was a

lolicon In Japanese popular culture, is a genre of fictional media in which young (or young-looking) girl characters appear in romantic or sexual contexts. The term, a portmanteau of the English phrase "Lolita complex", also refers to desire and a ...

hentai Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exis ...

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published by Byakuya Shobo in Tokyo from 1982 to 1985 in Japan. The magazine was launched as a competitor to ''

Lemon People was an adult ''lolicon'' and ''bishōjo'' manga magazine published by Amatriasha from February 1982''Comic Box'', Fusion Product, April 1983, p.178 to November 1998 in Japan. The first issue had some gravure idol photographs, but the format of ...

'', but it only lasted three years. The manga in the magazine were generally

bishōjo In Japanese popular culture, a , also romanized as ''bishojo'' or ''bishoujo'', is a cute girl character. ''Bishōjo'' characters appear ubiquitously in media including manga, anime, and computer games (especially in the ''bishojo'' game genre) ...

and lolita manga which were mostly

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

parody A parody, also known as a spoof, a satire, a send-up, a take-off, a lampoon, a play on (something), or a caricature, is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subj ...

shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ...

-style, anime-related, idol star related, and anything ''

otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in ''Manga Burikko''. may be used as a pejorativ ...

'' related. In response to reader demand, ''Manga Burikko'' removed nude photographs of girls and explicit sex from its contents. The term "

" was coined by

Akio Nakamori , real name , is a columnist and editor born on January 1, 1960, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. He is credited as popularizing the term "otaku" in its modern colloquial usage. After dropping out of Meiji University's Nakano Junior and Senior High Scho ...

in his short-lived "Otaku Research" (''Otaku no kenkyuu'') column in the magazine. Other competing adult manga magazines include ''Manga Hot Milk'', ''Melon Comic'', and ''Monthly Halflita''. Most of the editors and contributors to the ''

Petit Apple Pie is an 18-volume ''bishōjo'' lolicon manga anthology series published by Animage Comics from November 10, 1982 to March 10, 1987. The first volume was released under the name , before the series was renamed to ''Petit Apple Pie'' with the origi ...

'' manga anthology series also worked on (or published in) ''Manga Burikko''. However, unlike the content in ''Manga Burikko'', the ''Petit Apple Pie'' stories do not contain any erotic or pornographic material.

Manga artists published

Manga artists A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist bef ...

who have had their works published in ''Manga Burikko'' include: *

Kamui Fujiwara is a Japanese character designer and manga artist. Fujiwara's father was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He excelled in mathematics and computer science when in grade school. He graduated from the Kuwasawa Design Sch ...

*Juan Gotō *Yoshitō Asari (Asakari Yoshito) *

Miki Hayasaka is an illustrator and mangaka, manga artist who was born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from high school in 1973, he moved to Tokyo and began attending classes at Chiyoda Designer Academy, though he left before completing his degree. ...

*Haruhiko Masuda *Nonki Miyasu *Aki Nakata * Kyoko Okazaki *

Eiji Ōtsuka is a Japanese social critic, folklorist, media theorist, and novelist. He is currently a professor at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto. He graduated from University of Tsukuba with a degree in anthropology, women's fol ...

Erica Sakurazawa is a Japanese manga author whose works are mostly published in josei magazines. She has some works published in the adult manga magazine ''Manga Burikko''. Works * ''Ai shiau Koto shika dekinai'' * '' Angel Breath'' * '' Boku no Angel Dust'' ...

*Yumi Shirakura * Kentaro Takekuma

References

External links

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