''Banzai!'', officially stylized ''BANZAI!'', is a discontinued
shōnen manga anthology that was published in
Germany
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by
Carlsen Verlag
Carlsen Verlag is a subsidiary of the homonymous Danish publishing house which in turn belongs to the Swedish media company Bonnier. The branch was founded on 25 April 1953 in Hamburg.
The publisher's program focuses on books for children, i. ...
, from November 2001 to December 2005. It debuted in November 2001 as a German language adaptation of the popular Japanese manga anthology ''
Weekly Shōnen Jump
is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...
'', published by
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
.
[.] In addition to various series from ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', the magazine serialized some original German
manga-influenced comics, including ''Crewman 3''. Issues also included educational articles to teach readers Japanese and columns with news updates on anime and manga series. Series published in the magazine were also published in
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
volumes under the ''Banzai! präsentiert'' and the highly popular series under the ''Best of Banzai!'' label. The name ''
Banzai!'' came from the transliteration of 10,000 years, a traditional Japanese exclamation.
''Banzai!'' was the first German manga magazine aimed at boys. ''Banzai!'' initially circulated with 130,000 copies per period.
The magazine was discontinued in December 2005 due to Shueisha declining to renew Carlsen Verlag's license for the adaptation.
The German division of
Tokyopop
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed ...
was able to acquire the license to publish other
tankōbon
is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or ...
volumes of the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine. The already published manga volumes from ''Banzai!'' remain under the ''Banzai! präsentiert'' line.
Series
Manga
Original works
In addition to
manga series, ''Banzai!'' included chapters from a few original German language
manga-influenced comics.
See also
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List of manga magazines published outside of Japan
The following is a list of notable manga magazines that were, and are published outside Japan. Not all magazines abroad published their own manga or had the rights to serialize manga originally published in Japan. To qualify for this list, the mag ...
References
External links
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