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Weekly Shōnen Jump

Cover of the 1996 issue 42, in which Yu-Gi-Oh! premiered.

Kanji

週刊 (しゅうかん) 少年 (しょうねん) ジャンプ

Rōmaji

Shūkan Shōnen Janpu

English

Weekly Shōnen Jump

Frequency
  • Semimonthly (1968–1969)
  • Weekly (October 1969 – present)
Editor

Masahiko Ibaraki

Publisher

Kazuhiko Torishima

Company

Shueisha

Language

Japanese

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a magazine containing news concerning anime, manga and their eponymous video games. The first publications of Yu-Gi-Oh! appeared here, when the manga was originally released.

The first issue's cover date is July 2, 1968. The magazine was originally printed semimontly, until October 1969, when it switched to weekly.

Weekly Shōnen Jump has been adapted into many foreign languages, including, but not limited to, the American Shonen Jump, the Swedish Shonen Jump and the German Banzai!.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! manga ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from issue 42 with a cover date of September 30, 1996, to March 8, 2004.

Promotional cards[]

Promotional Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are sometimes included in issues of Weekly Jump. These cards use the set prefix WJ, WJC and WJMP.

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