V Jump

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Japanese manga magazine

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::summary Japanese manga magazine ::

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FieldValue
logoV Jump logo.svg
image_fileV Jump December 2024 cover.webp
image_captionCover of the December 2024 issue, featuring Dragon Ball Daima
editorDaisuke Terashi
editor_titleEditor-in-Chief
previous_editorKazuhiko Torishima
frequencyMonthly (since 1993)
Semiannually (1990–1992)
circulation147,000 (January–December 2021)
categoryShōnen manga and video games
publisherShueisha
firstdate
countryJapan
basedTokyo
languageJapanese
websitevjump.shueisha.co.jp
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| logo = V Jump logo.svg | image_file = V Jump December 2024 cover.webp | image_caption = Cover of the December 2024 issue, featuring Dragon Ball Daima | staff_writer = | editor = Daisuke Terashi | editor_title = Editor-in-Chief | previous_editor = Kazuhiko Torishima | frequency = Monthly (since 1993) Semiannually (1990–1992) | circulation = 147,000 (January–December 2021) | category = Shōnen manga and video games | publisher = Shueisha | company = | firstdate = | finaldate = | country = Japan | based = Tokyo | language = Japanese | website = vjump.shueisha.co.jp | issn = V Jump is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine, focusing on manga as well as video games based on popular manga. The magazine's debut was in 1990 by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines.

History

In the early 1990s, Shueisha directed Weekly Shōnen Jump editor Kazuhiko Torishima to create V Jump as a children's magazine to compete with Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic. Believing Shueisha was incapable of this because they lacked the experience and personal connections Shogakukan had, Torishima claims to have purposefully chosen a theme he knew would be unpopular for the third issue. He then received permission to re-launch the magazine with the new goal of containing manga, anime, and video game content all in one medium. Torishima later claimed to have predicted people being able to access all of these in one place like smartphones, and wanted to "get off the sinking ship" that was print manga magazines as soon as possible. He also wanted to begin promoting games while they were still in development, and personally went around to major game studios and asked them to publicize the names and faces of the individual creators. Torishima left Weekly Shōnen Jump to re-launch V Jump in 1992, and serve as its editor-in-chief. He also changed the meaning of the "V" in its title from "Victory", derived from the V sign, to "Virtual". Akira Toriyama designed the magazine's mascot character V Dragon, who was named via a reader poll.

Most of the manga serialized in V Jump are spin-offs of popular Weekly Shōnen Jump titles or adaptations of video games and anime. These include Yu-Gi-Oh! GX and Boruto. Original manga serialized in the magazine include Shadow Lady by Masakazu Katsura and Go! Go! Ackman by Toriyama. In November 2020, comedian Kendo Kobayashi was officially appointed an editor of V Jump.

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. It is the other publisher of Disney Books in Japan along with Kodansha since it published books and guides for the Kingdom Hearts games.

Features

Most of the manga serialized in V Jump are spin-offs of popular Weekly Shōnen Jump titles, or adaptations of video games or anime.

Series

There are currently nine manga titles being regularly serialized in V Jump. ::data[format=table]

Series titleAuthor(s)PremieredNotes
Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, Masashi Kishimoto
Dragon Ball Super, ToyotarouOn hiatus
Digimon World Re:Digitize Encode, Akiyoshi HongōOn hiatus
Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken - Yūsha Avan to Gokuen no Maō, Riku Sanjo
Inu Mayuge de IkōIshizuka 2 Yūko
Metaphor: ReFantazio, Atlus
N E O Shindō no “Puro” Rōōogu!!Kasaiyūji, N E O Shindō
Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG StoriesNaohito Miyoshi, Shin Yoshida
Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Structures
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Former series

Circulation

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Year / PeriodMonthly circulationMagazine salesSales revenue ()Issue priceSeptember 1998 to March 2019()56,816,351()
September 1998 to August 2003title=Manga Anthology Circulations 2004-2006url=https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/12/26/3040.htmlwork=ComiPressdate=2007-12-27language=en}}
September 2003 to August 2004149,833
September 2004 to August 2005178,334
September 2005 to September 2007178,334
October 2007 to September 2008
October 2008 to September 2009
October 2009 to September 2010url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-20/2010-japanese-anime/game-magazine-circulation-numberstitle = 2010 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numberspublisher = Anime News Networkdate = January 21, 2010access-date = May 28, 2015}}
October 2010 to September 2011
October 2011 to September 2012302,500
October 2012 to September 2013292,500
October 2013 to September 2014252,500
October 2014 to September 2015233,334
October 2015 to September 2016258,333
October 2016 to September 2017212,500
October 2017 to September 2018
October 2018 to March 2019
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References

References

  1. (May 7, 2022). "Shueisha Media Guide 2022".
  2. link
  3. Inaba, Hotate. (2016-04-04). "【全文公開】伝説の漫画編集者マシリトはゲーム業界でも偉人だった！ 鳥嶋和彦が語る「DQ」「FF」「クロノ・トリガー」誕生秘話". Denfaminico Gamer.
  4. "ビクトリー・ウチダの社長への道!!Super!! 第8回". V Jump.
  5. Koyama, Daisuke. (2019-05-17). "「編集者になるために特別な才能は必要ない。好奇心と想像力を持ってください」Dr.マシリト鳥嶋和彦氏が学生に語ったマンガ、雑誌、出版と編集者の今後". Denfaminico Gamer.
  6. Fushimachi, Yuzuru. (2018-12-28). "【佐藤辰男×鳥嶋和彦対談】いかにしてKADOKAWAはいまの姿になったか──ライトノベルの定義は「思春期の少年少女がみずから手に取る、彼らの言葉で書かれたいちばん面白いと思えるもの」【「ゲームの企画書」特別編】". Denfaminico Gamer.
  7. link. Dragon Ball Official Site. [[Shueisha]]. (May 22, 2018)
  8. (2020-11-18). "ケンコバ、『Vジャンプ』編集部員に正式就任 仕事はメーカー取材や新商品企画の提案など". [[Oricon]].
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  10. link. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. (2008)
  11. link. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. (2008)
  12. (January 21, 2010). "2010 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network.
  13. link. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. (2010)
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  20. link. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. (2017)
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