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Uniqlo Marks Shonen Jump's 50th Anniversary With Manga T-Shirts
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
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Clothing retailer UNIQLO is known for its graphic tees that often feature designs from popular artists or showcase popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Snoopy, and Luke Skywalker. UNIQLO has already released a variety of shirts highlighting manga including Ultimate Muscle and Naruto. Now, Naruto is returning with many of his popular Weekly Shonen Jump friends to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shueisha's magazine through new T-shirts.
Here is a sample of some of the designs that will be available:
Gintama
(The text reads, "Sometimes Jump comes out on Saturday so be careful.")
The T-shirts will begin debuting in UNIQLO stores throughout Japan on April 16.
Other celebrations for the magazine's 50th anniversary include a three-part art exhibition, reprintings of landmark issues, a CD, and a manga contest.
[Via Nijimen]
