Weekly Shōnen Jump

Weekly Shōnen Jump
	週刊少年ジャンプ
	"Weekly Shōnen Jump" Logo
Editor	Yoshihisa Heishi
Categories	Shōnen manga
Frequency	Semimonthly (1968–1969); Weekly (October 1969 – current)
Publisher	Shueisha Inc.
First Issue	02 July 1968
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	Official Website
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Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly shōnen (boys) manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine target young male readers, largely consisting of action and comedy-based stories. The chapters of series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in tankōbon ("separate volumes") under the "Jump Comics" imprint every two to three months.

History

Weekly Shōnen Jump was launched by Shueisha on 02 July 1968 to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday published by Kodansha and Shogakukan, respectively. Prior to issue #20, Weekly Shōnen Jump was titled Shōnen Jump as it was originally a semi-weekly magazine. In 1969^[1], Shōnen Jump became a weekly magazine, as reflected in its title change.

At its highest point in the mid-1990s, Weekly Shōnen Jump had a regular circulation of over 6 million.^[2] In recent years, its circulation has been less than three million.

Dragon Ball

All 519 chapters of the Dragon Ball manga series, including an extra side-story chapter, were serialized and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 issue #51 (20 November 1984) to 1995 issue #25 (23 May 1995). In combination with other top series of the time, and a record high circulation volume, the serialization of Dragon Ball was a definitive era for the magazine, often referred to as the "Golden Age of Jump"^[2].

The 11 chapter Dragon Ball prequel manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2013 issue #33 (15 July 2013) to 2013 issue #44 (30 September 2013).

External Links

References

↑ "Shuiesha History: Period of Development (1966~1974)". Shueisha. Retrieved: 24 November 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Another Golden Age of "Jump": Akira Toriyama's First New Series in 13 Years" (14 July 2013). Nikkei Newspaper. Retrieved: 24 November 2015.

[1] "Shuiesha History: Period of Development (1966~1974)". Shueisha. Retrieved: 24 November 2015.

[golden-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Another Golden Age of "Jump": Akira Toriyama's First New Series in 13 Years" (14 July 2013). Nikkei Newspaper. Retrieved: 24 November 2015.

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