Jump Manga without an anime (1970-2020) - Relative successes to Hits only
The unending wave of legacy adaptations got me wondering which decent-sized Jump successes are still unadapted. Strictly manga that carried the **Jump Pirate** at some point, so I researched. My Criteria were:
1. Serialized between 1970 and 2020.
2. Published in Weekly-, Monthly/SQ-, V-, Jump+ or Specials like Giga or Next. No Saikyo Jump only works (Kodomo). Female or Seinen/Erotic works finishing in J+ retain that line in Tankobon form, so no to those. Gunjo ni Siren or World's End Harem: Fantasia = no. Captain Tsubasa sequels went Seinen after the last anime adaptation point, consider it mentioned.
3. Minimum 6 Vols, preferably 8 or clear editorial/cultural impact. Short-lived flops by major authors are excluded. Borderline cases with lasting impact may count (Level E has an anime). Baoh, Zombiepowder, etc. Unadapted pre-/sequels or spin-offs with appropriate length or impact count but note point 6.
4. **OVA/Movies/Shorts only count as “adapted” if the total runtime is \~90 minutes or more**. I”s or Rokudenashi Blues = adapted. Angel Densetsu = unadapted.
5. Live-action adaptations do NOT disqualify a series (Black Angels), since not all Jump manga are ideal for anime. 5a) Content restrictions do NOT apply. Violent, erotic or controversial works count. Black Angels, Fire Punch, Harenchi Gakuen, etc.
6. Revivals or continuations that made the manga a success must remain within Shueisha. No publisher hopping like Cyber Blue.
**80+ main entry Mega List, pls help to find more:**
Never to be adapted: Act-Age
\- 7thGarden
\- Agravity Boys
\- Akuma no Memumemu-chan
\- Angel Densetsu
\- Arashi Sanbiki
\- Astro Kyuudan
\- Beshari-Gurashi (Went to Seinen Jump)
\- Black Angels
\- Blue Flag
\- Bonbonzaka Koukou Engekibu
\- Boys Over Flowers Season 2 (No pirate logo but J+)
\- Chichi no Tamashii
\- Circuit no Okami
\- Debby the Corsifa wa Makezugirai
\- Doberman Deka
\- Dragon Quest: Sola in the Blue Sky
\- Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Hero Avan and the Demon King of Hellfire
\- Dragon Voice
\- Eleven (Taro Nami & Hiroshi Takahashi)
\- Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein
\- Enigma
\- Even If You Slit My Mouth
\- Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!
\- Fire Punch
\- Food Wars: L'étoile
\- Futaba-kun Change!
\- Go Da Gun
\- God Sider
\- Harenchi Gakuen
\- Heart Gear
\- High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku
\- Hokenshitsu no Shinigami
\- Hole in One
\- Houchounin Ajihei
\- Hyperinflation
\- I'll
\- iShoujo (Went to J+)
\- Isobe Isobee Monogatar
\- Jinnai Ryuujuujutsu Butouden Majima-kun Suttobasu!!
\- Kamisama wa Southpaw
\- Karada Sagashi
\- Kattobi Itto (+ Buttobi Itto)
\- Kenritsu Umisora Koko Yakyu Buin Yamashita Taro-kun
\- Kurohime
\- Kuroi Love Letter
\- Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen
\- Luck Stealer
\- Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle
\- Magico
\- Magu-chan: God of Destruction
\- Meiryoutei Gotou Seijuurou
\- Mone-san no Majimesugiru Tsukiaikata
\- Mr. Fullswing
\- Mx0
\- Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom
\- One Piece in Love
\- PPPPPP
\- Pennant Race: Yamada Taichi no Kiseki
\- Pretty Face
\- Robot x Laserbeam
\- Rookies
\- Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc
\- Outer Zone
\- Samon the Summoner
\- Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! (Author saved by Oda)
\- Shinigami-kun
\- Shiroi Senshi Yamato
\- Show-ha Shoten!
\- Slime Adventure (+ Slime Daisakusen, Slime Dawn!, Slime Mori Mori)
\- Sori Club
\- Soul Catcher(S) (Went to Next, then J+)
\- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
\- Susume!! Pirates
\- Taizou Mote King Saga
\- Tenchi wo Kurau
\- The Momotaroh
\- Prince of After School
\- Ultimo
\- Wild Half
\- Hidden Gems: Baoh the Visitor, Cross Manage, Death Note: Short Stories, Gate 7, Dragon Quest: Monsters+, Ghost Reaper Girl (Hiatus), Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, Jumbor (Went to Ultra Jump but author quit Shueisha), Kiruru Kill Me (Hiatus), Mitama Security, My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Oumagadoki Zoo, Salaryman Exorcist: The Sorrows of Yukio Okumura, Stars, Stealth Symphony, Summertime Rendering 2026: The Room that Dreams of Murder, Yu-Gi-Oh! R and Zombiepowder. Various Akira Toriyama, Marvel and Tatsuki Fujimoto shorts. Samurai 8 was too public a flop but you never know.
1. Serialized between 1970 and 2020.
2. Published in Weekly-, Monthly/SQ-, V-, Jump+ or Specials like Giga or Next. No Saikyo Jump only works (Kodomo). Female or Seinen/Erotic works finishing in J+ retain that line in Tankobon form, so no to those. Gunjo ni Siren or World's End Harem: Fantasia = no. Captain Tsubasa sequels went Seinen after the last anime adaptation point, consider it mentioned.
3. Minimum 6 Vols, preferably 8 or clear editorial/cultural impact. Short-lived flops by major authors are excluded. Borderline cases with lasting impact may count (Level E has an anime). Baoh, Zombiepowder, etc. Unadapted pre-/sequels or spin-offs with appropriate length or impact count but note point 6.
4. **OVA/Movies/Shorts only count as “adapted” if the total runtime is \~90 minutes or more**. I”s or Rokudenashi Blues = adapted. Angel Densetsu = unadapted.
5. Live-action adaptations do NOT disqualify a series (Black Angels), since not all Jump manga are ideal for anime. 5a) Content restrictions do NOT apply. Violent, erotic or controversial works count. Black Angels, Fire Punch, Harenchi Gakuen, etc.
6. Revivals or continuations that made the manga a success must remain within Shueisha. No publisher hopping like Cyber Blue.
**80+ main entry Mega List, pls help to find more:**
Never to be adapted: Act-Age
\- 7thGarden
\- Agravity Boys
\- Akuma no Memumemu-chan
\- Angel Densetsu
\- Arashi Sanbiki
\- Astro Kyuudan
\- Beshari-Gurashi (Went to Seinen Jump)
\- Black Angels
\- Blue Flag
\- Bonbonzaka Koukou Engekibu
\- Boys Over Flowers Season 2 (No pirate logo but J+)
\- Chichi no Tamashii
\- Circuit no Okami
\- Debby the Corsifa wa Makezugirai
\- Doberman Deka
\- Dragon Quest: Sola in the Blue Sky
\- Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: Hero Avan and the Demon King of Hellfire
\- Dragon Voice
\- Eleven (Taro Nami & Hiroshi Takahashi)
\- Embalming: The Another Tale of Frankenstein
\- Enigma
\- Even If You Slit My Mouth
\- Excuse Me Dentist, It's Touching Me!
\- Fire Punch
\- Food Wars: L'étoile
\- Futaba-kun Change!
\- Go Da Gun
\- God Sider
\- Harenchi Gakuen
\- Heart Gear
\- High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku
\- Hokenshitsu no Shinigami
\- Hole in One
\- Houchounin Ajihei
\- Hyperinflation
\- I'll
\- iShoujo (Went to J+)
\- Isobe Isobee Monogatar
\- Jinnai Ryuujuujutsu Butouden Majima-kun Suttobasu!!
\- Kamisama wa Southpaw
\- Karada Sagashi
\- Kattobi Itto (+ Buttobi Itto)
\- Kenritsu Umisora Koko Yakyu Buin Yamashita Taro-kun
\- Kurohime
\- Kuroi Love Letter
\- Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen
\- Luck Stealer
\- Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle
\- Magico
\- Magu-chan: God of Destruction
\- Meiryoutei Gotou Seijuurou
\- Mone-san no Majimesugiru Tsukiaikata
\- Mr. Fullswing
\- Mx0
\- Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom
\- One Piece in Love
\- PPPPPP
\- Pennant Race: Yamada Taichi no Kiseki
\- Pretty Face
\- Robot x Laserbeam
\- Rookies
\- Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc
\- Outer Zone
\- Samon the Summoner
\- Seikimatsu Leader Den Takeshi! (Author saved by Oda)
\- Shinigami-kun
\- Shiroi Senshi Yamato
\- Show-ha Shoten!
\- Slime Adventure (+ Slime Daisakusen, Slime Dawn!, Slime Mori Mori)
\- Sori Club
\- Soul Catcher(S) (Went to Next, then J+)
\- Straighten Up! Welcome to Shika High's Competitive Dance Club
\- Susume!! Pirates
\- Taizou Mote King Saga
\- Tenchi wo Kurau
\- The Momotaroh
\- Prince of After School
\- Ultimo
\- Wild Half
\- Hidden Gems: Baoh the Visitor, Cross Manage, Death Note: Short Stories, Gate 7, Dragon Quest: Monsters+, Ghost Reaper Girl (Hiatus), Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin, Jumbor (Went to Ultra Jump but author quit Shueisha), Kiruru Kill Me (Hiatus), Mitama Security, My Hero Academia: Smash!!, Oumagadoki Zoo, Salaryman Exorcist: The Sorrows of Yukio Okumura, Stars, Stealth Symphony, Summertime Rendering 2026: The Room that Dreams of Murder, Yu-Gi-Oh! R and Zombiepowder. Various Akira Toriyama, Marvel and Tatsuki Fujimoto shorts. Samurai 8 was too public a flop but you never know.
Commentaires
I'll never forgive them fot canceling this one. Always though it should get an anime adaptation.
Shueisha became pissed after Mazinger Z (which started in Shonen Jump) somehow got a serialization in Kodansha’s publication along with the anime adaptation, due to pressure from the TV stations that aired Mazinger Z. Shueisha did not allow anime adaptations during this period.
It all ended with the adaptation of Dr. Slump, which was an instant success.
Notable hits during this period are
- Toilet Hakase
- Circuit no Ohkami
- Doberman Deka
- Houchounin Ajihei
- Astro Kyudan (became a cult classic in the early 2000s and got a live action adaptation)
- Todai Icchokusen
- Susume!! Pirates
- Hole in One
- Ichi, Ni no Ahho!!
- This doesn't appear to be about [anime per our definition.](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/wiki/rules#wiki_everything_posted_here_must_be_anime_specific)
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