Weekly Shonen Jump

Weekly Shōnen Jump (週刊少年ジャンプ, Shuukan Shounen Janpu) is a weekly Japanese manga anthology magazine. Notably, it's the magazine in which the Death Note manga series was serialized.

Although the Death Note manga ended in 2006, Weekly Shōnen Jump continues to be a source for Death Note-related news and material, such as the one-shot epilogue chapter in 2008, the announcement of the Death Note television drama in 2015, and the announcement of the casting of the three leads for the new live-action film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World in 2016.

Brief overview
Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine is one of the most popular and long-running manga magazines in Japan. It is published weekly, and generally includes one chapter for each of its ongoing series'. It's a shōnen magazine, so its demographic is pre-teen and teenage boys, and the content tends to be action-oriented. It has published some of the most popular shōnen manga series, including One Piece and Naruto.

It is part of the Jump line of magazines that includes titles such as Jump Square and Akamaru Jump, which occasionally release Weekly Shōnen Jump series-related content as well.

An English-language version began online digital publication in 2012, licensed by Viz Media.

Death Note serialization
The Death Note pilot chapter was published in 2003, issue No. 36. The manga series was picked up and ran in 2003-2006. The one-shot chapter was published two years later in 2008.

Note: While each issue has an official date on the cover, they go on sale as much as a month earlier. For instance, the first chapter of Death Note was published in the No.01 issue of 2004, dated January 1st, but it actually went on sale in stores on December 1st, 2003. Weekly Shōnen Jump goes on sales on Mondays, except when that Monday is a national holiday, in which case it goes on sale two days earlier. (See 2004 issues 34 and 43, and 2005 issues 16, 33, 42, and 45.)

List of issues with Death Note chapters

Covers featuring Death Note
The cover of each Weekly Shonen Jump issue is commonly dedicated to one of the manga series' currently being published. Death Note had several covers during its run, and it featured as the first cover of the year for its entire run between 2004-2006.

Death Note color pages
In each Weekly Shonen Jump issue, some chapters will have some full-color pages. These color pages are generally printed in the manga volumes in black and white instead of color, so their only color printing might be in the original Weekly Shonen Jump release. When the color pages are full pages or a two-page spread, they might be turned into posters or otherwise re-released in merchandise. These color pages have been the source of many canon characters' hair and eye color.

Other Jump magazines
In addition to featuring in Weekly Shonen Jump, Death Note has been included in other Jump magazines. Akamaru Jump featured the yonkoma (short four-panel comics) for the series. Jump Square featured a cover of L and a poster of Near for the one-shot epilogue in 2008, and a new cover and color insert of Ryuk and Minoru Tanaka for the later one-shot chapter in 2020.

Changes made during manga release
In an interview featured in Death Note 13: How to Read, Takeshi Obata details changes that are made between the serialization of Death Note in the Jump magazine and its official book release.

"[...] The thing with preparing pages for a magazine is that you often do pages out of order based on what will get things finished fastest. That's why I'll sometimes go back and fix things I missed before the series is released in the graphic novel format. For example, sometimes I won't like the angle of a character's face.[...]" (HTR13, p.123, q.1)

In accordance with this statement, there are several minor changes that were made through the series. In the Yellow Box Warehouse scene, Light Yagami sports a different pose as compared to the final manga counterpart.

Perhaps most jarring of a change comes from Near's panels early on into his appearance. While his expression differences only occur during his phone calls with Light, Near's expression are a lot more childish and mischievous as compared to the final manga release.

Events featuring Death Note
Death Note is a prominent manga and continues to be featured in some Jump-related events.

Universal Jump Summer
The "Universal Jump Summer" (ユニバーサル・ジャンプ・サマー) event was hosted at Universal Studios Japan from July 1st, 2016 to September 4th, 2016. It featured multiple Jump-themed attractions.

Death Note: The Escape was a Death Note-themed attraction held during the event. It was an escape room game in which players solve puzzles to "escape" Kira in a Sakura TV building. It was related to the new film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World.

The "Universal Jump Exhibition" was an attraction during the event, showcasing some of Shounen Jump 's prominent manga. It featured Death Note items related to the new film, including Ryuzaki's mask and a Death Note from the film.

50th Anniversary
Jump is holding a series of events in 2017-2018 to celebrate their 50th Anniversary.

The "50th Anniversary CD" Vol. 1 features a cover of various characters including Light, and track #22 is "What's up, people?!."

The mobile game Jumputi Heroes was released March 28th, 2018. Death Note characters first became available in the game at the end of May.

From July 7th to September 30th, 2018, the "Shōnen Jump Exhibition Vol. 3" will be up featuring Jump series' from the 2000s, including Death Note. The event had "fan appreciation" days for specific series', and Death Note 's fan appreciation day will be August 24th. Seven souvenir certificates will be available to visitors on that day.

The console game Jump Force was announced at E3 as part of the 50th anniversary celebration. It's a crossover fighting game that will feature various Jump characters including Light and Ryuk. The Death Note characters are included in the game for the story, and they will not be playable. The game is anticipated for release in 2019.

Trivia

 * The only Death Note chapters that were not first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump were L: The Wammy's House and L: One Day, which were published in the booklet L FILE No. 15.
 * The Yonkoma (four-paneled gag comics) were first published in Akamaru Jump.