Thursday, January 25, 2007

List of manga magazines

List of manga magazines


This is a listing, by country of publication and target audience, of
manga magazines.
Contents

* 1 Japanese magazines
o 1.1 Alternative magazines
o 1.2 Josei magazines
o 1.3 Kodomo magazines
o 1.4 Seinen magazines
o 1.5 Shōnen magazines
o 1.6 Shōjo magazines
o 1.7 Special interest magazines
+ 1.7.1 Pachinko magazines
+ 1.7.2 Mahjong magazines
+ 1.7.3 Erotic magazines
+ 1.7.4 Other magazines
* 2 Magazines published in the United States
o 2.1 Manga Anthologies
+ 2.1.1 No longer published
o 2.2 Other magazines that have published manga
* 3 Magazines published in Germany
* 4 Magazines published in Denmark
* 5 Magazines published in Norway
* 6 Magazines published in Brazil
* 7 Magazines published in Sweden
o 7.1 Manga Anthologies
+ 7.1.1 No longer published
o 7.2 Other magazines that have published manga
* 8 Magazines published in Indonesia
* 9 Magazines published in Australia
* 10 Magazines published in the United Kingdom
* 11 Magazines published in Russia
* 12 Magazines published in Malaysia

Japanese magazines

Alternative magazines

* Ax
* Comics Cue
* COM (now defunct)
* Erotics F
* Garo (now defunct)

Josei magazines

* Chorus
* CUTIE
* Be-Love
* Feel Young
* Judi
* Petit Comic
* You
* Young Rose
* Young You (now defunct)

Kodomo magazines

* CoroCoro Comic
* Comic BonBon

Seinen magazines

* Big Comic
o Big Gold (magazine)
o Big Comic Ikki (could also be under alternative)
o Big Comic Original
o Big Comic Spirits
o Big Comic Superior
* Business Jump
* Comic Beam
* Comic Birz
* Comic Flapper
* Comic Gum
* COMIC HIGH!
* Dengeki Daioh
* Manga Action
o Bessatsu Manga Action
o Action De Luxe
o Monthly Super Action
* Manga Goraku
* Manga Tengoku
* Manga Times
o Bessatsu Weekly Manga Times
o Weekly Manga Times Zokan
* Monthly Comic Alive
* Play Comic
* Ultra Jump
* Young Animal
* Young Champion
* Young Comic
* Young GanGan
* Young Jump
* Young king
* Young King Ours
* Young Magazine
* Young Sunday (first called Mangakun and Shonen Big Comic)
* Weekly Morning (first called Comic Morning)
o Monthly Afternoon
o Evening

Shōnen magazines

* Comic Blade
* Comic Blade Masamune
* Dengeki Comic Gao!
* Dragon AGE
* Dragon AGE Pure
* GFantasy
* GanGan Powered
* Koro Koro Ichiban!
* Shonen Ace
* Shonen Action (now defunct)
* Shonen Champion
o Monthly Shonen Champion (first called Bessatsu Shonen Champion)
* Shonen Jump
o Monthly Shonen Jump (first called Bessatsu Shonen Jump)
o Shonen Jump Advanced
* Shonen King (later called Bi-Weekly Shonen King) (now defunct)
o Bessatsu Shonen King
* Shonen Magazine - weekly
o Shonen Magazine Wonder - monthly
o Magazine SPECIAL - monthly
o Monthly Shonen Magazine (first called Bessatsu Shonen Magazine)
* Shonen Sunday
o Bessatsu Shonen Sunday (a.k.a Monthly Bessatsu Shonen Sunday)
o Monthly Sunday GX
o Shonen Sunday Zokan
o Weekly Shonen Sunday Super
* Monthly GanGan WING
* Monthly Shonen Captain
* Monthly Shonen Gangan
* Monthly Shonen Jets (now defunct)
* Monthly Shonen World (now defunct)

Shōjo magazines

* Asuka
* Ciao
* Cookie
* Chuchu
* Fanny (now defunct)
* Hana to Yume (translates to "Flowers and Dreams")
o Hanayume EX
o Bessatsu Hana to Yume
* LaLa
* Margaret
* Mimi
* Nakayoshi
* Ribon
* Seventeen
* Shōjo Comic
o Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
* Shōjo Friend
o Bessatsu Shōjo Friend
* Wings

Special interest magazines

Pachinko magazines

* Manga Pachinker
* Pachinker World

Mahjong magazines

* Bessatsu Kindai Mahjong
* Kindai Mahjong Gold
* Kindai Mahjong Original

Erotic magazines

* Comic Amour (erotica for women)
* Comic TENMA
* June (yaoi for female readers)

Other magazines

* Newtype (anime and manga news)
* Combat Comic (war comics)
* Yan Mama Comic (comics for young mothers)

Magazines published in the United States

These are not ordered by target audience because of the small number
of publications.

Manga Anthologies

* Mangazine (US artists)
* RumblePakk (US artists, shōnen emphasis)
* SakuraPakk (US artists, shōjo emphasis)
* Shojo Beat (shōjo emphasis)
* Shonen Jump (shōnen emphasis)

No longer published

* AmeriManga (US artists)
* Animerica Extra (shōjo emphasis)
* Mangajin (Japanese language instructional magazine)
* Mangaphile (US artists)
* Pulp (seinen emphasis)
* Raijin Comics (seinen emphasis)
* SMILE (shōjo emphasis)
* Super Manga Blast! (general anthology)
* TOKYOPOP magazine, formerly MixxZine (general anthology)
* Unimaga (US artists)

Other magazines that have published manga

* Animerica
* The Comics Journal (alternative manga)
* Drawn and Quarterly Anthology (one gekiga)
* Newtype USA

Magazines published in Germany

* BANZAI! (shōnen) - German edition of Shonen Jump. (discontinued)
* Daisuki (shōjo)
* Manga Power (discontinued)
* Manga Twister

Magazines published in Denmark

* Manga Mania

Magazines published in Norway

* Shonen Jump
* Manga Mania

Magazines published in Brazil

* Conrad Editora (feature Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece,
Dr. Slump, Saint Seiya, Saint Seiya Episode G, Vagabond, Slam Dunk,
Buddha, Evangelion, Blade of the Immortal, Sand Land, Monster, Fushigi
Yūgi, etc)

Magazines published in Sweden

Manga Anthologies

* Manga Mania (shōnen/seinen/shōjo) - Started publication in 2003.
Consists of manga published by Kodansha.
* Shonen Jump (shōnen) - Swedish edition of Shonen Jump. Started
publication in 2004.

No longer published

* Samurai (seinen) - Published between 1988-1992. Featured Lone
Wolf and Cub as the main comic, and also Kamui-den (by Sanpei
Shirato).
* Cobra (shōnen/seinen) - Published between 1991-1992. Featured
the shōnen manga Space adventure Cobra, the seinen manga Crying
Freeman (by Ryoichi Ikegami) and Pineapple Army (by Naoki Urasawa).

Other magazines that have published manga

* Pox (now defunct) - A comics magazine for alternative adult
comics from many countries. Featured Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Kachiku (as
Hundkojan) (originally published in GARO) in issue 6/1986, as well as
some other short stories by the same author.
* Magnum (now defunct) - A comics magazine for action/adventure
comics. (Popular comics included Judge Dredd, Cat Claw, Axa and later
many Vertigo comics.) Featured Akira in issues 4-9/1997 (after which
the magazine ceased publication).

Magazines published in Indonesia

* Shonen Magz (shōnen) - Indonesian version of Shonen Magazine. It
consists of mangas published by Kodansha.
* Shonen Star (shōnen) - Indonesian version of Shonen Sunday,
consists of mangas published by Shogakukan.
* Nakayoshi (shōjo) (Indonesian version)
* Champ - manhwa

Magazines published in Australia

* OzTAKU (Australian artists)
* Xuan Xuan (Australian artists) - currently discontinued

Magazines published in the United Kingdom

* Manga Mania - Published by Dark Horse Comics from 1993 and
running for a number of years, the magazine featured serialised
installments of famous Japanese manga such as Akira, Godzilla and
Appleseed, as well as other articles on the genre.
* Manga Mover (Half international, half Japanese artists)

Magazines published in Russia

* Anime Guide - Published since 2004.

Magazines published in Malaysia

* Weekly Comic 漫��周刊

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