, was a

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anthology published by

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under the ''

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'' line of magazines. Released in Japan on December 20, 1986, the magazine provided serialized chapters of various

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manga series. The manga series were published under the Jump Comics Deluxe imprint.

History

The magazine started as a special issue of ''

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'' (WJ) on December 20, 1986. It later got split into its own independent bi-monthly manga anthology. It was primarily

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manga and was intended for young adult males in their early years of college. Super Jump

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were normally Shōnen artists from ''Weekly Jump'', or were supported by another shōnen magazine. Some ''Weekly Jump'' series moved with ''Super Jump's'' split, due to their higher age level (e.g. '' Cobra''). Very rarely Weekly Jump handed a series over to

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. If it was, the manga had a much more mature audience.

(publisher of Super Jump and other Jump anthologies) was worried that if too many series were moved, the younger fans would have been exposed to older, mature series (also an issue with other major Japanese publishing companies). Titles like ''

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'', ''

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'', etc. were restricted from having Weekly Jump series moved into their anthologies. On December 11, 1988, Super Jump made a special anthology; . The "Oh" in ''Oh Super Jump'' stands for "

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" (the name for an obsessive

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and manga fan). Some series from the offshoot have also been moved to the main magazine in 2007. Super Jump published its last issue in late 2011. Three ongoing series were moved to a new title, ''Grand Jump''.

Features

Oh Super Jump

was an offshoot of the leading magazine, ''Super Jump''. ''Oh Super Jump'' started as a special issue of the main manga magazine ''Super Jump'' in January 2004. After 2004 the magazine became a monthly publication, with many serializations. Although the magazine became a monthly it still had many one-shots in addition to the main series. The "Oh" in ''Oh Super Jump'' stood for

, a name for an established

and manga fan.

Serializations

Former series

References

External links

* * {{Shueisha manga magazines 1986 establishments in Japan 2011 disestablishments in Japan Defunct magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 1986 Magazines disestablished in 2011 Magazines published in Tokyo Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Shueisha magazines Seinen manga magazines Semimonthly manga magazines published in Japan