Jump Square

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Jump Square ( Japanese ジ ャ ン プ ス ク エ ア , Jampu Sukuea ), also Jump SQ. ( ジ ャ ン プ SQ. ), Is a Japanese Shōnen - Manga magazine published by Shūeisha . It appears monthly. Each issue is about 800 pages and costs 500 yen .

Details

Jump Square appears since November 2, 2007. It is the successor to the magazine Gekkan Shōnen Jump (Monthly Shōnen Jump), which was discontinued in June 2007 due to poor sales. Four series from the old magazine are continued in Jump Square , including the successful Claymore , which was published in Germany in summer 2008. For the most part, however, the magazine contains new series and short stories, most of which are penned by well-known illustrators, such as Yasuhiro Nightow or Akira Toriyama .

Jump SQ.II ​​and Jump SQ.19

On April 18, 2008, the offshoot Jump Square Second ( ジ ャ ン プ ス ク エ ア ​​セ カ ン ド , Jampu Sukuea Sekando ) or Jump SQ.II ​​appeared as an opportunity for new authors to publish their works and to familiarize themselves with series publishing. The magazine received special attention through the published short story Karakuridōji Ultimo , a collaboration between Hiroyuki Takei and Stan Lee . The magazine appeared at irregular intervals in four issues: Issue 6/2008 (April 18, 2008), 1/2009 (November 21, 2008), 8/2009 (June 18, 2009) and 1/2010 (December 18, 2009) .

The magazine was replaced by Jump SQ.19 ( ジ ャ ン プSQ.19（エ ス キ ュ ー イ チ キ ュ ー）, Jampu Esu Kyū Ichikyū ), the first edition of which appeared on May 19, 2010. This was published quarterly until April 2012, then every two months on the 19th of every even month until it was discontinued on February 19th, 2015. A replacement magazine has been announced for July 2015.

Published manga series

Ongoing

Completed (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ANN: Jump Square to Replace Monthly Shōnen Jump in November 5th July 2007
  2. ↑ ANN: DB's Toriyama, I's Katsura to Team Up on 1-Shot Manga February 5, 2008
  3. ↑ ANN: Trigun's Nightow to Draw 1-Shot in Jump Square Mag March 28, 2008
  4. ↑ ANN: Marvel's Stan Lee, Shaman King's Takei to Join Forces (Updated) March 3, 2008
  5. ↑ Jump SQ. 19 to End, But New Magazine to Launch in July. In: Anime News Network. February 16, 2015, accessed April 19, 2015 .

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