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Lineup Revealed for Jump Ryū Booklet/DVD Series

The first 2016 issue of series. Shueisha plans to release a total of 25 volumes.

This lineup for the first eight volumes is as follows:

• Volume 1: Dragon Ball) out on January 7
• Volume 2: Naruto) out on January 21
• Volume 3: One Piece) out on February 4
• Volume 4: Tite Kubo (Bleach) out on February 18
• Volume 5: Kuroko's Basketball) out on March 3
• Volume 6: Assassination Classroom) out on March 17
• Volume 7: My Hero Academia) out on April 7
• Volume 8: Yu-Gi-Oh!) out on April 21

Volumes 9-25 will feature (in no particular order):

• Kochikame)
• Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar)
• Bakuman.)
• Masakazu Katsura (I''s)
• Blue Exorcist)
• Nisekoi - False Love)
• Toriko)
• Gintama)
• Shokugeki no Sōma)
• Hunter X Hunter)
• Haikyu!!)
• Masanori Morita (Rookies)
• One-Punch Man)
• To Love-Ru -Trouble-)
• Rurouni Kenshin)

Each issue will focus exclusively on a single Weekly Shonen Jump manga creator, and will include both a booklet and a DVD. The booklets will include: interviews with creators that reveal the secret story behind their debut, reproductions of artwork exclusive to the magazine, and paper that helps readers trace and draw famous scenes from the creators' manga. The accompanying DVDs will go behind-the-scenes with manga creators at their workspace, feature interviews, and offer insight into manga creators' creative process and their lives.

The series was previously only available in Shizuoka Prefecture as a "mook" series (magazine-style book) that also bundled DVDs. The Shizuoka edition of the series launched in September, and has so far published three issues (see gallery below). The series' first Shizuoka issue featured Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, while the second issue featured Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, and the third featured One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda.

The first new nationwide issue will cost 702 yen ($5.80), while the second issue onward will cost 1,393 yen ($11.50). Shueisha will release the first issue on January 7, and each new issue will ship on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Weekly Shonen Jump notes that release dates will differ by region.