Jump Festa(Japanese: ジャンプフェスタ, Hepburn: Janpu Fesuta) is an annual manga and anime fan convention in Tokyo, Japan. It is organized by Shueisha, publisher of the various Jump anthologies, with Jump Festa focusing specifically on the Shōnen manga magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Jump, Jump Square, V Jump, Saikyō Jump and Shōnen Jump+. The exposition was started in 1999, and is held for two days in December with over 100,000 people attending every year. New manga, anime, films, games, and merchandise are introduced during this event. Manga artists of popular current and former Jump series are often on hand, and many of them have panels where they answer questions. The festival's mascot is named Kaizo-kun(KAIZOくん) and was designed by Akira Toriyama.

Although the focus of the event is around Shueisha's Jump properties, game designers, such as Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, and Square Enix, have attended the event and announced new games and debuted trailers, gameplay footage, and game demos.

Event history

DatesLocationAtten.
December 18–19, 1999Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo, Japan
December 23–24, 2000Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 22–23, 2001Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 21–22, 2002Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 20–21, 2003Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 18–19, 2004Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 17–18, 2005Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 16–17, 2006Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 22–23, 2007Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 20–21, 2008Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 19–20, 2009Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 18–19, 2010Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan165,625
December 17–18, 2011Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan163,000
December 22–23, 2012Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 21–22, 2013Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan145,000
December 20–21, 2014Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 19–20, 2015Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 17–18, 2016Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 16–17, 2017Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 22–23, 2018Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 21–22, 2019Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 19–20, 2020Online only (Due to COVID-19 restrictions)
December 18–19, 2021Makuhari Messe (hybrid physical and digital event) Tokyo, Japan
December 17–18, 2022Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 16–17, 2023Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 21–22, 2024Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan
December 20-21, 2025Makuhari Messe Tokyo, Japan

External links

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