Viz commemorates Shonen Jump anniversaries with collector’s editions

Shonen Jump is going to be 40 years old soon, and Shonen Jump magazine is going to be five years old as well. So Viz media is going to use this as an opportunity to celebrate some of the most popular series. There will be a special edition issue of Shonen Jump, a contest to attend Japan’s Jump Festa anime convention and hardcover, collector’s editions of the first volumes of six popular series.

The highlight will be the special, hardcover edition of the August 2008 edition of Shonen Jump. For $24.99, fans will get a hardcover version of the magazine that has all the manga chapters that appeared in the very first and second issues Shonen Jump in December 2002. It will also have interviews with manga authors, a special Yu-Gi-Oh card and a poster to collect character stickers that will be found in volumes of Bleach, Death Note, Naruto and Slam Dunk.

The special edition manga volumes are also quite intriguing. Each one will be $19.99, hardcover, be larger than normal and have color pages. The first volume will be Bleach 1, on August 5, 2008. The special edition volumes of Death Note 1, Naruto 1 and Yu-Gi-Oh! 1 will be out on September 2, 2008. Finally, the Dragonball volumes, Dragonball 1 and Dragonball Z 1, will be released October 7, 2008.

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