Viz launched the English digital edition in January of 2012 (see “Viz Launching ‘Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha’), cancelling one of the bestselling print comics in the U.S. when it did so. In January of 2013, the company began releasing the U.S. digital edition at the same time as the print edition is released in Japan. (see “U.S. ‘Shonen Jump’ Goes Day & Date with Japan”).

Viz Flagship Expands Footprint
Posted by Milton Griepp on September 1, 2015 @ 2:52 am CT

Weekly Shonen Jump, the digital English edition of Viz Media co-parent Shueisha’s flagship magazine, will now be available on comiXology and Amazon’s Kindle Store, Viz, comiXology, and Amazon announced Monday. Viz began making its manga collections available on comiXology a little over a year ago (see “Viz Manga Now on comiXology”).
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