Shonen Jump

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Shonen Jump
Front and back covers of the first issue
Front and back covers of the first issue
English nameShonen Jump
CompanyViz Media
LanguageEnglish
Country
  • United States
  • Canada
FrequencyMonthly
First issue2003 #1 (November 26, 2002)
Last issue2012 #4
Series printed

Shonen Jump was a monthly anime and manga magazine published in North America by Viz Media, based on its Japanese counterpart, Weekly Shōnen Jump. In addition to serializing chapters from various manga series and containing anime- and manga-related news, the magazine also featured articles on anime- and manga-related video games, card games, and even Japanese language and culture. The first issue was released in November 2002 with a January 2003 cover date. The April 2012 issue was the last issue of the magazine before it switched to the digital format Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.

There was additional Shonen Jump content, including online previews and serialization of various manga series and fan-focused blog posts, on the magazine's official website, though much of the additional content was only available to subscribers. It also had online-only sister publications, Shonen Sunday and IKKI, and an anime-focused counterpart, VIZ Anime.

Features[edit]

Shonen Jump included chapters from several manga series and articles on Japanese language and culture, as well as news and features about manga, anime, video games, card games, and figurines.

Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World were serialized in their entirety in Shonen Jump, and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX was serialized through volume 4. The first chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! R was also printed, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's was serialized starting in the January 2011 issue, until the April 2012 issue, the last before the magazine moved online.

Promotional cards[edit]

Some issues of Shonen Jump featured promotional Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game cards. Most of these were bundled in newsstand copies, but some were only offered to subscribers, and one card, "Troposphere", was only bundled in the Scholastic Edition of the magazine. Other promotional cards were available as subscription bonuses or through mail order.

Because Shonen Jump was only distributed in North America, promotional Shonen Jump cards are not tournament-legal in Europe, Oceania, or Central or South America unless the card has been otherwise released in those regions.[1]

References[edit]

  1. "Card Legality - Currently Legal Cards". Yugioh-Card.com. June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.

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