Jump Square
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese monthly shōnen manga magazine with a circulation of over 300,000. Published by Shueisha, the magazine premiered on November 2, 2007 as a replacement for Monthly Shōnen Jump
, another manga anthology that Shueisha discontinued in June of that year. The magazine is a part of the Jump
line of magazines. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are also published in tankōbon
volumes under the Jump Comics label. The manga series within the magazine target young male readers and tend to be set in a fantasy
setting with a large amount of action scenes.
manga anthology. The title has three stated meanings: public square
("a plaza where comic lovers and talented artists and writers come together"), algebraic square (Weekly Shōnen Jump
²), and "SQ = Supreme Quality" (referring to its "Supreme Quality Manga Magazine" motto). Four manga serials were temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump, until Jump Square's release. These four series, Tegami Bachi
, Rosario + Vampire
, Claymore
, and Gag Manga Biyori were among the magazine's premiere series, along with debuting series, including Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein-, Kure-nai
, and Dragonaut -The Resonance-
.
chapters from works published by the Jump j-Books label. One-shots from established manga writers are featured in a section of the magazine called the , while pieces from up-and-coming writers occasionally appear in the section.
s were serialized near the end of Jump SQ and in Super Dash Manga Program.
The first issue featured a then-one-shot collaboration between the world-famous American comic writer Stan Lee
and Shaman King
's Hiroyuki Takei
, called Karakuridôji Ultimo
(using the Marvel Method
).
A contest organized by Shonen Jump
(a monthly English version of Weekly Shōnen Jump
) and Jump SQ., offered a Jump SQ II (Second) issue autographed by Lee and Takei to the random winner at the 2008 New York Comic Con. Three regulars: Sekai no Chūshin de Taiyō ni Hoeru, Tsumikabatsu, and Mahō no Ryōri Chaos Kitchen; were put in the SQ II magazine as their own SQ II exclusive one-shot, along with other one-shots like Missing Battery, Cross, or Alone Again.
The success of Ultimo led to the extra mini book named which is completely based on Lee's American comics, mostly Amazing Fantasy
(first Spider-Man
, Iron Man
, and The Hulk
.
.
Monthly Shonen Jump
is a now defunct monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the Jump line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to Weekly Shōnen Jump.- History :...
, another manga anthology that Shueisha discontinued in June of that year. The magazine is a part of the Jump
Jump (magazine line)
sometimes stylized JUMP, is a famous line of manga magazines created by Shueisha. The origin of the name is unknown. The Jump magazines are intended for the male audience, although the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine has also been popular to the female demographic.- History :In 1949, Shueisha got into...
line of magazines. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are also published in tankōbon
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
volumes under the Jump Comics label. The manga series within the magazine target young male readers and tend to be set in a fantasy
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature is fantasy in written form. Historically speaking, literature has composed the majority of fantasy works. Since the 1950s however, a growing segment of the fantasy genre has taken the form of films, television programs, graphic novels, video games, music, painting, and other...
setting with a large amount of action scenes.
History
Jump SQ, also called Jump Square, was created as the replacement for Shueisha's canceled Monthly Shōnen JumpMonthly Shonen Jump
is a now defunct monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the Jump line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to Weekly Shōnen Jump.- History :...
manga anthology. The title has three stated meanings: public square
Town square
A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. Other names for town square are civic center, city square, urban square, market square, public square, and town green.Most town squares are hardscapes suitable for open markets,...
("a plaza where comic lovers and talented artists and writers come together"), algebraic square (Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump
is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...
²), and "SQ = Supreme Quality" (referring to its "Supreme Quality Manga Magazine" motto). Four manga serials were temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump, until Jump Square's release. These four series, Tegami Bachi
Tegami Bachi
is a ongoing shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Asada. This manga is set in the fictional land called "AmberGround", where a artificial sun only illuminates the capital of the land, Akatsuki...
, Rosario + Vampire
Rosario + Vampire
, often shortened to , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihisa Ikeda. The story revolves around Tsukune Aono, a boy who accidentally gets enrolled in a school inhabited by monsters and demons. He quickly befriends Moka Akashiya, a vampire who soon develops an obsession with...
, Claymore
Claymore (manga)
is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue. When the magazine was canceled in June 2007, the series was temporarily moved to Weekly Shōnen Jump where it was still published...
, and Gag Manga Biyori were among the magazine's premiere series, along with debuting series, including Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein-, Kure-nai
Kure-nai
is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of Jump Square magazine...
, and Dragonaut -The Resonance-
Dragonaut -The Resonance-
is an anime series directed by Manabu Ono and co-produced by Gonzo and Nihon Ad Systems . The series ran on the Japanese network TV Tokyo between October 3, 2007 and March 26, 2008...
.
Circulation
When Jump Square was launched, the initial printing of 500,000 copies quickly sold out. Over 70% of the copies released across Japan sold within three days. Shueisha printed an additional 100,000 copies to help meet the demand, something normally not necessary with Japanese magazines. The second issue also sold well, requiring a second printing of 60,000 copies. After the first issue excitement died down circulation leveled off in the vicinity of 370,000 copies.Features
Jump Square's primary content is manga serials. In addition to the manga series, some issues include serialized light novelLight novel
A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...
chapters from works published by the Jump j-Books label. One-shots from established manga writers are featured in a section of the magazine called the , while pieces from up-and-coming writers occasionally appear in the section.
Series
There are currently twenty-three manga titles being regularly serialized in Jump Square.| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
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| Kazue Katō | ||
| Yoshiaki Sukeno | ||
| Shin Arakawa | ||
| Norihiro Yagi Norihiro Yagi is a Japanese manga writer and artist from Okinawa Prefecture. He started making manga in 1990.Norihiro Yagi is a successful manga artist, having won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first work, Undeadman. Undeadman appeared in Monthly Shōnen Jump and has had two sequels... |
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| Katsura Hoshino Katsura Hoshino is a Japanese manga writer and artist from Shiga Prefecture. She made her debut in July 2003 with the publication of her first manga series Continue and is known for her work, D.Gray-man, which began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in May 2004.The D.Gray-man manga series has been... |
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| Nobuhiro Watsuki Nobuhiro Watsuki is a Japanese manga artist, best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin. He once worked as an assistant for his favorite author Takeshi Obata.-Biography:... |
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| Clamp Clamp (manga artists) , is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,... |
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| Tatsuya Endō Tatsuya Endo Tatsuya Endō is a Japanese manga artist known for his work Tista, which runs in Jump Square. Endo drew several short stories for various Jump magazines, but Tista is his first ongoing series.- References :... |
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| Shiori Furukawa | ||
| Shōgo Ueno | ||
| Takeshi Konomi Takeshi Konomi is a Japanese manga artist. He owns a cat named Kahluamilk whom he uses to assist him in drawing "Karupin", a character in his The Prince of Tennis. He has said that bathing inspires him to think of new ideas for manga..-Financial standing:... , Kenichi Sakura |
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| Jigoku no Misawa | ||
| Stan Lee Stan Lee Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.... , Hiroyuki Takei Hiroyuki Takei is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime Shaman King.-Career:Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on as in 1992... |
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| Kentarō Katayama Kentaro Katayama is a Japanese author most notable for his light novel series Kure-nai. Kentarō Katayama's light novel has been adapted into an anime, and a manga in Jump SQ. Kure-nai has three individual books illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto... , Yamato Yamamoto Yamato Yamamoto is a Gensaku-sha most notable for creating the artwork in the Kure-nai light novel series. The Kure-nai series was adapted into a manga with Yamato Yamamoto and the original author.... , Hideaki Koyasu, Daisuke Furuya |
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| Hajime Kazu Hajime Kazu Hajime Kazu is a shōnen manga artist most famous for her work Mind Assassin. The creator mainly writes and draws action manga. Her latest work was in the magazine Jump SQ.- Works :*Mind Assassin *Meiryotei Gotoseijuro... |
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| Kōsuke Masuda Kosuke Masuda Kōsuke Masuda is a gag manga artist and writer most famous for the manga series Gag Manga Biyori. The creator's works are highly influenced by Kyosuke Usuta, the creator of Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar.-References:... |
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| Matsuhiro Tomo, Yōhei Takemura, Yuka Nakajima | ||
| Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ Fujiko Fujio was a nom de plume of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987.... |
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| Akihisa Ikeda Akihisa Ikeda is a manga artist known for the manga Rosario + Vampire.- History :Akihisa Ikeda was born in 1976 in Miyazaki. He debuted as a mangaka with the four-volume magical warrior fantasy series Kiruto in 2002, which was serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump... |
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| Takeshi Konomi Takeshi Konomi is a Japanese manga artist. He owns a cat named Kahluamilk whom he uses to assist him in drawing "Karupin", a character in his The Prince of Tennis. He has said that bathing inspires him to think of new ideas for manga..-Financial standing:... |
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| Tobira Oda | ||
| Hiroyuki Asada Hiroyuki Asada is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his steampunk series Tegami Bachi . The first manga series he created was called I'll, and was a basketball series. All of Asada's manga were serialized in the monthly shōnen anthology Monthly Shōnen Jump... |
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| Kentarō Yabuki Kentaro Yabuki is a Japanese manga artist. His mentor is Takeshi Obata, the illustrator of Death Note, Hikaru no Go and Bakuman.Yabuki is best known for the series Black Cat which ran 20 volumes and was published in the United States. Upon its ending, Yabuki expressed desire to make a sequel from the series, or... , Saki Hasemi Saki Hasemi is a Japanese manga artist and writer.He is known for his collaborated work with Kentaro Yabuki, on To Love-Ru, a manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was adapted into an anime broadcast between April 3 and September 25, 2008... |
Online Manga Series
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
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| Shōta Hattori |
Light Novels
light novelLight novel
A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...
s were serialized near the end of Jump SQ and in Super Dash Manga Program.
Jump SQ II (Second)
short for , is a spin-off issue of Jump SQ of which three volumes have currently been published, beginning on April 18, 2008.The first issue featured a then-one-shot collaboration between the world-famous American comic writer Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....
and Shaman King
Shaman King
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament....
's Hiroyuki Takei
Hiroyuki Takei
is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime Shaman King.-Career:Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on as in 1992...
, called Karakuridôji Ultimo
Karakuridôji Ultimo
is a Japanese manga series created by Hiroyuki Takei and Stan Lee . The plot of the story depicts a conflict between good and evil, implicated through the Karakuri Dôji created by the character Dr. Dunstan....
(using the Marvel Method
Marvel Method
The Marvel Method is a form of comic book writer-artist collaboration in which the artist works from a story synopsis, rather than a full script, creating page-by-page plot details on his or her own...
).
A contest organized by Shonen Jump
Shonen Jump (magazine)
Shonen Jump, officially stylized SHONEN JUMP and abbreviated SJ, is a shōnen manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media. It debuted in November 2002 with the first issue having a January 2003 cover date...
(a monthly English version of Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump
is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...
) and Jump SQ., offered a Jump SQ II (Second) issue autographed by Lee and Takei to the random winner at the 2008 New York Comic Con. Three regulars: Sekai no Chūshin de Taiyō ni Hoeru, Tsumikabatsu, and Mahō no Ryōri Chaos Kitchen; were put in the SQ II magazine as their own SQ II exclusive one-shot, along with other one-shots like Missing Battery, Cross, or Alone Again.
The success of Ultimo led to the extra mini book named which is completely based on Lee's American comics, mostly Amazing Fantasy
Amazing Fantasy
Amazing Fantasy is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, and revived in 1995 and in the 2000s. It is best known as the title that introduced the popular superhero character Spider-Man in 1962...
(first Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
, Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...
, and The Hulk
Hulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
.
Jump SQ.19
is a spin-off issue of Jump SQ, first published May 19, 2010. It includes one shots and Jump SQ series' side stories, and a series that only serializes in Jump SQ.19. It is scheduled to release quarterly on the 19th of every February, May, August, and November.Series in Jump SQ.19
There are currently nine manga titles being regularly serialized in Jump SQ 19.| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
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| Tohru Uchimizu | ||
| Yomi Hirasaka, Shōichi Taguchi, Misaki Harukawa, Buriki | ||
| Minoru Sasaki | ||
| Yūki Nakashima | ||
| Yasuhiro Nightō Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. Nightow was born on April 8, 1967 in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school, and spent the junior high and high school years in Shizuoka.... |
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| Tokihiko Ishiki | ||
| Namie Odama Namie Odama , born June 1, 1979 in Osaka Prefecture, known as "Namie-han" to her fans, is a Japanese gag manga artist. Her works have been featured in Shueisha's magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump and, more recently, its sister publications Business Jump, Ultra Jump and Young Jump.Odama says she "became a manga... |
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| Miki Miyashita | ||
| Mizuki Kawashita Mizuki Kawashita is a female Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Strawberry 100%. During the early part of her career, she wrote and illustrated under the pen name . Her first public work was a doujinshi called Innocent in 1993... |
Super Dash Manga Program
shortened to SDMP, is the supplement manga magazine of Jump Square. It is published from April 21 to October 4 of 2011. Super Dash Manga Program focuses on series and one shots of the comicalization on light novels from Super Dash BunkoSuper Dash Bunko
is a Shueisha publishing imprint established in July 2000 for publishing light novels aimed at teenage boys. In April 2001, the label inherited a strong lineup from the discontinued Super Fantasy Bunko label, in addition to inheriting all of their school life and slapstick light novel series...
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