Weekly ShÅnen Magazine (Japanese: 週刊å°'年マガジン, Hepburn: ShÅ«kan ShÅnen Magajin), also known as ShÅnen Magazine, is a shÅnen manga magazine published by Kodansha, first published on 17 March 1959. Despite some unusual censorship policies (until just recently, it was one of the only shÅnen magazines to forbid the depiction of female nipples), it's mainly read by an older audience, with a large portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college student demographic.
Reception
The Weekly ShÅnen Magazine achieved success in the 1970s and subsequently had increased sales. As a result it became the top selling manga magazine in Japan of its period, appearing popular amongst many otaku. But the position was later occupied by Weekly ShÅnen Jump, when this competitor was born in 1968, knocking Shonen Magazine off the top spot. ShÅnen Jump had now begun to circulate and dominate the manga magazine market. This began from the 1970s and continued throughout the 1990s, largely owed to Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball. In the middle of the 1990s, ShÅnen Jump suffered the loss of Dragon Ball, as the franchise had come to an end in 1996, and thus lost much of its readership. ShÅnen Magazine had now made a comeback in October 1997, regaining its original position as the top selling manga magazine of its day until this was brokered in 2002. Currently, the two magazines have competed closely in terms of market circulation. Sales of the two magazines now remain very close. Circulation has dropped below two million. In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazine's founding dates, Weekly ShÅnen Magazine and Weekly ShÅnen Sunday released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008. In addition, other commemorative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.
Currently running manga series
Series in ShÅnen Magazine
- Notable works in Bold.
1950s
- GeGeGe no KitarÅ (1959-1969, Shigeru Mizuki)
1960s
- Chikai no Makyū (1961-1962, Tetsuya Chiba, Kazuya Fukumoto)
- Eightman (1963â€"1966, Kazumasa Hirai, Jiro Kuwata)
- Daisuke-chan (1963â€"1967, Yoshio Surugu)
- Shiden-kai no Taka (1963â€"1965, Tetsuya Chiba)
- W3 (1965)
- Haris no Kaze (1965-1967, Tetsuya Chiba)
- Cyborg 009 (1966, Shotaro Ishinomori) *only episode 2
- Kyojin no Hoshi (1966â€"1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki)
- Makaroni Boy (1966â€"1969, Yoshio Surugu)
- Tensai Bakabon (1967â€"1976, Fujio Akatsuka)
- Ashita no Joe (1968â€"1973, Asao Takamori, Tetsuya Chiba)
1970s
- Skull Man (1970, Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Kamen Rider (1971, Shotaro Ishinomori)
- Karate Baka Ichidai (1971â€"1977, Ikki Kajiwara, Jiro Tsunoda, Jouya Kagemaru)
- Tiger Mask (1971, Ikki Kajiwara, Naoki Tsuji)
- Ai to Makoto (1972-1976, Ikki Kajiwara, Takumi Nagayasu)
- Devilman (1972â€"1973, Go Nagai)
- Nonsense No.13 (1972â€"1975, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally published in Bessatsu ShÅnen Magazine
- Yakyū-kyŠno Uta (1972-1976, Shinji Mizushima)
- Tsurikichi Sanpei (1973â€"1983, Takao Yaguchi)
- Violence Jack (1973â€"1974, Go Nagai)
- Iyahaya Nantomo (1974-1976, Go Nagai)
- The Three-Eyed One (1974â€"1978, Osamu Tezuka)
- Shutendoji (1976-1978, Go Nagai)
- ShÅnen Jidai (1978â€"1979, Fujiko Fujio A.)
1980s
- The Kabocha Wine (1981-1984, Mitsuru Miura)
- Ashita Tenki ni Naare (1981-1991, Tetsuya Chiba)
- Bats & Terry (1982-1987, Yasuichi Oshima)
- KÅtarÅ MakaritÅru! (1982â€"2001, Tatsuya Hiruta) *The title was changed to Shin - in 1995.
- Baribari Legend (1983â€"1991, Shuichi Shigeno)
- Iron Muscle (1983-????, Go Nagai)
- Parotto Ikka (1983â€"1986, Yoshio Surugu) *Originally and also serialized in Bessatsu ShÅnen Magazine
- Ekushisu (1984-????, Takatoshi Yamada)
- Mister Ajikko (1986â€"1989, Daisuke Terasawa)
- Break Shot (1987-1990, Takeshi Maekawa)
- Meimon! Daisan-yakyÅ«bu (1987â€"1993)
- Doctor K (1988-????, Kazuo Mafune)
1990s
- Captain Kid (1990-????, Uno Hiroshi)
- Chameleon (1990-1999, Atsushi Kase)
- Shonan Junai Gumi (1990â€"1996, Tohru Fujisawa)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (1990-2003, Tsukasa ÅŒshima)
- Hajime no Ippo (1990, George Morikawa)
- Boys Be... (1991â€"2001, Masahiro Itabashi, Hiroyuki Tamakoshi)
- Kindaichi Case Files (1992â€"2000, YÅzaburÅ Kanari, Tadashi Agi, Fumiya SatÅ)
- A.I. Love You (1993â€"1998, Ken Akamatsu)
- Gyagu Waarudo 1990 (1993â€"1995, Yoshio Surugu)
- J-Dream (1993-????, Natsuko Heiuchi)
- Harlem Beat (1994-2000, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Maya (1994-????, Motoshima Yukihisa)
- ChÅ«ka Ichiban! (1995-1999, Etsushi Ogawa) *moved to Magazine Special, and returned to ShÅnen Magazine again
- Henachoko Daisakusen Z (1995-????, Hideo Nishimoto)
- DESPERADO (1996-????, Daiji Matsumoto)
- Psychometrer Eiji (1996-2000, Tadashi Agi, Masashi Asaki)
- Bad Company (1997, Tooru Fujisawa)
- Gachinko! (1997-????, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Great Teacher Onizuka (1997â€"2002, Tooru Fujisawa)
- Legendary Gambler Tetsuya (1997-2004, FÅ«mei Sai, Yasushi Hoshino)
- Love Hina (1998â€"2001, Ken Akamatsu)
- Rave (1999â€"2005, Hiro Mashima)
- GetBackers (1999â€"2007, Tadashi Agi, Rando Ayamine)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo (1999â€"2006, Akimine Kamijyo)
2000s
- Buraiden Gai (2000-2001, Nobuyuki Fukumoto)
- Sakigake!! Cromartie High School (2000â€"2004)
- Date Groove (2000, Eijirou Shimada)
- Gin no Kodou (2000, Akira Yanagiha)
- Gründen (2000, Takashi Takayuki)
- 3.3.7 Byooshi!! (2001-????, Mitsurou Kubo)
- Assobot Senki Goku (2001-2002, Tadashi Agi, Romu Aoi)
- Bakushou Mondai no Kyou no Joe (2001-????, Hideo Nishimoto)
- Big Star Daikichi (2001-????, Akira Tsubaki)
- Detective School Q (2001â€"2005, Tadashi Agi, Fumiya SatÅ)
- Dragon Voice (2001-2003, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Gorio (2001-????, Takashi Hamori)
- Hot Shot (2001-????, Junji Oono)
- Howling (2001-????, Takeshi Hinata)
- Idaten (2001, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Jipangu Hououden (2001-????, Etsushi Ogawa, Kazutoshi Ozasa)
- Air Gear (2002-2012, Ito ÅŒgure)
- Cross Over (2002-2003, Kouji Seo)
- Daihyoubito (2002, Yasuaki Kita)
- Gacha Gacha (2002-2008, Hiroyuki Tamakoshi)
- Jigoro Jigorou (2002-2007, Atsushi Kase)
- Jump Man (2002-????, Masaharu Inoue)
- Pastel (2002-2003) *moved to Magazine Special
- School Rumble (2002-2008, Jin Kobayashi)
- Chanbara (2003, Keiyou Yamada)
- Densetsu no Head Shou (2003-2005, Takashi Hamori)
- Gold Rush! (2003, Tetsuo Yamashita)
- Joshidaisei Kateikyoushi Hamanaka Ai (2003-2006, Tozen Ujiie)
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (2003-2009, CLAMP)
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi (2003-2012, Ken Akamatsu)
- Food Hunter Futaraiden (2004, Etsushi Ogawa, Kazutoshi Ozasa)
- Suzuka (2004â€"2007, Kouji Seo)
- 090 - Eko to Issho. (2005, Maru Asakura)
- Bokura no Sengoku Hakkyuuden (2005, Seiji Uozumi)
- Full Spec (2005-????, Taro Sekiguchi)
- Haou no Ken (2005-????, Natsuko Heiuchi)
- KenkÅ Zenrakei Suieibu UmishÅ (2005-2008, Mitsuru Hattori)
- Koma Koma (2005)
- Over Drive (2005-2008, Tsuyoshi Yasuda)
- Crack!! (2006, Keisuke Honna)
- Fairy Tail (2006, Hiro Mashima)
- Fashion Leader Imai Shoutarou (2006, Yuuta Nishiyama)
- Hammer Session! (2006-2009, Namoshiro Tanahashi, Yamato Koganemaru)
- Idol no Akahon (2006, Tozen Ujiie)
- Joppare Shun! (2006-2007, Hiroshi Wakamatsu)
- Flunk Punk Rumble (2006-2011, Miki Yoshikawa)
- Bloody Monday (2007â€"2009, RyÅ RyÅ«mon, Kouji Megumi)
- Junjou Karen na Oretachi da! (2008-2009, Yuriko Nishiyama)
- Cage of Eden (2008-2013, Yoshinobu Yamada)
- Cøde:Breaker (2008-2013, Akimine Kamijyo)
- Kimi no Iru Machi (2008â€"2014, Kouji Seo)
- Muromi-san (2009-2014, Keiji Najima)
- Brass Boy! (2009, Yumika Tsuru)
- A-bout! (2009, Masa Ichikawa)
2010s
- Again!! (2011-2014, Mitsurou Kubo)
- Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (2012, Miki Yoshikawa)
- Nanatsu no Taizai (2012, Nakaba Suzuki)
- Koe no Katachi (2013-2014, Yoshitoki Ohima)
- Fuuka (2014, Kouji Seo)
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