#WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP SERIES#

Shōnen Jump's circulation continued to increase year on year until 1995, peaking at 6.53 million copies. It was followed by a sequel: Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin in 1991, also for the Family Computer. Idol and tabloid magazines dominated in the Media & Entertainment industry at that time and we aimed to stand out from the crowd by using only manga as our weapon.” Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, released in 1988 for the Family Computer was produced to commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary. When asked about the period, Goto stated: “We only tried to create manga that everybody can enjoy. His tenure saw significant increases in circulation, and the serialization of numerous popular series. Hiroki Goto was appointed chief editor in 1986 and remained in the position until 1993. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly Shōnen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump SQ. In 1969, Shōnen Book ceased publication at which time Shōnen Jump became a weekly magazine and a new monthly magazine called Bessatsu Shōnen Jump was made to take Shōnen Book 's place. Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shōnen Jump was originally called simply Shōnen Jump as it was originally a bi-weekly magazine. Weekly Shōnen Jump 's sister publication was a manga magazine called Shōnen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shōjo manga anthology Shōjo Book.

Weekly Shōnen Jump was launched by Shueisha on July 11, 1968, to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday. It also spawned a crossover media franchise including anime and video games (since Famicom Jump) which bring together various Shōnen Jump characters.įirst issue of Bessatsu Shōnen Jump which replaced Shōnen Book Origins (1960s–1970s) The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the current North American Weekly Shonen Jump. Weekly Shōnen Jump has sister magazines such as Jump SQ, created after the fall of Monthly Shōnen Jump, Ultra Jump, Weekly Young Jump, virtual counterpart Shōnen Jump+ which boasts its own exclusive titles, and Saikyō Jump. Shōnen Jump spawned the Jump magazine line as well as the Jump Comics imprint label for publishing tankōbon. Many of the best-selling manga originate from Weekly Shōnen Jump. Throughout 2019, it had an average circulation of over 1.6 million copies per week. The magazine has sold over 7.5 billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic/ manga magazine, ahead of competitors such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday. 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.

#WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP SERIES#

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. 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.

It is the best-selling manga magazine, as well as one of the longest-running, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968. Weekly Shōnen Jump ( Japanese: 週刊少年ジャンプ, Hepburn: Shūkan Shōnen Janpu, stylized in English as WEEKLY JUMP) is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Cover of the first issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released in 1968

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