Comics magazine theme park

Comics magazine theme park

TOKYO, Japan - Namco Ltd. unveils J-World Tokyo, an indoor theme park featuring the comics magazine Weekly Shonen Jump, in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area on July 9, 2013. The facility with attractions based on comic series including One Piece and Dragon Ball will open on July 11, 2013.

Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Shueisha Inc., a Tokyo-based publishing company, said Aug. 1 it will publish as a monthly magazine in the United States from November an English-language version of its popular Japanese weekly comic magazine Shukan Shonen Jump. The U.S. version will be called Shonen Jump, and will be distributed by Viz Communications Inc., a San Francisco-based publisher.

Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

Japanese comic magazine to hit stands in U.S. from Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Shueisha Inc., a Tokyo-based publishing company, said Aug. 1 it will publish as a monthly magazine in the United States from November an English-language version of its popular Japanese weekly comic magazine Shukan Shonen Jump. The U.S. version will be called Shonen Jump, and will be distributed by Viz Communications Inc., a San Francisco-based publisher. (Kyodo)

Manga "One Piece" sets Guinness record for no. of published copies

Manga "One Piece" sets Guinness record for no. of published copies

Yoshihisa Heishi (4th from L), editor in chief of the Weekly Shonen Jump comic magazine, poses for photos with characters from the popular Japanese manga series "One Piece" in Tokyo on June 15, 2015, after the series was officially recognized by Guinness World Records the same day as the comic series by a cartoonist with the largest number of copies published to date. Shueisha Inc. had published roughly 320,866,000 copies of Eiichiro Oda's cartoon in 77 volumes by the end of 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Final 200th volume of popular Japanese comic published

Final 200th volume of popular Japanese comic published

Brothers hold the just-published final 200th volume (L) of the popular Japanese comic series known as "Kochikame" and the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine that contains the last episode of the long-running series in front of JR Kameari train station in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo