スーパージャンプ [Sūpā Janpu] [Super Jump]

A 24-year flagship of Shueisha's late-80s magazine boom, Super Jump ran for 630 issues from 1987 to 2011, bridging the gap between weekly and monthly anthology sensibilities. The magazine is best remembered for launching long-running, mature-audience hits like Shamo and Crying Freeman, and for its distinctive, high-quality painted covers. As a home for gritty, cinematic storytelling aimed at young men, it defined a crucial era of Japanese comics before its eventual merger into Grand Jump.