was a

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magazine which was published monthly in Japan by

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

from 1970 to 2007 under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that r ...

''.

History

The ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' magazine started as a spin-off issue of ''Weekly Jump'' called ''Bessatsu Shōnen Jump''. The second spin-off issue was called ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', which caught on and became its own separate independent manga magazine.

Shōnen manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent boys. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adult women), ...

magazines in Japan in the 1980s focused on

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characters, and ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' stood out due to the many product and toy tie-ins it had during that period and into the 1990s. An off-shoot, ''Hobby's Jump'', was published for 16 issues from 1983 to 1988. Another spin-off ''Go!Go! Jump'' was a collaboration between its sister magazine ''Weekly Jump'' and ''Monthly Jump''; it was published in 2005 and was only published once. On 22 February 2007, Shueisha announced that ''Monthly Jump'' would cease publication as of the July issue (on sale June 6, 2007.) Sales had slumped to a third of the magazine's peak, though a new magazine called ''

Jump SQ. , also written as , is a Japanese monthly ''shōnen manga, shōnen'' Manga#Magazines, manga magazine. Published by Shueisha, the magazine premiered on November 2, 2007 as a replacement for ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', another manga anthology that Shu ...

'' took its place on 2 November. In a letter dated 2 May 2007, Shueisha announced that ''

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'' takes a month break but it, '' Gag Manga Biyori'', '' Rosario + Vampire'', and '' Tegami Bachi'' continued in ''

'' until the start of the magazine Jump SQ.News on Suspension by Editorial Department
from Shueisha.

List of titles

Titles with ☆ were transferred to Shueisha's '' Jump Square''. The magazine's longest running manga were: Kattobi itto (Motoki Monma), Wataru Ga Pyun! (Tsuyoshi Nakaima) and Eleven (Taro Nami, Hiroshi Takahashi)

Last series

* Rosario + Vampire *

☆ * Tegami Bachi☆ * Sheisen no Shachi * Gag Manga Biyori * Passacaglia Op.7 *Étoile * Blue Dragon ST * Buttobi Itto * Kurohime *Mr. Perfect * DohRan * Surebrec -Nora the 2nd- * Kuroi Love Letter * Mizu Cinema

Past series

* Kia Asamiya **

Steam Detectives is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya. The manga was originally serialized in '' Monthly Shōnen Jump'' and later moved to ''Ultra Jump'' at the magazines start. It was later adapted into a 26-episode anime tele ...

(Moved to Ultra Jump at the magazines start.) * Kazunari Kakei ** Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom *Koji Kousaka **Sutobasu Yarō Shō *Yūichi Agarie & Kenichi Sakura **Kotokuri ★ ** Dragon Drive * Hiroshi Aro ** Sherriff ** Futaba-kun Change! * Rin Hirai **''

Legendz is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Bandai and WiZ in 2003. The franchise began with a manga created by Rin Hirai and illustrated by Makoto Haruno, first serialized in Shueisha's ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' in Japan. The manga was p ...

'' *

Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga series '' Dr. Slump'', before going on to create '' Dragon Ball'' (his best-known work) and acting as a character des ...

** Neko Majin Z * Hiroyuki Asada ** I'll * Takehiko Inoue **

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* Akio Chiba **

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* Kōichi Endo ** Shinigami-kun *

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** Kuroi Love Letter ★ * Daisuke Higuchi ** Go Ahead *

Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and , creating several immensely popular long-running series such as '' Cyborg 009,'' the ''Super Sentai'' series (later adapted into the ''Power Rangers'' series), a ...

** Cyborg 009 * Yūko Ishizuka **

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★ * Bibiko Kurowa * Gentō Club * Gatarō Man **

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** Gag Manga Biyori ★☆ * Takayuki Mizushina ** Uwa no Sora Chūihō *

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** Guts Ranpei *

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** Kattobi Itto * Go Nagai ** Kekko Kamen ** Maboroshi Panty (written by

Yasutaka Nagai , better known by the pseudonym , is a Chinese-born Japanese novelist, manga author and scenario writer. He is one of the four brothers of manga artist Go Nagai. In 1969, he was a candidate for the Edogawa Rampo Prize for his novel ''Baptism of ...

) * Keiji Nakazawa ** I Saw It (published in America by EduComics) *

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& Hiroshi Takahashi ** Eleven * Riku Sanjo & Koji Inada **''

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'' ★ (Moved to Jump Square Crown) * Ami Shibata **

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Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name ''Yoshihiro'' is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ). Takahashi was born September 18, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita. He was very interested in drawing coming of ...

** Shiroi Senshi Yamato * Kikuhide Tani &

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** Zenki *

Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him suc ...

Astro Boy ''Astro Boy'', known in Japan by its original name , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's ''Shōnen'' from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 ''tankōbon'' v ...

** 1985 e no Tabidachi ** Godfather no Musuko ** Grotesque e no Shōtai ** Inai Inai Bā * Norihiro Yagi **

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**''

'' ★☆ * Katakura Masanori **'' Kurohime''★☆

Circulation

References

External links

Monthly Jump Web
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