Shōnen Jumphas harbinger an interesting new quislingism with Netflix , and it could avail make manga even more mainstream . Netflix has been endue heavy in animein recent year , and it seems the streaming giant is now ready to furcate out to manga as well with a young joint subscription plan with Shueisha .

According to a place on X byWSJ_manga , Shōnen Jump and Netflix will be launch a new joint subscription planwhich will be available from September 17 , 2024 . The new combined subscription plan will be cheaper and thus might guide new lector to Shōnen Jump as a solvent .

An official announcement is yet to be made by either Netflix or Shueisha , so it is unclear which of Shueisha ’s online reading services will be include in the new architectural plan . That said , Manga Plus would be a prime campaigner study its recently introduced subscription tiers .

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Shonen Jump and Netflix Announce New Joint Subscription Offer

The Collaboration Could Push More People Towards Trying Manga

Despite its apace growing anime library , Netflix has been ineffectual to compete with Crunchyroll until now . Netflix also does not have the sound reputation among fans , which was worsened by therecent leaks of Netflix ’s biggest forthcoming titles . That say , Netflix has been acquiring the licensing rights to some of the most hoped-for releases , like theRanma 1/2remake andDan Da Dan andits new collaboration with Shōnen Jump could finally strengthen Netflix ’s emplacement .

This growing miscellanea of title together with the new collaboration could finally giveNetflixa small boundary over Crunchyroll , which has never been able to declare oneself such a softwood despite its dominance in the anime - rain buckets quad . More significantly , the new subscription offering could push novel anime fans towards trying manga , serve manga grow more mainstream as a result . Netflix has already had success draw young viewers to anime as understand with thelive - action mechanism adaption ofOne Piece , andnowit could do the same for manga as well , which though popular , has yet to amply catch up to gum anime and manhwa ’s level of globular popularity .

informant : WSJ_manga / X

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