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January Shonen Jump Biggest Ever
Date: 11/3/2005
55-Page Preview of Gintama


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Celebrating Shonen Jump USA's third anniversary, the January issue (on sale December 6th) will be an over-sized 392 pages, the largest issue printed to date.

One of the special features for this issue will be a 55-page preview of the Gintama manga, along with a 2-page feature article on Gintama and a 1-page full color article on the Gintama TV series.

Currently Viz has no set plans to release Gintama regularly, they are using the Shonen Jump USA preview as a vehicle to judge interest in the title. Viz's Evelyn Dubocq informed ANN that Shonen Jump USA previews may become a standard way for Viz to gauge interest in a title.

Other special features of the January issue will be a rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card, an article on HunterXHunter, an article on How the Naruto manga is adapted into the TV series and a never-before-published art lesson by Yu-Gi-Oh! mangaka, Kazuki Takahashi.
Source: Anime News Network