Shōnen Big Comic

Shōnen Big Comic

Cover of Weekly Shōnen Big Comic 1985 issue 18.
Categories	Shōnen manga
Frequency	Bi-weekly
First issue	December 1976 as Manga-kun 1979
Final issue	1987
Company	Shogakukan
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Weekly Shōnen Big Comic (週刊少年ビッグコミック, Shūkan Shōnen Biggu Komikku^?) was a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled Manga-kun (マンガくん^?) before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979.

In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday. The magazine is aimed at teens and a generally older audience than another of Shogakukan's manga magazines, Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

Several of the manga series appearing in Weekly Shōnen Big Comic have been adapted into one or more anime TV or OVA series, including Esper Mami, Area 88, and Miyuki.

Works

Manga-kun era

Series marked with a ♣ appeared in the first issue.

Cover of first issue of Manga-kun, released in December 1976.

• Bīdama Shachō, by Kimio Yanagisawa ♣
• Burai the Kid, by Go Nagai ♣
• Esper Mami, by Fujiko F. Fujio ♣
• Galaxy Express 999, by Leiji Matsumoto
• Jyoji-kun, by Yoshio Surugu ♣
• Kokoroman, by George Akiyama ♣
• Kuru Kuru Pa! X, by Yuki Hijiri
• Kyūdo-kun, by Shinji Mizushima ♣
• Manga Kenkyūkai, by Shōtarō Ishinomori ♣
• Otoko Konbē, by Mikio Yoshimori ♣
• Propeller 7, by Leiji Matsumoto
• Rabbit-kun, by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
• Saibō Ushi Usshī, by Tatsuo Oda
• Susume! Jets, by Yuki Hijiri
• Tatoru-kun, by Fujio Akatsuka ♣
• Teppengaki Taishō, by Hiroshi Motomiya ♣
• Uchūsen Magellan, by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
• Washi to Taka, by Yū Koyama
• Zero Racer, by Jōya Kagemaru

The magazine also featured a non-manga column titled Moving Toys Craft (ムービング・トイズ・クラフト, Mūbingu Toizu Kurafuto^?) which discussed construction of motorized toys such as radio controlled cars. The column was sponsored by Mabuchi Motor and Tamiya Corporation.

Shōnen Big Comic era

• Ai ga Yuku, by Yū Koyama
• Area 88, by Kaoru Shintani
• Cyborg 009, by Shōtarō Ishinomori
• George-kun no Ningen Zukan, by George Tokoro (discusses his friends, hobbies, and the world of show business in Japan)
• Hadashi no Kabe, by Motoka Murakami
• Hatsukoi Scandal, by Akira Oze
• Henkīn Tamaidā, by Go Nagai
• Ichigekiden, by Yasuichi Ōshima
• Jūki Kōhei Xenon, by Masaomi Kanzaki
• Kaze no Saburō, by Yū Koyama
• Miyuki, by Mitsuru Adachi
• Nekketsu! Spectrum Gakuen, by Yuki Hijiri
• Ningen o Koerumono Ein, by Kōichi Iimori
• Seito Donmai, by Hideo Hijiri
• Short Program (several short stories), by Mitsuru Adachi
• Sorairo Miina, by Taku Kitazaki
• Tōi Itadaki, by Motoka Murakami
• Tokyo Tanteidan, by Fujihiko Hosono
• War Cry, by Ryūji Ryūzaki
• Yon-chōme Big League, by Yoshimi Kurata