is a Japanese shōnen

manga magazine are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics an ...

, focusing on

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as well as video games based on popular manga. The magazine's debut was in 1990 by

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under the '' Jump'' line of magazines.

History

In the early 1990s,

directed ''

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'' editor Kazuhiko Torishima to create ''V Jump'' as a children's magazine to compete with

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's ''

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''. 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".

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designed the magazine's mascot character , 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 ''

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'' and '' Boruto''. Original manga serialized in the magazine include '' Shadow Lady'' by

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and '' Go! Go! Ackman'' by Toriyama. In November 2020, comedian

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was officially appointed an editor of ''V Jump''.

V Jump Books

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. 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 and anime

Series

There are currently nine manga titles being regularly serialized in ''V Jump''.

Former series

*'' The Brief Return of Dr. Slump'' *'' Combustible Campus Guardress'' *'' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' *'' Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01'' *'' Digimon Next'' *'' Digimon Xros Wars'' *'' Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock'' *'' Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission'' *'' Dragon Quest: Souten no Soura'' *'' Dragon Quest Treasures: Another Adventure Fadora no Takarajima'' *'' Dub & Peter 1'' *'' Gaist Crusher First'' *'' Go! Go! Ackman'' *'' Haō Taikei Ryū Knight'' *'' Kinnikuman II-Sei: All Chōjin Dai Shingeki'' *'' Onmyō Taisenki'' *''

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'' (last chapter only) *'' Shadow Lady'' *'' Slime MoriMori'' *'' Soldier of Savings Cashman'' *'' Viewtiful Joe'' *''

'' *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! R'' *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' *''

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'' *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V'' *'' Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens'' *'' Z/X: Code Reunion''

Circulation

References

External links

''V Jump'' Web

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