Monthly_Shōnen_Magazine

<i>Monthly Shōnen Magazine</i>

Monthly Shōnen Magazine

Japanese manga magazine

Not to be confused with Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine.

Monthly Shōnen Magazine (月刊少年マガジン, Gekkan Shōnen Magajin) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (別冊少年マガジン). In 1969 it was retitled as Monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (月刊別冊少年マガジン) and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started publishing again, in 1975 it was renamed as current magazine title.

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It had a supplement magazine called Shōnen Magazine R, which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule.[2] In January 2023, Shōnen Magazine R ceased publication.[3] In February 2023, a new web publication called Getsu Maga Kichi (Monthly Magazine Base) replaced Shōnen Magazine R.[4]

Manga series

Currently running manga series

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Completed series

1970s

1980s

  • Nanto Magoroku (なんと孫六) (Kei Sadayasu) (February 1981 – May 2014)
  • Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (December 1983 – February 1997)
  • Meimon! Takonishi Ouendan (名門!多古西応援団) (Juzo Tokoro) (June 1984 – May 1992)
  • Shura no Mon (Masatoshi Kawahara) (April 1987 – November 1996)
  • 1+2=Paradise (Sumiko Kamimura) (1988-1990)
  • Akira Tobu!! (あきら翔ぶ!!) (Katsuyuki Toda) (1989 – 1996)
  • ANGEL♥BEAT (Ichiru Yasuhara) (1989 – 1996)
  • Dear Boys (Hiroki Yamagi) (16 December 1989 – 17 March 1997)

1990s

2000s

  • Shana ou Yoshitsune (遮那王義経) (Hirofumi Sawada) (November 2000 – May 2007)
  • Capeta (カペタ, Kapeta) (Masahito Soda) (March 2003 – March 2013)
  • Rocket Man (ロケットマン) (Motohiro Katou) (October 6, 2001 – December 6, 2004)
  • Yatagarasu (Aihara Tsukasa) (2002 - April 6, 2011)
  • Alive: The Final Evolution (アライブ-最終進化的少年, Araibu - Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen) (Tadashi Kawashima) (October 2003 – February 6, 2010)
  • Yonebu Times (米豊TIMES) (December 6, 2005 – August 6, 2007)
  • Shana ou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen (遮那王義経 源平の合戦) (Hirofumi Sawada) (July 2007 – April 2015)
  • Dear Boys:Act III (Hiroki Yagami) (December 2008 – December 2015)
  • C.M.B. ~Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku~ (C.M.B. 森羅博物館の事件目録) (Motohiro Katou) (October 2005 – August 2020)

2010s

References

  1. [1]
    "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Shōnen Magazine R Switches to Digital-Only, New Monthly Schedule". Anime News Network.
  3. [3]
    Cayanan, Joanna (November 21, 2022). "Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R Ends Publication in January". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  4. [4]
    Cayanan, Joanna (December 6, 2022). "Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine Gets New Web Publication". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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