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Jump SQ.Crown
, also written as , is a Japanese monthly manga magazine. Published by Shueisha, the magazine premiered on November 2, 2007, as a replacement for ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', another manga anthology that Shueisha discontinued in June of that year. The magazine is a part of the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are also published in ''tankōbon'' volumes under the '' Jump Comics SQ.'' imprint. Shueisha reported that readers of ''Jump Square'' tend to range from 15 to 34 years of age. The current (2015) editor-in-chief is Kôsuke Yahagi. History ''Jump SQ'', also called ''Jump Square'', was created as the replacement for Shueisha's canceled ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' manga anthology. The title has three stated meanings: public square ("a plaza where comic lovers and talented artists and writers come together"), algebraic square (''Weekly Shōnen Jump''²), and "SQ = Supreme Quality" (referring to its "Supreme Quality Manga Magazine" motto). Four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Manga magazines published by Shueisha include the '' Jump'' magazine line, which includes shonen magazines ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', '' Jump SQ'', and '' V Jump'', and seinen magazines ''Weekly Young Jump'', '' Grand Jump'' and '' Ultra Jump'', and the online magazine ''Shōnen Jump+''. They also publish other magazines, including '' Non-no''. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in North America. History In 1925, Shueisha was created by major publishing company Shogakukan (founded in 1922). became the first novel published by Shueisha in collaboration with Shogakukan—the temporary home of Shueisha. In 1927, two nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kure-nai
is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of ''Jump Square'' magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 issue. An anime adaptation by Brain's Base aired in Japan from April 3, 2008, to June 19, 2008. Plot Orphaned sixteen-year-old high school student Shinkurō Kurenai, a specialist in settling squabbles between people, is one day approached by his employer Benika Jūzawa with the seven-year-old daughter of a powerful plutocratic family asking him to be the child's bodyguard. Characters ; : :The main protagonist of the series and is a student at a local high school. Despite his looks and easygoing personality, he is a capable and strong worker who works for Benika as a dispute mediator. When he was young, he lost his family in a terrorist attack. As a result, he became withdrawn from the world until he met Benika. He wished to be as strong as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Busters
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Neoshoco. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump Square'' since August 2023. Publication Written and illustrated by Neoshoco, ''Phantom Busters'' was first published as a one-shot in Shueisha's manga magazine '' Jump SQ.Rise'' on October 26, 2022. It started its serialization in Shueisha's ''Jump Square'' magazine on August 4, 2023. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes, with the first one released on December 4, 2023. As of June 4, 2025, five volumes have been released. In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media, with the first volume set to be released in Q4 2025. Volumes Reception The manga was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2024 and was ranked nineteenth. It has also been nominated for the 2025 edition in the same category. The series was ranked second in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon Of Sherlock Holmes
Traditionally, the canon of Sherlock Holmes consists of the 56 short stories and four novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Peter Haining, "Introduction" in Edited by Peter Haining. In this context, the term "canon (fiction), canon" is an attempt to distinguish between Doyle's original works and Sherlock Holmes pastiches, subsequent works by other authors using the same characters. Usually capitalized by fans of the Sherlockian game as "the Canon", the description of these 60 adventures as the Sherlock Holmes canon and the game of applying the methods of "historical criticism, Higher Criticism" to it was started by Ronald Knox as a playful use of the traditional definition of canon as an authoritative list of books accepted as holy scripture.Dorothy L. Sayers, ''Unpopular Opinions'' (London: Victor Gollancz, 1946), 7. Novels The four novels of the canon: #''A Study in Scarlet'' (1887) #''The Sign of the Four'' (1890) #''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1901–1902) #''The Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moriarty The Patriot
is a Japanese mystery manga series with storyboards by and illustrated by , based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''Sherlock Holmes'' series. It focuses on Holmes' nemesis, William James Moriarty. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump Square'' since August 2016, with its chapters collected in 19 volumes as of February 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G aired from October 2020 to June 2021. A manga adaptation of the novel adaptations by Yōsuke Saita, titled ''Moriarty the Patriot: The Remains'', was serialized in ''Jump Square'' from March 2023 to July 2024, with its chapters collected in three volumes. Plot In the late 19th century, the British Empire has become a global power. Due to the strict class stratification, the average citizen has little chance of successfully rising up to the top, where the despicable nobility rules over them all. The first son of Earl Moriarty, Albert Moriarty finds two orphans, Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds Of Life
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Amyu. The series began publication in Shueisha's ''Jump Square'' magazine in August 2012. It has been reported that over 7.5 million copies of the manga have been sold. An anime television series adaptation produced by Platinum Vision aired from April to December 2019. Plot The story focuses on the Koto club of the Tokise High School in Kanagawa Prefecture. Takezo Kurata, in his second year, is the only member left in the Koto club, after all the senior members have graduated. While he is trying his best to recruit more members into the club, Chika Kudo submits his application. But, since Kudo is known to be a delinquent, one who destroyed his own grandfather's koto shop, Takezo is apprehensive about him. Things change when he discovers the truth. Also joining the club is the Koto prodigy, Satowa Hozuki, who has her own agenda. More members join the club in time, holding their own reasons for joining. However, in the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemono Jihen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sho Aimoto. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Jump Square'' since December 2016 and has been collected in twenty-three volumes as of May 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Ajiado aired from January to March 2021. Characters ; : :A 13-year-old ghoul-human ''hanyo'' or hybrid. After being supposedly abandoned by his parents, he was abused by his aunt as hard labor for her inn, earning him the nickname "Dorotabo" as he was always covered in dirt and smelling badly from toiling in the fields. Kabane later learns from Inugami that he was likely not abandoned due to being in possession of the Life Calculus, which quenches his ghoulish thirst for flesh, and begins searching for his parents while learning more about his emotions along the way. Kabane possesses an innocent and straightforward personality, as well as an extremely self-sacrificial spirit. Owing to his immortal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokurakugai
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Sano. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine '' Jump Square'' since July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in five volumes as of May 2025. Premise Tao Saotome and Alma operate the Gokurakugai Troubleshooter Agency, a problem-solving service in Gokurakugai, a working-class district inhabited by humans and beastmen. Tao is a tall woman with long braided hair, while Alma is a red-haired, fanged half-human youth. Their cases range from locating missing persons to retrieving sensitive materials for clients. However, the district faces rising unrest as disappearances multiply and mutilated animal corpses appear. During an investigation, they encounter —monstrous entities once human. Their work gradually exposes the city’s hidden darkness. Publication Written and illustrated by Yuto Sano, ''Gokurakugai'' was preceded by a one-shot chapter, titled , published in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Exorcist
is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers that he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills their guardian, Rin enrolls at True Cross Academy to become an exorcist under Yukio's tutelage in order to defeat Satan. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump Square'' since April 2009, with individual chapters collected in 32 volumes as of May 2025. Viz Media has licensed the manga for North American production, with the first volume released in April 2011. Aniplex of America also released the anime's DVDs in English regions. The series was adapted into an anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures, broadcast from April to October 2011. An anime film, '' Blue Exorcist: The Movie'', premiered in December 2012. A second season, subtitled ''Kyoto Saga'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Gathering
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Kondo. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Jump Square'' since March 2019. An anime television series adaptation by OLM aired from July to December 2023. By February 2024, ''Dark Gathering'' had over 1.5 million copies in circulation, including physical and digital copies. Characters ; : : A young man with a cursed right hand and a natural predisposition to attract ghosts to himself. As a young boy, Keitarō experienced a spiritual encounter that resulted in both him and his friend Eiko being cursed by an unknown spirit, resulting in nerve endings growing from their hands. This traumatic event resulted in him becoming a shut-in until he was rehabilitated by Eiko. As a way to resocialize himself, he took upon Eiko's suggestion and was introduced to Yayoi as her private tutor. At present, the curse is being suppressed with the help of his grandmother who is a shrine priestess. It was pointed ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hokkaido Arc
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Artist
A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the industry as a primary creator. More rarely a manga artist breaks into the industry directly, without previously being an assistant. For example, Naoko Takeuchi, author of ''Sailor Moon'', won a Kodansha Manga Award contest and manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka was first published while studying an unrelated degree, without working as an assistant. A manga artist will rise to prominence through recognition of their ability when they spark the interest of institutions, individuals or a demographic of manga consumers. For example, there are contests which prospective manga artist may enter, sponsored by manga editors and publishers. This can also be accomplished through producing a One-shot (comics), one-shot. While sometimes a stand-alone manga, with en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
