I promise you Part 3 is going to be really, really awesome! [*crowd applause*] I’m always constantly searching for something in the darkness… blindfolded completely… but finally I recently reached this path that’s definately going to be kick ass. So please look forward to that and please bear with Ultimo. [*Takei laughs, crowd cheers*]