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''Weekly Shonen Jump'' (週刊少年ジャンプ ''Shūkan Shōnen Janpu''), with a circulation of over 3 million, is one of the longest-running, weekly Manga compilations in Japan . Monthly editions are published in North America and Europe . HISTORY ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' is targeted towards the young, male demographic (" Shōnen " means young boy or man). It features manga with lots of action and adventure, often featuring young, male Protagonist s with special powers and/or abilities. ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' was launched by Shueisha in 1968, to compete with the already-successful '' Shonen Magazine '' and '' Shonen Sunday ''. At its highest point, ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' had a regular circulation of over 6 million. ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' manga titles have also been translated and redistributed in countries where the magazine itself isn't published, such as South Korea , Hong Kong , Taiwan , and Thailand . There were a few games made based on the manga and the series in it. There were two ''Famicom Jump'' games for its anniversary, on the NES , and lately Jump Superstars on the Nintendo DS . ''SHONEN JUMP'' WORLDWIDE These magazines are published monthly, unlike their Japanese counterpart which is published weekly. United States ''Shonen Jump'' In 2002, Shueisha announced a partnership with Viz Communications (now Viz Media ), a purveyor of Anime and manga in the United States, to distribute a monthly version of ''Shonen Jump'' in that country. In its first issue (January 2003), it sold almost 300,000 copies, making it the top-selling comic book of any kind in the U.S. for that time period. The titles featured in the American version include '' Yu-Gi-Oh! '', '' YuYu Hakusho '', '' One Piece '', '' Naruto '', '' Shaman King '', '' Dragonball Z '', and '' Sand Land ''. In January 2004, '' Sand Land '' ended and was replaced with '' Hikaru No Go '' in their lineup. '' Dragon Ball Z '' (the second part of ''Dragon Ball'') was discontinued in the April 2005 ''Shonen Jump'' and the last part of the story will be serialized in Graphic Novel form. ''Shonen Jump'' also runs a line of '' in North America, Northern Europe, Oceania, and some regions), a sequel of the Jump title ''Kinnikuman'', is sold in the graphic novel format as a "Shonen Jump Advanced" title in North America. Other titles on the "Shonen Jump Advanced" lineup include ''I"s'', ''Eyeshield 21'', ''Death Note'', ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' and ''Hunter X Hunter''. In the magazine's text, the U.S. ''Shonen Jump'' uses Circumflex es instead of Macron s to mark long vowels. The manga in the magazine doesn't always reflect this (e.g., the preview for ''Whistle!'' used macrons). ''Shonen Jump'' recently adopted a policy of editing dialogue and art of serialized manga to make it more suitable for younger audiences. But while VIZ's editing policy remains nowhere as liberal as their anime counterparts packaged in the US by 4Kids , this policy has still received criticism from old-time readers. ''BANZAI!'' ''Shonen Jump'' is published in Germany as the compilation Magazine ''BANZAI!'' by Carlsen Verlag . ''BANZAI!'' publishes ''Hikaru no Go'', ''Hakuchi One'', ''Naruto'', ''I"s'', ''Hunter x Hunter'', and ''Shaman King''. Several other titles, such as ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Halloweens'', ''Dr. Slump'', ''One Piece'', '' Neko Majin '', ''Sand Land'', ''Neko Majin Z'', ''DNA&2'' and an original German manga series called '' Crewman3 '' were serialized in ''BANZAI!'' Swedish ''Shonen Jump'' The Swedish ''Shonen Jump'' has ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Sand Land'', ''Naruto'', ''Shaman King'' and ''Rurouni Kenshin''. Norwegian ''Shonen Jump'' The Norwegian ''Shonen Jump'' is being published by Schibsted Forlagene . The first issue appeared in March 2005 with the same series as the Swedish ''Shonen Jump'' and it is translated from Swedish. POPULAR COMICS FEATURED IN THE JAPANESE ''SHONEN JUMP'' The magazine in Japan has produced some of the most popular manga titles around, including but not limited to:
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