Monthly Magazine Z Explained

Frequency:	Monthly
Category:	Seinen manga
Company:	Kodansha
Firstdate:	June 26, 1999
Finaldate:	January 26, 2009
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Website:	Official site

was a Japanese seinen mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult males, but particularly at hardcore anime and manga fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the magazine.

It was announced in September 2008 that Magazine Z would be discontinued. The last issue shipped on January 26, 2009.^[1]

Manga artists and series serialized in Magazine Z

Hideaki Nishikawa

• Apocrypha Getter Robot Dash (2008 to 2009)

Yuu Watase

• Sakura Taisen (2005 to 2009) (manga commissioned by Sega Enterprises)

Kia Asamiya

• (2000 to 2001) (manga commissioned by DC Comics)

Hoshi Itsuki

• Kurau Phantom Memory (2005)
• Skies of Arcadia (2000 to 2002)

Baku Yumemakura/Sei Itoh

• Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu (2004 to ???)

Momotarō Miyano/Masamune Shirow

• RD Sennou Chousashitsu (2008 to 2009)

Takuya Fujima

• Deus Vitae (1999 to 2002)
• Free Collars Kingdom (2002 to 2003)

Q Hayashida

• Maken X Another (1999 to 2001)

Nishikawa Shinji

• Chouseishin Gransazer (2003 to 2004)

Toshitsugu Iida

• Wolf's Rain (2003 to 2004) (created by Keiko Nobumoto)

Shinya Kaneko

• Culdcept (1999 to 2007)

Yōsuke Kuroda/Ichiro Inui

• (2004 to 2005)

Takahiro Seguchi

• Ai wa Kagerou (2004 to 2006)

Itoh Shi

• Puppet Revolution (2002)

Katsu Aki

• Psychic Academy (1999-2003)

Asuka Katsura

• Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (2004)

Yuuichi Kumakura

• King of Bandit Jing (1999 to 2005)

Asato Mifune

• Yukei Seikyo Kukla (story by Koji Tazawa)

Satoru Akahori/Ryuusei Deguchi

• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2001 to 2002)

Yuuna Takanagi/Tooru Zekuu

• Shikigami no Shiro (2003 to 2004)
• (2004 to 2008)

Nozomu Tamaki

• Hakodate Youjin Buraichou Himegami (2007 to 2009)

Haruhiko Mikimoto

• Baby Birth (2001 to 2002) (story by Sukehiro Tomita)

Kenichi Muraeda

• Kamen Rider Spirits (2001 to 2009) (story and concept by Shotaro Ishinomori)

Yuushi Kanoe

• Ayakashi (2007 to 2008)

Sasaki Yoshioka

• Placebo

Ran Satomi/Maki Ebishi

• (2008 to 2009)

Sung-gyu Lee/Kyoichi Nanatsuki

• Void (2010)

Auto Taguchi

• Mobile Suit Gundam 00
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season

Chiaki Ogishima

• Heat Guy J (2003) (created by Kazuki Akane)

Aikawa Shou/Jinguuji Hajime

• (1999 to 2001)

Atsushi Soga

• Turn A Gundam (1999 to 2002) (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)

Junji Ito

• (2008 to 2009)

Mimi Natto/Tokumo Sora

• Ism/i (2007 to 2009)

Hajime Ueda

• FLCL (2000^[2] to 2001^[3])
• (2003-2004)

Yatate Hajime/Yoshiyuki Tomino/Masatsugu Iwase

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002 to 2004)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004 to 2006)

Warabino Kugeko

• Heroic Age (2007 to 2008)

Yoshihiko Tomizawa/Hiroyuki Kaidō

• Kikinosuke Gomen (2006 to 2007)

Go Nagai

• (1999 to 2004) (art by Yu Kinutani)
• Demon Lord Dante (2003 to 2004)
• Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange Days (2005)
• Kikoushi Enma (2006)
• Mazinger Angels (2004 to 2006)
• Mazinger Angel Z (2007 to 2008)
• Satanikus Enma Kerberos (2007 to 2009)

Satoshi Urushihara

• Vampire Master Dark Crimson (2000)

You Higuri/George Iida

• Night Head Genesis (2006 to 2008)

Takashige Hiroshi/Soga Atsushi

• Midori no Ou (2003 to 2009)

Tohiro Konno

• Pugyuru (2001 to 2009)

Narumi Kakinouchi

• Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (2004 to 2009) (story by Yoshiki Tanaka)

Tomo Umino

• Aoi Sora no Neosphere (2005 to 2006)

Yuu Kinutaki/Mimi Natto

• The Tales from the Far East (2006 to 2007)

Momotarou Miyano

• RD Senno Chosashitsu (2008 to 2009)

Eishi Ozeki

• Sky Girls (2007)

Kyoichi Nanatsuki/Takayuki Takashi

• 8 Man Infinity (2005 - 2007)

Masato Hisa

• Jabberwocky (2006 to 2009)

Kakinouchi Narumi/Hirano Toshiki

• Fuun Sanshimai Lin³ (1999 to 2001)
• (2001 to 2003)

Katsuhiro Otomo/Yuu Kinutani

• Steamboy (2005 to 2006)

Ogishima Chiaki

• The Legend of Mikazuchi (1999 to 2002)

Takeaki Momose

• Magikano (2003 to 2008)

Hitoshi Ariga

• The Big O (1999 to 2001)
• Mimimi ~The Tale of a Cat and a Robot~ (2002)

Kaihou Norimitsu/Ishiwatari Daisuke

• Guilty Gear Xtra (2002 to 2003)

Masato Hisa

• Grateful Dead (2003 to 2004)

Yūjiro Izumi

• Popotan (2003 to 2004)

Takumi Kobayashi/Masahiro Sonoda

• Afureko (2007 to 2008)

Tow Ubukata/Kiriko Yumeji

• Le Chevalier D'Eon (2005 to 2008)

Hikaru Nikaidou

• Atomic Nekokabutsu (2005 to 2007)

Kenji Ishikawa/Kouji Tazawa

• Metroid (2002 to 2004) (manga commissioned by Nintendo)

Yoshitomo Akihito

• Companion (2006 to 2008)

Unknown authors;

• Kitty Kitty Fancia (1999 to 2001)
• Wild Arms Flower Thieves (1999 to 2001)

External links

• Official Magazine Z Website (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 Manga to Continue after Magazine Z's End. January 26, 2009. January 26, 2009. Anime News Network.
2. Web site: フリクリ（１） Ｇａｉｎａｘ ウエダハジメ 講談社 . bookclub.kodansha.co.jp . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220020620/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3490343 . 20 December 2013 . dead.
3. Web site: フリクリ（２） Ｇａｉｎａｘ ウエダハジメ 講談社 . bookclub.kodansha.co.jp . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220080719/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3490629 . 20 December 2013 . dead.