UJ PRESS (ウルジャンPRESS, Urujan PRESS) was a series of promotional flyers created in order to show off the contents of Ultra Jump magazine issues monthly.
Summary
UJ PRESS first started when Ultra Jump became a monthly publication in 1999. It was mainly sent to cooperating bookstores by fax and showcases the featured works in the current issue of Ultra Jump at the store.[1][2] The unique aspect of these promotional flyers was that they featured original illustrations and/or comments from manga artists with serializing works in Ultra Jump. Multiple flyers for the same issue would be sent out with illustrations from different artists. UJ PRESS would also be featured with the Ultra Jump issues on the official website.[1] It appears to have been silently discontinued, with the April 2021 issue being the last to have it be done for.[3]
Hirohiko Araki has contributed many times with both original illustrations and/or comments from him, primiarily due to the serializations of Steel Ball Run and JoJolion in Ultra Jump. A selection of his illustrations for UJ PRESS have also been compiled in booklets packaged with certain Ultra Jump issues.
Booklets
- February 2008: UJ PRESS The best selection (ウルジャンPRESS The best selection)
- April 2010: UJ PRESS COLLECTION section in Volume 100.5
- June 2013: UJ PRESS COLLECTION section in HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS in UJ 2003-2013
- October 2016: UJ PRESS COLLECTION (ウルジャンPRESSコレクション)
Gallery
Flyers
![January 2003[4]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2003.jpg)
![March 2003[5]](/File:UJ_March_2003.png)
![April 2005[6]](/File:Ultra_Jump_April_2005.jpg)
![August 2005[7]](/File:Ultra_Jump_August_2005.jpg)
![January 2006[8]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2006.jpg)
![May 2006[9]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2006.jpg)
![March 2007[10]](/File:SBRCover2007Mar.jpg)
![January 2012[11]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2012.jpg)
![May 2012[12]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2012.jpg)
![November 2012[13]](/File:Ultra_Jump_November_2012.jpg)
![June 2013[14]](/File:Ultra_Jump_June_2013.jpg)
![May 2014[15]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2014.jpg)
![October 2014[16]](/File:Ultra_Jump_October_2014.jpg)
![November 2014[17]](/File:UJ-Nov2014.jpg)
![January 2015[18]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2015.jpg)
![August 2015[19]](/File:Ultra_Jump_August_2015.jpg)
![January 2016[20]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2016.jpg)
![May 2016[21]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2016.jpg)
![August 2016[22]](/File:Ultra_Jump_August_2016.png)
![January 2017[23]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2017.png)
![May 2017[24]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2017.jpg)
![September 2017[25]](/File:Ultra_Jump_September_2017.png)
![January 2018[26]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2018.jpg)
![April 2019[27]](/File:UJ_April_2019.jpg)
![January 2020[28]](/File:Ultra_Jump_January_2020.jpg)
![May 2020[29]](/File:Ultra_Jump_May_2020.jpg)
![September 2020[30]](/File:Ultra_Jump_September_2020.jpg)
![November 2020[31]](/File:Ultra_Jump_November_2020.jpg)
Miscellaneous
UJ PRESS The best selection
Volume 100.5
HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS in UJ 2003-2013
UJ PRESS COLLECTION
Trivia
- Despite being included in the "UJ PRESS COLLECTION" section in HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS in UJ 2003-2013, the commemorative illustration for Steel Ball Run's completion[32] and the illustration for the bonus volume cover of JJL Volume 2[33] didn't originate from UJ PRESS. The latter was also partially redrawn for the booklet.[34]
Cover version
Booklet version
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 UJ PRESS The best selection - "What is UJ PRESS!?"
- ↑ UJ PRESS COLLECTION
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/nowonsale-3444/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030102082608/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ73/UJ73UjPpress2.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030303035621/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ75/UJ75UjPpress2.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050326215752/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ100/UjPpress1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060208100951/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ104/UjPpress1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112035/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ109/UjPpress1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060424191812/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ113/UjPpress1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070224141021/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/UJ123/UjPpress1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120120184626/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2012/1/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143325/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2012/5/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121023011836/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2012/11/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130609053835/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2013/6/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170922150505/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2014/5/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141013102124/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2014/10/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141024144739/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2014/11/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150118022406/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2015/1/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150802021457/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2015/8/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160111085025/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2016/1/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170922123941/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2016/5/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160725205910/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2016/8/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180129150736/https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2017/1/?top
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170422152200/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp:80/backnumber/2017/5/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170902223248/http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp:80/backnumber/2017/9/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180126103957/https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/backnumber/2018/1/?top
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/201904/
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/nowonsale-1674/
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/nowonsale-2147/
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/nowonsale-2644/
- ↑ https://ultra.shueisha.co.jp/nowonsale/nowonsale-2886/
- ↑ May 2011 Issue
- ↑ May 2012 Issue
- ↑ HIROHIKO ARAKI WORKS in UJ 2003-2013, pg.29