Monthly Sunday Gene-X
 Sunday GX cover. | |
| Editor | Akinobu Natsume |
|---|---|
| Categories | Seinen manga |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 26,000 (2010) |
| First issue | July 19, 2000 |
| Company | Shogakukan |
| Country |
 Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | http://websunday.net/gx |
Monthly Sunday Gene-X (月刊サンデーGENE-X Gekkan Sandē Jenekkusu), often abbreviated as Sunday GX (サンデーGX), is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Like many other manga magazines, it's an "anthology magazine" with each issue featuring new chapters of several manga series. The series are also published in book form as Sunday GX Comics.
Monthly magazine
The magazine's title, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, refers to its mission as a manga magazine for Generation X. The first issue was published on July 19, 2000 and new issues are published on the 19th day of each month — not necessarily on a Sunday. The title uses the word "Sunday" more as a trademark or genre name, shared with its sister magazines Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday. [1]
The first year when the magazine was actually published on a Sunday two months in a row was in 2006. This is because 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday, the following occurrence of which is 2017. In such years, the 19th is a Sunday three times: February 19, March 19 and November 19. [2]
The magazine is not limited to Japanese productions; a Korean comic series, Blade of the Phantom Mask, was also serialized in translated and flipped form, perhaps helped by current interest as a Japanese-Korean anime movie. If one of their manga series has such a tie-in, an anime TV series or movie version being aired or screened around the same time, editors like to emphasize this in an act of cross promotion.
Sunday GX comics books
Shogakukan also publishes manga series previously featured in Sunday GX as paperback tankōbon (compilation volumes) under the imprint Sunday GX Comics (GENEX Comics). While in English the term "comics" also includes single chapters and comic strips, "comics (コミック komikku)" primarily means "manga tankōbon" in Japanese.
Series
Current
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ai Kagi (あいカギ) | Sukune Inugami | November 2009 |
| Black Lagoon (ブラック・ラグーン) | Rei Hiroe | May 2002 |
| Doctor and Daughter (ドクター＆ドーター) | Youkihi | November 2008 |
| Jormungand (ヨルムンガンド) | Keitaro Takahashi | May 2006 |
| JyaJya (ジャジャ) | Eno Akira | October 2000 |
| MARCH STORY | Hyung Min Kim, Yang Kyung-il | January 2008 |
| Masked Bowler (仮面ボウラー) | Takeshi Wakasa | September 2009 |
| Koi Neko (コイネコ) | Mashima Etsuya | October 2004 |
| Kamisama Dolls (神様ドォルズ) | Hajime Yamamura | January 2007 |
| Rec (manga) (レック) | Hanamizawa Q-taro | December 2002 |
| Shosei Katsuragi Shinjirou no Nichijou (書生葛木信二郎の日常) | Sanomichi Kurata | December 2010 |
| Seigi Keikan Monju (正義警官モンジュ) | Miyashita Hiroki | December 2005 |
| Sei Moesu no Hakobune (聖モエスの方舟) | Nariko Enomoto | October 2009 |
| Turititi Nagisa (釣りチチ渚) | Masaki Satou | April 2009 |
| Westwood Vibrato | Youn In-wan, Kim Sun Hee | May 2010 |
| Hamada Britney no Manga de Wakaru Moe Business (浜田ブリトニーの
漫画でわかる萌えビジネス』浜田ブリトニー) |
Britney Hamada | October 2010 |
| Yaoyorozu Toushinden Kami-gakari (八百万討神伝 神GAKARI) | Kei Kusunoki | August 2009 |
Former
| Series Title | Author | Premiered | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asuka @ Miraikei (アスカ＠未来系) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | February 2009 | July 2010 |
| Angel Koukou (エンジェル高校) | Sukune Inugami | September 2007 | July 2009 |
| Binbō Shimai Monogatari (貧乏姉妹物語) | Izumi Kazuto | May 2004 | November 2006 |
| Spiritual Paradise (スピリチュアルぱらだいす) | Kouji Onodera | May 2007 | July 2009 |
| Yamagata Scream (山形スクリーム) | Imatani Tecchu | December 2008 | June 2009 |
| Rubbers 7 (ラバーズ7) | Sukune Inugami | November 2002 | May 2007 |
| Mel Kano (メルカノ。) | Towa Oshima | July 2005 | June 2010 |
| Purofaira Menko (プロファイラーめんこ) | Mao Onoda | August 2008 | May 2009 |
| Dareka ga Kakkou to Naku (誰かがカッコゥと啼く) | Tatsuhiko Ida | November 2006 | June 2008 |
| Shin Hoero Pen (新吼えろペン) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | November 2004 | August 2008 |
| Subarashii Sekai (素晴らしい世界) | Inio Asano | June 2002 | April 2004 |
| Rabuma Unten (ラブマウンテン) | Tomuo Fujina | May 2008 | June 2009 |
| Hikari no Machi (ひかりのまち) | Inio Asano | May 2004 | February 2005 |
| Hoero Pen (吼えろペン) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | August 2000 | October 2004 |
| Code-E | Ichirō Sakaki, Yumiko Harao | July 2007 | July 2008 |
| Bijo de Yajuu (美女で野獣) | Tatsuhiko Ida | April 2002 | March 2006 |
| Sleeping Planet (眠れる惑星) | Youkihi | December 2004 | November 2007 |
| Welcome to River City (薬多江町へようこそ) | Youkihi | November 2002 | March 2004 |
| Kyoukai Sensen (境界戦線) | Hajime Yamamura | July 2003 | November 2003 |
| Girls Saurus DX (ガールズザウルスDX) | Kei Kusunoki | January 2003 | November 2008 |
| Grimal (ぐりまる) | Hiroyuki Kaidō, Tomizawa Yoshihiko | April 2008 | October 2009 |
| Prizona 6 (ぷりぞな6) | Ryunosuke Kingetsu, KOJINO | August 2008 | September 2010 |
| Hoshikuzu Bangaichi (星屑番外地) | Tatsuhiko Ida | July 2009 | September 2010 |
| Blade of the Phantom Master (新暗行御史) | Youn In-wan, Yang Kyung-il | April 2001 | September 2007 |
| Yarujene | Tomuo Fujina | September 2009 | July 2010 |
| Tetsukko na 3 Shimai (鉄娘な3姉妹) | Seiji Matsuyama | January 2009 | December 2010 |
| Trafficker (トラフィッカー) | Yasunori Mitsunaga | January 2001 | July 2002 |
| Sekai Uniform (世界ユニ・フォーム) | Nariko Enomoto | February 2008 | February 2009 |
| RahXephon (ラーゼフォン) | Yutaka Izubuchi, Takeaki Momose | September 2001 | December 2002 |
| FACTORY Z | Shigeo Makino, Takashi Hirotsugu | October 2002 | August 2004 |
| FADE OUT | Ikeda Takashi | December 2000 | April 2004 |
| The Sleeper (ザ・スリーパー) | Fujihiko Hosono | August 2000 | August 2002 |
| Wake up! | Tokihiko Matsuura | November 2000 | January 2003 |
| Iron Man (鉄人) | Toshihiko Tahagi, Takayuki Otiai | October 2001 | September 2003 |
| Dandelion (ダンデライオン) | Takayuki Otiai | September 2000 | April 2001 |
| Advent (アドベント) | Yumiko Harao | June 2003 | August 2004 |
| Destruction Princess (デスプリ) | Hebisaku Yoshida | November 2004 | November 2006 |
| Let It Be!! (レットイットビー！！) | Mari Koizumi | August 2000 | November 2002 |
| King of Cats (ネコの王) | Toshihiro Ono | August 2000 | August 2003 |
| Psycho Trader Chinami (サイコトレーダーちなみ) | Akihiro Kimura | August 2000 | July 2001 |
| Konohana Watashi Desu (この花はわたしです。) | Masahiko Kokuki, Yuka Jukuni | August 2000 | February 2004 |
| Shibuya Gadiangaruzu (渋谷ガーディアンガールズ) | Mari Koizumi | March 2004 | May 2006 |
| Shishi Boshi ki Girusutein (獣星記ギルステイン) | Naoyuki Sakai, Hisao Tamaki | August 2000 | October 2002 |
| Tenshi Dake ga Tsubasa (天使だけが翼を持っている) | Reiji Hagihara | August 2000 | October 2001 |
Circulation
- 2004 - 39,167
- 2005 - 39,000
- 2006 - 35,167
- 2007 - 30,583
- 2008 - 30,000
- 2009 - 27,667
- 2010 - 26,000
References and notes
- ↑ "月刊サンデーGX(ジェネックス) HPへようこそ". Editors's diary (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2000-06-07. Retrieved 2006-08-08.
- ↑ There are also three non-consecutive "Sunday the 19th" in leap years starting on Wednesday.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Sunday GX Comics at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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