The opening announcements this morning included a special address from Konami’s Vice President in charge of Card Business, Yumi Hoashi. She had an important message for the thousands of attendees here in Edison, and the hundreds of thousands of Duelists across the globe: “As you may know, this is the biggest SHONEN JUMP Championship of all time.” The collected Duelists exploded into cheers and applause, and Hoashi continued. “This is also, the last SHONEN JUMP Championship, as we are relaunching as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series! The first Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event will be held next month in Virginia!” The statement was met by more cheers, but left attendees wondering: what did it all mean? Read more…
After a 3 month hiatus the SHONEN JUMP Championship series was back and stronger than ever, returning to where it all began: Anaheim, California! Dark End Dragon debuted as the new Championship Prize Card. Here’s a look at some of the events from the past year, but you can read all the details for yourself by going through our past event coverage! Read more…
GenCon 2007 ushered in Gold Sarcophagus as the top Prize Card. Here’s a look at some great SHONEN JUMP Championships from the age when “Sarc” was the top prize! Read more…
A New Year brought a New Prize Card in 2007, with Crush Card Virus beginning its reign in January 2007. Here’s a look at some great SHONEN JUMP Championships from the age when CCV was the top prize! Read more…
Here’s a look at some great SHONEN JUMP Championships from 2006, when Shrink reigned as the top Prize Card. Shrink was the first non-monster card to be the top prize! Read more…
Des Volstgalph was introduced as the second SHONEN JUMP Championship Prize Card at GenCon, in the Fall of 2005. Here’s a look at some great SHONEN JUMP Championships from 2005-06, when Des Volstgalph was the top Prize Card! Read more…
Here’s a look at some more great SHONEN JUMP Championships from 2005, when Cyber-Stein was the top Prize Card! Read more…
With seventy-four SHONEN JUMP Championships in the record books, today we’ll see the final SHONEN JUMP Championship played out here in Edison, New Jersey! In a few days we’ll turn our attention to the ongoing Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series, in Virginia 3 weeks from today. But for now, let’s take 1 last look at some of the landmark SHONEN JUMP Championship tournaments of the past 6 yearsa: the Decks, the Duelists, and the memories that have made competitive Dueling truly great. Read more…
