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Copyright © 2000 Shueisha
Last Issue's Update
[2000 Issue 25]
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2000 Issue 32
Published by Shueisha
Update by Rika Takahashi
What is JUMP?
WEEKLY JUMP, rival publication of
WEEKLY SHONEN SUNDAY, is
a "phone book" anthology published every week, with a circulation over 4 million.
It is filled with some of today's hottest titles targeted for school age boys,
many of them familiar to anime fans. JUMP has among its
esteemed alumni: DRAGON BALL, VIDEO GIRL
AI, CITY HUNTER, FIST OF THE NORTH
STAR, KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD, SAINT
SEIYA, SLAM DUNK, and YUU YUU
HAKUSHO / POLTERGEIST REPORT.
Selected News:
Summer is the time for ins and outs. The three series that ended
this season were HANASAKA TENSHI TENTEN-KUN, TSURIKKIES PINTAROU
and SANJUUSHI. To replace them, three new series will be starting.
In #32, BLACK CAT by Yabuki Kentarou (the
author of YAMATO GENSOUKI) starts. In #33,
we will see KAISER SPIKE, a volleyball manga, by Takeyama Yuusuke;
and in #34, ROCKET DE TSUKINUKERO!, a
racing manga, by Kiyu will begin. Also, #33 marks the
much-awaited return of HUNTER x HUNTER to the pages of
JUMP; and the next installment of BASTARD!!
is slated for the #36/37 double issue.
BLACK CAT is about Train and Sven, a pair of
sweepers who cleanse the streets of criminals. What makes this series different
from the typical cop manga is that the main character, Train, was an assassin
with the codename "Black Cat" until two years ago (so in a way, the situation is more
like the main character of RUROUNI KENSHIN...). The first
episode shows the duo standing up to help a criminal see his daughter before the
syndicate he betrayed hunts him down. However, when the criminal loses his life in
front of Train's eyes, the rest of the episode has Train chasing down the syndicate
assassin.
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SAND LAND
by Toriyama Akira
Started in #23, 2000
Overview: In the world as it stands, the lakes and rivers have dried up, and the
one remaining water source is controlled by a greedy king. A sheriff by the name of Lao
asks Beelzebub, prince of devils, to help him find a mystical water source. Beelzebub
chooses Thief (a cunning old sage) to come with him on their trip; but what they found
was a conspiracy by the king...
This Issue—Episode 10: The Illusionary Spring - Thief continues to
tell Ale that the drought was all the king and Commander Zeu's doing—that the Pitch
people were just trying to make a water-maker, and the army led by Shiva (Lao) was just
a scapegoat. Ale refuses to believe the story, but lets Shiva's group go. Meanwhile,
Beelzebub calls to Thief and Shiva, saying that he has found the spring, and guides the
tank to it. At the spring, Beelzebub finds surviving Pitch people from the tragedy, and
asks Shiva to leave this spring as is. Shiva agrees. Ale nonchalantly radios and asks
the king about the conspiracy, only to find out that what Shiva was saying was true. Ale
then calls Shiva's tank, and tells Shiva the location of the king's own water supply and
that he just gave the guards a break.
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HIKARU NO GO
story by Hotta Yumi, art by Obata Takeshi, supervised by Umezawa Yukari
Started in #2/3, 1999 (8 volumes available)
Overview: Hikaru was a normal elementary school student until the spirit of Sai,
an ancient master of go, became trapped in his body. Hikaru's own innate ability
for go starts to blossom as a result; now he is one of the higher-ranking students
in the go academy, and even qualified to take the exam to become a professional
go player to follow in his rival Akira's footsteps. Hikaru manages to barely pass
the prelims, and Waya helps him conquer his fear of older opponents by taking Hikaru to
go parlors. At one such place, Hikaru ends up fighting a student from Korea...
This Issue—76th bout: My name is... - What everyone thought was a
bad move on Hikaru's part ends up being a tremendously good move as time goes on,
impressing the gallery. Neither Hikaru nor Suyong give in; the bout ends with Hikaru
winning by a square and a half. Suyong feels frustration with this defeat more than he
ever had as a go student; he swears to himself that he will become a pro in Korea
and come back to face Hikaru once again. However, Sai feels a little nervous that
with Hikaru's growth, people who have played against him will forget him and believe that
his games were all Hikaru's...
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SHAMAN KING
by Takei Hiroyuki
Started in #31, 1998 (9 volumes available)
Overview: Asakura Yoh is a shaman who wishes to become the best of the shamans—the
Shaman King. Supported by his friends, Yoh has made it to the United States for the main
competition of the Shaman Fight. However, their next mission is to arrive at the
competition site; with the help of Lilirara, they are able to head to the Patch village.
However, Hao's henchmen block the way...
This Issue—97th Reincarnation: Say Hello to the Ultra-Hairdo - While
Anna and Tamao have made it to the States with help from Manta, Ryuu and his spirit
Tokagerou stand up against Boris, the man in the coat, and continues to beat up his opponent
with fists and the wooden sword. However, the more Ryuu snaps Boris' claws, the more bats
he has to face—because Boris is a vampire.
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ONE PIECE
by Oda Eiichiro
Started in #34, 1997 (14 volumes available)
Overview: Monkey D. Luffy is the leader of a five-man pirate ship. Soon after
their entry into the Grand Line in search of the legendary treasure One Piece, they
came across Vivi, the princess of Alabasta. Their current mission is to safely escort
Vivi back to her home country before something serious happens to her family and country,
but they got involved in Drum Kingdom's civil war. As the battle goes on, the reindeer-human
Chopper remembers his beginnings as a doctor...
This Issue—Episode 143: Inadept - Hiruluk knew his death was near,
but he wanted to make cherry blossoms bloom in Drum Kingdom because he thought that would
cure everyone in the kingdom of illness. Hiruluk asks Kureha to prolong his life long
enough so that Chopper can see the flowers—while Chopper treks around the entire
country for a mushroom that Hiruluk said would cure any disease. A week later, Chopper
arrives back at Hiruluk's house with the magic mushroom, and asks the quack doctor to
teach him medicine. Meanwhile, Wapol commands Dolton to set a fatal trap for Hiruluk...
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HOUSHIN ENGI
by Fujisaki Ryu, based on the translation by Anou Tsutomu
Started in #28, 1996 (20 volumes available)
Overview: Taikoubou and his entourage of sennin (wizards of sorts) have
successfully helped dethrone Chuuou (the Chu King) who was ruining his land and his people
under the control of the evil temptress Dakki. The Houshin Project, a project to seal
away Dakki and her mastermind, Joka, to prevent their takeover of Earth, has reached the
final showdown against the two aliens. Taikoubou loses his material body, and is told
by Outenkun that they are light and shadow of the same being; meanwhile, Nentoushinjin
tells everyone other than Shinkouhyou, Youzen, Ryuukitsukoushu, Nataku, Choukei and
Taijouroukun to go back to their world.
This Issue—Episode 190: Guideline of History part 16
~ Fukki - The remaining group all attacks Joka at once, to no avail—they all get
eaten up by Joka's Paopei which shuts the targets' minds off from all five senses
and accelerates their sense of time. While the group sent back to Earth arrive back at
Kongrong, the seven remaining on Houraitou spend hours of solitude in their own
ways—thought, meditation, prayer, training, sleep, etc. After about
1500 hours their time (two and a half minutes in real life), they see
a light—and from the light emerges Fukki, one of Joka's race (i.e. alien) who is the
fused form of Taikoubou and Outenkun.
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