Ultra Jump
Ultra Jump (Japanese: ウルトラジャンプ, Hepburn: Urutora Janpu) is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are published in tankōbon volumes under the Young Jump Comics Ultra label.
 Ultra Jump, issue 11, 1999 | |
| Editor | Ultra Jump's editorial department |
|---|---|
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
| Frequency | Quarterly (1995–1999) Monthly (1999–present) |
| Circulation | 36,000 (January–December 2018)[3] |
| First issue | 1995 (As a special issue in Weekly Young Jump) October 19, 1999 (As a monthly magazine) |
| Company | Shueisha |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | ultra |
History
Ultra Jump started as a special issue of the seinen anthology Weekly Young Jump called "Young Jump: Ultra Special Issue: Ultra Jump", which was first issued in 1995. The magazine was split to a monthly publication in 1999, simply called "Ultra Jump". On March 19, 2008, Ultra Jump released an online spin-off of the Ultra Jump magazine: "Young Jump: Ultra Special Issue: Ultra Jump" (ヤングジャンプ超増刊ウルトラジャンプ, Yangu Janpu Chō Zōkan Orutora Janpu ). Ultra Jump Egg is an online manga website that mainly serializes manga not in the original Ultra Jump magazine.[4]
Features
The magazine has been known for fanservice-laden fantasy and science-fiction stories aimed at young adults. Shueisha's light novel line, "Super Dash Bunko", has close ties with the Ultra Jump magazine, as Ultra Jump supports the line by creating manga adaptions of the titles. (e.g. R.O.D) One-shots from manga writers are featured regularly and are called Special One-Shot (特別読切, Tokubetsu yomikiri ). Each issue include a special giveaway item featuring one or more series currently running in the magazine.
Series in publication
There are currently twenty-three manga titles being serialized in Ultra Jump. Out of twenty-two series, five series are currently in hiatus.
| Title | Illustrator/Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin's Pride (アサシンズプライド) | Kei Amagi, Yoshie Katō, Nino Ninomoto | May 2017 |
| Bastard‼ Ankoku no Hakaishin (BASTARD!! -暗黒の破壊神-) | Kazushi Hagiwara | December 2000 |
| Black Night Parade (ブラックナイトパレード) | Hikaru Nakamura | August 2019 |
| Bokura wa Mahō Shōnen (ボクらは魔法少年) | Teppei Fukushima | September 2019 |
| Dasei 67 Percent (惰性67パーセント) | Shimimaru | July 2014 |
| Dogs / Bullets & Carnage (ドッグス / バレッツ・アンド・カーネイジ) | Shirow Miwa | July 2005 |
| Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (銀河英雄伝説) | Yoshiki Tanaka, Ryū Fujisaki | February 2020 |
| Gingitsune (ぎんぎつね) | Sayori Ochiai | June 2009 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8 JoJolion (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Part8 ジョジョリオン) | Hirohiko Araki | May 2011 |
| Jumbor (ユンボル -JUMBOR-) | Hiroyuki Takei, Hiromasa Mikami | August 2010 |
| Kagami no Kojou (かがみの孤城) | Tsujimura Mizuki, Taketomi Tomo | June 2019 |
| Katabami to Ougon (片喰と黄金) | Kitano Eiichi | March 2019 |
| Levius/est (レビウス エスト) | Haruhisa Nakata | April 2015 |
| Mabataki yori Hayaku!! (瞬きより迅く！！) | Funatsu Kazuki | March 2020 |
| Moira (ミラ) | Sound Horizon, Yukimaru Katsura | December 2015 |
| Mononogatari (もののがたり) | Onigunsō | January 2016 |
| No Guns Life (ノー・ガンズ・ライフ) | Tasuku Karasuma | September 2014 |
| Ōkami Rise (オオカミライズ) | Yu Itō | September 2018 |
| Ōkoku Monogatari (王国物語) | Asumiko Nakamura | April 2017 |
| Suicide Girl (スーサイドガール) | Nakayama Atsushi | April 2020 |
| World's End Harem: Fantasia (終末のハーレム ファンタジア) | LINK, Savan | April 2018 |
References
- Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 22, 2019). "Shueisha Reveals New Circulation Numbers, Demographics for its Manga Magazines". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- Ultra Jump Egg Manga Mag Spinoff Launches Online - Anime News Network
External links
- Shueisha's Ultra Jump page (in Japanese)
- Shueisha's Ultra Jump Egg page (in Japanese)
- Ultra Jump at Anime News Network's encyclopedia