- Weekly Shōnen Magazine
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Weekly Shōnen Magazine
First Issue of Weekly Shōnen MagazineCategories Shōnen manga Frequency Weekly Circulation 1,571,231 (2010) Publisher Kodansha First issue 17 March 1959 Country Japan Language Japanese Website Shōnen Magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine (週刊少年マガジン Shūkan Shōnen Magajin ), also known as Shōnen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies (until just recently, it was one of the only shōnen magazines to forbid the depiction of female nipples), it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college student demographic.
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Reception
The Weekly Shōnen Magazine achieved success in the 1970s and subsequently had increased sales. As a result it became the top selling manga magazine in Japan of its period, appearing popular amongst many otaku. But the position was later occupied by Weekly Shōnen Jump, when this competitor was born in 1968, knocking Shonen Magazine off the top spot. Shōnen Jump had now begun to circulate and dominate the manga magazine market. This began from the 1970s and continued throughout the 1990s, largely owed to Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball. In the middle of the 1990s, Shōnen Jump suffered the loss of Dragon Ball, as the franchise had come to an end in 1996, and thus lost much of its readership. Shōnen Magazine had now made a comeback in October 1997, regaining its original position as the top selling manga magazine of its day until this was brokered in 2002. Currently, the two magazines have competed closely in terms of market circulation. Sales of the two magazines now remain very close. Circulation has dropped below two million.[1] In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazine's founding dates, Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008. In addition, other commemorative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.[2]
Currently running manga series
Series Title Author Premiered A-bout! (アバウト! ) Masa Ichikawa November 2009 Again!! (アゲイン!! ) Mitsurou Kubo April 2011 Ahiru no Sora (あひるの空 ) Takeshi Hinata December 2003 Air Gear (エア・ギア ) Ito Ōgure May 2003 AKB49〜Renai Kinshi Jourei〜 (AKB49〜恋愛禁止条例〜 ) Hisashi Takahashi, Motoazabu Factory, Reiji Miyajima August 2010 Area no Kishi (エリアの騎士 ) Agi Tadashi, Kaya Tsukiyama August 2006 Baby Steps (ベイビーステップ ) Hikaru Kachiki October 2007 Bakudan!〜Bakumetsu Danshi〜 (ばくだん!〜幕末男子〜 ) Atushi Kase May 2011 Bloody Monday Last Season (BLOODY MONDAY ラストシーズン ) Agi Tadashi, Kouji Megumi June 2011 CØDE:BREAKER (コード:ブレイカー ) Akimine Kamijyo June 2008 Daiya no Ace (ダイヤのA ) Yūji Terajima May 2006 Dragon Collection Ryuu o Suberu Mono (ドラゴンコレクション 竜を統べるもの ) Muneaki Kaneshiro, Kyouta Shibano, Konami Digital Entertainment August 2011 Eden no Ori (エデンの檻 ) Keiyou Yamada December 2008 Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル ) Hiro Mashima August 2006 Gamaran (我間乱〜GAMARAN〜 ) Yousuke Nakamaru May 2009 GE〜Good Ending〜 (GE~グッドエンディング~ ) Kei Sasuga August 2009 Hajime no Ippo (はじめの一歩 ) George Morikawa February 1990 Kimi no Iru Machi (君のいる町 ) Kouji Seo June 2008 Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo (金田一少年の事件簿 ) Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō October 1992 Mahō Sensei Negima (魔法先生ネギま! ) Ken Akamatsu February 2003 Mou, Shimasen Kara。 (もう、しませんから。 ) Nishimoto Hideo September 2004 Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san (波打際のむろみさん ) Keiji Najima July 2009 Oniwaka to Ushiwaka Edge of the World (鬼若と牛若 Edge of the World ) Yuya Aoki, Rando Ayamine April 2010 Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (さよなら絶望先生 ) Kōji Kumeta May 2005 Seitokai Yakuindomo (生徒会役員共 ) Tozen Ujiie July 2008 Tanteiken Sherdock (探偵犬シャードック ) Yuuma Andou, Yuuki Satou October 2011 Tobaku Haō-den Zero (賭博覇王伝 零 ) Nobuyuki Fukumoto September 2007 Zeus no Tane (ゼウスの種 ) Kousuke Iijima February 2011 Series in Shōnen Magazine
- Notable works in Bold.
1950s
- GeGeGe no Kitaro (1959-1969, Shigeru Mizuki)
1960s
- Chikai no Makyū (1961-1962, Tetsuya Chiba, Kazuya Fukumoto)
- Eightman (1963–1966, Kazumasa Hirai, Jiro Kuwata)
- Daisuke-chan (1963–1967, Yoshio Surugu)
- Shiden-kai no Taka (1963–1965, Tetsuya Chiba)
- W3 (1965) *Only six episodes. Shōnen Magazine was insulated with Osamu Tezuka for about ten years because of this work.
- Haris no Kaze (1965-1967, Tetsuya Chiba)
- Cyborg 009 (1966, Shotaro Ishinomori) *only episode 2
- Kyojin no Hoshi (1966–1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki)
- Makaroni Boy (1966–1969, Yoshio Surugu)
- Tensai Bakabon (1967–1976, Fujio Akatsuka)
- Ashita no Joe (1968–1973, Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba)
1970s
- Skull Man (1970, Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Kamen Rider (1971, Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Karate Baka Ichidai (1971–1977, Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda, Jouya Kagemaru)
- Tiger Mask (1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji)
- Ai to Makoto (1972-1976, Ikki Kajiwara, Takumi Nagayasu)
- Devilman (1972–1973, Go Nagai)
- Nonsense No.13 (1972–1975, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally published in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
- Tsurikiti Sanpei (1973–1983, Takao Yaguchi)
- Violence Jack (1973–1974, Go Nagai)
- Iyahaya Nantomo (1974-1976, Go Nagai)
- Shutendoji (1976-1978, Go Nagai)
- Mitsume ga Tōru (1974–1978, Osamu Tezuka)
- Shōnen Jidai (1978–1979, Fujiko Fujio A.)
1980s
- Ashita Tenki ni Naare (1981-1991, Tetsuya Chiba)
- Bats & Terry (1982-1987, Yasuichi Oshima)
- Kōtarō Makaritōru! (1982–2001, Tatsuya Hiruta) *The title was changed to Shin - in 1995.
- Bari Bari Densetsu (1983–1991, Shuichi Shigeno)
- Iron Muscle (1983-????, Go Nagai)
- Parotto Ikka (1983–1986, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally and also serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
- Ekushisu (1984-????, Takatoshi Yamada)
- Mister Ajikko (1986–1989, Daisuke Terasawa)
- Meimon! Daisan-yakyūbu (1987–1993)
- Doctor K (1988-????, Kazuo Mafune)
1990s
- Captain Kid (1990-????, Uno Hiroshi)
- Chameleon (1990-1999, Atsushi Kase)
- Shonan Junai Gumi (1990–1996, Tohru Fujisawa)
- Hajime no Ippo (1990, George Morikawa)
- Boys Be... (1991–2001, Masahiro Itabashi, Hiroyuki Tamakoshi)
- Kindaichi Case Files (1992–2000, Yōzaburō Kanari, Tadashi Agi, Fumiya Satō)
- A.I. Love You (1993–1998, Ken Akamatsu)
- Gyagu Waarudo 1990 (1993–1995, Yoshio Surugu)
- J-Dream (1993-????, Natsuko Heiuchi)
- Harlem Beat (1994-2000, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Maya (1994-????, Motoshima Yukihisa)
- Chūka Ichiban! (1995-1999, Etsushi Ogawa)
- Henachoko Daisakusen Z (1995-????, Hideo Nishimoto)
- DESPERADO (1996-????, Daiji Matsumoto)
- Psychometrer Eiji (1996-2000, Tadashi Agi, Masashi Asaki)
- Bad Company (1997, Tooru Fujisawa)
- Chūka Ichiban (1997–1999, Etsushi Ogawa) *moved to Magazine Special, and returned to Shōnen Magazine again
- Gachinko! (1997-????, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Great Teacher Onizuka (1997–2002, Tooru Fujisawa)
- Love Hina (1998–2001, Ken Akamatsu)
- Rave Master (1998–2005, Hiro Mashima)
- GetBackers (1999–2007, Tadashi Agi, Rando Ayamine)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (1999–2006, Akimine Kamijyo)
2000s
- Buraiden Gai (2000-2001, Nobuyuki Fukumoto)
- Sakigake!! Cromartie High School (2000–2004)
- Date Groove (2000, Eijirou Shimada)
- Gin no Kodou (2000, Akira Yanagiha)
- Gründen (2000, Takashi Takayuki)
- 3.3.7 Byooshi!! (2001-????, Mitsurou Kubo)
- Assobot Senki Goku (2001-2002, Tadashi Agi, Romu Aoi)
- Bakushou Mondai no Kyou no Joe (2001-????, Hideo Nishimoto)
- Big Star Daikichi (2001-????, Akira Tsubaki)
- Detective School Q (2001–2005, Tadashi Agi, Fumiya Satō)
- Dragon Voice (2001-2003, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Gorio (2001-????, Takashi Hamori)
- Hot Shot (2001-????, Junji Oono)
- Howling (2001-????, Takeshi Hinata)
- Idaten (2001, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Jipangu Hououden (2001-????, Etsushi Ogawa)
- Cross Over (2002-2003, Kouji Seo)
- Daihyoubito (2002, Yasuaki Kita)
- Gacha Gacha (2002-2008, Hiroyuki Tamakoshi)
- Jigoro Jigorou (2002-????, Atsushi Kase)
- Jump Man (2002-????, Masaharu Inoue)
- Pastel (2002-2003) *moved to Magazine Special
- School Rumble (2002-2008, Jin Kobayashi)
- Chanbara (2003, Keiyou Yamada)
- Densetsu no Kashira Shou (2003-????, Takashi Hamori)
- Gold Rush! (2003, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Joshidaisei Kateikyoushi Hamanaka Ai (2003-????, Tozen Ujiie)
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (2003-2009, CLAMP)
- Food Hunter Futaraiden (2004, Etsushi Ogawa, Kazutoshi Ozasa)
- Suzuka (2004–2007, Kouji Seo)
- 090 - Eko to Issho. (2005, Maru Asakura)
- Bokura no Sengoku Hakkyuuden (2005, Seiji Uozumi)
- Full Spec (2005-????, Taro Sekiguchi)
- Haou no Ken (2005-????, Natsuko Heiuchi)
- Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō (2005-2008, Mitsuru Hattori)
- Koma Koma (2005)
- Over Drive (2005-2008, Yasuda Tsuyoshi)
- Crack!! (2006, Keisuke Honna)
- Fashion Leader Imai Shoutarou (2006, Yuuta Nishiyama)
- Hammer Session! (2006-????, Namoshiro Tanahashi, Yamato Koganemaru)
- Idol no Akahon (2006, Tozen Ujiie)
- Bloody Monday (2007–2009, Ryō Ryūmon, Kouji Megumi)
- Joppare Shun! (2007-????, Hiroshi Wakamatsu)
- Junjou Karen na Oretachi da! (2008-????, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Brass Boy! (2009, Yumika Tsuru)
See also
- List of manga magazines
- Shonen Magz - Indonesian Version
References
External links
Series currently running in Weekly Shōnen Magazine Fighting Spirit • Kindaichi Case Files • Air Gear • Negima! Magister Negi Magi • Ahiru no Sora • Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei • Area no Kishi • Ace of Diamond • Fairy Tail • Tobaku Haō-den Zero • Baby Steps • A Town Where You Live • Code: Breaker • Seitokai Yakuindomo • Cage of Eden • Gamaran • Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san • GE〜Good Ending〜 • A-bout! • Oniwaka to Ushiwaka Edge of the World • AKB49〜Renai Kinshi Jourei〜 • Zeus no Tane • Again!! • Bakudan!〜Bakumetsu Danshi〜 • Bloody Monday Last Season • Dragon Collection Ryuu o Suberu Mono • Tanteiken SherdockWebsite: http://www.shonenmagazine.com 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 weekly manga magazines
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