V Jump (ブイジャンプ Bui Janpu?) is a Japanese magazine about new manga and video games based on popular manga. The magazine's first debut was in 1993 by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines.
History[]
A prototype magazine called Hobby's Jump was launched in the 80s as a spin-off issue of Monthly Shōnen Jump. Hobby's Jump was announced dicontinued, and a new magazine called V Jump arrived. V Jump is a video game magazine, mostly for the series Dragon Quest (artwork done by Akira Toriyama, author of Dragon Ball) and the Final Fantasy series, as well as many Shōnen manga.
V Jump has also taken many series from Weekly Shōnen Jump, the series Shadow Lady created by Masakazu Katsura. The series has had more success than ever in the V Jump magazine. Later on, the magazine published sequels to the Weekly Jump series Dr. Slump, Dr. Slump appeared on the first issue of V Jump. After the Dr. Slump series, an adaption of the spin-off anime Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters GX called Yu-Gi-Oh! GX began serialization. And the serialization of the series Yu-Gi-Oh! R has just ended.
V Jump Books[]
V Jump Books is a line of V Jump manga and video game guides and some of the premiere editions. It mostly does guides for the series of Square Enix.
List of Manga Series[]
Current series[]
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Digimon Xros Wars (デジモンクロスウォーズ?) | Akiyoshi Hongō, Yūki Nakashima | |
| Inumayuge De Ikō (犬マユゲでいこう?) | Yūko 2 Ishizuka | |
| Monster Hunter Manga Poka Poka Airū Mura (モンハン漫画 ぽかぽかアイルー村?) | Akihiro Kikuchi, Capcom | |
| Slime MoriMori (スライムもりもり?) | Osamu Kaneko | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (遊☆戯☆王５Ｄ’ｓ?) | Masashiro Hikokubo, Masashi Satō, Studio Dice | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (遊☆戯☆王GX?) | Kazuki Takahashi, Brain Navi, Naoyuki Kageyama |
Former series[]
- Bakuen CAMPUS Guardress
- Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01
- Digimon Next
- Kinnikuman Nisei ~All Choujin Dai Shingeki~
- Viewtiful Joe
- Smash Bomber
- Shadow Lady
- Onmyou Taisenki
- Yu-Gi-Oh! R
References[]
- ↑ "2009 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
External links[]
- V-Jump WEB (Japanese)
- V-Jump Books website (Japanese)
- Shueisha Web Information official site (Japanese)
- s-manga.net : V Jump (Japanese)
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