Weekly Shōnen Magazine
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| Weekly Shonen Magazine | |
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An issue of Shonen Magazine |
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| Categories | Shōnen manga |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| First issue | 1959 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Shonen Magazine |
Weekly Shonen Magazine (週刊少年マガジン Shūkan Shōnen Magajin?), also known as Shonen Magazine, is a shōnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some strange censorship policies (until just recently, it was one of the only shonen magazines to forbid the depiction of female nipples), its audience tends to skew older with some more mature works and a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college student demographic.
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[edit] Currently Running Manga Series
Italics: Manga published in the United States
- Ahiru no Sora
- Air Gear
- Area no Kishi
- Baby Step
- Bloody Monday
- Daiya no Ace
- Fairy Tail
- Godhand Teru
- Hajime no Ippo
- Hakutsu! Machine Yarō!!
- Hammer Session!
- Kakutsuchi
- Kinda'ichi Shōnen no Jikenbo
- Mahō Sensei Negima
- Mō Shimasen Kara
- Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
- School Rumble
- Shibatora
- Shinyaku "Kyojin no Hoshi" Hanagata
- Smash!!
- Stand By Me
- Tobaku Haō-den Zero
- Tokkyu!!
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
- Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
- Yokai no Oisha-san
[edit] Popular works in Shonen Magazine
- Notable works in Bold.
[edit] 1960s
- Shiden-kai no Taka (1963–1965, Tetsuya Chiba)
- Eightman (1963–1966)
- Daisuke-chan (1963–1967, Yoshio Surugu)
- W3 (1965) *Only six episodes. Shonen Magazine was insulated with Osamu Tezuka for about ten years because of this work.
- Makaroni Boy (1966–1969, Yoshio Surugu)
- Cyborg 009 (1966) *only episode 2
- Tensai Bakabon (1967–1976, Fujio Akatsuka)
- GeGeGe no Kitarō (1966–1971)
- Ashita No Joe (1968–1973)
- Kyojin no Hoshi (1966–1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki)
[edit] 1970s
- Kamen Rider (1971)
- Tiger Mask (1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji)
- Karate Baka Ichidai (1971–1977, Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda, Jouya Kagemaru)
- Devilman (1972–1973)
- Nonsense No.13 (1972–1975, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally published in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
- Violence Jack (1973–1974, Go Nagai)
- Tsurikiti Sanpei (1973–1983, Takao Yaguchi)
- Mitsume ga Tōru (1974–1978, Osamu Tezuka)
- Shōnen Jidai (1978–1979, Fujiko Fujio A.)
[edit] 1980s
- Kotaro Makaritoru (1982–2001) *The title has been changed to Shin - in 1995.
- Bari Bari Densetsu (1983–1991)
- Parotto Ikka (1983–1986, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally and also serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
- Mr. Ajikko (1986–1989, Daisuke Terasawa)
- Meimon! Daisan-yakyūbu (1987–1993)
[edit] 1990s
- Shonan Junai Gumi (1990–1996)
- Boys Be... (1991–2001)
- Kindaichi Case Files (1992–2000)
- Gyagu Waarudo 1990 (1993–1995, Yoshio Surugu)
- Chūka Ichiban (1997–1999, Etsushi Ogawa) *moved to Magazine Special, and returned to Shonen Magazine again
- Love Hina (1998–2001, Ken Akamatsu)
- GetBackers (1999–2007)
- Great Teacher Onizuka (1997–2002)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (1999–2006)
- Rave Master (1998–2005)
- A.I. Love You (1993–1998, Ken Akamatsu)
[edit] 2000s
- Sakigake!! Cromartie High School (2000–2004)
- Detective School Q (2001–2005)
- Suzuka (2004–2007)
- Koma Koma (2005–)
- Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō (2005 - 2008)
- Over Drive (2005 - 2008)
- Sumire 16 sai!! (2006–present)
[edit] Other recent serialized works
- AI ga Tomaranai (1994) *moved to Magazine Special
- Pastel (2002-2003) *moved to Magazine Special
[edit] Magazine vs. Jump
The Weekly Shonen Magazine increased sales in the 1970s, and became the top selling manga magazine in Japan at that time. But the position was later occupied by the Weekly Shonen Jump in 1974. The biggest "golden age" of Shonen Jump began and continued for a long time. In the middle of the 1990s, Shonen Jump suffered the loss of Dragon Ball and entered a "Dark Age". As a result of this, the Shonen Magazine made a comeback in October 1997, regaining its position as the leader in terms of sales.
Currently, Shonen Magazine is second due to Shonen Jump's return to the top in 2002.
However, sales of the two magazines remain very close.
[edit] 50th Anniversary Celebration
In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazine's founding dates, Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008. In addition, other commemerative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.[1]
[edit] International Version
- Shonen Magz - Indonesia
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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