is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by

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under the

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line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication ''Ultra Jump''. The manga titles serialized in the magazine are published in ''

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'' volumes under the ''Young Jump Comics Ultra'' label.

History

''Ultra Jump'' started as a special issue of the

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anthology ''

'' called "''Young Jump: Ultra Special Issue: Ultra Jump''", which was first issued in 1995. The magazine was split to a monthly publication in 1999, simply called "''Ultra Jump''". On March 19, 2008, ''Ultra Jump'' released an online spin-off of the ''Ultra Jump'' magazine: . ''Ultra Jump Egg'' is an online manga website that mainly serializes manga not in the original ''Ultra Jump'' magazine.Ultra Jump Egg Manga Mag Spinoff Launches Online – Anime News Network
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Features

The magazine has been known for fanservice-laden

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and

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stories aimed at

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line, "Super Dash Bunko", has close ties with the ''Ultra Jump'' magazine, as ''Ultra Jump'' supports the line by creating manga adaptions of the titles. (e.g. R.O.D) One-shots from manga writers are featured regularly and are called . Each issue include a special giveaway item featuring one or more series currently running in the magazine.

Series in publication

There are currently twenty-one manga titles being serialized in ''Ultra Jump''. Out of twenty-one series, three series are currently in hiatus.

References

External links

Shueisha's Ultra Jump page

Shueisha's Ultra Jump Egg page
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