Big Comic Superior Explained

Big Comic Superior
Frequency:	Semimonthly on 2nd and 4th Fridays
Circulation:	108,667 (July–September, 2016)
Category:	Seinen manga^[1] ^[2]
Company:	Shogakukan
Firstdate:	July 1, 1987^[3]
Country:	Japan
Based:	Tokyo
Language:	Japanese

is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987, by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for Big Comic Original and Big Comic Spirits.^[4] The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Ryoichi Ikegami, Mochiru Hoshisato, Yū Koyama, Yūji Aoki, Fumi Saimon, Norifusa Mita, George Akiyama, and Buronson.

Superior was originally a special issue of Big Comic Original, published twice monthly on the 1st and 15th. However, since it was selling just as well as the main three magazines (Big Comic, Big Comic Original, and Big Comic Spirits), it began to be released every other week. It is currently released twice monthly on the second and fourth Fridays. As of 2015, Superior has a reported circulation of 115,334 for each issue.^[5]

Series

Currently running series

!Title!Author/Artist!Premiered

Ajiichimonme Tsugi Aji	Zenta Abe (story) & Yoshimi Kurata (art)
Boku-ra wa Min'na Ikite Yuku!	Hideki Akiyama
Eisei Otome no Tatakai-kata	Kuzushiro
	Kasumi Yasuda
	Yuki Otake
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt	Yasuo Ohtagaki
	Taiyō Matsumoto	^[6]
Mujina Into the Deep	Inio Asano
	Katsunori Hara
Ra ̄ men sai Yū-ki	Midori Kube (story) & Tan Kawai (art)
	Daruma Matsuura
Super Ball Girls	Muneyuki Kaneshiro (story) & Akira Hiramoto (art)
	Riichiro Inagaki (story) & Ryoichi Ikegami (art)
Tsuma Kansatsu Nikki	Shigeyuki Fukumitsu

Past series

• Aibō by Tamayo Koyasu
• Aji Ichi Monme by Yoshimi Kurata, Yoshita Abe, and Yukie Fukuda
• Ankō: Kaizuri Kaijō Sōsasen, written by Masaki Kitahara and illustrated by Hideki Akiyama with assistance from Fishing Graph
• Azumi by Yū Koyama
• Bow by Terry Yamamoto
• Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi
• Chūshun Komawari-kun by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
• Hannari! by Fumi Saimon
  • Gigant by Hiroya Oku Higake Kin'yūden Komanezumi Shussemichi, written by Toichi Akizuki and illustrated by Kōji Yoshimoto with supervision from Yūji Aoki
• Kiichi!! by Hideki Arai
• Zankyō by Tsutomu Takahashi
• Kotarō wa Hitori Gurashi by Mami Tsumura
• Lord, written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
• Maihime: Diva, written by Ryō Kurashina and illustrated by Tomoya Ōishi
• Money no Ken by Norifusa Mita
• Moonlight Mile by Yasuo Ōtagaki
• Natsume Arata no Kekkon by Tarō Nogizaka
• Ojuken no Hoshi, story by Mayu Sugiura, illustrated by Kenjū Imatani and created by Nozomi Hashira
• Onna Michi by
• Okuribito by Akira Sasō
• Radio Jikan by Radio Wada
• Rāmen Hakkenden, written by Rokurō Kube and illustrated by Tan Kawai
• Reiraku by Inio Asano
• Sekai no Chūshin de Kuda o Maku by Inosuke Rodriguez
• Shakaijin Misaki Satoru by Yasuyuki Kunitomo
• Sprite by Yūgo Ishikawa
• Team Medical Dragon, written by Akira Nagai and illustrated by Tarō Nogizaka
• Wonderland by Yugo Ishikawa

Notes and References

1. Book: Manga: The Complete Guide. Jason Thompson. Del Rey Books. 978-0-345-48590-8. 2007. 327–239.
2. Web site: Men's Manga. Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. ja. November 6, 2016.
3. Web site: ja:ビッグコミックスペリオール. http://adpocket.shogakukan.co.jp/47/. AD Pocket. Shogakukan. July 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20090528023104/http://adpocket.shogakukan.co.jp/47/. May 28, 2009. ja.
4. Book: Schodt, Frederik L.. Frederik L. Schodt. Dreamland Japan. 1999. Stone Bridge Press. 978-1-880656-23-5. 99. April 13, 2022. There is a tiny gap in the ages targeted by Big, Original, and Spirits—those between twenty-five and thirty—and Superior fills it..
5. http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=15&period_cd=29 Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015
6. Web site: Start Dates Revealed for New Manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, Daruma Matsuura . 2022-11-23 . . en.