is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989. The chapters of the series that run in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months. The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl on the cover and first few pages of each issue. Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, , a retitled makeover of their previous publication , which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence.

Series in publication

There are currently 30 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', ''Kenka Kagyō'' and '' Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?'' are on hiatus.

Past series

1980s

* by Masayuki Katayama (1982–1987) * '' Akira'' by

Katsuhiro Ōtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of '' Akira'', in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of t ...

(1982–1990) * by Kazuhiro Kiuchi (1983–2003) * by

Minetarō Mochizuki is a Japanese manga artist. He won the Award for Excellence at the 4th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Award for General Manga at the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for ''Dragon Head''. Works * ''Zashiki Onna'' * '' Batāshi Kingyo'' * ''Dragon ...

(1986–1988) * by

Michiharu Kusunoki is a Japanese manga artist from Tosa, Kōchi. He is most known for the street racing series ''Wangan Midnight'' serialized in Kodansha's weekly ''Young Magazine'' and which has been adapted into a 26 episode anime series, a series of video games, ...

(1986–1996) * '' 3×3 Eyes'' by

Yuzo Takada is the pseudonym of , a popular Japanese manga artist. He worked as an assistant for manga artist Fujihiko Hosono before starting his career as an original author. His first work appeared in November 1983 in ''Young Magazine'', and his first seri ...

(1989–2002) (transferred from ''Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban'')

1990s

* by

Masamune Shirow , better known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. Shirow is best known for the manga '' Ghost in the Shell'', which has since been turned into three theatrical anime films, two anime television series, an anime television movie, an a ...

(1991–1996) * by

(1992–2008) * by Tetsu Adachi (1992–1994) * by

Minoru Furuya is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture. His debut work is '' The Ping Pong Club'', published in ''Young Magazine''. It was adopted into a 26-episode anime series in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for ''The Ping P ...

(1993–1996) * by Minetaro Mochizuki (1994–1999) * by

Shuichi Shigeno is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating '' Initial D''. Shigeno has also created '' Bari Bari Densetsu'', ''Dopkan'', and ''Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue'' ("First Love in Summer") all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. ...

(1995–2013) * by Yanwari Kazama (1995–2013) * by

Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a Japanese manga artist well known for his work including unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analyses of characters, and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English-speaking countri ...

(1996–1999) * by Masamune Shirow (1997) * by

Akira Hiramoto is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut with ''Sono Tomodachi ni Gimon Ari'' story in 1995 in Weekly Young Magazine. He is best known as the creator of ''Prison School'', which won the General Manga Category award at the 2013 Kodansha A ...

(1998–2009) * by Shigemitsu Harada (1998–2000) * by Hiroshi Tanaka (1999–2004) * by Katsuhisa Minami (1999–2006)

2000s

* by Baba Yasushi (2000–2012) * by

(2000–2004) * CLAMP (2001–2002) * ''

Higanjima is a Japanese manga series by Kōji Matsumoto. It was adapted into a live action film in 2010. It also spawned two sequel series, ''Higanjima: Saigo no 47 Nichikan'', and ''Higanjima 48 Nichigo…'', both published in Kodansha's ''Week ...

'' by Kōji Matsumoto (2002–2010) * ''

Kyō no Go no Ni is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of ''Minami-ke''. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected togeth ...

'' by

Koharu Sakuraba is a Japanese manga artist. Sakuraba's best-known work is ''Minami-ke'', a slice-of-life comedy about three sisters, which has run in ''Young Magazine'' since 2004 and has been adapted into an anime that has run multiple seasons. Sakuraba's oth ...

(2002–2003) * by

Tadashi Agi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹直) is shared with his ...

and Tetsuya Koshiba (2002–2004) * '' xxxHolic'' by CLAMP (2003–2011) * by

Naoki Serizawa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Serizawa. It was adapted into a television drama in 2009 and a live action film in 2010. A reboot series titled ''Saru Lock Reboot'' began serialization in Shonen Gahosha's ''Yo ...

(2003–2009) * by Kōji Kōno (2004–2007) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2004–2008) * by

Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, ''Blame''. After working as an ...

(2004) (transferred to

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 ...

's ''

Ultra Jump is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue beca ...

'' in May 2006) * by

Shūzō Oshimi is a Japanese manga artist who publishes works primarily for Kodansha. He made his debut with ''Superfly'' in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He is best known for his manga ''Drifting Net Cafe,'' '' The Flowers of Evil'' and ''Happiness''. ...

(2004) * '' Kenka Shōbai'' by Yasuaki Kita (2005–2011) * by Dragon Odawara (2005–2011) *''

Shinjuku Swan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2005 to 2013, with its chapters collected in thirty-eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a Japanese ...

'' by

Ken Wakui is a Japanese manga artist. In 2005, Wakui launched his first manga series, ''Shinjuku Swan'', which performed well and received multiple adaptations. Following its success, Wakui launched '' Tokyo Revengers'' in 2017, which has also performed w ...

(2005–2013) * by Hiromoto Komatsu (2006–2011) * by

Bow Ditama is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the '' Kissxsis'' series. His first major commercial work was in collaboration with writer Bunjūrō Nakayama as the illustrator of '' Mahoromatic''. He has been active si ...

(2008–2009) (transferred to ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in December 2009)'' * by Tomonori Inoue (2008–2016) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2009–2012) * by Hiroshi Kisashi (2009–2010)

2010s

* by Jun Watanabe (2010–2015) * by Yukai Asada (2010–2011) * by

(2011–2017) * by Yuma Ando and

Masashi Asaki is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the artist for the series ''Psychometrer Eiji'' and '' Kunimitsu no Matsuri'', both written by Shin Kibayashi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma ...

(2011–2014) (indefinite hiatus) * '' Green Blood'' by Masasumi Kakizaki (2011–2013) * by Shin Takahashi (2011–2013) * by Dragon Odawara (2011–2012) * by Kaori Saki (2012–2015) * by Hiyoko Kobayashi (2012–2020) * by Dragon Odawara (2012–2014) * by CLAMP (2013–2017) (indefinite hiatus) * by

(2013–2017)¨ * by Shin Takahashi (2013–2015) * by Kei Ogawa (2013) * by NON (2014–2019) * by Katsuhisa Minami (2014–2019) * by Jasmine Gyuh (2015–2018) * by

Mitsuru Hattori is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his works ''Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō'' and '' Sankarea: Undying Love'', both of which were adapted into anime television series. Works * (2000–2002, serialized in ''Young Magazine Uppe ...

(2015–2016) * by Azu (2016–2021) * by Kentarō Okamoto and Riri Sagara (2017–2022) * by Yousuke Nakamura (2017) * by Hajime Inoryū and Shōta Itō (2018–2019) (transferred to ''Comic Days'' website in August 2019) * by Hitomi Takano (2018–2020) * by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura (2018–2022) * by Naoki Azuma and Shouji Koukami (2018–2020) * by Gino0808 (2019–2020) * by Takeshi Taka (2019–2020) * by Yuichirō Koga (2019–2020) * by Tsukasa Monma and Yoshiki Kanata (2019–2020) * by Meguru Ueno (2019–2021) * by Masa Ichikawa (2019–2020)

2020s

* by Keito Gaku (2020) * by Edogawa Edogawa (2020–2021) * by Matsuki Ikka (2020–2021) * ''God of Dog'' by Kō Kimura (2020–2021) * by Hakaru Takarai (2020–2021) * by Morion Airline and Akeji Fujimura (2020–2021) * by Mao Ningen and Misao (2020–2021) * by Fumitaka Katō (2020–2021) * by Ringo Yōtō (2021) * (2021) by Jun Endō * by Yuto Uchida and Ryuki Ōnuma (2021)

Circulation

References

External links

* {{Kodansha manga magazines 1980 establishments in Japan Weekly manga magazines published in Japan Kodansha magazines Magazines established in 1980 Seinen manga magazines Magazines published in Tokyo