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Weekly Shonen Jump (Page 2)

Manga creator admits to groping 14-year-old girl, asks for no prison time at trial

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2020
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Shonen Jump manga writer’s lawyer says he’s already been punished by society.

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• (Act-Age • anime • COK • crime • groping • manga • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Artist for manga cancelled after junior high school girl’s groping makes first public comment

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2020

Shiro Usazaki understands fans are upset about the series ending, but asks them to keep those feelings to themselves.

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• (Act-Age • anime • chikan • crime • manga • Shiro Usazaki • Tatsuya Matsuki • Tatsuya Matsumoto • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Manga writer arrested for groping wanted to make a series “stimulating” for guys who like young girls

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2020

Each chapter would have focused on two horny junior high girls in a bathhouse.

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• (Act-Age • anime • crime • groping • manga • Tatsuya Matsuki • Tatsuya Matsumoto • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Weekly Shonen Jump cancels manga after creator admits to schoolgirl groping

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2020

Act Age comes to an abrupt end with final chapter to be published three days after author’s arrest.

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• Japan
• (Act-Age • anime • chikan • crime • groping • manga • Shueisha • Tatsuya Matsuki • Tatsuya Matsumoto • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Shonen Jump manga artist arrested for ride-by groping two junior high girls in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2020

Publisher, stage play producers issue statements.

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• (Act-Age • anime • chikan • COK • crime • groper • manga • Tatsuya Matsuki • Tatsuya Matsumoto • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Second part of sports anime Haikyuu’s fourth season finally airing in October, as the manga ends

• Dale Roll
  Jul 14, 2020

The manga may be ending, but the games continue!

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• Japan
• (anime • Haikyu!! • Haikyuu! • manga • Weekly Shonen Jump)

In Japan, Uber Eats will deliver the latest manga to your door

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2020

When you’re craving the latest issue of Shonen Jump, Uber is ready to roll and bring you your comic fix.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • convenience stores • cool • Lawson • manga • Shonen Jump • SNJO • Uber Eats • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Demon Slayer manga creator offers a motivational illustration during the pandemic

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 29, 2020

The cast of Demon Slayer is the latest to encourage good hygiene habits (not counting the boar’s head) in this humorous illustration.

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• Internet, Japan
• (coronavirus • Demon Slayer • illustration • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Koyoharu Gotoge • prevention • twitter • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Weekly Shonen Jump manga pirate given three-year suspended prison sentence in China

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2020

The long arm of Japanese publisher Shueisha’s manga law reaches all the way to Shanghai.

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• China, Japan
• (anime • COK • crime • manga • piracy • pirates • Shueisha • Weekly Shonen Jump)

One Piece underage drinking cover raises eyebrows as Luffy raises a cold one

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2020

Star of pirate anime/manga franchise would be breaking the law in Japan.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • anime • COK • manga • One Piece • Weekly Shonen Jump)

6 years of Pokémon anime, 13 years of One Piece manga free-to-watch/read online due to coronavirus

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2020

299 episodes of Pocket Monster adventures and 594 chapters of pirate voyages offered for free to keep Japan’s spirits up as people avoid going outside.

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• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • free • manga • One Piece • Pokemon • Shueisha • Weekly Shonen Jump)

My Hero Academia creator, publisher make official apologies for controversial character name

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2020

Critics say “Maruta Shiga” is a reference to human experimentation in Japan-occupied China.

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• China, Japan
• (anime • controversy • history • Kohei Horikoshi • manga • Maruta Shiga • My Hero Academia • Shueisha • Unit 731 • Weekly Shonen Jump • World War II)

Top 10 ranking of Weekly Shonen Jump’s most beautiful male characters revealed

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 27, 2020

Don’t be afraid to take in the eye candy with these characters who originally graced the pages of Japan’s best-selling weekly shonen manga magazine.

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• (beautiful • character ranking • characters • Goo Ranking • poll • ranking • Top Ten • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Is Japan’s biggest “boys” manga magazine really being read by little boys?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2019

Weekly Shonen Jump’s name might not be entirely accurate, so our in-house fan offers an alternative.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • manga • shonen manga • SNJO • society • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Shonen Jump opens special bar for adults to raise a toast to their childhood action heroes

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 16, 2019

This new establishment pays particular homage to manga that were serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in the 1980s.

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• Japan
• (anime • bars • manga • Otona no Jump Sakaba • restaurants • shinjuku • Shonen Jump • themed restaurnts • Tokyo • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Here’s what happens if an otaku holds on to 30 years of issues of Japan’s biggest manga magazine

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2019

This superfan will never be short of reading material.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • manga • otaku • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Half-dozen of manga’s greatest creators have at-home drinking party, make one-of-a-kind artwork

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2019

Creators of One Piece, Naruto, and My Hero Academia got together at friend’s place to get tipsy, created piece of manga history while they were at it.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • awesome • cool • Eiichiro Oda • illustration • manga • Masashi Kishimoto • My Hero Academia • Naruto • Nobuhiro Watsuki • One Piece • Riichiro Inagaki • Rurouni Kenshin • Shonen Jump • Weekly Shonen Jump)

Massive manga mural appears in Tokyo station with nearly 100 feet of anime’s biggest stars【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2019

Commuting through Shibuya subway station just got a lot cooler.

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • art • Attack on Titan • awesome • COK • cool • Kodansha • manga • Shibuya • Shibuya Station • Shueisha • SNOJ • stations • trains • Weekly Shonen Jump • Weekly Shōnen Magazine)

This 2,264-page manga behemoth is the biggest Japanese comic anthology we’ve ever seen【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 23, 2019

Two of Japan’s top manga publishers team up for a special collection of 44 different series in one huge book.

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• Japan
• (COK • Kodansha • manga • Shonen Jummaga Special Commemorative Edition • Shueisha • SNOJ • Weekly Shonen Jump • Weekly Shōnen Magazine)

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