Weekly Shōnen Jump

For the English magazine, see Weekly Shonen Jump (English).

Weekly Shōnen Jump

Cover of the 1996 issue 42, in which Yu-Gi-Oh! premiered.
English name	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Japanese name Japanese 週刊（しゅうかん）少年（しょうねん）ジャンプ Base 週刊少年ジャンプ Furigana しゅうかんしょうねんジャンプ Rōmaji Shūkan Shōnen Janpu
Company	Shueisha
Language	Japanese
Country	Japan
Frequency	Semimonthly (1968–1969) Weekly (October 1969 – present)
Series printed	Yu-Gi-Oh!
List of issues Promotional cards

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a magazine containing news concerning anime, manga and their eponymous video games. The first publications of Yu-Gi-Oh! appeared here, when the manga was originally released.

The first issue's cover date is July 2, 1968. The magazine was originally printed semimontly, until October 1969, when it switched to weekly.

Features

See also: List of Weekly Shōnen Jump issues

Among other series, Weekly Shōnen Jump serialized the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga from September 16, 1996 to March 8, 2004 and printed the "TRANSCEND GAME" special chapters in April 2016.

Issues have contained news about Yu-Gi-Oh! products and series. A number of issues have featured Yu-Gi-Oh! characters on their covers.

International adaptations

Weekly Shōnen Jump has been adapted into many foreign languages, including, but not limited to, the American Shonen Jump, the Swedish Shonen Jump and the German Banzai!.

Promotional cards

Main article: Weekly Shōnen Jump promotional cards

Promotional Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are sometimes included in issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump. These cards use the set prefix WJ, WJC and WJMP.

Color pages

Some chapters have pages printed in full color. When reprinted in tankoban, they were changed to black-and-white. The color versions were not used again until digital copies of the bunkoban were made available in full color, which included touched up versions of these pages.

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  1: "The Puzzle of the Gods"

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  13: "The Man from Egypt (Part 1)"

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  20: "Game Over"

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  51: "Millennium Enemy 2: Monster World"

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  52: "Millennium Enemy 3: The Fumble of Doom"

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  65: "Let the Duel Begin!"

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  71: "The Scourge of the Sea"

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  75: "The Cards Bare Their Teeth"

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  76: "The Legendary Dragon"

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  80: "The Night Intruder"

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  82: "Defeat the Darkness!"

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  84: "A Storm in the Kingdom"

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  92: "Enter the Labyrinth!"

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  95: "The Terror of the Dungeon"

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  100: "Duel Disk Battle!"

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  104: "Crisis!"

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  134: "The New Game"

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  138: "Dungeon Crisis!!"

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  144: "The Room of Revenge"

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  148: "The God of the Obelisk"

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  153: "Duel of Vengeance!"

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  170: "Nearer to God"

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  174: "The Combo of God!!"

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  189: "Ultimate Summon!!"

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  196: "The Last Piece of the Puzzle"

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  251: "A Battle to Tear the Skies Asunder!"

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  279: "The Millennium Treasure"

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  303: "To Pierce the Darkness!"

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  343: "The Journey of the King"

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  "TRANSCEND GAME (part 1)"

External links

• Shonenjump.com Official website (english)
• Shonenjump.com/j Official website (japanese)
• Wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Jump Wikipedia article