Viz Media will Preview Six New “Shonen Jump” Manga in English
In a livestream on Friday, Viz Media announced that it will provide previews for the six brand new manga that are set to debut in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. As a part of their “Jump Start” initiative, Viz Media will be publishing the first three chapters of these new manga in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump anthology.
Read more about these six new manga, and Viz Media’s initiative, courtesy of our source:
Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai (We Can’t Study) by Taishi Tsutsui
The manga launches in the 10th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump on February 6, and the first chapter will have 54 pages and an opening color page. The manga centers on Yuiga, a student studying for his college entrance exams. One day two beautiful young women appear before him. Tsutsui is drawing the Nisekoi spinoff manga Magical Pâtissier Kosaki-chan, and also wrote the Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Sweets Honey spinoff manga.U19 (pronounced “Under Nineteen”) by Yūji Kimura
The manga launches in the 11th issue on February 13. The juvenile action series centers on boys who live under adult rules. Kimura previously wrote the “Peach Pluck” and “Garden” one-shot manga in Weekly Shonen Jump.Robo no Ryūgakuki (A Robot’s Study Abroad Chronicle) by Hitsuji Kondaira
The manga launches in the 12th issue on February 20. The manga centers on a robot from the underworld who comes to the human world. Kondaira won the 10th “Gold Future Cup” contest in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2015 with the one-shot “Genjūi Toteku” manga.Hara Peko no Marie (Marie the Hungry) by Ryūhei Tamura
The manga launches in the 13th issue on February 27. The battle romantic comedy manga centers on a boy named Taiga and a girl who lives next door to Taiga who has a secret. Tamura drew the Beelzebub manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2009–2014.Dr. Stone by illustrator Boichi and original author Riichirou Inagaki
The manga launches in the 14th issue on March 6. The science-fiction adventure series follows what happens when suddenly the world’s biggest-ever “crisis” arrives. Inagaki (with illustrator Yuusuke Murata) wrote the Eyeshield 21 manga from 2002–2009. Boichi drew the Sun-Ken Rock manga, and one of the stories in the Trigun: Multiple Bullets anthology manga. He recently drew the Terra Formars Asimov spinoff manga.Robot × Laserbeam by Tadatoshi Fujimaki
The manga launches in the 16th issue on March 18. The high school golfing manga centers on a boy whose nickname is “Robot” who encounters golf for the first time. Fujimaki serialized his Kuroko’s Basketball manga (pictured above right) in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2008–2014.
