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seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

manga magazine 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 used ...

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Futabasha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.会社概要
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. It is currently published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday. The magazine was originally formed as and began publishing weekly from July 7, 1967. It is considered the first true seinen magazine. In 2003 it changed to its current publishing format and dropped the ''Weekly'' part of its name to reflect its new schedule. Circulation numbers between October 2009 and September 2010 was 200,000.

Manga titles

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Bar Lemon Heart , sometimes referred to as "Bar Lemon Heart," is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya and Family Kikaku and published by Futabasha from 1985 to 2021. A Japanese television drama series based on the manga premie ...

'' (since 1986,

Mitsutoshi Furuya was a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka in 1958, but was primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka five years later. He w ...

) *'' Ganpapatō no Zerosen Shōjo'' (since 2007, Sōichi Moto) *'' Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun'' (since 2004, Tamachiku) *'' Mitsubachi no Kiss'' (since 2008, Tōru Izu) *'' My Pure Lady: Onegai Suppleman'' (since 2006, Kaoru Hazuki (artist), Chinatsu Tomisawa (creator)) *'' The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution'' (since ?, Takaaki Ogawa (artist),

Dougal Dixon Dougal Dixon (born 1 March 1947) is a Scottish geologist, palaeontologist, educator and author. Dixon has written well over a hundred books on geology and palaeontology, many of them for children, which have been credited with attracting many to ...

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Ninja Papa A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp. 2 ...

'' (since 2006, Yasuhito Yamamoto) *'' Nōnai Kakutō Akiba Shoot'' (since 2007, Shingo Yamada) *'' Ōsaka Hamlet'' (since 2005,

Hiromi Morishita Hiromi may refer to: * Hiromi, Ehime, city in Shikoku, Japan * Hiromi (given name), unisex Japanese given name (including a list of persons with the name) * Hiromi (comedian), Japanese comedian *Hiromi (model), Japanese fashion model *Meitetsu Hiro ...

) *''Porno Graffiti'' (since 2008,

Chinatsu Tomisawa is a feminine Japanese given name which is occasionally given to men. Possible writings Chinatsu can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *千夏, "thousand summers/thousandth summer" *知夏, "wise summer" *智夏, "intelle ...

) *'' Samayoi Zakura'' (since 2008, Mamora Gōda) *''

Sensei no Kaban Sensei, Seonsaeng, Tiên sinh or Xiansheng, corresponding to Chinese characters , is an East Asian honorific term shared in Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese; it is literally translated as "person born before another" or "one who come ...

'' (since 1999,

Jiro Taniguchi was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011. Career Taniguchi began his career as an assista ...

(artist),

Hiromi Kawakami is a Japanese writer known for her off-beat fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Yomiuri Prize, and the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature ...

(creator)) *''

Shin Shiawase no Jikan Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese ...

'' (since 2005, Yasuyumi Kunitomo) *'' Suzuki-sensei'' (since 2005, Kenji Taketomi) *'' Uchi no Tsumatte Dō Deshō?'' (since 2007, Shigeyuki Fukumitsu) *''Wild Nights'' (since 2008,

Tomohiro Koizumi Tomohiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tomohiro can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *友弘, "friend, vast" *友広, "friend, wide" *友寛, "friend, generosity" *友博, ...

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Previously serialized

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009-1 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication ''Weekly Manga Action'' from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman (" ...

'' (1967-1970,

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 ...

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Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène ...

'' (1967-1972,

Monkey Punch , known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when h ...

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Lone Wolf and Cub is a Japanese manga series created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Kinnosuke Yorozuya, and is ...

'' (1970-1976,

Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer ( gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful ''seinen'' manga, notably ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), '' Lady Snowblood'' ...

Goseki Kojima was a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his collaborations with manga writer Kazuo Koike, the most famous of them being ''Lone Wolf and Cub''. Biography Kojima was born in Yokkaichi, Mie, on the same day as Osamu Tezuka. After getting out ...

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Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! , is a yonkoma manga series by Hisaichi Ishii which ran in the weekly ''Manga Action'' magazine from 1978 to 1979 in Japan. After that series ended, Ishii continued creating more baseball gag comics which were then collected under the title ...

'' (1978-1979,

Hisaichi Ishii is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known outside Japan for his manga series '' Nono-chan'', which was adapted into the Studio Ghibli anime film ''My Neighbors the Yamadas''. Topics covered by Ishii's manga include baseball (in his debut work), ...

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Jarinko Chie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in ''Manga Action'' between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. ''Jarinko Chie'' ...

'' (1978-1997,

Etsumi Haruki is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a numb ...

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Judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

'' (1989-1991,

Fujihiko Hosono is a Japanese manga artist. Hosono was born in Ōta, Tokyo. In 1979, he made his debut with ''Crusher Joe'' while he was a student at Keio University. Around the same time, he joined the as an animator. He has had stories published in the mang ...

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All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in ''Weekly Manga Action'' for only three issues in 1991, with the three published stories later compiled in a single volume collection in December 1997. The ...

'' (1990-1991,

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 ...

) *'' Crayon Shin-chan'' (1990-2000,

Yoshito Usui was a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for the popular ''Crayon Shin-chan'' series. He was born in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Personal life In 1977, he graduated from Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Kasukabe, Saitama, Kasuka ...

) *'' Old Boy'' (1996-1998,

Garon Tsuchiya , also known as and Marginal (in ''Astral Project''), was a Japanese manga writer. In 1986 he completed his first major works in collaboration with Akyo Makata in ''Ahomansu'' and ''Meisouou Boodaa''. Afterwards, Tsuchiya collaborated with dra ...

Nobuaki Minegishi is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, whose works include '' Old Boy'', ''Aburemon'', ''Jungle'', ''Tenpai'', ''Hoozuki'', ''Joi Reika'', and ''Maboroshi No Kakero''. Minegishi's series ''Old Boy'' won the 2007 Eisner Award for Best ...

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Shiawase no Jikan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuyuki Kunitomo. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series in 2012. Plot Characters * Chieko Asakura ( Minako Tanaka) * Katsuhiko Asakura ( Kazuhiko Nishimura) * Yōk ...

'' (1997-2001, Yasuyuki Kunitomo) *''

Shamo Shamo may refer to: ;People * Shamo Abbey (born 1980), Ghanaian football forward * Shamo Quaye (1971–1997), Ghanaian football player * Ihor Shamo, (1925–1982), Ukrainian composer ;Other * Shāmò, a generic Chinese term for deserts. * Shamo ...

'' (1998-2007,

Izo Hashimoto is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. Biography In 1984, Hashimoto made his directorial debut with the independent film ''Pasokon Wars Isami'', after which he began writing for television with the hit drama series '' Sukeban Deka''. He ...

Akio Tanaka Akio (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese mathematician * Akio Ishii (石井昭男, bor ...

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High School Girls is a Japanese manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's ''Weekly Manga Action'' magazine from 2001, and then subsequently ''Comic High!'' from 2004. It was adapted in 2006 into an anime television ...

'' (2001-2004,

Towa Oshima Towa may refer to: Japanese municipalities *Tōwa, Fukushima, town in Fukushima Prefecture *Tōwa, Iwate, town in Iwate Prefecture *Towa, Kōchi, village in Kōchi Prefecture *Tōwa, Yamaguchi, former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture *Tōwa, Miyagi, ...

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Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu is a Japanese Shōnen manga, shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. First appearing in ''Weekly Shōnen Champions 41st issue of 1973, the series ran until April 1974. It follows an Android (robot), android girl na ...

'' (2001-2003,

Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...

) *'' Sky Hawk'' (2002,

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Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in '' Weekly Manga Action'' in 2003 and 2004, then collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume in 2004. The s ...

'' (2003,

Fumiyo Kōno , commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga ''Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'' and her 2007 manga ''In This Corner of the World'' which got an anime film adap ...

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Maestro Maestro (; from the Italian ''wikt:maestro#Italian, maestro'' , meaning "wikt:master, master" or "teacher") is an honorific title of respect (plural: maestros or maestri). The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music ...

'' (2003-2007,

Akira Sasō is a Japanese manga artist and educator. He has won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and two Japan Media Arts Awards, the latter for his manga '' Shindō'' (1997–98) and ''Maestro'' (2003–07). Biography Sasō was born in Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Ja ...

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Kodomo no Kodomo is a manga series by Akira Sasō, published in '' Manga Action'' in 2004 before being compiled in three volumes in 2005. It follows an 11-year-old girl named Haruna who becomes pregnant and gives birth with the support of her classmates. A ...

'' (2004,

) *'' 17-sai.'' (2004-2005, (story by and art by ) *'' Ochiken'' (2005-2008,

Yoshio Kawashima Yoshio is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname. Possible writings Yoshio can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義雄, "justice, masculine" *義男, "justice, man" ...

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Ekiben Hitoritabi is a seinen manga series by Jun Hayase, serialized in ''Manga Action''. It focuses on the main character, Nakahara Daisuke, as he eats ''ekiben'', bento meals sold at train stations, as he travels around Japan by rail. A 12-episode live-ac ...

'' (since 2006–2011,

Jun Hayase Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surn ...

(art & story),

Kan Sakurai Kan or KAN may refer to: Places * Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia * Kan District of Iran * Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak stat ...

(editor)) *'' Hinotama Love'' (2006-2007,

Maya Koikeda is the pen name of a Japanese people, Japanese mangaka, manga artist. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the Kyoto City University of Art ...

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Gokudō Meshi is a Japanese manga series by Shigeru Tsuchiyama. It has been adapted into a live-action film also known as ''Sukiyaki'' in 2011. Cast * Tasuku Nagaoka as Kenta Nagoaka * Masanobu Katsumura as Shinta Minami * Motoki Ochiai as Shunsuke Aida * ...

'' (2006-2013,

Shigeru Tsuchiyama Shigeru (written: , , , in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, a Japanese architect *, a Japanese voice actor *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese socialist ...

) *'' Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance'' (January 23, 2007 – March 15, 2011, Naoyuki Ochiai) *''

In This Corner of the World is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Secon ...

'' (2006-2009,

) *'' Stargazing Dog'' (August 5, 2008 – February 3, 2009,

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...

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Drifting Net Cafe is a Japanese seinen manga by Shūzō Oshimi that was serialized in the manga magazine, ''Manga Action''. ''Drifting Net Cafe'' is a science fiction mystery involving a group of patrons trapped in an internet café, which has become a strange ...

'' (February 28, 2009 – June 28, 2011,

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''. ...

) *'' Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki'' (November 2012 - December 2015, Makoto Ojiro) *''

Inside Mari is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shūzō Oshimi. It was serialized in Futabasha's '' Manga Action'' from March 2012 to September 2016, and published in nine volumes. A TV drama adaptation from Fuji TV was released in Mar ...

'' (March 2012 - September 2016,

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Tomodachi x Monster is a Japanese word meaning "friendship, friend(s)". ''Tamodachi'' is a possible misspelling. It can also refer to: Songs *"Tomodachi", a song by Ketsumeishi *"Tomodachi", a song by Milk & Bone *"Tomodachi no Wao!", a Puffy AmiYumi discography, ...

'' (June 2014 – 27 June 2015, Yoshihiko Inui)

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Manga Action is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Futabasha. It is currently published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday. The magazine was originally formed as and began publishing weekly from July 7, 1967. It is considered the firs ...

Seinen manga magazines Magazines established in 1967 1967 establishments in Japan Futabasha Biweekly magazines published in Japan {{Anime-mag-stub