Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ manga website unveiled MILLION TAG, a new “battle audition” show for discovering “the next star manga creator,” on Friday.
The program will follow six teams, each with a prospective manga creator and a Shueisha manga editor, as they compete in four challenges.
The winning manga creator will receive a prize of 5 million yen (about US$45,000), the opportunity to serialize their manga on Shonen Jump+, a compiled book volume of that manga, and an anime adaptation of the manga.
The eight-episode program will debut on the official YouTube channel for Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine next Friday, July 2 at 6:00 p.m. (5:00 a.m. EDT).