Viz has announced that the First Anniversary Issue of SHONEN JUMP will be a 360-page monster, featuring the debut of manga series Hikaru no Go in full color. For Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, it will also feature an exclusive, fully playable, and tournament legal monster trading card. The regular serialized stories Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh!, YuYu Hakusho, One Piece, and Shaman King will continue in this issue, as well.

Viz also announced that Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of Shaman King, plans to provide an exclusive interview to be published sometime next year. He also autographed many Shaman King items for a contest to be announced.

The First Anniversary Issue of SHONEN JUMP will be available nationwide in December 2003.