Mangakas are often secret these days, only revealing bits of their lives in comments and confiding their thoughts in a few posts on Twitter. There are very few who appear on TV with their face uncovered or in photos, see for example the secrecy of Eiichiro Oda, author of ONE PIECE. But once upon a time This was not the case with the writers of Shonen Jump.
Among the numerous front pages that the magazine dedicates to its most prominent protagonists every week, Weekly Shonen Jump also dedicates special covers. Sometimes these group all the protagonists of the manga in the magazine, sometimes they are dedicated to very special occasions. Today we tell you about one of these occasions.
Issue 05-06 of the 1993 Weekly Shonen Jump, published January 25, 1993, was one of the last such releases Covers with mangaka in sight. In the photo, as you can see below, everyone is smartly dressed in a suit and bow tie, holding a trophy with the stylized pirate statuette used as Jump’s mascot. The cause for celebration was simply the arrival of 1993, with all the wishes of the case from the 22 manga released.
This is the list of manga published during this period with the respective authors to be able to match photos and characters:
- Slam dunk by Takehiko Inoue
- Yu from The Spirits by Yoshihiro Togashi
- Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
- Rikito Densetsu: Oni wo Tsugu Mono by Masaru Miyazaki and Takeshi Obata
- Kochikame by Osamu Akimoto
- BØY by Haruto Umezawa
- Dragon Quest: Enter the great adventures of Riku Sanjo, Yuuji Horii and Koji Inada
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki
- Rokudenashi Blues by Masanori Morita
- Shin Jungle King Tar-chan by Masaya Tokuhiro
- Bon Bon Slope High School Drama Club Yutaka Takahashi
- Kyukyoku !! Hentai Kamen by Yoshichika Ando
- Monmonmon by Tsunomaru
- Psycho+ by Ryu Fujisaki
- Keiji the Magnificent by Keiichiro Ryu, Tetsuo Hara and Aso Mio
- Chibi by Yoichi Takahashi
- Rashomon no Kazoku by Akira Miyashita
- Pennant Race: Yamada Taiichi no Kiseki by Koji Koseki
- Outer Zone of Shun Mitsuhara
Some unknown authors but also legends like Captain Tsubasa’s Takahashi, the inevitable Toriyama, Togashi in his first series and many others in this cover from almost 19 years ago. Do you recognize them all? And in this photo you can see once again why Hirohiko Araki has the reputation of being a vampire.
