is a Japanese monthly

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published by

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, starting in May 1976. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. It features super heroes such as ''Kamen Rider'', ''

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'', ''Ultraman'' and ''Metal Hero'', all of whom have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan. The name is a portmanteau of ''terebi'', the Japanese word for

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, and ''kun'', a Japanese honorific for small children, mainly young boys.

References

Kodomo manga magazines Magazines established in 1976 Magazines published in Tokyo Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Shogakukan magazines {{Anime-mag-stub