Monthly Shonen Jump
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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
.
The Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine started as a spin-off issue of Weekly Jump called Bessatsu Shōnen Jump. The second spin-off issue was called Monthly Shōnen Jump, which caught on and became its own separate independent manga magazine.
Shōnen manga magazines in Japan in the 1980s focused on bishōjo
characters, and Monthly Shōnen Jump stood out due to the many product and toy tie-ins it had during that period and into the 1990s. In 1983 through 1988 a special issue called Hobby's Jump
had articles about PC and video games. The games were from early game systems like the Famicom
, MSX
, and the Sega SG-1000 Mark III. Another spin-off Go!Go! Jump was a collaboration between its sister magazine Weekly Jump and Monthly Jump; it was published in 2005 and was only published once.
On February 22, 2007, Shueisha announced that Monthly Jump would cease publication as of the July issue (on sale June 6, 2007.) Sales had slumped to a third of the magazine's peak, though a new magazine called Jump SQ. took its place on November 2.
In a May 2, 2007, letter, Shueisha announced that Claymore
takes a month break but it, Gag Manga Biyori, Rosario + Vampire
, and Tegami Bachi
continued in Weekly Shōnen Jump
until the start of the magazine Jump SQ.
Japan
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by Shueisha
Shueisha
is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...
from 1970 to 2007 under 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. It was the sister magazine to 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...
.
History
Shōnen manga magazines in Japan in the 1980s focused on bishōjo
Bishojo
is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bishōjo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary Kōjien...
characters, and Monthly Shōnen Jump stood out due to the many product and toy tie-ins it had during that period and into the 1990s. In 1983 through 1988 a special issue called Hobby's Jump
Hobby's Jump
, sometimes written HOBBY's JUMP, is a video game magazine published by Shueisha between 1983 and 1988. It was created as a spin-off of Monthly Shōnen Jump, and was a prototype of the later magazine V Jump. Hobby's Jump published original shōnen manga series as well as reviews of video games...
had articles about PC and video games. The games were from early game systems like the Famicom
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
, MSX
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
, and the Sega SG-1000 Mark III. Another spin-off Go!Go! Jump was a collaboration between its sister magazine Weekly Jump and Monthly Jump; it was published in 2005 and was only published once.
On February 22, 2007, Shueisha announced that Monthly Jump would cease publication as of the July issue (on sale June 6, 2007.) Sales had slumped to a third of the magazine's peak, though a new magazine called Jump SQ. took its place on November 2.
In a May 2, 2007, letter, Shueisha announced that 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...
takes a month break but it, Gag Manga Biyori, 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...
, and 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...
continued in 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...
until the start of the magazine Jump SQ.
Last Series
- Rosario + VampireRosario + 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...
- ClaymoreClaymore (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...
☆ - Tegami BachiTegami Bachiis 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...
☆ - Sheisen no Shachi
- Gag Manga Biyori
- Passacaglia Op.7
- Étoile
- Blue Dragon ST
- Buttobi Itto
- Kurohime
- Mr. Perfect
- DohRan
- Surebrec -Nora the 2nd-
- Kuroi Love Letter
- Mizu Cinema
Past Series
- Kia AsamiyaKia Asamiyais the pen-name of Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of both Batman and Star Wars...
- Steam DetectivesSteam Detectivesis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya. The manga was originally serialized in Ultra Jump. It was later adapted into a 26-episode anime TV series which ran from October 1998 to March 1999 on TV Tokyo...
(Moved to Ultra JumpUltra Jumpis a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which first issued in 1995. On October 19 of 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump...
at the magazines start.)
- Steam Detectives
- Kazunari Kakei
- Nora: The Last Chronicle of DevildomNora: The Last Chronicle of Devildomis a manga series created by . It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in Monthly Shōnen Jump from March 2004 to December 2006 and collected in nine bound volumes. There is a sequel series, , which is ironically Cerberus spelled backwards, currently in serialization...
- Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom
- Koji Kousaka
- Sutobasu Yarō ShowSutobasu Yarō Showis a Japan-exclusive Street basketball video game for the Super Famicom which was released in 1994.-Summary:The game was based on the Japanese manga series Sutobasu Yarō Show by Koji Kousaka, which was serialized in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump....
- Sutobasu Yarō Show
- Yūichi Agarie & Kenichi Sakura
- Kotokuri ★
- Hiroshi AroHiroshi Aro, better known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. He is mostly known for being the author of Futaba-Kun Change!, Morumo 1/10 and Yuu and Mii.He makes guest appearances in his own comics, drawing himself as an alligator wearing glasses....
- Sherriff
- Futaba-Kun Change!Futaba-Kun Change!is a 8 volumes manga series by Hiroshi Aro. Fast-paced, madcap and relatively mature in themes, it's usually comedic, with occasional elements of romance. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump in Japan, but it is now out of print...
- Rin Hirai
- LegendzLegendzis a role-playing game, an anime, a toy, card game, and manga series.The manga is illustrated by Makoto Haruno and the story is by Rin Hirai . The manga was published in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump in Japan, and the manga is published in English by Viz Media...
- Legendz
- Akira ToriyamaAkira Toriyamais a Japanese manga artist and game artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. Toriyama admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art...
- Neko Majin ZNeko Majinis a short series of one-shot manga chapters by mangaka Akira Toriyama, spanning eight total installments released from 1999-2005. It is most notable for its later portion, Neko Majin Z, which is a self-parody of Dragon Ball, the author's most famous work.-Introduction:Originally a one-shot bearing...
- Neko Majin Z
- Hiroyuki AsadaHiroyuki Asadais 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...
- I'llI'llI'll is a sports shōnen manga by artist Hiroyuki Asada. Its main plot concerns the life of a team of high school basketball players. It is focused on action scenes which depict the matches played by the team, but also puts emphasis on the interaction of characters outside of the courts...
- I'll
- Takehiko InoueTakehiko Inoueis a Japanese manga artist, best known for the basketball manga Slam Dunk, which has become a success both in Japan and overseas. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport, and many Japanese children started to play basketball because they read the manga...
- Buzzer BeaterBuzzer Beateris a manga series by Takehiko Inoue. The series debuted on the web and was later published in print format by Shueisha, being serialized in its Monthly Shōnen Jump manga magazine...
- Buzzer Beater
- Akio ChibaAkio Chibawas a Japanese manga artist born in Shenyang, Manchukuo . Chiba was known for publishing his works in both shōnen and shōjo magazines. Chiba made his professional debut in 1967 with his manga Sabu to Chibi while working as an assistant to his older brother, Tetsuya...
- CaptainCaptain (manga)is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978...
- Captain
- Kōichi Endo
- Shinigami-kun
- Fumihito Higashitani
- Kuroi Love Letter ★
- Daisuke HiguchiDaisuke Higuchiis a Japanese female manga artist best known for her work on Whistle!. Often she is mistaken for a man, namely because Daisuke is a name usually attributed to men.Her self portrait in Whistle! took the form of a crow.-History:...
- Go Ahead
- Shotaro IshinomoriShotaro Ishinomoriwas a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...
- Cyborg 009Cyborg 009is a manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different magazines, including Monthly Shōnen King, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Shōnen Big Comic, COM, Shōjo Comic, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Monthly Shōnen Jump and Monthly Comic Nora in Japan...
- Cyborg 009
- Yūko Ishizuka
- Anoa no Mori ★
- Bibiko Kurowa
- Gentō Club
- Gatarō Man
- Jigoku Kōshien
- Kōsuke MasudaKosuke MasudaKōsuke 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:...
- Takayuki Mizushina
- Uwa no Sora Chūihō
- Akira Momozato
- Guts Ranpei
- Motoki Monma
- Kattobi Itto
- Go NagaiGo Nagai, better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...
- Kekko KamenKekko Kamenis originally a shōnen manga series from Japanese creator Go Nagai, which spawned an OVA series and several live-action films. The manga series is about the misadventures of a student named Mayumi Takahashi who attends a boarding school called Toenail of Satan's Spartan Institute of Higher...
- Kekko Kamen
- Keiji NakazawaKeiji Nakazawais a Japanese manga artist and writer.He was born in Hiroshima and was in the city when it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945. All of his family members who had not been evacuated died in the bombing except for his mother, and an infant sister who died several weeks after the bombing...
- I Saw ItI Saw ItI Saw It: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: A Survivor's True Story, titled in Japanese, is a one-shot manga by Keiji Nakazawa that first appeared in 1972 as a 48-page feature in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump, which at the time was a spin-off issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. The story was later...
(published in America by EduComics)
- I Saw It
- Tarō Nami & Hiroshi Takahashi
- Eleven
- Riku SanjoRiku Sanjois a Japanese manga artist. He has worked as both a story writer for manga and anime. He graduated from Meiji University.-Anime:*Gaiking*MD Geist*Digimon Xros Wars*Digimon Xros Wars: Time Traveling Hunter Boys-External links:...
& Koji InadaKoji Inadais a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan College of Aeronautical Engineering. His drawing style is very similar to that of Akira Toriyama...
- Beet the Vandel BusterBeet the Vandel Busteris a manga and anime series written by Riku Sanjo and illustrated by Koji Inada.The manga was published in Shueisha's Monthly Shōnen Jump in Japan until the illustrator Inada became ill. The magazine later ceased publication leaving the future of the manga unknown at this time. VIZ Media publishes...
★ (on hiatus since September 2006)
- Beet the Vandel Buster
- Ami Shibata
- Ayakashi Tenma
- Yoshihiro TakahashiYoshihiro Takahashiis a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name Yoshihiro is spelled out in hiragana .Takahashi was born September 18, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita. He was very interested in drawing growing up and, in the 60's, started publishing small comics in several newspapers...
- Shiroi Senshi YamatoShiroi Senshi Yamatois a Japanese manga series by Yoshihiro Takahashi, which was serialized between 1976 and 1989 in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump.-Protagonist Dogs:Yamato - ヤマト号: The main character of this manga....
- Shiroi Senshi Yamato
- Kikuhide Tani & Yoshihiro Kuroiwa
- ZenkiZenkiis a Japanese manga series written by Kikuhide Tani and illustrated by Yoshihiro Kuroiwa. It was serealized in the Shueisha publication, Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 1996. Zenki was adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series in 1995 by Studio Deen and also spawned five video games...
- Zenki
- Osamu TezukaOsamu Tezukawas a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
- 1985 e no Tabidachi
- Godfather no Musuko
- Grotesque e no Shōtai
- Inai Inai Bā
- Norihiro YagiNorihiro Yagiis 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...
- Angel DensetsuAngel Densetsuis a shōnen manga created by Norihiro Yagi. Serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1992 to 2000, in total of 15 volumes.-Story:Angel Densetsu is a story about Seiichirou Kitano, a kind and naive boy with the heart of an angel, but the sinister looks of a devil...
- ClaymoreClaymore (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...
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- Angel Densetsu
- Katakura Masanori
- Kurohime★☆