Shonen Jump+ is putting on a reality show called MILLION TAG (available on YouTube) to find mangaka talent, and it premieres today. The winner gets some great prizes: not only will they be given 5 million yen (a bit over $45,000), but they’ll get their …Read more »
There are a number of reality shows seeking out talented entertainers in fields like singing, dancing and modeling. But what about writing and drawing manga? Shonen Jump + is trying it out with their new YouTube show MILLION TAG. A short trailer has been released. …Read more »
Futabanet Manga Plus questioned Japanese adults between the ages of 30 and 59 which artist from Weekly Shonen Jump “left the deepest impression.” After tallying the votes of hundreds of respondents, the answers were released publicly. Artists Kentaro Yabuki (To Love Ru) and Hisashi Eguchi …Read more »
Denji is a young man who finds himself in a tough position. He’s broke, and the only way he can make ends meet is by hunting monsters known as Devils and collecting his meager rewards. His trusty chainsaw dog devil Pochita is always by his …Read more »
Getting your hands on the latest manga chapters the same day they come out in Japan is easier than ever before, and VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump app is leading the charge. With hit series ranging from Chainsaw Man to My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, One …Read more »
Here’s a fun survey from the folks at Futabanet Manga Plus. The site asked its readers to rank the strongest, scariest bad guys in the history of Shonen Jump. That’s the manga magazine that’s brought us titles like Dragon Ball, Demon Slayer, One Piece and …Read more »
Some Shonen Jump series are great at tugging on the ol’ heart strings, which is bound to happen when you have some of the biggest manga in the world collected in one weekly magazine. To find out which Shonen Jump series made Japanese fans cry, …Read more »
Yūta Momiyama, the deputy editor-in-chief of Shonen Jump+, sent out a chain of tweets about how MANGA Plus is doing around the world. MANGA Plus is an app that allows people to read select titles from Shonen Jump. Noting that there was a conference on …Read more »
Do you want to be your own Shonen Jump character? There’s an app for that. It’s available on smartphones and Anime News Network explained, “You can mix and match various pre-set body and facial features that are drawn from existing characters from the franchise in …Read more »
The biggest Shonen Jump event of the year is officially going digital due to the current state of the world, with Jump Festa 2021 now planned to be held online on December 19 and December 20. Jump Festa is typically held each year at Chiba’s …Read more »
Unless the folks behind them are being irresponsible, it’s a safe bet most of the remaining events in 2020 will be canceled, and that extends to Jump Special Anime Festa. Instead of putting on a big physical showcase, the 2020 version of the semi-annual event …Read more »
One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda has attempted to calculate the ending of his sprawling series more than a handful of times over the past two decades. For once, however, Shonen Jump is doing the teasing in an ad in the latest issue, which claims One …Read more »
It’s not uncommon for a famous manga to get multiple anime adaptations, especially with the passing of time. Just look at Hunter x Hunter, which has had two separate TV shows, or Berserk, whose early chapters were adapted for TV back in the ‘90s and …Read more »
A few days ago, One Piece author Eiichiro Oda updated everyone on how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is affecting production of his manga. This week, Weekly Shonen Jump‘s official Japanese Twitter account shared a statement of its own, highlighting how the virus and State of …Read more »
Back in October of last year, a Chinese site administrator was arrested in Shanghai for running a site that had been hosting illegally-uploaded manga from Shueisha and other publishers—including Shonen Jump titles—since 2013. These chapters typically went online before Jump hit stands, but now Shueisha …Read more »
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