![]() ![]() Circulation has dropped below two million. Sales of the two magazines now remain very close. Currently, the two magazines have competed closely in terms of market circulation. Shōnen Magazine had now made a comeback in October 1997, regaining its original position as the top selling manga magazine of its day until this was brokered in 2002. In the middle of the 1990s, Shōnen Jump suffered the loss of Dragon Ball, as the franchise had come to an end in 1996, and thus lost much of its readership. This began from the 1970s and continued throughout the 1990s, largely owed to Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball. ![]() Shōnen Jump had now begun to circulate and dominate the manga magazine market. But the position was later occupied by Weekly Shōnen Jump, when this competitor was born in 1968, knocking Shonen Magazine off the top spot. As a result, it became the top selling manga magazine in Japan of its period, appearing popular amongst many otaku. ![]() The Weekly Shōnen Magazine achieved success in the 1970s and subsequently had increased sales. ![]()
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