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Magazine Special
October 2009 Magazine Special (cover)Categories Shōnen manga Frequency Monthly Circulation 84,667 (2008) Publisher Kodansha First issue 1983 Country Japan Language Japanese Magazine Special (マガジンSPECIAL ) is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha and first launched in 1983. Its audience demographic is geared toward younger teenage boys, and contents tend to be predominantly sports stories and high school romantic comedy. Many of the popular series in Magazine Special were transferred there from other Kodansha publications like Weekly Shōnen Magazine after their initial run. It is issued monthly on the 20th in perfect-bound B5 format and retails for 500 yen. Issues are typically about 600 pages printed in black and white on heavy newsprint, with a few glossy pages in color. Between 20 and 30 stories appear in each issue, almost all of them installments of ongoing and frequently long-running serials by different manga artist. In 2008 monthly circulation was reported at 84,667 copies by the Japan Magazine Publishers Association.[1]
Magazine Special series
Title Author / Artist Status Z Mazinger Go Nagai 1998-2000 Gacha Gacha Hiroyuki Tamakoshi 2002–2008 Pastel Toshihiko Kobayashi 2003–ongoing Kagetora Akira Segami 2002-2006 Miami Guns Takeaki Momose 1997–1999 Sumire 16 sai!! Takeru Nagayoshi 2006–2008 Negima!? neo Takuya Fujima Jan. 2008–August. 2009 Jooubachi (Vampire Queen Bee) Chigusa Takada Apr. 2009–ongoing Boys Be... Next Season Masahiro Itabashi (story) Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (art) Nov. 2009–ongoing References
External links
- Magazine Special website (Japanese)
Kodansha manga magazines Children's Comic BonBon (defunct)Shōjo Shōnen Weekly Shōnen Magazine • Monthly Shōnen Sirius • Shōnen Rival • Magazine Special • Bessatsu Shōnen MagazineJosei Be Love • KissSeinen Afternoon • good! Afternoon • Weekly Morning • Evening • Magazine Z (defunct) • Young Magazine • Young Magazine Uppers (defunct)Categories:- Japanese monthly manga magazines
- Kodansha magazines
- Anime and manga stubs
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