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We’ve covered the ever-increasing popularity of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga in recent months, and now there’s even more that makes it a pretty unprecedented phenomenon. Not only are many of the volumes sold out and difficult to find in shops throughout Japan, …Read more »
Japanese website goo ranking recently went live with another poll, and this one is all about hot dudes. We’re talking Shonen Jump hunks specifically, so readers were tasked with voting on the male characters they deemed to be the most beautiful. The editorial team at …Read more »
Those who find themselves curious about the numbers for some of Japan’s biggest manga magazines can now get a little insight thanks to Shueisha’s Media Guide 2019. The latest version of the document was released to provide publication information to advertisers, but it also gives …Read more »
Can’t get enough Shonen Jump? Editor-in-Chief Andy Nakatani knows what it’s like to be a manga fan, and he’s always looking for ways to expand the otaku base and support the creators in Japan. VIZ is out with a new Shonen Jump app, we spoke …Read more »
The latest Shonen Jump manga to make the leap to anime is Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi’s Dr. Stone, which officially hits the airwaves in July 2019. Now we have our first peek at the adaptation thanks to this weekend’s Jump Festa ’19 event, which presented …Read more »
Viz recently announced a new era for the digital Shonen Jump magazine, which officially goes free-to-read as of today. That includes the magazine’s current lineup of 13 series—featuring the likes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, My Hero Academia, One Piece, and more—the latest chapters of …Read more »
Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh!, is back with a new manga. The manga, called The Comiq, debuted in this week’s edition of Shonen Jump. The suspense manga, which is set to have a short run in the magazine, is about a young manga author …Read more »
Here in Japan, if you’re in a rush and need a quick charge, you can grab packs of goo called Weider In Jelly that contain about 200 calories of quick energy goodness. The packs themselves look pretty plain, but that’s about to change thanks to …Read more »
Shokugeki no Sanji is a one-shot spinoff that combines the worlds of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece and Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. The creators of both collaborated on the manga, and it’s officially coming to the English version of Shonen …Read more »
The next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump will feature a very special illustration on the cover when it hits newsstands in Japan. One Piece author Eiichiro Oda provided a drawing of Luffy and Dragon Ball‘s Goku, the latter of which… kind of looks like Luffy …Read more »
You thought manga cafes had a lot of comics? Think again. The Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Exhibition, hosted in Roppongi, Tokyo, will have virtually every volume of the magazine available for reading from March 15 to 26. That’s 50 years of shoneney goodness. Meanwhile, a …Read more »
Nisekoi manga creator Naoshi Komi recently penned a one-shot manga about e-sports, and fans of the author will soon get a chance to read it in English. Viz’s digital version of Shonen Jump returns on January 8, and when it does it will be host …Read more »
The first installment in the Godzilla anime film trilogy, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, is getting its own manga adaptation in Japan. Featuring art by Summer Hero‘s Youth Kurahashi, the Godzilla manga is set to launch as part of the Shonen Jump+ online magazine and …Read more »
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 »
Shonen manga may be aimed at young boys, but some of the best manga in the category are written by women. Ranking site Goo asked its readers to list their favorite female shonen creators, and here’s the top 10: 10. Renjuro Kindaichi Jungle Guu, Oogiri …Read more »
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