Monthly Shōnen Magazine Explained

Monthly Shonen Magazine
Frequency:Monthly
Circulation:408,110
(January–March, 2018)
Category:Shōnen manga[1]
Company:Kodansha
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name . In 1969 it was retitled as and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started publishing again, in 1975 it was renamed as current magazine title.

It had a supplement magazine called Shōnen Magazine R, which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule.[2] In January 2023, Shōnen Magazine R ceased publication.[3] In February 2023, a new web publication called Getsu Maga Kichi (Monthly Magazine Base) replaced Shōnen Magazine R.[4]

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Manga series

Currently running manga series

Series titleAuthorFirst issue
Danzai no Majutsu GariTaro Hitsuji, Mahiru Sukuya
Dead RockHiro Mashima
Dear Boys Act 4Hiroki Yagami
Yugo Kobayashi
Masahito Soda
Futari SwitchAkira Hiramoto
In/SpectreChasiba Katase, Kyō Shirodaira
Ryōtarō Iwanaga
Yoshito Yamahara
Seijo ni Uso wa TsūjinaiNatsu Hyuga, Yo Asami
Kenichi Muraeda
Sudachi no MaōjōMakoto Morisaki
Takeshi Maekawa
Thunder 3Yuki Ikeda
Tomo Takeuchi
Zero Zero OneShōgo Aoki

Completed series

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Over Time (Hiroki Yagami) (February 2016 – January 6, 2017)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boy's Manga . Japanese Magazine Publishers Association . September 2016 . Japanese . November 6, 2016 .
  2. Web site: Shōnen Magazine R Switches to Digital-Only, New Monthly Schedule. Anime News Network.
  3. Web site: Cayanan. Joanna. Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R Ends Publication in January. Anime News Network. December 6, 2022. November 21, 2022.
  4. Web site: Cayanan. Joanna. Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine Gets New Web Publication. Anime News Network. December 6, 2022. December 6, 2022.