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Shonen Jumpis now focusing even more on new mangakas working for the magazine! Recently,Jumphas been investing in nurturing new authors — it is even promoting awards and reality showsto find new talents!
However, newcomers sometimes don’t get the attention they deserve on theShonen Jump+platform — the winner ofMillion Tag, a reality show created byJumpto find the next generation of talents, recently concluded, withless than a year of serialization. It seems that only requesting high-profile creators, like Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man) and others, to evaluate stories doesn’t always mean the awarded authors will be able to craft hits.
Another problem is that there are too many series on Jump+, and it’s hard to compete with established authors, no matter how good you are. This is likely the problemShonen Jumpis addressing with thecreation of the Jump Fresh Author’s Manga One-Shots social media account, which also redirects users tothe “newcomers section” of the Jump website.
The Newcomers' Manga Account Goal
According to the account’s description on X (formerly Twitter), it intends to post award-winning works and one-shots by new artists of the magazine. It also encourages users to send their work, using theofficial website. So,the goal is to promote these new talents, and this account’s posts will likely be reposted by other officialJumpaccounts.
Their first post promotesone of those new works:
What does this all mean to Shonen Jump?
Well, it might be a sign that newcomers are not getting as much attention asShonen Jumpmight have initially expected. On the other hand, it’s also natural for the magazine to create spaces to attempt to promote these new authors, since, as already stated, Jump services contain too many series, so getting readers' attention is hard (and even harder for fresh authors).
It does not necessarily mean that Jump editors are worried about the average performance of these new authors — althoughtheymightbe, as many readers have been claiming that a lot of new seriestend to get canceled soon.
However, as the manga industry is changing,Jumpalso seems to be changing, as we will likely not experience anything near the so-called"Big Three Era" of the magazine in the near future, which is not necessarily a bad thing, as it seems the magazine is investing in diversifying its titles.
Source:X (formerly twitter)
