Ultra Jump Explained

Editor:Ultra Jump's editorial department
Editor Title:Editor
Frequency:Quarterly (1995–1999)
Monthly (1999–present)
Circulation:25,000
(January–December 2021)[1]
Category:Seinen manga[2] [3]
Company:Shueisha
Firstdate:1995 (As a special issue in Weekly Young Jump)
October 19, 1999 (As a monthly magazine)
Country:Japan
Based:Tokyo
Language:Japanese

is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are published in tankōbon volumes under the Young Jump Comics Ultra label.

History

Ultra Jump started as a special issue of the seinen anthology Weekly Young Jump called "Young Jump: Ultra Special Issue: Ultra Jump", which was first issued in 1995. The magazine was split to a monthly publication in 1999, simply called "Ultra Jump". On March 19, 2008, Ultra Jump released an online spin-off of the Ultra Jump magazine: . Ultra Jump Egg is an online manga website that mainly serializes manga not in the original Ultra Jump magazine.[4]

Features

The magazine has been known for fanservice-laden fantasy and science-fiction stories aimed at young adults.[5] [6] Shueisha's light novel line, "Super Dash Bunko", has close ties with the Ultra Jump magazine, as Ultra Jump supports the line by creating manga adaptions of the titles. (e.g. R.O.D) One-shots from manga writers are featured regularly and are called . Each issue includes an item featuring one or more series currently running in the magazine.

Series in publication

See also: List of series run in Ultra Jump.

TitleIllustrator/AuthorPremiered
Kazushi Hagiwara
Hikaru Nakamura
Shirow Miwa
Yoshiki Tanaka, Ryū Fujisaki
Ayano Takeda, Musshu
Hiroshi Shiibashi
Hirohiko Araki
Shinagire[7]
Kazuki Funatsu
Nakayama Atsushi
Chisato Oga
Asumiko Nakamura
Gurashi, Yuni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shueisha Media Guide 2022 . Shueisha. May 7, 2022. May 7, 2022.
  2. Book: Manga: The Complete Guide. Jason Thompson. Del Rey Books. 978-0-345-48590-8. 2007. xxiii-xxiv.
  3. Web site: Boy's Manga. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016 . ja. November 6, 2016.
  4. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-20/ultra-jump-egg-mag-spinoff-launches-online Ultra Jump Egg Manga Mag Spinoff Launches Online – Anime News Network
  5. Web site: ウルトラジャンプ・マンガ原作プロットコンテスト . 2023-09-27 . ノベルアップ+ . ja.
  6. Web site: 2023-09-27 . Ultra Jump is Looking For Plots for 'Erotic Isekai' Manga . 2023-09-27 . Anime News Network . en.
  7. Web site: 幼なじみの女子のため、女装を続ける男子のコメディ「女装男子はスカートを脱ぎたい!」 . ja . 2023-12-29 . . Natasha, Inc. . 2024-02-14 . 2024-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118091302/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553821 . live .