Editing Weekly Shōnen Jump (section)

===Origins (1960s–1970s)===
''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' was launched by [[Shueisha]] on July 11, 1968,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/56478/full/|script-title=ja:｢ドラゴンボール｣新作 少年ジャンプ40周年イベントで上映|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=July 19, 2008|language=ja|access-date=November 4, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ジャンプ50周年記念の復刻版、第1弾は創刊号と653万部記録号の2冊|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/241003|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|date=July 15, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Cover date August 1.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:少年ジャンプ1968年1|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M544890|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203012019/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M544890|archive-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>}} to compete with the already-successful ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'' and ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]''.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「週刊少年ジャンプ展」に見る少年ジャンプ飛躍の秘密|url=https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1707/14/news041.html|website=ITmedia|access-date=December 3, 2021|language=ja|date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s sister publication was a manga magazine called ''[[Shōnen Book]]'', which was originally a male version of the short-lived [[shōjo manga|''shōjo'' manga]] anthology ''Shōjo Book''.<ref name="History 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history3.html|title=集英社 小史成長期|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|work=Shueisha history 3|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924101814/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history3.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> Prior to issue 20, ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' was originally called simply ''Shōnen Jump'' as it was originally a bi-weekly magazine. In 1969, ''Shōnen Book'' ceased publication<ref name="History 4">{{cite web|url=http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html|title=集英社 小史成長期|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|work=Shueisha history 4|access-date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503101520/http://www.shueisha.co.jp/history/history4.html|archive-date=May 3, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}</ref> at which time ''Shōnen Jump'' became a weekly magazine<ref name="History 4" /> and a new monthly magazine called ''Bessatsu Shōnen Jump'' was made to take ''Shōnen Book''{{'}}s place. This magazine was later rebranded as ''[[Monthly Shōnen Jump]]'' before eventually being discontinued and replaced by ''[[Jump SQ]]''.