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Serialising Titles Main article: List of series run in Weekly Shonen Jump The Jump brand is also used on the tankЕЌbon released of their manga series, related drama CDs, and at ' Jump Festa', a festival showing off the people and products behind the Weekly ShЕЌnen Jump manga titles.ДЇeatures WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMP CIRCULATION NUMBERS Although the manga are published both in the main magazine as well as in the Jump Comics line, they also are republished in various other editions such as kazenban and 'Remixes' of the original work, usually publishing series older or previously established series.

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. Many Weekly Shonen Jump manga artists have gotten their start either winning or being acknowledged by these competitions. The Akatsuka Award, named for gag manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka, is a similar competition for comedy and gag manga. The Tezuka Award, named for manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka, is given for all different styles of 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. Weekly Shonen Jump, in association with parent company Shueisha, holds annual competitions for new or up and coming manga artists to create one-shot stories. It was followed by Jump Ultimate Stars in 2006.

A crossover fighting game titled Jump Super Stars was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. In 2000, two more games were created for the purpose of commemorating the magazine's anniversaries. In the last few years, its circulation has been about three million. At its highest point in the mid-1990s, Weekly Shonen Jump had a regular circulation of over 6 million. It was followed by a sequel: Famicom Jump II: SaikyЕЌ no Shichinin in 1991, also for the Family Computer. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly ShЕЌnen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump Square.ДЇamicom Jump: Hero Retsuden, released in 1988 for the Famicom was produced to commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary. 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 the place of Shonen Book. Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shonen Jump was originally called simply Shonen Jump as it was originally a semi-weekly magazine. The Weekly Shonen Jump's sister publication was a manga magazine called Shonen Book, which was originally a male version of the short-lived shЕЌjo manga anthology Shojo Book. Weekly Shonen Jump was launched by Shueisha on Jto compete with the already-successful Weekly ShЕЌnen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. It also spawned a crossover media franchise including anime and video games (since Famicom Jump) which bring together various ShЕЌnen Jump characters.ДЇirst issue of Bessatsu ShЕЌnen Jump which replaced ShЕЌnen Book The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including the current North American Weekly Shonen Jump. Weekly ShЕЌnen Jump has two sister magazines called Jump SQ, created after the fall of Monthly ShЕЌnen Jump, and SaikyЕЌ Jump. ShЕЌnen Jump spawned the Jump magazine line as well as the Jump Comics imprint label for publishing tankЕЌbon. Many of the best-selling manga originate from Weekly ShЕЌnen Jump. Throughout 2019, it had an average circulation of over 1.6 million copies per week. The magazine has sold over 7.5 billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic/manga magazine. The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53 million copies per week, with a total readership of 18 million people in Japan. The chapters of series that run in Weekly ShЕЌnen Jump are collected and published in tankЕЌbon volumes under the 'Jump Comics' imprint every two to three months. The manga series within the magazine target young teen male readers and tend to consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. It is the best-selling manga magazine, as well as one of the longest-running the first issue was released with a cover date of August 1, 1968. Weekly Shonen Jump ( йЂ±е€Ље°‘е№ґг‚ёгѓЈгѓігѓ—, ShЕ«kan ShЕЌnen Janpu ?) is a weekly shЕЌnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines.