Weekly Young Magazine
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 Cover of the 13th issue of Weekly Young Magazine in 2014, published by Kodansha on March 10, 2014, featuring Kashiwagi Yuki of the pop group AKB48. | |
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation |
407,367[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| First issue | June 16, 1980 |
| Company | Kodansha |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official site |
Weekly Young Magazine (Japanese: 週刊ヤングマガジン Hepburn: Shūkan Yangu Magajin) is a Japanese weekly seinen manga anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male (seinen) demographic.[3] The numerous serial stories running concurrently in Young tend to be violent, sexy, action-oriented, and imaginative, with an earthy sense of humor. The magazine's core readership has been dismissively characterized in the past as bikers and delinquents. The chapters of the series that run in Weekly Young Magazine are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months.
The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl gravure idols (グラビアアイドル gurabia aidoru) on the cover and first few pages of each issue.
Since December 9, 2009 Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, Monthly Young Magazine, a retitled makeover of their previous publication Bessatsu Young Magazine, which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence.[4]
Ongoing series
There are currently 20 manga titles serialized weekly on Weekly Young Magazine. One series is on hiatus.
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Kecchin (ケッチン) | Takashi Kira | 2009 |
| Kenka Kagyou (喧嘩稼業) | Yasuaki Kita | 2013 |
| Korosazaru Mono, Ikubekarazu (殺さざる者、生くべからず) | Nakamaru Yousuke | 2017 |
| GTO:Paradise Lost (GTO パラダイス・ロスト) | Fujisawa Tohru | 2014 |
| Satanophany (サタノファニ) | Yamada Yoshinobu | 2017 |
| Sengoku Gonbee (センゴク権兵衛) | Hideki Miyashita | 2015 |
| Cherry Nights R (チェリーナイツR) | Dragon Odawara | 2012 |
| Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: One Poker-hen (賭博堕天録カイジ ワン・ポーカー編) | Nobuyuki Fukumoto | 2013 |
| Higanjima 48-nichi-go… (彼岸島) | Kouji Matsumoto | 2014 |
| Prison School (監獄学園) | Akira Hiramoto | 2011 |
| Parallel Paradise (パラレルパラダイス) | Lynn Okamoto | 2017 |
| Minami-ke (みなみけ) | Koharu Sakuraba | 2004 |
| Origin | Boichi | 2016 |
| xxxHolic Rei (×××ホリック◆ 戻) | CLAMP | 2013 |
| Tokkō Jimuin Minowa | Kei Ogawa | 2013 |
| Hantsu x Trash | Hiyoko Kobayashi | 2012 |
| Hare Kon (ハレ婚。) | NON | 2014 |
| Tejina Senpai (手品先輩) | Azu | 2016 |
| The Fable (ザ・ファブル) | Minami Katsuhisa | 2014 |
Completed series serialized in Young Magazine
1980s
- Domu: A Child's Dream (童夢) (Katsuhiro Ōtomo) (1980 - 1981)
- Akira (Katsuhiro Ōtomo) (1982 - 1990)
- Be-Bop High School (ビー・バップ・ハイスクール) (Kazuhiro Kiuchi) (1983 - 2003)
- Bataashi Kingyo (Minetarō Mochizuki) (1986 - 1988)
- Shakotan Boogie (シャコタン☆ブギ) (Michiharu Kusunoki) (1986 - 1996)
- 3×3 Eyes (Yuzo Takada) (1987 - 2002)
- Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊) (Masamune Shirow) (1989 - 1997)
1990s
- Wangan Midnight (湾岸ミッドナイト) (Michiharu Kusunoki) (1990 - 2008)
- Weather Report Girl (Tetsu Adachi) (1992 - 1994)
- Ping-Pong Club (行け!稲中卓球部) (Minoru Furuya) (1993 - 1996)
- Bakugyaku Familia (Hiroshi Tanaka) (1994 - 2004)
- Initial D (頭文字D) (Shuichi Shigeno) (1995-2013)
- Dragon Head (ドラゴンヘッド) (Minetaro Mochizuki) (1995 - 2000)
- Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji (賭博黙示録カイジ) (Nobuyuki Fukumoto) (1996 - 1999)
- Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari (アゴなしゲンとオレ物語) (Akira Hiramoto) (1998 - 2009)
- Taberemasen (食べれません) (Yanwari Kazama) (1995-2013)
- Nani wa tomo Are (なにわ友あれ) (Katsuhisa Minami) (1999-2006)
2000s
- Tobaku Hakairoku Kaiji (賭博破戒録カイジ) (Nobuyuki Fukumoto) (2000 - 2004)
- Chobits (ちょびっツ) (CLAMP) (2001 - 2002)
- Coppelion (コッペリオン) (Tomonori Inoue) (2008-2016)
- Higanjima (Kōji Matsumoto) (2002 - 2010)
- Kyō no Go no Ni (Koharu Sakuraba) (2002-2003)
- Remote (リモート) (Tadashi Agi), (Tetsuya Koshiba) (2002 - 2004)
- xxxHolic (CLAMP) (2003 - 2011)
- Out Law (アウト・ロー) (Kouji Kouno) (2004 - 2007)
- Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji (賭博堕天録カイジ) (Nobuyuki Fukumoto) (2004 - 2008)
- Saru Lock (猿ロック) (Naoki Serizawa) (2004 - 2009)
- Sweet Poolside (スイートプールサイド) (Shūzō Oshimi) (2004)[5]
- Gimmick! (ギミッ9ク!) (Yōzaburō Kanari and Kuroko Yabuguchi) (2005 - 2007)
- Kenka Shōbai (Yasuaki Kita) (2005 - 2011)
- Cherry Nights (チェリーナイツ) (Dragon Odawara) (2005 - 2011)
- Shinjuku Swan (Ken Wakui) (2005 - 2013)
- Kaitan (カイタン) (Hiroshi Kisashi) (2009 - 2010)
- Winning Ticket (ウイニング・チケット) (Hiromoto Komatsu) (2006 - 2011)
- Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru (空手小公子 小日向海流) (Baba Yasushi) (2000 - 2012)
- Kissxsis (キス×シス) (Bow Ditama) (2004 - 2009)*
* Kissxsis transitioned to serialising in the monthly version of Young Magazine from December 2009 and onwards.[6]
2010s
- Montage (モンタージュ) Jun Watanabe (2010-2015)
- Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章) (Yukai Asada) (2010-2011)
- Wild Cherry Nights (ワイルドチェリーナイツ) (Dragon Odawara) (2011-2012)
- 8♀1♂ (ハチイチ) (Kaori Saki) (2012-2015)
- Yuki ni Tsubasa (雪にツバサ) Shin Takahashi (2011-2013)
- Shoujo Fujuubun (少女不十分) Mitsuru Hattori (2015-2016)
References
- ↑ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- 1 2 "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Young Magazine Posted for Free to Mark Anniversary". Anime News Network. June 7, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
- ↑ "Bessatsu Young Magazine Goes Monthly on December 9", Anime News Network, Oct. 14, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Sweet Poolside Manga by Flowers of Evil's Oshimi Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ↑ 月刊ヤングマガジン 作品一覧. Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-01-15.
External links
- Young Magazine - Official publisher page by Kodansha (in Japanese)