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73-404: In 2000, Nobuhiko Horie, former editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Jump , along with former Jump authors who worked under Horie such as Tetsuo Hara and Tsukasa Hojo , founded the manga editing company Coamix , with Shinchōsha acting as their business partner. The premiere issue of Coamix's Comic Bunch was published on May 15, 2001 (but dated May 29 on the cover). Prior to the publication of

146-600: A character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

219-475: A decline in part ascribed to the conclusion of popular manga series Dragon Ball and Slam Dunk . The magazine peaked with a total readership of 18 million people in Japan during the early 1990s. Circulation for the magazine continued to decline through the early 2000s, before reaching some stability around 2005, well below its earlier peak. In 2000, two more games were created for the purpose of commemorating

292-550: A festival showing off the people and products behind the Weekly Shōnen Jump manga titles. Weekly Shōnen Jump is the bestselling manga magazine in Japan. In 1982, Weekly Shōnen Jump had a circulation of 2.55 million. By 1995, circulation numbers swelled to 6.53 million. The magazine's former editor-in-chief Masahiko Ibaraki (2003–2008) stated this was due to the magazine including "hit titles such as Dragon Ball , Slam Dunk , and others." After hitting this peak,

365-573: A fiction line for releasing light novels , a label for fan and data books, and a label for the release of art books. Prior to the magazine's launch, Viz launched an extensive marketing campaign to promote the magazine and help it succeed where other manga anthologies in North America have failed. Shueisha purchased an equity interest in Viz to help fund the venture, and Cartoon Network , Suncoast , and Diamond Distributors became promotional partners in

438-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

511-478: A limited 50th Anniversary Shōnen Jump Edition of the Famicom Mini (NES Classic Edition) game console was released in Japan. It sold 110,000 units in two days. On January 28, 2019, Shueisha launched the global English-language version of Shōnen Jump+ , titled Manga Plus . It is freely available in every country except China and South Korea, which have their own separate services. A Spanish-language version

584-428: A limited-time and it does not sell content. Weekly Shōnen Jump , in association with parent company Shueisha , holds annual competitions for new or up and coming manga artists to create one-shot stories. The best are put to a panel of judges (including manga artists past and present) where the best are given a special award for the best of these new series. The Tezuka Award , named for manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka ,

657-452: A line specifically for manga written by Akira Toriyama . Also a film comic based on the Dragon Ball Z anime was released under the "TV Anime Comic" imprint. Jump Comics is used as an imprint label for publishing manga, most often for collected tankōbon volumes of manga series originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump and other Jump magazines. The imprint is published in

730-440: A lineup of six titles and new issues published online two weeks after Japanese release, but within a year had expanded to twelve ongoing series, and on January 21, 2013, it underwent a rebranding and transitioned to simultaneous publication with Japan. Banzai! is a German-language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Carlsen Verlag that was published from 2001 through December 2005 before being canceled. In addition to

803-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

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876-630: A nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like the popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through

949-583: A sister publication to their existing magazines Manga Mania and Shojo Stars . The magazine included chapters from various popular Weekly Shōnen Jump titles including Bleach , Naruto , Shaman King , and Yu-Gi-Oh! . In November 2007, after 37 issues published, Manga Media ceased publication of the magazine. It had a circulation of 30,000 copies. A Norwegian language edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump began publication in Norway in March 2005. Published by Schibsted ,

1022-591: Is Dragon Youth Comic (龍少年 Lóng Shàonián ), which specializes in domestic manhua. In 1977, the Tong Li company was created and founded by Fang Wan-Nan which created bootlegs, this ended in 1992. A law in Taiwan restricted the act of bootlegging all manga. During 1992, Tong Li created many manga and manhua magazines, New Youth Bulletin , Youth Comic , Margaret Girl , Dragon Youth Comic , and Formosa Youth . Some series like One Piece and Hikaru no Go were first published in

1095-461: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Weekly Sh%C5%8Dnen Jump Weekly Shōnen Jump ( Japanese : 週刊少年ジャンプ , Hepburn : Shūkan Shōnen Janpu , stylized in English as WEEKLY JUMP ) is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under

1168-462: Is a special seasonal offshoot of Weekly Shōnen Jump launched on July 20, 2016. Its original predecessor started in 1969 as a regular special issue of the bi-weekly Shōnen Jump . When Shōnen Jump became a weekly publication and was renamed Weekly Shōnen Jump in October of that same year, the special issue changed to a quarterly release and kept the shorter name. In the mid-1980s, the magazine took on

1241-469: Is another Thai language Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Nation Edutainment. Boom publishes many Weekly Shōnen Jump series such as Naruto , Death Note along with many original manga-influenced comics from Factory Studio like Meed Thii Sib-Sam and Apaimanee Saga . In November 2004, Manga Media began publication of a Swedish language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Sweden, called Shonen Jump as

1314-463: Is given for all different styles of stories. The Akatsuka Award , named for gag manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka , is a similar competition for comedy and gag manga. Many Weekly Shōnen Jump manga artists have gotten their start either winning or being acknowledged by these competitions. WSJ is also the center of the Shueisha's branding of its main manga products due to the popularity and recognition of

1387-519: Is retooled for English readers and the American audience and is published monthly, instead of weekly. It features serialized chapters from seven manga series, and articles on Japanese language and culture, manga, anime, video games, and figurines. In conjunction with the magazine, Viz launched new imprints for releasing media related to the series presented in the magazine, and other shōnen works. This includes two new manga imprints, an anime DVD imprint,

1460-479: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

1533-542: Is the imprint for all the manga series exclusively digitally released on the app and website Shōnen Jump+ after the chapters of the series get reunited and released in print in tankōbon format. Weekly Shōnen Jump has also run a line of light novels and guidebooks called Jump J-Books. Weekly Shōnen Jump has also run a line bunkobon editions called Shueisha Comic Bunko. A line of large square-bound phone book size issues of early Jump Comics series named Shueisha Jump Remix has also been published. The mid-1980s to

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1606-605: The Jump line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy . Chapters of the series that run in Weekly Shōnen Jump are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the Jump Comics imprint every two to three months. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, with the first issue being released with a cover date of August 1, 1968. The magazine has sold over 7.5   billion copies since 1968, making it

1679-612: The Namco Bandai Group opened an amusement park themed around Weekly Shōnen Jump series. Titled J-World Tokyo, it is located on the third floor of the Sunshine City World Import Mart Building in Ikebukuro and is 1.52 acres. In celebration of the magazine's 45th anniversary in 2013, Shueisha began a contest where anyone can submit manga in three different languages, Japanese, English and Chinese. Judged by

1752-588: The Weekly Shōnen Jump anthology. Weekly Shōnen Jump manga are also published in many other countries where the magazine itself is not published, like the United Kingdom , Argentina , Mexico , Spain , Australia , and South Korea . Shonen Jump , published in North America by Viz Media , debuted in November 2002, with a January 2003 cover date. Though based on Weekly Shōnen Jump , the English language Shonen Jump

1825-532: The Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan Super Jump ( 週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 スーパージャンプ ) . The magazine was published from 1968 to 1988, when it became a separate anthology for seinen manga . Jump VS was a special issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump , published on March 22, 2013. The issue focused on "battle manga" and included 12 one-shots. Manga titles from Weekly Shōnen Jump are translated into many foreign languages, and some even have their own separate version of

1898-429: The Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, the magazine also included original German language manga-influenced comics . The magazine competed as a sister publication to a shōjo anthology called Daisuki . It had a circulation of 140,000 copies. Rèmén Shàonián Top (熱門少年TOP) is the former weekly Chinese-language version of Weekly Shōnen Jump , published in Taiwan by Da Ran Publishing. In the 1990s Da Ran went bankrupt and

1971-468: The Weekly Shōnen Jump name with each issue subtitled the Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter Special . Beginning in 1996, it was published three times a year for Golden Week , Obon and New Years under the name Akamaru Jump ( 赤マルジャンプ , Akamaru Janpu ) until April 30, 2010, when it was renamed Shōnen Jump Next! ( 少年ジャンプNEXT! ) . In 2012 it returned to a quarterly schedule. A second exclamation point

2044-418: The best-selling comic / manga magazine , ahead of competitors such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday . The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53   million copies per week, with a total readership of 18 million people in Japan. Throughout 2021, it had an average circulation of over 1.3 million copies per week. Many of

2117-452: The best-selling manga series —including One Piece , Dragon Ball , Naruto , Slam Dunk , KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops , and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba —originate from Weekly Shōnen Jump . Weekly Shōnen Jump has sister magazines such as Jump SQ , V Jump , Saikyō Jump , and digital counterpart Shōnen Jump+ which boasts its own exclusive titles. The magazine has also had several international counterparts, including

2190-483: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

2263-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

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2336-710: The Media & Entertainment industry at that time and we aimed to stand out from the crowd by using only manga as our weapon." Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden , released in 1988 for the Family Computer was produced to commemorate the magazine's 20th anniversary. It was followed by a sequel: Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin in 1991, also for the Family Computer. Shōnen Jump's circulation continued to increase year on year until 1995, peaking at 6.53 million copies. By 1998, circulation had dropped to 4.15 million copies,

2409-526: The Naruto splash page of " Declaration of War " on the side of each said magazine. Weekly Shonen Jump , Viz Media's successor to the monthly print anthology Shonen Jump , was a North American digital shōnen manga anthology published simultaneously with the Japanese editions of Weekly Shōnen Jump , in part to combat the copyright violation of manga through bootleg scanlation services. It began serialization on January 30, 2012, as Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha with

2482-496: The North American Weekly Shonen Jump . It also spawned a crossover media franchise including anime and video games (since Famicom Jump ) which bring together various Shōnen Jump characters. Weekly Shōnen Jump was launched by Shueisha on July 11, 1968, to compete with the already-successful Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday . Weekly Shōnen Jump ' s sister publication

2555-500: The Norwegian edition was a direct translation of Bonnier's Swedish version of the magazine, containing the same series and titles. When Bonnier lost the license for Weekly Shōnen Jump , the Norwegian version also ceased publication, with the last issue released on February 26, 2007. They also created two short lived book imprints: "En Bok Fra Shonen Jump" (a book from Shonen Jump) for profile books and "Dragon Ball Ekstra" (Dragon Ball Extra)

2628-468: The U.S. under the names Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump Advanced. Shōnen Jump Advanced was created for the distribution of manga series considered more mature due to content or themes. Series released under SJA include Eyeshield 21 , Ichigo 100% , Pretty Face , I"s , Hunter × Hunter , Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (first edition) and Death Note . Weekly Shōnen Jump formerly ran a manga line of aizōban editions called Jump Comics Deluxe. Jump Comics+

2701-405: The actual first issue, Coamix released a free preview issue featuring illustrations and interviews with various artists. The magazine was originally published on Tuesday, but was changed to Friday from 2002 and onward. In 2010, Shinchosha ceased publication of Weekly Comic Bunch with its September 10 issue (published on August 27). On the day of the final issue's publication, Shinchosha relaunched

2774-537: The app, such as Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration ; unlike those in Weekly Shōnen Jump , these series may be aimed at adult men or women. These exclusive series are later published in print tankōbon volumes under the Jump Comics+ imprint. In 2019, the Shōnen Jump+ website and app had about 2.4 million active users. As of January 2020, the app had been downloaded more than 13 million times. As

2847-475: The circulation numbers continued to drop. 1998's New Year's issue was the first time in 24 years that Weekly Shōnen Jump lost as the highest selling shōnen manga magazine (4.15 million copies sold), ceding to Weekly Shōnen Magazine (4.45 million). It was not until 2007 that the magazine saw its first increase in 11 years, from 2.75 million to 2.78 million, an increase that Ibaraki credited to One Piece . By publishing shōnen manga ,

2920-407: The different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes the financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of

2993-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

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3066-466: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

3139-555: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

3212-429: The franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with the rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around

3285-405: The franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to the overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within

3358-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

3431-437: The free Shōnen Jump+ ( 少年ジャンプ+ , Shōnen Janpu Purasu , abbreviated J+ ) mobile app and website was launched in Japan. It sells digital versions of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, simultaneous with its print release, and tankōbon volumes of individual Jump series past and present. However, it also has large samples of the manga that can be read for free. There are also series that are serialized exclusively on

3504-464: The golden age in the late 1990s. Media franchise A media franchise , also known as a multimedia franchise , is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film , a work of literature , a television program , or a video game . Bob Iger , chief executive of the Walt Disney Company , defined

3577-616: The highest circulation of manga in Hong Kong, alongside the highest of domestic manhua which would be Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword . C-Kids (ซีคิดส์ See Kít ) is the Thai language Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Siam Inter Comics . C-Kids publishes many Weekly Shōnen Jump series such as One Piece, Gintama along with many original manga-influenced comics from the division Cartoon Thai Studio like EXEcutional . Boom (บูม)

3650-493: The magazine had to cease publication. Rèmén Shàonián Top serialized series such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , Tottemo! Luckyman , Hikaru no Go , and One Piece as well as several other domestic manhua . Formosa Youth (寶島少年 Báodǎo Shàonián ) is the current weekly Chinese version of Weekly Shōnen Jump . Formosa Youth features various series from Weekly Shōnen Jump . The Formosa Youth magazine translates Weekly Shōnen Jump manga up to date. A sister publication of Formosa Youth

3723-452: The magazine is targeted to young teen males. However, Index Digital reported in 2005 that the favorite non- shōjo magazine of elementary and middle school-aged female readers is Weekly Shōnen Jump at 61.9%. Strengthening it, Oricon conducted a poll among 2,933 female Japanese readers on their favorite manga magazines in 2007. Weekly Shōnen Jump was the number one answer, with One Piece , Death Note , and The Prince of Tennis cited as

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3796-504: The magazine shifted towards digital provision, print circulation once again began to decline. By 2017, print circulation was down to under two million, less than a third of its peak during the golden age. This decline follows similar trends seen by other magazines in the sector. A new crossover game, J-Stars Victory Vs. , was released in 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita to commemorate Jump's 45 anniversary. In June 2018,

3869-494: The magazine's anniversaries. A crossover fighting game titled Jump Super Stars was released for the Nintendo DS in 2005. It was followed by Jump Ultimate Stars in 2006. Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , the shipment of the 15th issue of 2011 was delayed in some areas of Japan. In response, Shueisha published the series included in that issue for free on its website from March 23 to April 27. On July 11, 2013,

3942-521: The magazine's editorial department, four awards will be given, a grand prize and one for each language, each including 500,000 yen (about US$ 4,900) and guaranteed publication in either Jump , its special editions, North American edition, China's OK! Comic , or Taiwan's Formosa Youth . A mobile phone app titled "Jump Live" was launched in August 2013, it features exclusive content from the artists whose series run in Weekly Shōnen Jump . On September 22, 2014,

4015-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

4088-631: The magazine. The first issue required three printings to meet demand, with over 300,000 copies sold. It was awarded the ICv2 "Comic Product of the Year" award in December 2002, and continued to enjoy high sales with a monthly circulation of 215,000 in 2008. Shonen Jump was discontinued in April 2012 in favor of its digital successor, Weekly Shonen Jump . With it ending in an incomplete, but yet almost complete picture spine of

4161-493: The magazine. It also puts additional one-shot titles by professional manga artists, which promote upcoming series to be published in the main magazine. It has also featured the last chapters of cancelled series from Weekly Shōnen Jump, such as Enigma and Magico . It also features yonkoma of popular series such as Death Note and Naruto , as well as the pilot chapter of Bleach . Jump Next! has had several other past special versions: V Jump ( Vジャンプ , Bui Janpu )

4234-453: The manga series that have had the highest circulation in Shōnen Jump magazine. It lists the number of issues where they're serialized, and estimated circulation figures and sales revenue of those Shōnen Jump issues (based on the magazine circulation figures above). Of the series listed below, only Bleach , Gintama and Black Clover began their serialization after the conclusion of

4307-484: The manga/manhua magazine Rèmén Shàonián Top (熱門少年TOP) by Da Ran Publishing, but when Daran Publishing went bankrupt the series were transferred to Formosa Youth . EX-am is the Hong Kong version of Weekly Shōnen Jump published by Culturecom Holdings's comic division Culturecom Comics, the largest comic distributors in all of Asia. The magazine published Hunter × Hunter , Captain Tsubasa and Dragon Ball —which holds

4380-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

4453-491: The mid-1990s represents the era when the magazine's circulation was at its highest, 6.53   million copies per week, with a total readership of 18 million people in Japan. The magazine has sold over 7.5 billion copies since 1968, making it the best-selling comic / manga magazine , ahead of competitors such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday . Throughout 2019, it had an average circulation of over 1.6 million copies per week. The following table lists

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4526-531: The official Comic Bunch website, announcing their plans to revive the magazine as a monthly publication titled Monthly Comic Bunch which later began publication on January 21, 2011. Coamix began publishing an unrelated manga anthology titled Monthly Comic Zenon , which debuted on October 25, 2010. In March 2024, Monthly Comic Bunch ceased physical publication and was rebranded into the newly formed Comic Bunch Kai web magazine which will launch on April 26. This article about an anime or manga magazine

4599-423: The production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having the release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in

4672-500: The reasons. In 2009, it was reported that 62.9% of the magazine's readers were under the age of fourteen. However, in 2019 Shueisha revealed that its largest demographic of 27.4% was aged 25 or older. There are currently 23 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump . Out of them, Burn the Witch ' s continuation is yet to be announced and Hunter × Hunter is serialized on an irregular schedule. Jump Giga ( ジャンプGIGA )

4745-516: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

4818-465: The series and characters published in it. Although the manga are published both in the main magazine as well as in the Jump Comics imprint line of tankōbon , they also are republished in various other editions such as kanzenban and "Remixes" of the original work, usually publishing series older or previously established series. The Jump brand is also used on the tankōbon released of their manga series, related drama CDs, and at " Jump Festa ",

4891-469: The word franchise as "something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time.” A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create

4964-421: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

5037-419: Was a manga magazine called Shōnen Book , which was originally a male version of the short-lived shōjo manga anthology Shōjo Book . Prior to issue 20, Weekly Shōnen Jump was originally called simply Shōnen Jump as it was originally a bi-weekly magazine. In 1969, Shōnen Book ceased publication at which time Shōnen Jump became a weekly magazine and a new monthly magazine called Bessatsu Shōnen Jump

5110-402: Was added to the title in March 2014, when it switched to a bi-monthly release. After relaunching as Jump Giga , the magazine published four issues or "volumes" in 2016 and 2017, six in 2018 and 2019 (three in summer and three in winter), and seems to have returned to a seasonal quarterly release since 2020. Jump Giga features many amateur manga artists who get their one-shots published in

5183-469: Was launched in February 2019, and has a different library of content. Like the Japanese app, it has large samples of manga that can be read for free including all the current titles of Weekly Shōnen Jump , a sizeable number of titles from Shōnen Jump+ and some titles from Jump Square . However, unlike the Japanese version, the latest chapters of current Weekly Shōnen Jump manga are made available free for

5256-534: Was made to take Shōnen Book ' s place. This magazine was later rebranded as Monthly Shōnen Jump before eventually being discontinued and replaced by Jump SQ . Hiroki Goto was appointed chief editor in 1986 and remained in the position until 1993. His tenure saw significant increases in circulation, and the serialization of numerous popular series. When asked about the period, Goto stated: "We only tried to create manga that everybody can enjoy. There were no specific rules. Idol and tabloid magazines dominated in

5329-410: Was originally an offshoot of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in a special issue called Weekly Shōnen Jump Tokubetsu Henshū Zōkan V Jump ( 週刊少年ジャンプ特別編集増刊 V JUMP ) . The special issues lasted from 1992 through 1993. V Jump became its own independent anthology in 1993 for coverage of games, including video and card games. Super Jump ( スーパージャンプ , Sūpā Janpu ) was also originally an offshoot of

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