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Dragon Ball Z, YuYu Hakusho, Slam Dunk, Yu-Gi-Oh!… for many fans of Shonen Jump, the ‘90s is the decade to beat. Those fans will be excited to hear there’s an upcoming Tokyo exhibition dedicated to that era of the manga magazine. Today, the first poster …Read more »
The beauty of the action-adventure shonen battle formula is that it works even when applied to activities that have nothing to do with martial combat. The activity barely matters: you can play games, race cars, build models, and do yo-yo tricks with the same bombast …Read more »
Viz Media announced a nice treat for fans of Weekly Shonen Jump manga this week. In addition to the current paid subscription model, the Shonen Jump website now features a section of free digital manga chapters, with new chapters to be added daily. Series featured …Read more »
Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump has a handful of returns coming up, including the recently-revealed and long-awaited return of Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga. The latest hiatus officially ends when Hunter x Hunter comes back in this year's 20th issue, out on April 18. While …Read more »
Mononofu —a new "hot-blooded youth shogi manga" from Kurogane author Haruto Ikezawa—is getting ready to debut in the pages of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in the next issue, and Viz's English version is joining in on the fun. Mononofu will be the next "Jump Start" …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: If you've been meaning to sign up or renew your subscription to Weekly Shonen Jump —Viz Media's weekly digital anthology that runs new chapters of manga like One Piece , Toriko , One-Punch Man , and more, as well as "JUMP BACK" chapters …Read more »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Viz Media recently kicked off a "Jump Start" program to introduce new series to the English Weekly Shonen Jump alongside their Japanese debuts. The series will run for at least their first three chapters, and the next round is about to begin just as Naruto …Read more »
Readers of the digital English Weekly Shonen Jump can look forward to checking out more new series as they debut in Japan. Viz Media is kicking off a "Jump Start" initiative that will have the publication premiering the first three chapters (one per week) of …Read more »
The latest issue of the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump is a double 37/38 issue thanks to the fact that next week is a holiday over there. The manga anthology will be taking a breather in Japan for the Obon festival summer break, but Viz Media …Read more »
Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter manga is notorious for going on hiatus, with the most recent one beginning after the publication of chapter 340 back in March 2012. It looks like Togashi is ready to come back after a couple years, and both the Japanese …Read more »
Remember when we posted about a special Dragon Ball manga chapter that focuses on Goku's past and introduces his mother, Gine? Akira Toriyama's bonus Dragon Ball Minus chapter was included as part of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman manga collection in Japan, and it looks …Read more »
Growing up, I always dreamed about how awesome it would be if there was a Dragon Ball Z theme park. Well, more than a decade later, my wish has (kind of) come true through J-World Tokyo. Opening this past July in Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City shopping …Read more »
As announced in the July 1 issue of Viz's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's new manga, Jaco the Galactic Patrolman , will be joining the mag's lineup. It all starts in the July 15 Super Issue, which celebrates Jump 's …Read more »
The latest issue of the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has something special in store for fans of Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter x Hunter . According to the mag, a "shocking" announcement will be made in the next issue regarding Madhouse's current HxH TV series. There's …Read more »
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