List of manga magazines
Appearance
This is a list of notable manga magazines or manga anthologies (漫画雑誌, manga zasshi) published in Japan. The majority of manga magazines are categorized into one of five demographics, which correspond to the age and gender of their readership:
- Kodomo – aimed at young children.
- Shōnen – aimed at boys.
- Shōjo – aimed at girls.
- Seinen – aimed at young adult men.
- Josei – aimed at young adult women.
Some entries are listed as "Mixed", indicating that they are aimed at an audience of both girls and boys. For magazines that do not correspond to one of the five demographics, their primary genre is listed.
List
[edit]- Most recent issue published only online
The following have full details on the magazine entry:
Magazine name | Japanese name | Cover date of First Issue | Cover date of Last Issue | Demographic | Frequency | Publisher |
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Bessatsu Friend (formerly Bessatsu Shoujo Friend) |
別冊フレンド (別冊少女フレンド) |
1965[83] | Shōjo[11][15] | Monthly[83] | Kodansha[83] | |
Originally published as Bessatsu Shoujo Friend between 1965 until December 1984.[83] | ||||||
Big Comic | ビッグコミック | 1968[84] | Seinen[19][20] | Semi-monthly[84] | Shogakukan[84] | |
Originally published monthly, the magazine changed format to semi monthly from April 1969.[84] | ||||||
Big Comic Spirits | ビッグコミックスピリッツ | November 15, 1980[85] | Seinen[11][20] | Weekly | Shogakukan | |
Started as monthly magazine in November 1980 and changed to Bi-Weekly on July 30, 1981.[85] became a weekly magazine in April 1986[86] | ||||||
Business Jump | ビジネスジャンプ | July 1985[87] | November 2, 2011[88] | Seinen[11] | Bi-weekly | Shueisha[87] |
Began as a monthly magazine until March 1986 when it changed to bi weekly.[87][88] It was finally closed alongside Super Jump and was succeeded by Grand Jump.[89] | ||||||
Champion Red Ichigo | チャンピオンレッドいちご | 2006 | 2014 | Seinen | Bi-monthly | Akita Shoten |
Red Ichigo was a series of special editions of Champion Red that was aimed at Seinen readership. The series lasted until 2014 when it was discontinued.[90] | ||||||
Monthly Flowers (formerly Petit Flower) |
月刊flowers (プチフラワー) |
May 1, 1980[91] | Josei | Monthly[92] | Shogakukan[91] | |
Published quarterly from launch until November 1981. Relaunched as bimonthly January 1982 and then monthly from March 1984.[91] Renamed to Monthly Flowers in June 2002.[92] |
See also
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Released two shota anthologies to revive shota comics. The first was Shōnen Ai no Bigaku ("ショタコミック誌の再興"を目指して、2冊のショタアンソロジーを投入しました。その1つがこの「少年愛の美学」です。, "Shotakomikkushi no saikō" wo mezashite, nisatsu no shota ansorojii wo tōnyuu shimashita. Sono hitotsu kono "shōnen ai no bigaku desu)
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