Weekly Shonen Jump (magazine)
Weekly Shonen Jump's first issue, published January 21, 2013, featuring Naruto Uzumaki
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| Editor-in-Chief | Andy Nakatani |
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| Editor | John Bae |
| Editor | Alexis Kirsch |
| Editor | Marlene First |
| Categories | manga, shōnen |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | January 30, 2012 (as Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha) |
| Company | Viz Media |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Based in | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | shonenjump.com |
Weekly Shonen Jump is a digital shōnen manga anthology published in North America by Viz Media, and the successor to their monthly print anthology Shonen Jump. It began serialization on January 30, 2012 as Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha (officially stylized as Weekly SHONEN JUMP αlpha or Weekly SHONEN JUMP Alpha), with two free preview issues released in the buildup to its launch. Based on Shueisha's popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shonen Jump is an attempt to provide English readers with easily accessible, affordable, and officially licensed editions of the latest installments of popular Shōnen Jump manga soon after their release in Japan, as an alternative to popular bootleg scanlation services.
The anthology launched with a lineup of six titles, with new issues published online two weeks after the equivalent Japanese release. The magazine currently features twelve ongoing titles, including installments of monthly series from Weekly Shōnen Jump's sister publications, Weekly Young Jump, Jump SQ, V-Jump, and Young Jump Web Comics. At New York Comic-Con 2012 it was announced that the magazine would transition to simultaneous publication with Japan beginning with the January 21, 2013 issue, with more new series to be added to the lineup. The magazine was renamed Weekly Shonen Jump starting on January 21, 2013.
In October 2011, Viz confirmed that Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, a weekly digital version of the magazine, would be released on January 30, 2012. Viz also confirmed that it would release its final Shonen Jump print publication in March of that year after Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha is released.
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