They had experience outside manga as well, having published magazines that focused on music, fashion, and pop culture. The company that founded Weekly Shonen Jump, Shueisha Inc., already had a lot of successes with some children's manga best-sellers under their belt prior to establishing the Jump imprint. RELATED: Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Reaches Over 60 Million Copies Printed and Sold Since then, the world has changed, but Weekly Shonen Jump has adapted and managed to maintain the status it gained over the years. The first published Shonen Jump was back in 1968, and it was founded by Shueisha Inc., a Japanese publishing company that was founded in 1949. The magazine has overseen a lot of manga history in its half-century run.
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Today Weekly Shonen Jump is 53-years-old and has a long list of iconic manga series that have called the publication home. However, it managed to climb its way up to be the best-selling and longest-running manga magazine it is today. Back in the 60s, Shonen Jump had a lot of competition like Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday. The spinoff was announced the same day that Araki also revealed that the series would continue with a ninth part, tentatively entitled "Jojolands." Part 9 is scheduled to begin its serialization after Araki returns from a break, which he began shortly after Part 8's last chapter was released.Weekly Shonen Jump is the home to some of the most popular manga series of all time, including One Piece, My Hero Academia, Hunter x Hunter, Dragon Ball, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Naruto, Bleach, and Death Note. The series tells the story of Josuke, an amnesiac young man who is found buried in the area and who is also a completely different character from the Diamond is Unbreakable character of the same name. Part 8 of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure saga was entitled "Jojolion," and took place in S-City of M-Prefecture, a fictional location in Japan that was devastated by the real-world 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The new spinoff was first announced last August, shortly after the last chapter of Part 8 was published.
RELATED: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Everything We Know About JoJolands The series stars Issei Takahashi, who anime fans may recognize from his roles in the live-action adaptations of Ikebukuro West Gate Park and March Comes in Like a Lion. An international release for Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe has yet to be announced. The series is a live-action adaptation of Araki's multiple one-shot manga stories that were focused on the adventures of Rohan Kishibe, a Stand user and manga author who is reportedly Araki's alter-ego within the universe of the series.
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The new Josuke-focused series is not the only Jojo's Bizarre Adventure spinoff to be revealed lately: Japanese TV network NHK recently showed off a new image from its Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe miniseries, which originally debuted in Japan last year and will return this December for another run of three episodes. RELATED: Promised Neverland, Monogatari Creators Craft Sequel to Manga by Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Creator The new Jojo's spinoff will also be published in Ultra Jump magazine, which will feature its debut chapter in its January issue, which is due out in Japan on Dec. Instead of being written by the series' creator, Hirohiko Araki, the new spinoff manga will be written by Kohei Kadano, the author of the acclaimed horror novel Boogiepop and Others. The new spinoff will feature art by Tasuka Kurasama, the artist behind the No Guns Life manga, which recently concluded its serialization in Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine. The first teaser image from the manga shows Josuke, who doesn't appear to have changed much from his original appearance.
Josuke will be joined by the Stand-wielding mercenary Hol Horse from the Stardust Crusaders arc. The first image and a release date have been revealed for the upcoming Jojo's Bizarre Adventure spinoff manga.Īs reported by Twitter account Manga Mogura RE, the still untitled manga series will focus Josuke Higashikata, the protagonist of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's fourth arc, Diamond is Unbreakable.