Weekly Shonen Jump reportedly collaborating with Netflix for a joint subscription plan

Modified Sep 12, 2024 08:26 GMT

Weekly Shonen Jump reportedly collaborating with Netflix for a joint subscription plan — Weekly Shonen Jump reportedly collaborating with Netflix (Image via Shueisha, Netflix)

Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine reportedly announced a new collaboration with streaming service Netflix for a Joint Subscription Plan on Thursday, September 12, 2024. The collaboration will seemingly take effect on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Shueisha publishes the Weekly Shonen Jump, a weekly shonen manga magazine. It is one of the longest-running manga magazines, releasing chapters of multiple series weekly and compiling them as volumes under the Jump Comics imprint every two to three months.

Weekly Shonen Jump's collaboration with Netflix set to start in September 2024

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On Thursday, September 12, 2024, @WSJ_manga on X reported that Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is set to launch an official collaboration with streaming service Netflix for a Joint Subscription Plan.

Both digital services will allow users to pay for a "cheaper standard service." This collaboration will take effect from Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Yuji, Luffy, Deku, and others (Image via Shueisha)

That said, neither Shueisha nor Netflix have made any such official announcements. Hence, fans should wait for either of the two companies to unveil the collaboration through their official sources.

Considering that Weekly Shonen Jump magazine officially releases its issues on Mondays, fans can expect to witness the official collaboration announcements on the same day, i.e., Monday, September 16, 2024.

How fans reacted to the reported announcement

Sukuna and Yuji as seen in Jujutsu Kaisen (Image via Shueisha)

While some fans were content about the reported collaboration, others were worried. While the announcement was only about Weekly Shonen Jump and Netflix services, many fans believed that this reported announcement also encapsulated partnerships. Thus, they believed that Netflix would handle all future Jump anime.

"this kinda confirms that all future jump anime will be handled by netflix. Idk if its good or not," one fan said.

"Prepare for full season releases guys," another said.

"This is for the anime right? Mangaplus+ not included?," other fan said.

Considering how Netflix is known for releasing all of its episodes together or in batches, fans believed that all future Jump anime would be released altogether and not weekly like they are generally released.

"cool i guess? just hope they don't follow Netflix's lead and increase the subscription price," another fan said.

Meanwhile, the fans who got the gist of it were worried that the collaboration would have negative effects. As any Netflix user would know, the streaming service is known for raising its prices momentarily. Thus, anime fans were worried that Shueisha's manga reader services would also follow the same pattern and increase subscription prices.