V-Jump

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V-Jump
V（ブイ）ジャンプ
"V-Jump" Logo
Categories	Shōnen manga, video games
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Shueisha Inc.
First Issue	1990
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	Official Website

V-Jump (née "Virtual Jump") is a monthly multimedia-focused (video and card games, manga, anime, etc.) magazine published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The magazine includes game promotions, news coverage, original manga series, and more. The manga series within the magazine target young male readers and are based on popular video games. The series are often spin-offs of the original anime, manga, and/or video games on which they are based.

Advertisement from the 1997 Dragon Ball Strongest Fight BIBLE guide book promoting V-Jump's monthly release schedule, regular columns, and other contents

V-Jump is currently released on the 21st of each month, barring a Sunday or holiday, in which case the release is moved up to the next-appropriate date. Occasional deviations to this release schedule include coordination to release alongside Jump Festa in December, which may be several days ahead of the standard release date on the 21st.

History

V-Jump began with three issues in a smaller, thicker format on a (roughly) half-yearly schedule released in November 1990, June 1991, and November 1991.

This was followed by an additional four-issue preview/test run in November 1992, February 1993, March 1993, and April 1993.

The inaugural issue of the regular monthly run — the July 1993 issue — was released in May 1993.

Kazuhiko Torishima served as V-Jump's editor-in-chief from 1993 until 1996, at which point he returned to Weekly Shōnen Jump to serve as its new editor-in-chief. Akio Iyoku serves as the magazine's current editor-in-chief.

Shueisha produces a line of additional books under the V-Jump branding; these are generally strategy guides for video games covered within the standard magazine.

Dragon Ball

Overview

Dragon Ball has maintained a strong presence in V-Jump since the magazine's debut, which coincided with the franchise's ongoing, original serialization. Contemporary manga and anime story arcs, films, and video games were heavily promoted in the magazine's early days. With the franchise's revival through continued video games, theatrical films, and new series, V-Jump has remained a central resource for news and merchandising.

Dragon Ball Damashii

"Dragon Ball Damashii" logo

The "Dragon Ball Damashii" column debuted 21 April 2004 in the magazine's June 2004 issue. The column ran for several years following its debut, and would include various Q&As along with fanart sent in from readers. Original Dragon Ball author Akira Toriyama himself drew the column's logo with, "...the fiery spirit of new readers" in mind.

Super Dragon Ball Park Monthly

The ongoing "Super Dragon Ball Park Monthly" series of features (a rebranding of the prior "Dragon Ball Park Monthly" series) details new updates coming to the Dragon Ball franchise in the form of television, film, video games, physical merchandise, etc.

Ongoing Dedicated Series

While various Dragon Ball-specific and adjacent manga series have run in V-Jump over the years, the magazine currently serializes a single series:

• Dragon Ball Super: A "comicalization" of the Dragon Ball Super series by Toyotarō. Began in the August 2015 issue of the magazine. Collected editions are regularly released by Shueisha both in digital and print.

Retired/Concluded Dedicated Series

Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission debut chapter first page

Whereas titles like Episode of Bardock and Resurrection 'F' seemingly had set runs determined prior to their debut, thus far only Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission received an ongoing, continuous serialization until its effective-completion 28 chapters later. None of the retired/concluded series have received collected edition reprints, though Victory Mission received a free digital release ahead of the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game's fifth anniversary.

• Hobby Warrior: Burn On, Bui!: A manga series with story by Mitsuru Misaki and art by Ryūji Tsugihara. Published in the original trial run issues of V-Jump between 1990 and 1991. The manga follows the title character as he partakes in Carddass battles.
• Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!!: A two-part manga by Naho Ooishi retelling the events of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour Special. One chapter each ran in the May and June 2009 issues of the magazine as a supplemental pack-in booklet.
• Episode of Bardock: A three-part manga by Naho Ooishi. One chapter each ran in the August, September, and October 2011 issues of the magazine. The April 2012 Issue included an "Episode of Bardock Kanzenban" as a non-perforated, supplemental insert booklet collecting all three chapters and adding two additional pages. The manga was later adapted into an animated version for Jump Festa 2012.
• Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission: A manga by Toyotarō in promotion of the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game series. Ran for 28 chapters from the November 2012 to February 2015 issues of the magazine (with supplemental chapters published during and after outside of V-Jump itself).
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F': A three-part introductory manga by Toyotarō in promotion of the theatrical film's debut that year. One chapter each ran in the April, May, and June 2015 issues of the magazine.

Notable Interviews/Q&As

• April 2013 Issue: "ZZZ (Triple Z) Talk" (Masako Nozawa, Shōko Nakagawa, Kaori Matsumoto)

External Links

• Official V-Jump Website (Japanese)