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WEEKLY JUMP : Weekly Shonen Jump
WEEKLY JUMP : 週刊少年ジャンプ
Cover of Weekly Shonen Jump: Let's 碁 GO! together issue: 2000, No.40 with Hikaru's Go(a.k.a. Hikaru no Go).

Cover of Weekly Shonen Jump: Let's 碁 GO! together!! issue: 2000, No.40 with Hikaru's Go
(a.k.a. Hikaru no Go).
Editor Shueisha (集英社)
Categories Shōnen manga (少年,漫画)
Frequency Weekly (週刊)
Publisher Shueisha (集英社)
First issue 1968
Company Shueisha (集英社)
Country Japan (日本)
Language Japanese (Nihongo) (日本語)
Website POPWEB JUMP (Japanese)

Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ (with Kanji) しゅうかんしょうねんジャンプ (without Kanji) Shūkan Shōnen Janpu, lit. Weekly Boy Jump?), sometimes known as Jump, 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 Jump SQ. : Supreme Quality Manga Magazine.

The collected volumes or tankōbon of Weekly Jump titles in Japan are released under the Jump Comics (ジャンプコミックス Janpu Manga?) imprint.

Contents

The very first WSJ cover, featuring "Kujira Daigo" (left) and "Dai Abare Apacchi-kun" (right)
The very first WSJ cover, featuring "Kujira Daigo" (left) and "Dai Abare Apacchi-kun" (right)

Weekly Jump targets young males ("Shōnen" is made of the kanji that mean 'young(少)' and 'years(年)', 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 this time Weekly Shonen Jump was originally called Shonen Jump (with no "Weekly") before issue 20, 1969. 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 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 Famicom Jump II: The Strongest Seven) 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). Various other publications are released under the Jump name in Japan, including novels, guidebooks and animated guides to the manga published in the magazine.

An advisary section of the magazine is Jump Soul -JUMP SPIRITS- (ジャンプ魂?), where various Jump writers and editors talk of the manga process in the magazine.

Main article: Tezuka Award
Main article: Akatsuka Award

Weekly Shonen Jump, in association with parent company Shueisha, holds annual competitions for new or up-and-coming mangaka to create one-shot stories. The best are put to a panel of judges (including mangaka past and present) where the best are given a special award for the best of these new series. The Tezuka Award, named and tied to manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, is the competition open to all different styles of stories. The Akatsuka Award is a similar competition for comedy and gag manga. Many Weekly Shonen Jump mangaka have gotten their start either winning or being acknowledged by these competitions.

Weekly Shonen Jump has also run a line of light novels and guide-books called JUMP j-BOOKS commonly reffered to as J-Books. J-Books has run almost ever since the manga Dr. Slump appeared in the 80's, the line is still running and had many series adapted for novels. Other series adapted for J-Books include Gintama, Bleach, Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Naruto, and Yu-Gi-Oh!. Three JUMP j-BOOKS were published in english by Viz Media in the SJ Fiction line.

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

The Real Action Starts In...
SHONEN JUMP : The World's Most Popular Manga
Shonen Jump, volume 1, issue 1 (English version) with Son Goku of Dragon Ball on the cover

Shonen Jump, volume 1, issue 1 (English version) with Son Goku of Dragon Ball on the cover
Editor VIZ Media
Categories Shōnen manga
Frequency Monthly
Publisher VIZ Media
First issue 2003
Company VIZ Media
Country USA, Canada
Language English
Website SHONEN JUMP

In 2002, Shueisha announced a partnership with Viz Communications LLC (now Viz Media LLC), a purveyor of anime and manga in the United States, to distribute a monthly version of Weekly Shonen Jump (normally spelled by Viz as the title SHONEN JUMP before the magazine appeared spelled as weekly Shônen 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. Other titles released in the Jump lines include guidebooks for several series and "ani-manga" with screenshot guides of the story as portrayed by the Jump anime.

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 and then, halting Naruto's serialization, in attempt to reach the second part of the series quicker. Viz has now begun releasing three volumes of Naruto a month until volume 27, after which, Naruto will resume serialization in January 2008.

The list below has every manga released in the American edition of Shonen Jump that did not run in the Japanese edition but ran in another Shueisha magazine:

BANZAI!
Editor Carlsen Verlag
Categories Shōnen manga
Frequency Monthly
First issue 2001
Company Carlsen Verlag
Country Germany
Language German
Website BANZAI!

Shonen Jump was published in Germany as the compilation magazine BANZAI! by Carlsen Comics (Carlsen Verlag) from November 2001 to December 2005. BANZAI! published Hikaru no Go, Hakuchi One, Naruto, I"s, Hunter × 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.

The list below has all the manga that were not published in the original Shonen Jump.

Manga & Specialty Book lines in BANZAI!

  • Best of BANZAI!
  • BANZAI! präsentiert

Shonen Jump
Editor Bonnier Carlsen, and Schibsted Forlagene
Categories Shōnen manga
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Bonnier Carlsen, translated from swedish by Schibsted Forlagene
First issue Norway: 2005
Company Bonnier Carlsen, translated from swedish by Schibsted Forlagene
Country Sweden, Norway
Language Swedish, translated to Norwegian

The Swedish Shonen Jump, made by Bonnier Carlsen 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.

It also have had serializations of some shorter stories like Sand Land (a shorter stories made by Toriyama Akira (or Akira Toriyama, outside of Japan) after the popular hit series Dragon Ball) and the Romance Dawn chapter of One Piece. The last Swedish Shonen Jump was published in October 2007.

Manga & Specialty book lines in Swedish Shonen Jump

  • BC MANGA

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 Norwegian Shonen Jump was published on 26 February 2007. This was caused by a lack of income. They will release Naruto and Shaman King in tankōbon format.

Manga & Specialty book lines in Norwegien Shonen Jump

  • DRAGON BALL EKSTRA (DRAGON BALL EXTRA)
  • EN BOK FRA SHONEN JUMP (A BOOK FROM SHONEN JUMP)

Norwegian Shonen Jump page

YesY = Yes NoN = No


(Under Japanese name (kana) it is all solid Japanese, Bold = Not exactly how it's romanized in Japan)


(Under Appeared in North America : YesY = All released by Viz Media unless indicated otherwise)


(Under Japanese romanization (kana) : Green = Only romanized at certain points)
English translation Japanese name (kana) Japanese romanization (kana) Japanese name (romaji) Release date Appeared in North America
Bleach (at ANN) ブリーチ BLEACH—ブリーチ— Burīchi 2001 YesY
D.Gray-man (at ANN) ディーグレイマン D.Gray-man Dī Gurei man 2004 YesY
Eyeshield 21 (at ANN) アイシールド二一 アイシールド21 Aishīrudo Nijūichi 2002 YesY
Silver Soul (at ANN) 銀魂 銀魂—ぎんたま— Gintama 2004 YesY
First Love Limited 初恋限定。 初恋限定。 Hatsukoi Rimiteddo 2007 NoN
Hunter × Hunter (at ANN) (on hiatus) ハンター×ハンター HUNTER×HUNTER Hantā Hantā 1998 YesY
KochiKame (at ANN) こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōenmae Hashutsujo 1976 NoN
K.O.Sen キックアウトセン K.O.SEN Kikku Āto Sen 2008 NoN
Muddy マデイ MUDDY Madei 2008 NoN
Muhyo & Roji's BSI (at ANN) ムヒョとロージーの魔法律相談事務所 ムヒョとロージーの魔法律相談事務所 Muhyo to Rōji no Mahōritsu Sōdan Jimusho 2004 YesY
M×0 (at ANN) エム×ゼロ エム×ゼロ Emu Zero 2006 NoN
Naruto (at ANN) ナルト NARUTO—ナルト— Naruto 1999 YesY
One Piece (at ANN) ワンピース ONE PIECE Wan Pīsu 1997 YesY
Our Hero Studies ぼくのわたしの勇者学 ぼくのわたしの勇者学 Boku no Watashi no Yūsha Gaku 2007 NoN
Poseidon Private High 私立ポセイドン学園高等部 私立ポセイドン学園高等部 Shiritsu Poseidon Gakuen Kotobu 2008 NoN
The Prince of Tennis (at ANN) テニスの王子様 テニスの王子様 Tenisu no Ōjisama 1999 YesY
Private Evil Eye Neuro Nougami
(at ANN)		 魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ 魔人探偵脳噛ネウロ Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro 2005 NoN
Psyren サイレン PSYREN—サイレン— Sairen 2008 NoN
Flute-Blower! Jaguar (at ANN) ピューと吹く!ジャガー ピューと吹く!ジャガー Pyū to Fuku! Jagā 2000 NoN
Home-tutor Hitman Reborn! (at ANN) 家庭教師ヒットマンリボーン! 家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN! Katekyō Hittoman Ribōn 2004 YesY
Samurai Rabbit サムライうさぎ サムライうさぎ Samurai Usagi 2007 NoN
SKET DANCE スケット・ダンス SKET DANCE Suketto Dansu 2007 NoN
To Love-Ru (at ANN) とらぶる To LOVEる—とらぶる— Toraburu 2006 NoN

JUMP SHOP Osaka Shop. from Yodobashi Umeda
JUMP SHOP Osaka Shop. from Yodobashi Umeda

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

  • Sand Land (January-December 2003) (ended and replaced with Hikaru no Go)
  • Dragon Ball Z (2003-April 2005) (only serialized through Cell arc)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! (2003-2007) (First seven volumes & final seven Millenium World volumes released, removed with end of series)
  • Gin Tama (January-May 2007) (First volume serialized) (discontinued and replaced with Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo two months later)
  • Shaman King (2003-August 2007) (discontinued and replaced with Bleach)

Main article: 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-blooded 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 romantic 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.

 v • d • e Shueisha manga magazines
Kodomo
Shōjo
Bessatsu Margaret •• Cookie •• Deluxe Margaret •• Margaret •• Ribon •• Ribon Original (defunct) •• The Margaret
Shōnen
Jump Square •• Monthly Shonen Jump (defunct) •• Weekly Shonen Jump •• V-Jump •• Space Jump (defunct) •• Hyper Jump (defunct) •• Fresh Jump (defunct) •• HOBBY's JUMP (seasonal edition : MSJ, defunct) •• Akamaru Jump (seasonal edition : WSJ)
Josei
Bessatsu Chorus •• Chorus •• YOU •• YOUNG YOU (defunct)
Seinen
Business Jump •• Oh Super Jump •• Super Jump: Archives •• Super Jump •• Ultra Jump •• Weekly Playboy •• Weekly Young Jump
 v • d • e List of Current Series in Weekly Shonen Jump
Bleach • D.Gray-man • Eyeshield 21 • Gintama • Hatsukoi Limited • Hunter × Hunter • KochiKame • K.O. Sen • Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro • Muddy • Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation • M×0 • Naruto • One Piece • Our Hero Studies • Poseidon Private High • The Prince of Tennis • Psyren • Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar • Reborn! • Samurai Usagi • SKET DANCE • To Love-Ru
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