is a Japanese monthly ''seinen'' manga and

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magazine published by

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, m ...

. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of ''

Animage is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, ''Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'', was serialized in ''Animage'' from 1982 through 1994. Oth ...

'', beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication. On November 19, 2006, the magazine began to be published again, with the first new issue coming with a

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of the exclusive

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'' directed by world famous director

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. On June 19, 2018, the magazine ceased printing and became an online magazine. Oshii's manga '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' is serialized in ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' since 2006. The follow-up of 1990s famous ''Bio Diver Xenon'' (重機甲兵ゼノン) by

Masaomi Kanzaki is a Japanese manga artist. He has worked on titles such as '' Flag Fighters'', '' Ironcat'', ''Hagane'', and ''Xenon Xenon is a chemical element with the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. It is a dense, colorless, odorless noble gas found ...

, ''Xenon'', is also serialized in the magazine. Most famous published series is probably ''

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'' by

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though. ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' was launched as an "over 30-years-old readers recommended" magazine."Over 30 age. 推奨"
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Serializations

Current

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A Centaur's Life ''A Centaur's Life'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese slice of life comedy manga series by Kei Murayama. The series has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' magazine since February 2011, and is published in English by S ...

'' by Kei Murayama * '' Alice & Zoroku'' by Tetsuya Imai * by Ukanmuri * ''

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die is a Japanese manga series by Auri Hirao. It has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' since June 2015. An anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired from January to March 2020. A te ...

'' by Auri Hirao * '' Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru'' by Kazuki Minamoto * ''

Monster Musume is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okayado. The series is published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in their ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' magazine and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, with the chapters collected and ...

'' by Okayado * '' Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary'' by Shake-O * ''

Princess Principal is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz and Actas. The series was directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by Kouhaku Kuroboshi and Yukie Akiya, and music by Yuki Kaj ...

'' by Ryou Akizuki

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* ''

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'' by

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga art ...

* by Fumi Fumiko * '' Butterfly Storage'' by Icori Ando * '' Cagaster of an Insect Cage'' by Kachō Hashimoto * '' Choir!'' by Tenpō Gensui * by

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* '' Genma Wars: Rebirth'' by Kazumasa Hirai &

Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and , creating several immensely popular long-running series such as ''Cyborg 009,'' the ''Super Sentai'' series (later adapted into the ''Power Rangers'' series), an ...

* '' The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair'' by Haruka Takachiho & Hisao Tamaki * ''

Hades Project Zeorymer ''Hades Project Zeorymer'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiki Takaya, written under the pen name Chimi Moriwo, and published in the adult manga magazine '' Lemon People'' from October 1983 to November 1984. A three-p ...

'' by Chimi Moriwo * by Keiko Fukuyama * '' Hour of the Zombie'' by Tsukasa Saimura * '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' by Mamoru Sugiura &

* by

Shimpei Itoh is a Japanese manga artist. His best-known works include ''Moldiver'' and ''Hyper Doll''. He recently began a new series, '' Taishō Baseball Girls'', based on the light novels by Atsushi Kagurazaka. Itoh's works are characterized by fight teams ...

* '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Portrait of Heroes'' by

& Katsumi Michihara * by Higuchi Akihiko &

Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; ''Mōryō no Hako'', which w ...

* by Eiji Ootsuka & Subzero Kizaki * by

Kōichirō Yasunaga is a Japanese manga artist who made his debut in ''Shōnen Sunday'' in 1980. He is best known for his manga titled ''Prefectural Earth Defense Force''. Works *''MM Little Morning'' (MMリトルモーニング/青空にとおく酒浸り) *''Pref ...

* by Hirarin * '' Onmyōji: Taki Yasha Hime'' by Munku Mitsuki * by

Shinji Kajio is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy. The film '' Yomigaeri'' is based on Kajio's novel of the same name and he also co-wrote the manga series (2008) with Kenji Tsuruta (who additionally illustrated the series), which was serial ...

Kenji Tsuruta is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series ''Spirit of Wonder'', which has been adapted into an anime series and brought him much acclaim. Profile During his formative years in university as a student of ...

* by Shoko Yoshinaka * ''Revive!'' by Koichi Igarashi * '' Taishō Baseball Girls'' by

* by Noriyuki Matsumoto * by

* '' Xenon: 199X R'' by

* by Harutoshi Fukui & Wosamu Kine * by Funi Koishikawa

References

External links

Monthly Comic Ryu
(in Japanese)
Tokuma Shoten
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