
TV Tokyo and Shueisha have announced the production of a television series, live action (drama) that will revolve around the popular manga magazine for boys, Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Titled Oh My Jump! ~Shonen Jump Shikyū o Sukuu~ (Shonen Jump save the world), will debut on 12 January 2018 at the inside of the slot Drama 24 TV Tokyo; it is the 50th title to be transmitted within the Drama, 24, coinciding as well with the 50° anniversary of the magazine launched by Shueisha in 1968.

The story starts when Hiroshi Tsukiyama (Atsushi Itou), a sales employee who once dreamed of becoming a hero, is a witness of a sexual harassment in the workplace, but decide to pretend not to have seen anything.

Here, then, is that a mysterious man named Choyaku Tsuchida (Shigeru Saiki) leads him to a secret club called the Oh My Jump!, where adults gather to discuss their favorite manga of Shonen Jump.

There he meets Shinji Kaneshiro (Close Yanagi), a mangaka in difficulty proficient in only copying the work of others; Miki Kawagishi (Hitomi Sato), a doctor in search of a husband that likes to do cosplay; and Kozuke Mizushima (Yasufumi Terawaki), an elegant business man.

The series will also the secret stories behind the creation of some of the securities of the Jump and the urban legends that circulate on the magazine.

Source: ANN

"Weekly Shonen Jump" inspired by the tv series Oh My Jump! is MangaForever.net

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