Weekly Shonen Jump

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This article is for the weekly magazine by Shueisha. For the monthly magazine published by Viz Media, see "Shonen Jump".

Weekly Shonen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ, Shūkan Shōnen Janpu) is a weekly shonen manga magazine published in Japan by Shueisha under the "Jump" line of magazines.

The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies (2009). The chapters of series that run in Weekly Shonen 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 male readers and tend to consist of a large number of action scenes and a fair amount of comedy.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1987[1] to 2004. In 2005, the series changed the magazine of its publication to Ultra Jump during the run of its seventh installment, Steel Ball Run.

History

Weekly Shonen Jump was launched by Shueisha on July 2, 1968 to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. The Weekly Shonen Jump's sister publication was a manga magazine called Shonen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shojo manga anthology Shojo Book. Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shonen Jump was originally called simply Shonen Jump as it was originally a semi-weekly magazine. In 1969, Shonen Book ceased publication at which time Shonen Jump became a weekly magazine and a new monthly magazine called Bessatsu Shonen Jump was made to take Shonen Book's place. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly Shonen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump Square.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

While in Weekly Shonen Jump, the series was published under the tagline "Romantic Horror! -A Crimson Tale-" (ロマンホラー!—深紅の秘伝説—, Romanhorā!-Shinku no hi densetsu-). The tagline was created by the editorial department at Shueisha, and was included in every chapter up until Stone Ocean.[2]

The first episode of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, At a Confessional, was published in Weekly Shonen Jump on June 24, 1997. It was created under the restriction set by the magazine that it couldn't be related to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. This was because the editorial department had a strict policy against spin-offs or side stories. As a workaround, Araki made Rohan the narrator of the one-shot.[3] Even after JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ended serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, many other episodes of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan would continue to be published in the magazine. This included Millionaire Village in 2012 and Poaching Seashore in 2013. In 2014, The Harvest Moon was also released exclusively through their free online manga service Shonen Jump+.


Gallery

Weekly Shonen Jump Covers

1983-19861987-19901991-19951996-20002001-2004Other
  • October 3, 1983 Issue #42, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.1

    October 3, 1983
    Issue #42, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.1

  • October 10, 1983 Issue #43, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.2

    October 10, 1983
    Issue #43, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.2

  • October 17, 1983 Issue #44, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.3

    October 17, 1983
    Issue #44, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.3

  • October 24, 1983 Issue #45, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.4

    October 24, 1983
    Issue #45, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.4

  • October 31, 1983 Issue #46, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.5

    October 31, 1983
    Issue #46, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.5

  • November 7, 1983 Issue #47, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.6

    November 7, 1983
    Issue #47, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.6

  • November 14, 1983 Issue #48, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.7

    November 14, 1983
    Issue #48, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.7

  • November 21, 1983 Issue #49, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.8

    November 21, 1983
    Issue #49, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.8

  • November 28, 1983 Issue #50, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.9

    November 28, 1983
    Issue #50, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.9

  • December 5, 1983 Issue #51, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.10

    December 5, 1983
    Issue #51, Cool Shock B.T. Ch.10

  • October 22, 1984 Issue #45, Baoh Ch.1

    October 22, 1984
    Issue #45, Baoh Ch.1

  • October 29, 1984 Issue #46, Baoh Ch.2

    October 29, 1984
    Issue #46, Baoh Ch.2

  • November 5, 1984 Issue #47, Baoh Ch.3

    November 5, 1984
    Issue #47, Baoh Ch.3

  • November 12, 1984 Issue #48, Baoh Ch.4

    November 12, 1984
    Issue #48, Baoh Ch.4

  • November 19, 1984 Issue #49, Baoh Ch.5

    November 19, 1984
    Issue #49, Baoh Ch.5

  • November 26, 1984 Issue #50, Baoh Ch.6

    November 26, 1984
    Issue #50, Baoh Ch.6

  • December 3, 1984 Issue #51, Baoh Ch.7

    December 3, 1984
    Issue #51, Baoh Ch.7

  • December 10, 1984 Issue #52, Baoh Ch.8

    December 10, 1984
    Issue #52, Baoh Ch.8

  • January 1, 1985 Issue #1/2, Baoh Ch.9

    January 1, 1985
    Issue #1/2, Baoh Ch.9

  • January 8, 1985 Issue #3, Baoh Ch.10

    January 8, 1985
    Issue #3, Baoh Ch.10

  • January 15, 1985 Issue #4/5, Baoh Ch.11

    January 15, 1985
    Issue #4/5, Baoh Ch.11

  • January 22, 1985 Issue #6, Baoh Ch.12

    January 22, 1985
    Issue #6, Baoh Ch.12

  • January 29, 1985 Issue #7, Baoh Ch.13

    January 29, 1985
    Issue #7, Baoh Ch.13

  • February 4, 1985 Issue #8, Baoh Ch.14

    February 4, 1985
    Issue #8, Baoh Ch.14

  • February 11, 1985 Issue #9, Baoh Ch.15

    February 11, 1985
    Issue #9, Baoh Ch.15

  • February 18, 1985 Issue #10, Baoh Ch.16

    February 18, 1985
    Issue #10, Baoh Ch.16

  • February 25, 1985 Issue #11, Baoh Ch.17

    February 25, 1985
    Issue #11, Baoh Ch.17

  • November 30, 1985 Autumn Special, Gorgeous Irene Ch.1

    November 30, 1985
    Autumn Special, Gorgeous Irene Ch.1

Other

  • WSJ 1992 #5 Shonen Jump Spot the Hero Quiz

    WSJ 1992 #5 Shonen Jump Spot the Hero Quiz

  • WSJ 1997 #13 Centerfold (Front)

    WSJ 1997 #13 Centerfold (Front)

  • WSJ 1997 #13 Centerfold (Back)

    WSJ 1997 #13 Centerfold (Back)

  • E-Jump 2000 Araki goes to America Interview

    E-Jump 2000 Araki goes to America Interview

  • E-Jump 2000 Araki goes to America Page 2

    E-Jump 2000 Araki goes to America Page 2

  • 40th Anniversary Poster A

    40th Anniversary Poster A

  • 40th Anniversary Poster B

    40th Anniversary Poster B

References

  1. ↑ Note: First issue was released in stores on December 2, 1986 - Weekly Shonen Jump #940 - No. 1-2, 1987
  2. ↑ JoJo Could Have Ended With Part 4 (October 2012)
  3. ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: Hirohiko Araki
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