ShÅjo Friend (å°'女フレンド, ShÅjo Furendo) was a shÅjo manga magazine formerly published by Kodansha, beginning in 1962. Kodansha used the knowledge gained from publishing magazines aimed at young girls, including Nakayoshi and ShÅjo Club, as well as the experience from publishing Weekly Shonen Magazine. ShÅjo Friend is considered the successor to ShÅjo Club. In 1963, Shueisha began publishing Margaret, and the two magazines became fierce competitors. Shogakukan entered the market competition in 1968 with ShÅjo Comic.
During this time, popular series such as Haikara-san ga TÅru (by Waki Yamato) and Seito Shokun! (by YÅko ShÅji) were published in ShÅjo Friend. Despite the popularity of these series, the circulation began to decline and the magazine dropped from weekly to bi-monthly publication, and then finally to monthly publication.
The final issue was released in September 1996, an event which surprised many people as ShÅjo Friend had been ranked third, following Nakayoshi and Ribon. The cessation of publication was reported widely in the TV news as well. The remaining content which was supposed to have been published in ShÅjo Friend was absorbed in Dessert and The Dessert as special inserts through 1999.
§Manga serializations
- Akane-chan (Tetsuya Chiba)
- Haikara-san ga TÅru (Waki Yamato)
- Misokkasu (Tetsuya Chiba)
- Princess Knight (Osamu Tezuka, 1967 version)
- Seito Shokun! (YÅko ShÅji)
§See also
- Bessatsu Friend
- List of manga magazines
§External links
- Shoujo Friend at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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