Assembled Extra: comiXology Announces Weekly Shonen Jump Debut



The digital comics service comiXology has a press release out right this minute announcing that the Weekly Shonen Jump publication will be made available on its site from now on. They also have a link to this latest issue. It looks like they're offering issues back to June.

With my limited background I can't gauge if this is a huge deal all by itself, but I think it's at least a solid one with the potential for being significant. In print form, Shonen Jump was a gateway publication for an entire generation of translated-manga fans. This generation's equivalent to that fanbase is almost certainly experiencing work on-line as its first step. Weekly Shonen Jump tends towards crowd-pleasing action hits that are a fine complement to the kind of comics that are already spotlighted with regularity on the site. It may also provide some jusice to on-line sales of collections of the material via the company's relationship with Amazon.

The PR says current features are: "Black Clover, Bleach, Blue Exorcist, Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma, My Hero Academia, Nisekoi, One Piece, One-Punch Man, Seraph Of The End: Vampire Reign, Toriko, World Trigger and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V." I'm not the most devoted reader of popular manga, but there are three titles even I'd like to check out without perhaps investing in a full volume.
 
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