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Shueisha's Monthly Shonen Jump to Cease Publication

Fri, 2007-02-23 02:36
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topShueisha has announced that its shonen magazine Monthly Shonen Jump will cease publication as of the July issue, on sale June 6th. According to Shueisha, the suspension is due to Monthly Jump's declining sales, which have dropped 30% since its peak.

Also, Shueisha's Public Relations Department stated that a new magazine is currently being planned to replace Monthly Shonen Jump: "We plan on creating a new magazine that is more in tune with the times, tentatively slated for a launch this fall."

Monthly Shonen Jump was launched in December of 1969 as a sister magazine of Weekly Shonen Jump. In 1989, the magazine's circulation reached 1,400,000, while last year only 420,000 copies were printed. Series serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump include Claymore by Norihiro Yagi, Beet the Vandel Buster by Riki Sanjo & Koji Inada, Captain by Akio Chiba, Mahou Tsukai Kurohime, and more. There has been no announcement regarding the future of manga currently serialized in Monthly Shonen Jump.

Source: Yahoo! Japan

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Very disappointing :(

Submitted by NeoSam (not verified) on Fri, 2007-02-23 06:39.

Hopefully at least Claymore will be continued in this new magazine.

"We plan on creating a new magazine that is more in tune with the times, tentatively slated for a launch this fall."

In tuned with the times? you mean a moe manga magazine??? LOL

Future of Claymore?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2007-02-23 14:39.

Claymore in a moe magazine? That's just not right XD

But I wonder what will happen to Claymore, especially when the anime has just been announced. :(

Beet?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2007-06-21 07:53.

I hope they don't leave Beet unfinished!