Ribon

Infobox Magazine
title = Ribon


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image_caption = May 2006 issue
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frequency = Monthly
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category = Shōjo manga
company = Shueisha
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firstdate = 1955
country = Japan
language = Japanese
website = [http://ribon.shueisha.co.jp Ribon Waku-Waku Station]
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nihongo|"Ribon"|りぼん| is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha, first issued in August 1955. Its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9-13 years old.

Issues contain various stories printed on multicolored newsprint, and are often more than 400 pages long. They are distributed with a sackful of goodies (furoku) that range from small toys to colorful note paper and other things, with the characters of various Ribon manga on them. Readers can also send in stamps for mail order gifts (zen-in) in some issues.

The manga series from this magazine are later compiled and published in book form (tankōbon) under the Ribon Mascot Comics (RMC) imprint.

Mangaka and series featured in Ribon (past and present)

"(sorted alphabetically by author name, followed by name of series)"

A

* Fujio Akatsuka: "Himitsu no Akko-chan"
* Min Ayahana: "Akazukin Chacha"
* Ryo Azuki: "Seishun Shiterukai!", "W Pinch", "Love Wan!"

E

*Fumi Eban: "Kigi no Yukue", "Hikari no Su e"

F

* Mihona Fujii: "Gals!"
* Maguro Fujita: "Kero Kero Chime"
* Yuka Fujiwara: "CRASH!"

H

* Nana Haruta: "Saboten no Himitsu", "Love-Berrish!", "Chocolate Cosmos"
* Aoi Hiiragi: "Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette", "Mimi o Sumaseba"
* Keiko Honda: "Tsuki no Yoru Hoshi no Asa"

I

* Yukari Ichijō: "Suna no Shiro",
* Koi Ikeno: "Tokimeki Tonight", "Nurse Angel Ririka SOS"

K

* Rurika Kasuga: "Fancy Lala"
* Kaoru Kitazawa: "Ya-Ya-Yah ga Yattekuru!"
* Erika Kurahashi: "Seikimatsu no Angel", "Max Lovely!"
* Shiho Komiyuno: "Shiawase-iro no Jitensha"

M

* Ryo Maekawa: "Animal Yokocho"
* Yōko Maki: "Aishiteruze Baby", "Star Blacks", "Taranta Ranta", "Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu", "Sora Sora, "Atashi wa Bambi
* Natsumi Matsumoto: "Saint ♥ Dragon Girl", "Saint ♥ Dragon Girl Miracle", "Alice kara Magic"
* Megumi Mizusawa: "Hime-chan no Ribon","Sorairo No Melody", "Ponytail Hakusho", "Osanpo No Jikan"
* Aki Mochida: "Mayonaka ni Kiss", "Royal Straight", "Last Blue", "Loose Leaf", "Kimi wa Sakamichi no tochuu de"

O

* Miho Obana: "Kodomo no Omocha", "Partner", "Andante"
* Natsumi Ouchi: "Anatae no Tsuki", "Himegimi no Icon", "Aozora POP"

* Mayu Sakai: "Bokutachi no Tabi", "Nine Puzzle", "Nagatacho Strawberry", "Peter Pan Syndrome", "Rockin' Heaven", "Momo"
* Momoko Sakura: "Chibi Maruko-chan"
* Ayumi Shiina: "Anata to Scandal", "Baby Love", "Penguin Brothers"
* Konami Sonoda: "ChocoMimi"

T

* Yue Takasuka: "Koi mo 2 Do Me nara", "Ohisama Company", "Good Morning Call", "Sakuragaoka Angels", "Sugar Pot"
* Kozue Takeuchi: "Ageha 100%", "Majokaru*Majokaru"
* Arina Tanemura: "I-O-N", "Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne", "Time Stranger Kyoko", "Ginyuu Meika", "Full Moon Wo Sagashite", "The Gentlemen's Alliance +", "Mistress Fortune"

Y

* Ai Yazawa: "Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai", "Gokinjo Monogatari", "Kagen no Tsuki"
* Ryoko Yamagishi: "Shiroi Heya no Futari"
* Mitsuteru Yokoyama: "Mahoutsukai Sally" (adapted into the first shōjo and magical girl anime)
* Wataru Yoshizumi:"Handsome na Kanojo", "Kimi Shika Iranai", "Marmalade Boy", "Mint na Bokura", "Random Walk", "Ultra Maniac"

Related magazines

* Cookie
* Mon Mon (Chinese version of Ribon)
* Ribon Bikkuri
* Ribon Original

External links

* [http://ribon.shueisha.co.jp Ribon Waku-Waku Station] Official website
* [http://community.livejournal.com/ribon_wakuwaku/profile Ribon Waku-Waku Community - for the latest Ribon news]
* [http://spirit-haven.net Spirit Haven] Fansite for Yoko Maki's Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
* [http://www.tails-room.com/Ribon Ribon no Heya] (Japanese)
* [http://www2.plala.or.jp/eiko/ribon/index.html Love Dream Smile] (Japanese)
* [http://ribon.toxikon.org Emi-chan's Ribon]
* [http://www.tgarden.altervista.org Ribon Translations Garden]
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