Ultra Jump
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Ultra Jump, issue 11, 1999 | |
| Editor | Ultra Jump's editorial department |
|---|---|
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
| Frequency |
Quarterly (1995–1999) Monthly (1999–present) |
| Circulation |
43,000[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| First issue |
1995 (As a special issue in Weekly Young Jump) October 19, 1999 (As a monthly magazine) |
| Company | Shueisha |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | http://ultra.shueisha.co.jp |
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 first issued in 1995. On October 19 of 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are also published in tankōbon volumes under the Young Jump Comics Ultra label.
History
Ultra Jump started as a special issue of the Seinen anthology Weekly Young Jump called "Young Jump: Ultra Special Issue: Ultra Jump", which 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.[3]
Features
The manga carried are mostly fanservice-laden fantasy and science-fiction stories aimed at young adults. Shueisha's light novel line: "Super dash library", 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 freebies featuring one or more series currently running in the magazine.
Series
Ongoing series
There are currently twenty-seven manga titles being serialized in Ultra Jump. Out of twenty-seven series, five series are currently in hiatus, and one series is serializing irregularly.
| Title | Illustrator/Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ad Astra: Scipio to Hannibal (アド・アストラ -スキピオとハンニバル-) | Mihachi Kagano | April 2011 |
| Ariadne no Kanmuri (アリアドネの冠) | Mari Shimazaki | March 2015 |
| Assassins 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 | October 1989 |
| Biorg Trinity (バイオーグ・トリニティ) | Ōtarō Maijō, Oh! Great | December 2012 |
| Border World: Hekiraku no TAO (ボーダーワールド -碧落のTAO-) | Satoshi Kimura | December 2016 |
| Connect (コネクト) | Manatsu Suzuki | December 2015 |
| 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 |
| Gingitsune (ぎんぎつね) | Sayori Ochiai | June 2009 |
| Grandeek Reel (グランディーク・リール) | Kohime Ohse | December 2005 |
| Hayate × Blade 2 (はやて×ブレード2) | Shizuru Hayashiya | September 2013 |
| Ii Yu Dane! (いいゆだね!) | Osamu Akimoto | March 2017 |
| 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 | June 2011 |
| Jumbor (ユンボル -JUMBOR-) | Hiroyuki Takei, Hiromasa Mikami | August 2010 |
| Kaijin Yōchien: Monster's Kindergarten (怪人ようちえん -monster's kindergarten-) | Tetsuyarō Shinkaida | August 2014 |
| Koi wa Hikari (恋は光) | Aki★Eda | October 2013 |
| Lady & Oldman (レディ＆オールドマン) | Natsume Ono | October 2015 |
| Levius/est (レビウス エスト) | Haruhisa Nakata | April 2015 |
| Maōsama Chotto Sore Totte!! (魔王様ちょっとそれとって!!) | Tomoya Haruno | March 2016 |
| Melancholia (メランコリア) | Sayman Dowman | January 2017 |
| 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 |
| Ōkoku Monogatari (王国物語) | Asumiko Nakamura | April 2017 |
| Rapaz Theme Park (ラパス・テーマパーク) | Shinichirō Nariie | December 2015 |
| Rozen Maiden 0 Zero (ローゼンメイデン0 -ゼロ-) | Peach-Pit | February 2016 |
See also
References
- ↑ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- 1 2 "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ↑ 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