Shōnen Jump+

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Shōnen Jump+
Shōnen Jump+ logo.png
Logo on the website of the publication.
Editor-in-chiefShuhei Hosono
CategoriesOnline manga platform
FrequencyWeekly, bi-weekly and monthly
First issueSeptember 22, 2014
CompanyShueisha
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websitehttps://shonenjumpplus.com/

Shōnen Jump+ (Japanese: 少年ジャンプ+, Hepburn: Shōnen Janpu Purasu) is a Japanese online magazine for manga created by Shueisha, spun off from its Jump line of magazines. Launched on September 22, 2014, the magazine operates as a free mobile app and website.[1] Despite its title, Shōnen Jump+ also features series targeted towards female readers and adults in addition to its namesake shōnen manga, which is targeted towards teen males.[2] The magazine serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of Weekly Shōnen Jump. Notable titles serialized in Shōnen Jump+ include Fire Punch, World's End Harem, Astra Lost in Space, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Spy × Family and Kaiju No. 8.

Outside of Japan, Shueisha releases the original manga from the platform on Manga Plus.

History[]

Pre-launch[]

Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump reached a peak weekly circulation of 6.53 million copies in the 1990s, though its readership has since steadily declined as a result of the broader decline of the print media industry. In response, Shueisha turned towards digital distribution in an attempt to reach out to a wider audience.[3]

A free digital edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump was issued as a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, after shipping and distribution lines were affected by the disaster. Issuing the digital magazine was difficult at that time because of different work flows from issuing printed version. In 2012, Shueisha launched the online bookstore app Jump Book Store, which enjoyed mild commercial success and became an inspiration for Shōnen Jump+.[4]

In 2013, Shueisha launched the online manga platform Jump LIVE. Although the app was downloaded over 1 million times in three weeks, the editorial department found it contained too much content and it was difficult to distinguish between free and paid content. Shueisha would ultimately discontinue the platform. Nevertheless, the experience of launching an online platform helped the company for the coming Shōnen Jump+.[5][6]

Post-launch[]

Shōnen Jump+ was launched on September 22, 2014 with more than 30 manga series, some of which were transferred from Jump LIVE, including ēlDLIVE and Nekoda-biyori. The digital version of Weekly Shōnen Jump can be purchased in Shōnen Jump+ at 300 yen per issue or 900 yen per month.[1][7]

Compared to Weekly Shōnen Jump, titles published in Shōnen Jump+ are subject to laxer editorial restrictions around explicit content. According to Shuhei Hosono, the chief editor of Shōnen Jump+, the number of weekly active users increased from 1.1 million to 1.3 million between April and May 2016; Hosono noted that the increase was catalyzed by the release of Fire Punch and World's End Harem, which both contain depictions of sex and violence not permitted in Weekly Shōnen Jump.[8] Starting from 2017, Weekly Shōnen Jump began serializing works made by manga artists who previously published their series on Shōnen Jump+, such as Taishi Tsutsui's We Never Learn, Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man, and Tsurun Hatomune's Mitama Security: Spirit Busters.[9]

2019 was a year of breakthrough for the platform.[10] Spy × Family, which was a new series in 2019, attracted many users to the app, especially female users. After it began serialization, the proportion of female users increased by 5% while 60%-65% were male.[11] Astra Lost in Space received an anime adaptation and Eren the Southpaw received a TV drama adaptation in 2019; both are original titles of Shōnen Jump+. Moreover, its original titles started to win big awards.[10] Astra Lost in Space won the 12th Manga Taishō Award, becoming the first web comic to do so.[12]

Manga Plus, a global version of Shōnen Jump+, was launched on January 28, 2019. An international edition of Shōnen Jump+ was first proposed in 2017 as a means to appeal to non-Japanese audiences; the app is offered in English and Spanish.[3] Also in 2019, Shueisha produced Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration, a collaboration series with Marvel Comics composed of seven one-shots written by various Weekly Shōnen Jump artists including Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Kazuki Takahashi.[13] In December 2020, Deadpool: Samurai started serialization on the same platform after the one-shot in October 2019.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some titles in Shōnen Jump+ have been published on a modified schedule.[14] A website namely "Jump Digital Labo" (ジャンプ・デジタルラボ) was launched by the editorial department of Shōnen Jump+ in July 2020, for recruiting proposals of digital development.[15] Kaiju No. 8, which has been serialized since July 2020, has gained 30 million page views in October 2020, becoming the fastest Shōnen Jump+ manga to do so.[16]

On December 14, 2020, it was announced that the second part of Chainsaw Man, previously the first part of which has been serialized on Weekly Shōnen Jump, will be serialized on Shōnen Jump+.[17]

Impact[]

As of May 2019, over 60 titles are serialized in Shōnen Jump+. The app has been downloaded 10 million times; combined, the app and website have 2.5 million weekly active users. Shōnen Jump+ has accumulated over 12 billion yen in sales revenue.[11]

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku was the most popular series on the platform in 2018,[18] while Spy × Family has been the most popular Shōnen Jump+ title since 2019.[19] Spy × Family is noted for attracting readers, especially female, to the app,[9] and has sold over 3 million copies as at May 2020;[20] according to Hosono, the trend of its sales are comparable to Assassination Classroom, a high-profile title published in Weekly Shōnen Jump.[9]

Current series[]

Daily[]

  • Nekoda-biyori

Weekly, biweekly[]

Monthly[]

  • Psycho-Pass 3 (manga adaptation)

Other frequency[]

Finished series[]

Controversy[]

Due to explicit content, World's End Harem and Saotome Shimai wa Manga no Tame nara!? cannot be accessed via its iOS app, but is available on its website and Android app.[21][22][23]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Shonen Jump+ Debuts with Over 30 Monthly Manga for Free". Anime News Network. September 22, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Weekly Shonen Jump Editor-in-Chief Hiroyuki Nakano". Anime News Network. February 11, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Kim Morrissy (January 27, 2019). "Everything You Need to Know about MANGA Plus by Shueisha". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ 【第18回】「ジャンプ」がついに本格電子化！「週刊少年ジャンプ＋」の狙いとは？. ダ・ヴィンチ. Kadokawa. October 29, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ^ 少年ジャンプ副編集長に聞く「電子版」の狙い--ジョジョ新作や作家発掘も. CNET. November 1, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ^ 目指すワンピース超え、『ジャンプ＋』はマンガの王道を行く. News Pick. February 12, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. ^ ジャンプをスマホやPCで！少年ジャンプ＋創刊. Natalie. September 22, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  8. ^ 集英社に聞く：無料配信とも読み放題とも違う――自分だけのジャンプを作れる「Myジャンプ」の狙い (3/3). ITmedia Mobile. ITmedia. August 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c 「少年ジャンプ+」編集長が語る、画期的マンガアプリ誕生の背景 「オリジナルマンガで行くという戦略は間違っていなかった」. Real Sound. February 21, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b 『ジャンプ+』はなぜ成功したのか？　『SPY×FAMILY』など、��プリ発の話題作を生み出す“施策”. Real Sound. December 10, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2020. 2019年の『ジャンプ+』は熱かった。(Jump+ in 2019 was hot.))
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b 『少年ジャンプ』が模索する、デジタル漫画の「新たな黄金法則」. Gendai Business. Koudansha. August 19, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  12. ^ マンガ大賞2019は『彼方のアストラ』ウェブコミック史上初の受賞. Oricon News. Oricon. March 19, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  13. ^ ジャンプ＋で公開されたマーベルヒーローたちの読切が単行本に. Natalie. February 4, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  14. ^ 細野修平 (@HosonoShuhei) (April 8, 2020). "(untitled)". Twitter. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  15. ^ マンガに関する新たなデジタル事業募集する、ジャンプ・デジタルラボ設立. Natalie. July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  16. ^ ジャンプ＋史上最速で3000万閲覧を突破、松本直也が描く怪獣譚「怪獣8号」1巻. Natalie. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  17. ^ 藤本タツキ「チェンソーマン」TVアニメ化決定！制作はMAPPA. Natalie. December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  18. ^ 「ジャンプ＋」人気No.1作品『地獄楽』、ジャンプ出張掲載が大好評！. ダ・ヴィンチ. Kadokawa. August 13, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  19. ^ 『ジャンプ+』無料デジタル雑誌創刊 『左ききのエレン』『花のち晴れ』ら12作品掲載. Oricon. November 5, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  20. ^ SPY×FAMILY：第4巻で累計300万部突破　ハイペースで部数増. Mantan-web. May 4, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  21. ^ 億ヒット連発しなければ、業界として失敗『少年ジャンプ＋』編集長のマンガ論. Appliv. September 20, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  22. ^ 「いろいろと攻めすぎてしまった」――ジャンプ＋「終末のハーレム」ついにiOS版アプリから削除される. nlab (ねとらぼ). ITmedia. April 16, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  23. ^ Shōnen Jump+ (@shonenjump_plus) (March 8, 2019). "(untitled)". Twitter. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

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