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Shonen Jump+, Manga Plus Launch Global -Submitted Manga Service

posted on by Kim Morrissy
"SHUEISHA" app, site available now in English, Spanish

MediBang localization company.

Creators can submit their manga from anywhere in the world to an audience that includes Japan. The service is compatible with both English and Spanish languages.

Manga titles published through the MANGA Plus service are also viewable via the MANGA Plus Creators by SHUEISHA service.

The service will hold monthly manga awards, judged by the Shonen Jump+ editorial department. Shueisha will publish winning entries on MANGA Plus and on Shonen Jump+ via Japanese translation and will award up to one million yen ($7,200) in cash prizes

The Shonen Jump+ app Chainsaw Man manga on July 13.

Shueisha launched the MANGA Plus service worldwide in January 2019. The service is Shueisha's first foray into direct service globally. MANGA Plus has 6 million monthly active s. The Shonen Jump+ editorial department manages overseas distribution through MANGA Plus in-house.

The service launched with 50 titles, including 13 completed series. The service publishes new chapters of currently serialized manga from Shueisha's Jump Square magazine, and the Shonen Jump+ service at the same time they are released in Japan. The first chapter and the latest chapter of currently serialized manga are also free. A portion of the revenue from ments on the website go directly to the manga authors.

Last August, the service removed its region restrictions for all languages. Readers can now select their choice of language for the service from English, Spanish, Thai, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, and Russian.

In June, the editorial department announced that all new manga series on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ app and website will launch simultaneously in English on MANGA Plus app from 2023 onward.

Sources: Press release, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web

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