Weekly Shōnen Jump#Jump J-Books
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{{Infobox magazine
|title = Weekly Shōnen Jump
|logo = Weekly Shonen Jump logo.svg
|image_file = Jump-Cover-1.jpg
|image_caption = Cover of the first issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released in 1968
|editor = Yū Saitō{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-26/hiroyuki-nakano-steps-down-as-weekly-shonen-jump-editor-in-chief/.212426|title=Hiroyuki Nakano Steps Down as Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief |publisher=Anime News Network |date=June 26, 2024|access-date=June 26, 2024}}
|editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
|previous_editor = Tadashi Nagano
Kazuhiko Torishima
Hisashi Sasaki
|category = Shōnen manga{{cite book |title=Manga: The Complete Guide |last=Thompson |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Thompson (writer) |publisher=Del Rey Books |isbn=978-0-345-48590-8 |year=2007 |page=xxiii-xxiv}}{{cite web |url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=34|title=Boy's Manga |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association |date=September 2016 |language=ja |access-date=November 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235410/http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=34|archive-date=November 3, 2016}}
|frequency = Biweekly (1968–1969)
Weekly (1969–present)
|circulation = 1,075,000
(October–December 2024){{cite web|url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed2/mag/252|title=週刊少年ジャンプ (第67回:2024年10月~2024年12月)|work=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=March 31, 2025}}
|company = Shueisha
|firstdate = {{start date and age|1968|8|1}}
|finaldate =
|country = Japan
| based = Tokyo
|language = Japanese
|website = {{official website}}
}}
{{nihongo|Weekly Shōnen Jump|週刊少年ジャンプ|Shūkan Shōnen Janpu|stylized in English as WEEKLY JUMP|lead=yes}} is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. Chapters of the series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes under the Jump Comics imprint every two to three months. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968.
The magazine has sold over 7.5{{nbsp}}billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic/manga magazine, ahead of competitors such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday. The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53{{nbsp}}million copies per week, with a total readership of {{nowrap|18 million}} people in Japan. Throughout 2021, it had an average circulation of over {{nowrap|1.3 million}} copies per week. Many of the best-selling manga series—including One Piece, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Slam Dunk, KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—originate from Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Weekly Shōnen Jump has sister magazines such as Jump SQ, V Jump, Saikyō Jump, and digital counterpart Shōnen Jump+ which boasts its own exclusive titles. The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the North American Weekly Shonen Jump. It also spawned a crossover media franchise including anime and video games (since Famicom Jump) which bring together various Shōnen Jump characters.
History
=Origins (1960s–1970s)=
Weekly Shōnen Jump was launched by Shueisha on July 11, 1968,{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/56478/full/|script-title=ja:「ドラゴンボール」新作 少年ジャンプ40周年イベントで上映|publisher=Oricon|date=July 19, 2008|language=ja|access-date=November 4, 2008 }}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ50周年記念の復刻版、第1弾は創刊号と653万部記録号の2冊|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/241003|website=Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|date=July 15, 2017}}{{efn|Cover date August 1.{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ジャンプ1968年1|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M544890|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203012019/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M544890|archive-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}}} to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「週刊少年ジャンプ展」に見る少年ジャンプ飛躍の秘密|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1707/14/news041.html|website=ITmedia|access-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|date=July 14, 2017}} Weekly Shōnen Jump{{'}}s sister publication was a manga magazine called Shōnen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shōjo manga anthology Shōjo Book.{{cite web|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history3.html|title=集英社 小史成長期|publisher=Shueisha|work=Shueisha history 3|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101814/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history3.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }} Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shōnen Jump was originally called simply Shōnen Jump as it was originally a bi-weekly magazine. In 1969, Shōnen Book ceased publication{{cite web|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html|title=集英社 小史成長期|publisher=Shueisha|work=Shueisha history 4|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503101520/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html|archive-date=May 3, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }} at which time Shōnen Jump became a weekly magazine and a new monthly magazine called Bessatsu Shōnen Jump was made to take Shōnen Book{{'}}s place. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly Shōnen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump SQ.
= Golden age (1980s–1990s) =
Hiroki Goto was appointed chief editor in 1986 and remained in the position until 1993. His tenure saw significant increases in circulation, and the serialization of numerous popular series. When asked about the period, Goto stated: "We only tried to create manga that everybody can enjoy. There were no specific rules. Idol and tabloid magazines dominated in the Media & Entertainment industry at that time and we aimed to stand out from the crowd by using only manga as our weapon."http://aiskills.tech/former-head-of-the-weekly-shonen-jump-hiroki-goto-delivers-the-secrets-of-the-legendary-manga-magazine/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}} Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, released in 1988 for the Family Computer was produced to commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary. It was followed by a sequel: Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin in 1991, also for the Family Computer.
Shōnen Jump's circulation continued to increase year on year until 1995, peaking at 6.53 million copies. By 1998, circulation had dropped to 4.15 million copies, a decline in part ascribed to the conclusion of popular manga series Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923|title = The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump | ComiPress}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/shonen-jump-manga-anime-magazine-45-otakon/|title = 45 years of 'Shonen Jump,' the Japanese magazine that shaped your childhood|website = The Daily Dot|date = August 20, 2013}} The magazine peaked with a total readership of {{nowrap|18 million}} people in Japan during the early 1990s.{{cite book |last1=Sheff |first1=David |title=Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World |year=1994 |orig-year=1993 |publisher=Vintage Books |isbn=978-0-307-80074-9 |chapter=Inside the Mother Brain |page=81 |chapter-url=https://file1.largepdf.com/file/2020/04/08/Game_Over_-_David_Sheff.pdf#page=81 |quote=The readership of Shukan Shonen Jump shot up to 18 million, and circulation grew to 6 million. |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102104823/http://file1.largepdf.com/file/2020/04/08/Game_Over_-_David_Sheff.pdf#page=81 |url-status=dead }}
=Declining circulation (2000–2013)=
Circulation for the magazine continued to decline through the early 2000s, before reaching some stability around 2005, well below its earlier peak. In 2000, two more games were created for the purpose of commemorating the magazine's anniversaries. A crossover fighting game titled Jump Super Stars was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. It was followed by Jump Ultimate Stars in 2006. Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the shipment of the 15th issue of 2011 was delayed in some areas of Japan. In response, Shueisha published the series included in that issue for free on its website from March 23 to April 27.{{cite web|last=Loo |first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-23/shonen-jump-posts-quake-delayed-issue-online |title=Shonen Jump Posts Quake-Delayed Issue Online|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 23, 2011|access-date=November 30, 2013}}
On July 11, 2013, the Namco Bandai Group opened an amusement park themed around Weekly Shōnen Jump series. Titled J-World Tokyo, it is located on the third floor of the Sunshine City World Import Mart Building in Ikebukuro and is 1.52 acres.{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/94784 |script-title=ja:ジャンプ作品の世界で遊べるテーマパーク、本日池袋に開園|publisher=natalie.mu|date=July 11, 2013|language=ja|access-date=February 21, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Loo |first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-17/shonen-jump-magazine-gets-its-own-theme-park-next-summer |title=Shonen Jump Magazine Gets Its Own Theme Park Next Summer|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 17, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2014}} In celebration of the magazine's 45th anniversary in 2013, Shueisha began a contest where anyone can submit manga in three different languages, Japanese, English and Chinese. Judged by the magazine's editorial department, four awards will be given, a grand prize and one for each language, each including 500,000 yen (about US$4,900) and guaranteed publication in either Jump, its special editions, North American edition, China's OK! Comic, or Taiwan's Formosa Youth.{{cite web|last=Loo |first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-26/shonen-jump-launches-3-language-manga-contest |title=Shonen Jump Launches 3-Language Manga Contest|publisher=Anime News Network|date=May 26, 2013|access-date=November 30, 2013}}
=Transition to digital (2013–present)=
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A mobile phone app titled "Jump Live" was launched in August 2013, it features exclusive content from the artists whose series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump.{{cite web |last=First |first=Rae |date=June 28, 2013 |title=Shueisha to Launch Jump Live App |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-28/shueisha-to-launch-jump-live-app |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}} On September 22, 2014, the free {{nihongo|Shōnen Jump+|少年ジャンプ+|Shōnen Janpu Purasu|abbreviated J+}} mobile app and website was launched in Japan. It sells digital versions of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, simultaneous with its print release, and {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes of individual Jump series past and present. However, it also has large samples of the manga that can be read for free.{{cite web |last=Morrissy |first=Kim |date=January 27, 2019 |title=Everything You Need to Know about Manga Plus by Shueisha |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2019-01-27/everything-you-need-to-know-about-manga-plus-by-shueisha/.142401 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |publisher=Anime News Network}} There are also series that are serialized exclusively on the app, such as Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration; unlike those in Weekly Shōnen Jump, these series may be aimed at adult men or women.{{cite web |last=Morrissy |first=Kim |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief Hiroyuki Nakano |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2019-02-11/weekly-shonen-jump-editor-in-chief-hiroyuki-nakano/.143096 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |publisher=Anime News Network}} These exclusive series are later published in print {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes under the Jump Comics+ imprint. In 2019, the Shōnen Jump+ website and app had about 2.4 million active users.{{cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Shueisha Reveals 2019 Circulation Numbers for Manga Magazines |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-06-05/shueisha-reveals-2019-circulation-numbers-for-manga-magazines/.160319 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |website=Anime News Network}} As of January 2020, the app had been downloaded more than 13 million times.
As the magazine shifted towards digital provision, print circulation once again began to decline. By 2017, print circulation was down to under two million, less than a third of its peak during the golden age.{{Cite web |last=Sherman |first=Jennifer |date=May 16, 2017 |title=Weekly Shonen Jump's Circulation Drops Below 2 Million |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-16/weekly-shonen-jump-circulation-drops-below-2-million/.116173 |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=Anime News Network}} This decline follows similar trends seen by other magazines in the sector.{{cite web |last=Mikikazu |first=Komatsu |date=May 16, 2017 |title=Crunchyroll – Weekly Shonen Jump Circulation Drops Below 2 Million Copies |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2017/05/16-1/weekly-shonen-jump-circulation-drops-below-2-million-copies |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website=Crunchyroll}}
A new crossover game, J-Stars Victory Vs., was released in 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita to commemorate Jump's 45 anniversary. In June 2018, a limited 50th Anniversary Shōnen Jump Edition of the Famicom Mini (NES Classic Edition) game console was released in Japan. It sold 110,000 units in two days.{{cite web | url = http://www.siliconera.com/2018/07/16/shonen-jump-50th-anniversary-golden-mini-famicom-sells-110000-units-in-two-days/ | title = Shonen Jump 50th Anniversary Golden Mini: Famicom Sells 110,000 Units In Two Days | author = Sato | date = July 16, 2018 | access-date = July 16, 2018 | work = Siliconera }}
On January 28, 2019, Shueisha launched the global English-language version of Shōnen Jump+, titled Manga Plus. It is freely available in every country except China and South Korea, which have their own separate services. A Spanish-language version was launched in February 2019, and has a different library of content. Like the Japanese app, it has large samples of manga that can be read for free including all the current titles of Weekly Shōnen Jump, a sizeable number of titles from Shōnen Jump+ and some titles from Jump Square. However, unlike the Japanese version, the latest chapters of current Weekly Shōnen Jump manga are made available free for a limited-time and it does not sell content.
Newcomer Awards
{{Main|Tezuka Award|Akatsuka Award}}
Weekly Shōnen Jump, in association with parent company Shueisha, holds annual competitions for new or up and coming manga artists to create one-shot stories. The best are put to a panel of judges (including manga artists past and present) where the best are given a special award for the best of these new series. The Tezuka Award, named for manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, is given for all different styles of stories. The Akatsuka Award, named for gag manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka, is a similar competition for comedy and gag manga. Many Weekly Shōnen Jump manga artists have gotten their start either winning or being acknowledged by these competitions.
Associated items
WSJ is also the center of the Shueisha's branding of its main manga products due to the popularity and recognition of the series and characters published in it. Although the manga are published both in the main magazine as well as in the Jump Comics imprint line of {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}}, they also are republished in various other editions such as kanzenban and "Remixes" of the original work, usually publishing series older or previously established series. The Jump brand is also used on the {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} released of their manga series, related drama CDs, and at "Jump Festa", a festival showing off the people and products behind the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga titles.
Circulation and demographic
Weekly Shōnen Jump is the bestselling manga magazine in Japan. In 1982, Weekly Shōnen Jump had a circulation of 2.55 million. By 1995, circulation numbers swelled to 6.53 million. The magazine's former editor-in-chief Masahiko Ibaraki (2003–2008) stated this was due to the magazine including "hit titles such as Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk, and others." After hitting this peak, the circulation numbers continued to drop.{{cite web |last=Ibaraki |first=Masahiko |others=Translated by T. Ohara |date=March 31, 2008 |title=The Reminiscence of My 25 Years with Shonen Jump |publisher=ComiPress |url=http://comipress.com/article/2008/03/31/3452 |access-date=June 29, 2008}}{{cite magazine|last=Garger|first=Ilya|date=February 17, 2003|title=Look, Up in the Sky! |magazine=Time |issn=0040-781X |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,423567,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024163537/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,423567,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2008 |access-date=July 7, 2008 }} 1998's New Year's issue was the first time in 24 years that Weekly Shōnen Jump lost as the highest selling shōnen manga magazine (4.15 million copies sold), ceding to Weekly Shōnen Magazine (4.45 million).{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923 |title=The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump|publisher=ComiPress|date=May 6, 2007|access-date=November 30, 2013}} It was not until 2007 that the magazine saw its first increase in 11 years, from 2.75 million to 2.78 million, an increase that Ibaraki credited to One Piece.{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/news/2007/04/17/1825 |title=Weekly Shonen Magazine Circulation Drops Below 2,000,000|publisher=ComiPress|date=April 17, 2007|access-date=November 30, 2013}}
By publishing shōnen manga, the magazine is targeted to young teen males. However, Index Digital reported in 2005 that the favorite non-shōjo magazine of elementary and middle school-aged female readers is Weekly Shōnen Jump at 61.9%.{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=October 5, 2005 |title=Japanese girls love Shonen Jump |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-10-05/japanese-girls-love-shonen-jump |access-date=December 1, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}} Strengthening it, Oricon conducted a poll among 2,933 female Japanese readers on their favorite manga magazines in 2007. Weekly Shōnen Jump was the number one answer, with One Piece, Death Note, and The Prince of Tennis cited as the reasons.{{cite web |last=Bertschy |first=Zac |date=April 10, 2007 |title=Oricon: #1 Manga Mag for Japanese Girls Is…Shonen Jump |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-10/oricon-no.1-manga-mag-for-japanese-girls-is-cite-shonen-jump/cite |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}} In 2009, it was reported that 62.9% of the magazine's readers were under the age of fourteen.{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=February 23, 2009 |title=Manga Mags' Demographics, Circulation Numbers Posted |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-23/manga-mags-demographics-circulation-numbers-posted |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}} However, in 2019 Shueisha revealed that its largest demographic of 27.4% was aged 25 or older.
Features
=Series=
{{Main|List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump{{!}}List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump}}
There are currently 22 manga titles present in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Out of them, Burn the Witch{{'}}s continuation is yet to be scheduled and Hunter × Hunter is published infrequently.
Related titles
=''Jump Giga''=
{{nihongo|Jump Giga|ジャンプGIGA}} is a special seasonal offshoot of Weekly Shōnen Jump launched on July 20, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/195156 |title=ジャンプGIGA本日創刊!椎橋寛ら新連載に、Webで話題集めたけん玉マンガも |publisher=Natalie|language=Japanese|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=June 21, 2021}} Its original predecessor started in 1969 as a regular special issue of the bi-weekly Shōnen Jump. When Shōnen Jump became a weekly publication and was renamed Weekly Shōnen Jump in October of that same year, the special issue changed to a quarterly release and kept the shorter name.{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=May 1, 2016 |title=Shōnen Jump NEXT!! Magazine to Change Names |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-05-01/shonen-jump-next-magazine-to-change-names/.101642 |access-date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=Anime News Network}} In the mid-1980s, the magazine took on the Weekly Shōnen Jump name with each issue subtitled the Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter Special.
Beginning in 1996, it was published three times a year for Golden Week, Obon and New Years under the name {{nihongo|Akamaru Jump|赤マルジャンプ|Akamaru Janpu}} until April 30, 2010, when it was renamed {{nihongo|Shōnen Jump Next!|少年ジャンプNEXT!}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-13/shonen-jump-jump-square-to-launch-new-spinoff-mags |title=Shonen Jump, Jump Square to Launch New Spinoff Mags|publisher=Anime News Network|date=April 13, 2010|access-date=November 30, 2013}} Jump Next! has had several other past special versions:
- {{nihongo|Aomaru Jump|青マルジャンプ|Aomaru Janpu}} was a single issue of Akamaru Jump.{{cite web |url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/other.html?key=detail&zashimei=other&janru=boyc&id=0602 |title=週刊少年ジャンプ増刊 青マルジャンプ |publisher=Shueisha |access-date=November 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072121/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/other.html?key=detail&zashimei=other&janru=boyc&id=0602 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} One-shots that were featured in Aomaru Jump were Dead/Undead, Shōgai Oyaji Michi!, The Dream, Mieruhito, Yūtō ☆ Hōshi, and Fuku wa Jutsu.{{cite web |url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/other_detail.html?key=detail_b&zashimei=other&id=0602 |title=週刊少年ジャンプ増刊 青マルジャンプ 目次 |publisher=Shueisha |access-date=November 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072126/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/magazine/rack.cgi/magazine/other_detail.html?key=detail_b&zashimei=other&id=0602 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
- {{nihongo|Jump the Revolution!|ジャンプ the REVOLUTION!}} was a special edition of Akamaru Jump that was published in two issues in November 2005 and 2006. Jump the Revolution! contained one-shots of upcoming Weekly Shōnen Jump series and soon to be Jump SQ series.
In 2012 it returned to a quarterly schedule. A second exclamation point was added to the title in March 2014, when it switched to a bi-monthly release.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/112030 |title=ジャンプNEXTが隔月化、最新号には平方昌宏が読切で登場 |publisher=Natalie|language=Japanese|date=March 14, 2014|access-date=June 21, 2021}}{{cite web |last=Loveridge |first=Lynzee |date=February 17, 2014 |title=Jump Next! Magazine to Run Every Other Month |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-17/jump-next-magazine-to-run-every-other-month |access-date=February 18, 2014 |publisher=Anime News Network}} After relaunching as Jump Giga, the magazine published four issues or "volumes" in 2016 and 2017,{{cite web |last=Antonio |first=Pineda Rafael |date=June 23, 2017 |title=Jump Giga Magazine Ends 'Season' With 4th Issue, Final Chapter of Ichigo 100% Sequel |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-23/jump-giga-magazine-ends-season-with-4th-issue-final-chapter-of-ichigo-100-percent-sequel/.117877 |access-date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=Anime News Network}} six in 2018 and 2019 (three in summer and three in winter), and seems to have returned to a seasonal quarterly release since 2020.
Jump Giga features many amateur manga artists who get their one-shots published in the magazine. It also puts additional one-shot titles by professional manga artists, which promote upcoming series to be published in the main magazine. It has also featured the last chapters of cancelled series from Weekly Shōnen Jump, such as Enigma and Magico. It also features yonkoma of popular series such as Death Note and Naruto, as well as the pilot chapter of Bleach. Final epilogue chapters of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. and Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma were also featured,{{cite web |script-title=ja:「斉木楠雄のΨ難」最終回のその後を描く新作がジャンプGIGAに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/283730 |date=May 25, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2025|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja}}{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn|title=Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Manga Gets 3 More Chapters in Jump GIGA Magazine|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-16/food-wars-shokugeki-no-soma-manga-gets-3-more-chapters-in-jump-giga-magazine/.147889 |website=Anime News Network |date=June 16, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} while Gintama and Black Clover were transferred to allow for their completion.{{cite web |last=Antonio Pineda |first=Rafael |title=Gintama Manga Moves to Jump Giga Magazine |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-14/gintama-manga-moves-to-jump-giga-magazine/.136776 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=February 19, 2025 |date=September 15, 2018}}{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-08-20/black-clover-manga-moves-to-quarterly-jump-giga-magazine-resumes-in-winter/.201420 |title=Black Clover Manga Moves to Quarterly Jump GIGA Magazine, Resumes in Winter |website=Anime News Network |date=August 20, 2023 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}
=Series=
There is currently 1 manga title being serialized in Jump GIGA.
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scope="col" | Series title
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scope="row" | {{nihongo|Black Clover|ブラッククローバー|Burakku Kurōbā}}
| {{dts|2023|12}}{{efn|Transferred from Weekly Shōnen Jump}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Black Clover Manga Resumes on December 25|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-12-03/black-clover-manga-resumes-on-december-25/.205036|publisher=Anime News Network|date=December 4, 2023|access-date=February 19, 2025}} |
=''V Jump''=
{{Main|V Jump{{!}}V Jump}}
{{nihongo|V Jump|Vジャンプ|Bui Janpu}} was originally an offshoot of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called {{nihongo|Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan V Jump|週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 V JUMP}}. The special issues lasted from 1992 through 1993. V Jump became its own independent anthology in 1993 for coverage of games, including video and card games.
=''Super Jump''=
{{Main|Super Jump{{!}}Super Jump}}
{{nihongo|Super Jump|スーパージャンプ|Sūpā Janpu}} was also originally an offshoot of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called {{nihongo|Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan Super Jump|週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 スーパージャンプ}}. The magazine was published from 1968 to 1988, when it became a separate anthology for seinen manga.
=''Jump VS''=
Jump VS was a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, published on March 22, 2013. The issue focused on "battle manga" and included 12 one-shots.{{cite web |last=Nelkin |first=Sarah |date=February 17, 2013 |title=Shueisha to Print Jump VS Special Issue of Shonen Jump |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-17/shueisha-to-print-jump-vs-special-issue-of-shonen-jump |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}}{{cite web |last=Loveridge |first=Lynzee |date=February 20, 2013 |title=Jump Vs. Issue's Contents Revealed |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-20/jump-vs-issue-contents-revealed |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}}
International adaptations
Manga titles from Weekly Shōnen Jump are translated into many foreign languages, and some even have their own separate version of the Weekly Shōnen Jump anthology. Weekly Shōnen Jump manga are also published in many other countries where the magazine itself is not published, like the United Kingdom, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Australia, and South Korea.
=''Shonen Jump''=
{{Main|Shonen Jump (magazine){{!}}Shonen Jump (magazine)}}
Shonen Jump, published in North America by Viz Media, debuted in November 2002, with a January 2003 cover date. Though based on Weekly Shōnen Jump, the English language Shonen Jump is retooled for English readers and the American audience and is published monthly, instead of weekly.{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1499.html |title=DBZ and Yu Gi Oh Headline US Shonen Jump |publisher=ICv2 |date=June 12, 2002 |access-date=June 30, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1714.html |title=Interview with Viz Management, Part I |publisher=ICv2 |date=August 13, 2002 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }} It features serialized chapters from seven manga series, and articles on Japanese language and culture, manga, anime, video games, and figurines.{{cite press release |url=http://www.shonenjump.com/mediakit/images/SJ_MEDIAKIT_Web.pdf |publisher=Viz Media |title=Shonen Jump Media Kit |year=2008 |access-date=June 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518095532/http://www.shonenjump.com/mediakit/images/SJ_MEDIAKIT_Web.pdf |archive-date=May 18, 2008 |df=mdy-all }} In conjunction with the magazine, Viz launched new imprints for releasing media related to the series presented in the magazine, and other shōnen works. This includes two new manga imprints, an anime DVD imprint, a fiction line for releasing light novels, a label for fan and data books, and a label for the release of art books.{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6166.html |title=Shonen Jump Advanced Line Targets Older Teens |publisher=ICv2 |date=December 20, 2004 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }}{{cite press release |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-09-15/viz-media-announces-three-new-fiction-novels |title=Viz Media Announces Three New Fiction Novels |publisher=Anime News Network |date=September 15, 2006 |access-date=July 6, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.vizmedia.com/products/products.php?format_id=5&brand_id=30 |title=SJ Profiles |publisher=Viz Media |access-date=July 6, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.vizmedia.com/products/products.php?format_id=5&brand_id=34 |title=Art of SJ |publisher=Viz Media |access-date=July 6, 2008 }}
Prior to the magazine's launch, Viz launched an extensive marketing campaign to promote the magazine and help it succeed where other manga anthologies in North America have failed.{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1494.html |title=Viz and Shueisha To Launch Mass Market Boys Magazine in US |publisher=ICv2 |date=June 10, 2002 |access-date=June 30, 2008 }} Shueisha purchased an equity interest in Viz to help fund the venture,{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/1679.html |title=Shueisha Buys Equity Interest in Viz |publisher=ICv2 |date=August 2, 2002 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }} and Cartoon Network, Suncoast, and Diamond Distributors became promotional partners in the magazine. The first issue required three printings to meet demand, with over 300,000 copies sold.{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2124.html |title=Shonen Jump #1 in Third Printing |publisher=ICv2 |date=December 10, 2002 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }} It was awarded the ICv2 "Comic Product of the Year" award in December 2002, and continued to enjoy high sales with a monthly circulation of 215,000 in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/2179.html |title=ICv2 2002 Comic Awards, Part 1 |publisher=ICv2 |date=December 29, 2002 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/3867.html |title=Shonen Jump Sales Skyrocket to 305,000! |publisher=ICv2 |date=November 13, 2003 |access-date=July 1, 2008 }} Shonen Jump was discontinued in April 2012 in favor of its digital successor, Weekly Shonen Jump. With it ending in an incomplete, but yet almost complete picture spine of the Naruto splash page of "Declaration of War" on the side of each said magazine.
=''Weekly Shonen Jump''=
{{Main|Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine){{!}}Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)}}
Weekly Shonen Jump, Viz Media's successor to the monthly print anthology Shonen Jump, was a North American digital shōnen manga anthology published simultaneously with the Japanese editions of Weekly Shōnen Jump, in part to combat the copyright violation of manga through bootleg scanlation services. It began serialization on January 30, 2012, as Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha with a lineup of six titles and new issues published online two weeks after Japanese release, but within a year had expanded to twelve ongoing series, and on January 21, 2013, it underwent a rebranding and transitioned to simultaneous publication with Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjalpha.com/sja-simul |title=All New Shonen Jump Alpha Coming Soon! |publisher=VIZ Media |date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130082901/http://www.sjalpha.com/sja-simul |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sjalpha.com/node/1413 |title=Stay Tuned! |publisher=VIZ Media |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=January 17, 2013}}
=''Banzai!''=
{{Main|Banzai! (magazine){{!}}Banzai! (magazine)}}
Banzai! is a German-language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Carlsen Verlag that was published from 2001 through December 2005 before being canceled.{{cite web |url=http://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/serie?id=30422 |title=Banzai! |publisher=Carlsen Comics |language=de |access-date=July 7, 2008 |archive-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429185318/http://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/serie?id=30422 |url-status=dead }} In addition to the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, the magazine also included original German language manga-influenced comics. The magazine competed as a sister publication to a shōjo anthology called Daisuki. It had a circulation of 140,000 copies.{{cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Christopher |date=February 2, 2005 |title=Shonen Jump in Europe |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-02/shonen-jump-in-europe |access-date=December 1, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network}}
=''Remen Shaonian Top''=
File:Remen Shaonian Top v187 cover.jpg
Rèmén Shàonián Top (熱門少年TOP) is the former weekly Chinese-language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump, published in Taiwan by Da Ran Publishing. In the 1990s Da Ran went bankrupt and the magazine had to cease publication. Rèmén Shàonián Top serialized series such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Tottemo! Luckyman, Hikaru no Go, and One Piece as well as several other domestic manhua.
=''Formosa Youth''=
Formosa Youth (寶島少年 Báodǎo Shàonián) is the current{{when|date=September 2018}} weekly Chinese version of Weekly Shōnen Jump. Formosa Youth features various series from Weekly Shōnen Jump. The Formosa Youth magazine translates Weekly Shōnen Jump manga up to date. A sister publication of Formosa Youth is Dragon Youth Comic (龍少年 Lóng Shàonián), which specializes in domestic manhua. In 1977, the Tong Li company was created and founded by Fang Wan-Nan which created bootlegs, this ended in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.tongli.com.tw/about-tongli1.htm|title=東立漫遊網 關於東立-發行人的話|publisher=Tong Li Publishing|work=東立經營理念|author=Fang Wan-Nan|access-date=October 30, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710003443/http://www.tongli.com.tw/about-tongli1.htm|archive-date=July 10, 2011|df=mdy-all}} A law in Taiwan restricted the act of bootlegging all manga. During 1992, Tong Li created many manga and manhua magazines, New Youth Bulletin, Youth Comic, Margaret Girl, Dragon Youth Comic, and Formosa Youth.{{cite web|url=http://www.tongli.com.tw/about-tongli3.htm|title=東立漫遊網 關於東立-東立出版年鑑|publisher=Tong Li Publishing|work=東立經營項目介紹|author=Fang Wan-Nan|access-date=November 3, 2008}} Some series like One Piece and Hikaru no Go were first published in the manga/manhua magazine Rèmén Shàonián Top (熱門少年TOP) by Da Ran Publishing, but when Daran Publishing went bankrupt the series were transferred to Formosa Youth.
=''EX-am''=
EX-am is the Hong Kong version of Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Culturecom Holdings's comic division Culturecom Comics, the largest comic distributors in all of Asia.{{cite web|url=http://comics.culturecom.com.hk/eng/aboutus.php|title=Culturecom Comics|publisher=Culturecom Comics|work=About Us|access-date=November 3, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611062233/http://comics.culturecom.com.hk/eng/aboutus.php |archive-date = June 11, 2008}} The magazine published Hunter × Hunter, Captain Tsubasa and Dragon Ball—which holds the highest circulation of manga in Hong Kong, alongside the highest of domestic manhua which would be Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword.
=''C-Kids''=
C-Kids (ซีคิดส์ See Kít) is the Thai language Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Siam Inter Comics.{{cite web|url=http://www.siamintercomics.net/ |title=siamInter Comics |publisher=Siam Inter Comics |access-date=November 19, 2008}} C-Kids publishes many Weekly Shōnen Jump series such as One Piece, Gintama{{cite web |url=http://www.siamintercomics.net/comicsdata/news/template1.asp?IDX=0000006 |title=siamInter Comics |publisher=Siam Inter Comics |work=ประกาศรายชื่อผู้โชคดีจาก C-KiDs และ Comic Zone |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=November 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072459/http://www.siamintercomics.net/comicsdata/news/template1.asp?IDX=0000006 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} along with many original manga-influenced comics from the division Cartoon Thai Studio like EXEcutional.{{cite web |url=http://www.siamintercomics.net/comicsdata/news/template1.asp?IDX=0000007 |title=siamInter Comics |publisher=Siam Inter Comics |work=EXE โก อินเตอร์แล้วจ้า.... |date=November 6, 2007 |access-date=November 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072505/http://www.siamintercomics.net/comicsdata/news/template1.asp?IDX=0000007 |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
=''Boom''=
Boom (บูม) is another Thai language Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Nation Edutainment. Boom publishes many Weekly Shōnen Jump series such as Naruto, Death Note along with many original manga-influenced comics from Factory Studio like Meed Thii Sib-Sam and Apaimanee Saga.
=Swedish ''Shonen Jump''=
In November 2004, Manga Media began publication of a Swedish language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Sweden, called Shonen Jump as a sister publication to their existing magazines Manga Mania and Shojo Stars. The magazine included chapters from various popular Weekly Shōnen Jump titles including Bleach, Naruto, Shaman King, and Yu-Gi-Oh!. In November 2007, after 37 issues published, Manga Media ceased publication of the magazine.{{cite web | url=http://www.seriesam.com/cgi-bin/guide?s=shonen+jump | title=Shonen Jump | publisher=Seriesams Guide! | access-date=December 1, 2013 | language=sv}}{{cite web | url=http://www.comics.org/series/48498/ | title=Shonen Jump | publisher=Grand Comics Database |access-date= December 1, 2013}} It had a circulation of 30,000 copies.
=Norwegian ''Shonen Jump''=
A Norwegian language edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump began publication in Norway in March 2005. Published by Schibsted, the Norwegian edition was a direct translation of Bonnier's Swedish version of the magazine, containing the same series and titles. When Bonnier lost the license for Weekly Shōnen Jump, the Norwegian version also ceased publication, with the last issue released on February 26, 2007. They also created two short lived book imprints: "En Bok Fra Shonen Jump" (a book from Shonen Jump) for profile books and "Dragon Ball Ekstra" (Dragon Ball Extra) a line specifically for manga written by Akira Toriyama.{{cite web|url=http://www.schibstedforlag.no/tegneserier/tegneserieboeker/66685.o2|title=SANDLAND|publisher=Schibsted|access-date=July 11, 2008|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223028/http://www.schibstedforlag.no/tegneserier/tegneserieboeker/66685.o2|url-status=dead}} Also a film comic based on the Dragon Ball Z anime was released under the "TV Anime Comic" imprint.{{cite web|url=http://www.schibstedforlag.no/tegneserier/tegneserieboeker/66574.o2|title=Dragon Ball Z|publisher=Schibsted|access-date=July 11, 2008|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095523/http://www.schibstedforlag.no/tegneserier/tegneserieboeker/66574.o2|url-status=dead}}
Imprints
{{further|Jump (magazine line)#Imprints{{!}}Jump (magazine line) § Imprints}}
Jump Comics is used as an imprint label for publishing manga, most often for collected {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes of manga series originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines.{{cite book |last1=Berndt |first1=Jaqueline |last2=Kümmerling-Meibauer |first2=Bettina |title=Manga's Cultural Crossroads |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134102839 |page=179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GdwJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA179 |language=en}} The imprint is published in the U.S. under the names Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump Advanced. Shōnen Jump Advanced was created for the distribution of manga series considered more mature due to content or themes. Series released under SJA include Eyeshield 21, Ichigo 100%, Pretty Face, I"s, Hunter × Hunter, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (first edition) and Death Note.
Weekly Shōnen Jump formerly ran a manga line of aizōban editions called Jump Comics Deluxe. Jump Comics+ is the imprint for all the manga series exclusively digitally released on the app and website Shōnen Jump+ after the chapters of the series get reunited and released in print in {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} format. Weekly Shōnen Jump has also run a line of light novels and guidebooks called Jump J-Books. Weekly Shōnen Jump has also run a line bunkobon editions called Shueisha Comic Bunko. A line of large square-bound phone book size issues of early Jump Comics series named Shueisha Jump Remix has also been published.
Circulation figures
=Magazine circulation=
The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53{{nbsp}}million copies per week, with a total readership of {{nowrap|18 million}} people in Japan. The magazine has sold over 7.5 billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic/manga magazine, ahead of competitors such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday.{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=January 18, 2009 |title=2009 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/2009-japanese-manga-magazine-circulation-numbers |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Anime News Network |quote=The bestselling manga magazine, Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, rose in circulation from 2.79 million copies to 2.81 million.}}{{cite news |script-title=ja:「ジャンプ図書館」開催 50年分のジャンプが無料で読める |url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1802/26/news098.html |work=ITmedia News|date=February 26, 2018 |language=ja}} Throughout 2019, it had an average circulation of over {{nowrap|1.6 million}} copies per week.
class="wikitable sortable"
! Year / Period ! Weekly circulation ! Magazine sales ! Sales revenue ({{estimation}}) ! Issue price |
1968
| {{formatnum:105000}}{{cite news |title=週刊少年ジャンプの発行部数(最高653万部) |url=http://exlight.net/doc/business/jump/index.html |work=exlight.net |date=2006-07-26}} | {{formatnum:{{#expr:105000*(2*5)}} |
| {{JPY|{{#expr:105000*(2*5)*90}}|link=no}}
| rowspan="3" | {{JPY|90}}{{cite web |title=思い出の週刊少年ジャンプ |url=http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~starman/ |website=biwa.ne.jp |access-date=June 28, 2018}}
|-
| 1969
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:240000*26}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(240000*26)*90}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1971
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1158000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1158000*26)*90}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1974
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1650000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1650000*52)*100}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1977
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1880000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1880000*52)*150}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1978
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2100000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2100000*52)*170}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1979
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2800000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2800000*52)*170}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1980
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3045000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3045000*52)*170}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1981
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3080000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3080000*52)*170}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1982
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3420000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3420000*52)*170}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1983
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3710000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3710000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1984
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3900000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3900000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1985
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4500000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(4500000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1986
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4355000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(4355000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1987
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4500000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(4500000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1988
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4850000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(4850000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1989
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:5000000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(5000000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1990
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:5300000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(5300000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1991
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:6020000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(6020000*52)*180}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1992
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:6180000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(6180000*52)*190}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1993
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:6380000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(6380000*52)*190}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1994
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:6480000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(6480000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1995
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:6530000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(6530000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1996
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:5880000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(5880000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1997
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4050000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(4050000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1998
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3600000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3600000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 1999
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3630000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3630000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2000
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3630000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3630000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2001
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3400000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3400000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2002
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3200000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3200000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2003
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3000000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2004
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(3000000*52)*210}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2005
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2950000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2950000*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2006
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2953750*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2953750*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| 2007
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2778750*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2778750*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| January 2008 to September 2008
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(2785833+2790834)/2 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:一般社団法人 日本雑誌協会 |url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed/index |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association |access-date=June 28, 2018 |language=ja}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2788334*39}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2788334*39)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2008 to September 2009
| 2,809,362{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/2009-japanese-manga-magazine-circulation-numbers|title=2009 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers|publisher=Anime News Network|date=January 18, 2010|access-date=July 26, 2016}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2809362*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2809362*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2009 to September 2010
| 2,876,459{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |date=January 17, 2011 |title=2010 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-17/2010-japanese-manga-magazine-circulation-numbers |access-date=November 5, 2022 |website= |publisher=Anime News Network}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2876459*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2876459*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2010 to September 2011
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2890000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2890000*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2011 to September 2012
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2838000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2838000*52)*240}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2012 to September 2013
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2812041*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2812041*52)*250}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2013 to September 2014
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2701042*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2701042*52)*250}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2014 to September 2015
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2449792*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2449792*52)*260}}|link=no}}
| rowspan="5" | {{JPY|260}}{{cite news |title=Kodansha's Manga Magazines All Go Digital, Including Weekly Shonen Magazine |url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/01/03-1/kodanshas-manga-magazines-all-go-digital-including-weekly-shonen-magazine |work=Crunchyroll |date=January 4, 2015 |language=en}}
|-
| October 2015 to September 2016
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2220000*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2220000*52)*260}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2016 to September 2017
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1903542*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1903542*52)*260}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2017 to September 2018
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1773125*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1773125*52)*260}}|link=no}}
|-
| October 2018 to September 2019
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1670245*52}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(1670245*52)*260}}|link=no}}
|-
|October 2019 to September 2020
|{{JPY|{{#expr:(1557706.25*52)*290}}|link=no}}
|-
|October 2020 to September 2021
|{{JPY|{{#expr:(1421704.5*52)*290}}|link=no}}
|-
|October 2021 to September 2022
|{{JPY|{{#expr:(1312396*52)*290}}|link=no}}
|-
! 1968 to September 2022
! 3,024,197
! 7,862,913,352{{efn|Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine sales as of September 2018:
- Up until February 2018 {{ndash}} Over 7.5{{nbsp}}billion
- March 2018 {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:1787083*4}}|}}{{cite web | url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed/index/39/14 | title=印刷部数公表 | publisher=Japan Magazine Publishing Association | access-date=January 25, 2018}}
- April{{ndash}}September 2018 {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1750000*13)+(1768333*13)}}|}}
- October 2018 to September 2019 {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:1670245*52}}|}}
}}
! {{JPY|1,728,185,275,190}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|1456368912320|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|72290250240|JPN}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
! {{JPY|{{#expr:1663464829400/7639739401 round 0}}|link=no}}
|}
=Manga series=
The following table lists the manga series that have had the highest circulation in Shōnen Jump magazine. It lists the number of issues where they're serialized, and estimated circulation figures and sales revenue of those Shōnen Jump issues (based on the magazine circulation figures above). Of the series listed below, only Bleach, Gintama and Black Clover began their serialization after the conclusion of the golden age in the late 1990s.
class="wikitable sortable"
! Manga series ! First Issue ! Final Issue ! Issues ! Weekly circulation ({{estimation}}) ! Total circulation ({{estimation}}) ! Sales revenue ({{estimation}}) |
KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops
| #42, 1976 | #42, 2016 | 1,960 | 3,117,207 | {{formatnum:{{#expr:1960*3117207}} |
| {{JPY|{{#expr:6109725720*207}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|1129907557200|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #1–2, 1987
| #19, 2003
| 4,801,765
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:752*4801765}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:752*948294118}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|713117176736|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #34, 1997
| present
| 1040
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:3132793401/940 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(19*4050000)+3098510142}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(19*850500000)+748879611480}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|{{#expr:(19*850500000)+533084092320}}|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|72290250240|JPN}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #51, 1984
| #25, 1995
| 519
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2956430000/519 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(2*3900000)+2785380000+(25*6530000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(2*702000000)+518008400000+(25*1371300000)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|553694900000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| Naruto
| #43, 1999
| #50, 2014
| 700
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2299144444/700 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(10*3630000)+2248145692+(6*2449792)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(10*762300000)+534502173400+(6*636945920)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|{{#expr:(10*762300000)+454132492320}}|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|{{#expr:35113546000+(6*636945920)}}|JPN|year=2014}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| Bleach
| #36–37, 2001
| #38, 2016
| 698
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:2183214876/698 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(17*3400000)+2125414876}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(17*714000000)+520870161240}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|{{#expr:(17*714000000)+377364892320}}|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #45, 1989
| #52, 1996
| 349
| 5,971,250
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:349*5971250}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:2083966250*190}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|395953587500|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| Gin Tama
| #2, 2004
| #42, 2018
| 704
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1988923401/704 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(51*3000000)+1835923401}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(51*630000000)+481603058820}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|{{#expr:(51*630000000)+276900892320}}|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|61196897580|JPN}})/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #42, 1990
| #27, 1996
| 276
| 6,110,000
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:276*6110000}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:276*1198700000}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|330841200000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #22, 1979
| #21, 1987
| 387
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1533820000/387 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(52-21)*2800000+1352520000+(21*4500000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(52-21)*2800000*170+238490200000+(21*4500000)*180}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|270256200000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #19, 1994
| #43, 1999
| 255
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1419530000/255 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(34*6480000)+1043120000+(43*3630000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(34*1360800000)+219055200000+(43*762300000)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|298101300000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #42, 1996
| #15, 2004
| 343
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1384200000/343 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(11*5880000)+1274520000+(15*3000000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(11*1234800000)+267649200000+(15*630000000)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|290682000000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #14, 1998
| present
| 390
| 2,895,187
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:390*2895187}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:705706328080/1053*390 round 0}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:({{To USD|705706328080|JPN|year=2012}}+{{To USD|36556533000|JPN|year=2013}}+{{To USD|35113546000|JPN|year=2014}}+{{To USD|63135587840|JPN|year=2016}}+{{To USD|37816568920|JPN}})/1053*390/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #41, 1983
| #35, 1988
| 245
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:1111530000/245 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(12*3710000)+897260000+(35*4850000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(12*667800000)+161506800000+(35*873000000)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|200075400000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #13, 1985
| #50, 1991
| 193
| 4,940,743
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:4940743*193}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:953563399*180}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|171641411820|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
|#12, 2015
|present
|350
|1,794,449
|628,057,150
|{{JPY|{{#expr:(350*1794449)*260}}|link=no}}({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|163294859000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #18, 1981
| #37–38, 1997
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:827528750/178 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(114*4039375)+(64*5735000)}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(114*718962500)+(64*1204350000)}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|159040125000|JPN|year=2012}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|-
| #1, 1986
| #49, 1990
| 110
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(4355000+4500000+4850000+5000000+5300000)/5 round 0}}|}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:110*4801000}}|}}
| {{JPY|{{#expr:(110*4801000)*180}}|link=no}} ({{US$|{{#expr:{{To USD|95059800000|JPN|year=2012|round=yes}}/1000000000 round 3}} billion|long=no}})
|}
See also
Notes
{{notelist}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Weekly Shonen Jump}}
- {{Official website|http://shonenjump.com/j/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://www.viz.com/shonenjump Weekly Shōnen Jump] at Viz Media
- {{Anime News Network|magazine|1363}}
{{Series in Weekly Shōnen Jump}}
{{Shueisha manga magazines}}
{{Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shonen Jump, Weekly}}
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