WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP

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, better known as 'Shonen Jump', with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running weekly manga compilations in Japan. Its sister magazine is ''Monthly Jump''.
The collected volumes or tankōbon of ''Weekly Jump'' titles in Japan are released under the ''Jump Comics'' imprint.

Contents

History

''Shonen Jump'' worldwide

United States ''Shonen Jump''

''BANZAI!''

Swedish ''Shonen Jump''

Norwegian ''Shonen Jump''

Manga series currently running in ''Weekly Jump''

Manga Series Currently Running in United States Shonen Jump

Manga Series Pending to be in the Magazine

Manga Series Formerly in Magazine

''Monthly Shonen Jump'' Cast-offs

Other Well-Known ''Jump'' Series

See also

External links

History

''Weekly Jump'' targets young males ("Shōnen" is made of the kanji that mean 'few' and 'years', and is a Japanese word for 'boy'). It features manga with lots of action and adventure, often featuring young, male protagonists with special powers and/or abilities.
''Weekly Jump'' was launched by Shueisha in 1968, to compete with the already-successful ''Shonen Magazine'' and ''Shonen Sunday''. At its highest point in the mid 1990s, ''Weekly Jump'' had a regular circulation of over 6 million. In the last few years, its circuation is about 3 million. ''Weekly Jump'' manga titles have also been translated and redistributed in countries where the magazine itself isn't published, such as South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand.
There were a few games made based on the magazine and the series in it. There were two ''Famicom Jump'' games (Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden and ) for its anniversary, on the Famicom, and lately Jump Superstars and Jump Ultimate Stars on the Nintendo DS
Also published in Japan is ''Akamaru Jump'', special issues featuring one-shot manga released during Japanese holidays. A number of current and former Jump mangaka get their start in these issues, most notably Hideaki Sorachi (''Gintama''), Akira Amano (''Reborn!'') and Masashi Kishimoto (''Naruto'').

''Shonen Jump'' worldwide

These magazines are published monthly, unlike their Japanese counterpart which is published weekly.

United States ''Shonen Jump''

In 2002, Shueisha announced a partnership with Viz Communications (now Viz Media), a purveyor of anime and manga in the United States, to distribute a monthly version of ''Shonen Jump'' in that country and Canada. The Shonen Jump issues, like the Japanese issues, are read from right to left, because if printed the other way, pictures and words would be mirror-imaged. In its first issue (January 2003), it sold almost 300,000 copies beating their old rival Raijin Comics out of business, making it the top-selling Manga book of any kind in the U.S. for that time period. ''Shonen Jump'' also runs a line of graphic novels, including those that have run in the American ''Shonen Jump'', but also other titles that ran in the Japanese ''Shonen Jump'' but not the American version. These manga are put in two manga lines Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump Advanced
In the magazine's text, the U.S. ''Shonen Jump'' uses circumflexes instead of macrons to mark long vowels. The manga in the magazine doesn't always reflect this (e.g., the preview for ''Whistle!'' used macrons). In 2005, ''Shonen Jump'' adopted a policy of editing dialogue and art of serialized manga to make it more suitable for younger audiences and still appeal to older audiences as well. This policy has still received criticism from long-time readers. Manga translated by Shonen Jump that are not present in the magazine have fewer edits and are released sooner. Even more recently Shonen Jump has started focusing more heavily on Naruto even so much as releasing 5 Chapters in one book.
The list below has every manga released in the American edition of ''Shonen Jump'' that did not run in the japanese version but instead ran in monthly jump:

★ ''Beet the Vandel Buster'' (originally ''Monthly Shonen Jump'', currently on hiatus)

★ ''Claymore'' (originally ''Monthly Shonen Jump'', in Weekly Shonen Jump until start of ''Jump²'')

★ ''Dragon Drive'' (originally ''Monthly Shonen Jump'')

★ ''Kurohime'' (originally ''Monthly Shonen Jump'', will return when ''Jump²'' starts)

★ ''Legendz'' (originally ''Monthly Shonen Jump'')

★ ''Ultimate Muscle'' (originally ''Weekly Playboy'', tied to SJ release due to legacy of original ''Kinnikuman'')

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh GX'' (originally ''V-Jump'', tied to SJ release due to original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'')

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R (originally ''V-Jump'', not out in stores)

''BANZAI!''

''Shonen Jump'' was published in Germany as the compilation magazine '''BANZAI!''' by Carlsen Comics from November 2001 to December 2005. ''BANZAI!'' published ''Hikaru no Go'', ''Hakuchi One'', ''Naruto'', ''I"s'', ''Hunter x Hunter'', and ''Shaman King''. Several other titles, such as ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Halloweens'', ''Dr. Slump'', ''One Piece'', ''Neko Majin'', ''Sand Land'', ''Neko Majin Z'', ''DNA²'' and an original German manga series called ''Crewman3'' was serialized in ''BANZAI!'' It also featured a couple original German educational/informational manga series, one of which taught the readers Japanese, and also included a Anime and Manga news section. It stopped in December 2005 after 50 issues because the license was not renewed by Shueisha. Many of its manga series are also published as single books in the ''Best of BANZAI!'' and the ''BANZAI! präsentiert'' (BANZAI! presents) series by Carlsen Comics.
http://www.banzai-online.de/ - Official website

Swedish ''Shonen Jump''

The Swedish ''Shonen Jump'' serializes ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Naruto'', ''Shaman King'', and ''Rurouni Kenshin'', and in 2007 the manga ''Bleach'' began serialization. It also teaches the readers how to draw manga.

Norwegian ''Shonen Jump''

The Norwegian ''Shonen Jump'' was published by Schibsted Forlagene. The first issue appeared in March 2005 with the same series as the Swedish ''Shonen Jump'' and it is translated from Swedish. They have had SandLand, but was later replaced by Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh and Shaman King. The last Shonen Jump to be published in Norway was published on the 26th of February 2007. This was caused by a lack of income. They will release ''Naruto'' and ''Shaman King'' in tankobon format.

Manga series currently running in ''Weekly Jump''

★ ''Italics'' are being published or have been published in North America under Viz's "Shonen Jump" label

★ (2007)

★ ''Bleach'' (2001)

★ Boku no Watashi no Yusha Gaku (Our Hero Studies) (2007)

★ ''D.Gray-man'' (2004)

★ ''Eyeshield 21'' (2002)

★ ''Gintama'' (2004)

★ ''Hunter × Hunter'' (Retour) (2007)

★ ''Katekyo Hitman Reborn!'' (REBORN!) (2004)

★ Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochikame) (1976)

★ Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (Private Evil Eye Nougami Neuro) (2005)

★ ''Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation'' (2004)

★ M×0 (2006)

★ ''Naruto'' (1999)

★ ''One Piece'' (1997)

★ P2! -let's Play Pingpong!- (2006)

★ ''The Prince of Tennis'' (1999)

★ Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar (2000)

★ (2007)

★ SKET DANCE (2007)

★ To-LOVE-Ru (2006)

Manga Series Currently Running in United States Shonen Jump

The years next to the series are when the series started to be published in Shonen Jump.

★ ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' (2007)

★ ''Hikaru no Go'' (2004)

★ ''Naruto'' (2003)

★ ''One Piece'' (2003)

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World'' (2005)

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' (2007)

★ ''YuYu Hakusho'' (2003)

Manga Series Pending to be in the Magazine

★ ''Bleach''

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh! R''

Manga Series Formerly in Magazine

★ ''Sand Land'' (January-December 2003) (ended and replaced with Hikaru no Go)

★ ''Dragon Ball Z'' (2003-April 2005) (discontinued)

★ ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' (2003-November 2004) (First seven volumes serialized) (ended and replaced with "Millennium World" story arc)

★ ''Gin Tama'' (January-May 2007) (Volume 1 serialized) (discontinued and replaced with Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo two months later)

★ ''Shaman King'' (2003-August 2007) (discontinued)

''Monthly Shonen Jump'' Cast-offs

With the end of the publication of ''Monthly Shonen Jump'' with the July, 2007 issue, four series from the magazine are going to be published in Weekly Shonen Jump until the start of ''Jump²'', a new monthly shonen magazine. The series will be alternated throughout the month to allow for similar publication like in their former monthly magazine. (''Italics'' = Published in America under Shonen Jump label):

★ ''Claymore'' (2001)

★ Gag Manga Biyori (2000)

★ Rosario to Vampire (2004)

★ Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (2006)

★ ''Kurohime'' (2002)

Other Well-Known ''Jump'' Series

Main articles: List of series run in Weekly Shonen Jump

The magazine in Japan has produced some of the most popular manga titles around. Although shonen is a genre generally defined for young, hot blood males, the series that run are designed to reach their demographic. However, the many series that have appeared in the magazine have appealed to people of all ages, from little kids to adults and have covered a wide variety of genres. From hot-blooded action and world-spanning adventures to dramatic sports, creepy horror, psychological drama, comedies from the sublime to the strange, even romance series. However, even among the hundreds of series run in Shonen Jump, several have stood the test of time both in their era and today. The most popular series occasionally become popular animated television series that demonstrate the same shonen ideas both in Japan and exported around the world.

See also

★ Shueisha

★ Jump Super Stars

★ Jump Ultimate Stars

★ Battle Stadium D.O.N

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★ Hakusensha

★ Shogakukan

External links

★ ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' official site

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★ ''Jumpland'' official site

★ S-Manga.Net : Weekly Shōnen Jump

★ ''Shonen Jump'' official website