New Detail on American Version of Shonen Jump

ICv2 has published a very brief but highly informative interview with Viz Communications regarding the recent announcement that Viz would be publishing an English language version of best selling Japanese manga magazine Shonen Jump. According to the information revealed, the American version of Shonen Jump will be an original American publication reprinting select manga serials from the 20+ year history of Shonen Jump. At least Dragonball, which concluded in the Japanese Shonen Jump years ago, and Yu-Gi-Oh, which is currently appearing in the Japanese version of Shonen Jump, will be included in the American version. The monthly American version of Shonen Jump will contain 250 pages, which is almost double the length of Viz’s other current monthly manga magazine Animerica Extra; however monthly manga magazines of this sort in Japan, including Shonen Jump, normally include anywhere from 400 to over 800 pages each month. And contrary to the previous report from the New York Post that the magazine would retail in America for $4.95 per copy, this interview states that cover price remains undetermined.

Source: Anime News Network