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Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ Shūkan Shōnen Janpu) is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. It is the best-selling manga magazine, as well as one of the longest-running; the first issue was released with a cover date of August 1, 1968. The manga series within the magazine target young teen male readers and tend to consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "Jump Comics" imprint every two to three months. Each issue has roughly 450-500 pages.
The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53 million copies per week, with a total readership of 18 million people in Japan. The magazine has sold over 7.5 billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic/manga magazine. Throughout 2019, it had an average circulation of over 1.6 million copies per week. Many of the best-selling manga originate from Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Shōnen Jump spawned the Jump magazine line as well as the Jump Comics imprint label for publishing tankōbon. Weekly Shōnen Jump has two sister magazines called Jump SQ, created after the fall of Monthly Shōnen Jump, and Saikyō Jump. The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the current North American Weekly Shonen Jump. It also spawned a crossover media franchise including anime and video games (since Famicom Jump) which bring together various Shōnen Jump characters.
History[]
First issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Jump which replaced Shōnen Book
Weekly Shonen Jump was launched by Shueisha on July 2, 1968 to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. The Weekly Shonen Jump's sister publication was a manga magazine called Shonen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shōjo manga anthology Shojo Book. Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shonen Jump was originally called simply Shonen Jump as it was originally a semi-weekly magazine. In 1969, Shonen Book ceased publication at which time Shonen Jump became a weekly magazine and a new monthly magazine called Bessatsu Shonen Jump was made to take the place of Shonen Book. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly Shōnen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump Square.
Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, released in 1988 for the Famicom was produced to commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary. It was followed by a sequel: Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin in 1991, also for the Family Computer. At its highest point in the mid-1990s, Weekly Shonen Jump had a regular circulation of over 6 million. In the last few years, its circulation has been about three million. In 2000, two more games were created for the purpose of commemorating the magazine's anniversaries. A crossover fighting game titled Jump Super Stars was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. It was followed by Jump Ultimate Stars in 2006.
Newcomer Awards[]
Weekly Shonen Jump, in association with parent company Shueisha, holds annual competitions for new or up and coming manga artists to create one-shot stories. The best are put to a panel of judges (including manga artists past and present) where the best are given a special award for the best of these new series. The Tezuka Award, named for manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, is given for all different styles of stories. The Akatsuka Award, named for gag manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka, is a similar competition for comedy and gag manga. Many Weekly Shonen Jump manga artists have gotten their start either winning or being acknowledged by these competitions.
Associated items[]
WSJ is also the center of the Shueisha's branding of its main manga products due to the popularity and recognition of the series and characters published in it. Although the manga are published both in the main magazine as well as in the Jump Comics line, they also are republished in various other editions such as kazenban and "Remixes" of the original work, usually publishing series older or previously established series. The Jump brand is also used on the tankōbon released of their manga series, related drama CDs, and at "Jump Festa", a festival showing off the people and products behind the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga titles..
Features[]
WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMPCIRCULATION NUMBERS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONE PIECE
520.000.000 |
HUNTER X HUNTER
84.000.000 | ||||
| BLACK CLOVER
19.000.000 |
SAKAMOTO DAYS
5.500.000 | ||||
| BLUE BOX
4.400.000 |
THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI 3.000.000 | ||||
| MISSION: YOZAKURA FAMILY 2.500.000 |
WITCH WATCH
2.000.000 | ||||
| UNDEAD UNLUCK
1.800.000 |
AKANE-BANASHI
1.600.000 | ||||
| ME AND ROBOCO
1.200.000 |
KAGURABACHI
900.000 | ||||
| RURIDRAGON
200.000 | |||||
Serialising Titles[]
- Main article: List of series run in Weekly Shonen Jump
- Main article: Weekly Shōnen Jump Editors
There are currently 24 manga titles being serialized by Weekly Shōnen Jump Editorial Department.
Out of them, Burn the Witch's continuation is yet to be announced; Hunter × Hunter is serialized on an irregular schedule; RuriDragon is digital exclusive; Black Clover is serialized in Jump GIGA.
Weekly Shonen Jump[]
| Series Title | Author | Premiered | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Piece (ワンピース) | Eiichirō Oda | July, 1997 | 109 |
| Hunter × Hunter (ハンター×ハンター) | Yoshihiro Togashi | March, 1998 | 38 |
| Mission: Yozakura Family (夜桜さんちの大作戦) | Hitsuji Gondaira | August, 2019 | 26 |
| Undead Unluck (アンデッドアンラック) | Yoshifumi Tozuka | January, 2020 | 23 |
| Me and Roboco (僕とロボコ) | Shūhei Miyazaki | July, 2020 | 19 |
| Burn the Witch (BURN THE WITCH) | Tite Kubo | August, 2020 | 1 |
| Sakamoto Days (サカモトデイズ) | Yūto Suzuki | November, 2020 | 18 |
| The Elusive Samurai (逃げ上手の若君) | Yusei Matsui | January, 2021 | 17 |
| Witch Watch (ウィッチウォッチ) | Kenta Shinohara | February, 2021 | 18 |
| Blue Box (アオのハコ) | Miura Kouji | April, 2021 | 17 |
| Akane-banashi (あかね噺) | Yūki Suenaga, Takamasa Moue | February, 2022 | 13 |
| RuriDragon (ルリドラゴン) | Masaoki Shindou | June, 2022 | 2 |
| Kill Blue (キルアオ) | Tadatoshi Fujimaki | April, 2023 | 6 |
| Nue's Exorcist (鵺の陰陽師) | Kawae Kouta | May, 2023 | 6 |
| Kagurabachi (カグラバチ) | Takeru Hokazono | September, 2023 | 4 |
| Super Psychic Policeman Chojo (超巡! 超条先輩) | Shun Numa | February, 2024 | 2 |
| Astro Royale (願いのアストロ) | Ken Wakui | April, 2024 | 2 |
| Yokai Buster Murakami (妖怪バスター村上) | Daiki Ihara | June, 2024 | |
| Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi (悪祓士のキヨシくん) | Shōichi Usui | June, 2024 | |
| Hima-Ten! (ひまてん！) | Genki Ono | July, 2024 | |
| Ichi the Witch (魔男のイチ) | Nishi Osamu, Shiro Usazaki | September, 2024 | |
| Shinobi Undercover (しのびごと) | Ippon Takegushi, Santa Mitarashi | September, 2024 | |
| Hakutaku (白卓 HAKUTAKU) | Kouki Ishikawa | September, 2024 |
Jump GIGA[]
| Series Title | Author | Premiered | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Clover (ブラッククローバー) | Yūki Tabata | February, 2015 | 36 |
Manga Volume Release Schedule[]
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| November 1st | |
| One Piece [110] | |
| Sakamoto Days [19] | |
| Witch Watch [19] | |
| Kill Blue [7] | |
| Super Psychic Policeman Chojo [3] | |
| Kyokuto Necromance [2] | |
| Psych House [2] | |
| Yokai Buster Murakami [1] | |
| Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi [1] | |
| Hima-Ten! [1] | |
| December 4th | |
| My Hero Academia [42] | |
| Mission: Yozakura Family [27] | |
| The Elusive Samurai [18] | |
| Blue Box [18] | |
| Nue's Exorcist [7] | |
| Kagurabachi [5] | |
| Astro Royale [2] | |
| December 25th | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen [29 & 30] |
Established Series[]
Special issues[]
Jump Giga[]
Jump Giga (ジャンプGIGA Janpu GIGA) is a special seasonal offshoot of Weekly Shōnen Jump launched on July 20, 2016. Its original predecessor started in 1969 as a regular special issue of the bi-weekly Shōnen Jump. When Shōnen Jump became a weekly publication and was renamed Weekly Shōnen Jump in October of that same year, the special issue changed to a quarterly release and kept the shorter name. In the mid-1980s, the magazine took on the Weekly Shōnen Jump name with each issue subtitled the Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter Special. Beginning in 1996, it was published three times a year for Golden Week, Obon and New Years under the name Akamaru Jump (アカマルジャンプ Akamaru Janpu) until April 30, 2010, when it was renamed Shōnen Jump Next! (少年ジャンプNEXT! Shonen Janpu Next!). In 2012 it returned to a quarterly schedule. A second exclamation point was added to the title in March 2014, when it switched to a bi-monthly release. After relaunching as Jump Giga, the magazine published four issues or "volumes" in 2016 and 2017, six in 2018 and 2019 (three in summer and three in winter), and seems to have returned to a seasonal quarterly release since 2020.
Jump Giga features many amateur manga artists who get their one-shots published in the magazine. It also puts additional one-shot titles by professional manga artists, which promote upcoming series to be published in the main magazine. It has also featured the last chapters of cancelled series from Weekly Shōnen Jump, such as Enigma and Magico. It also features yonkoma of popular series such as Death Note and Naruto, as well as the pilot chapter of Bleach. Jump NEXT! has had several other past special versions:
- Aomaru Jump (青マルジャンプ Aomaru Janpu) is a single issue of Jump NEXT!. One-shots that were featured in Aomaru Jump were Dead/Undead, Shōgai Oyaji Michi!, The Dream, Mieruhito, Yūtō ☆ Hōshi, and Fuku wa Jutsu.
- Jump the Revolution! (ジャンプ the REVOLUTION!) is a special edition of Jump NEXT! that was published in two issues. Jump the Revolution! contained one-shots of upcoming Weekly Shōnen Jump series and soon to be Jump Square series.
V Jump[]
V Jump (Vジャンプ Bui Janpu) was originally an offshoot of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan V Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 V JUMP). The special issues lasted from 1992 through 1993. V Jump became its own independent anthology in 1993 for coverage of games, including video and card games.
Super Jump[]
Super Jump (スーパージャンプ Sūpā Janpu) was also originally an offshoot of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan Super Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 スーパージャンプ). The magazine was published from 1968 to 1988. In 1988 it became a separate anthology for seinen.
Circulation and reception[]
In 1982, Weekly Shōnen Jump had a circulation of 2.55 million. By 1995, circulation numbers swelled to 6.53 million. The magazine's editor-in-chief Masahiko Ibaraki believes this was due to the magazine including "hit titles such as Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk, Rurouni Kenshin, and others." After hitting this peak, the circulation numbers began dropping again. By 2007, circulation was at 2.7 million.
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