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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'' ...
. 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 (1982–1990) * by
Kazuhiro Kiuchi is a Japanese manga artist, film director and novelist. As a manga writer, he is best known for the series '' Be-Bop High School'', which won the 1988 Kodansha Manga Award for the general category and was adapted as series of live-action movies ...
(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 ''3×3 Eyes'' (pronounced in Japanese) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazines ''Young Magazine Kaizokuban'' and '' Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1987 to ...
'' 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 ser ...
(1989–2002) (transferred from ''Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban'')


1990s

* by Masamune Shirow (1991–1996) * 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, ...
(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 Pong ...
(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 was a Japanese manga artist. He started drawing the ''Taberemasen'' ("not fit for consumption") yonkoma cartoon in 1995 in the Kodansha-published ''Young Magazine'' while still in high school, and continued the series until 2013. Besides publish ...
(1995–2013) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (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 Aw ...
(1998–2009) * by Shigemitsu Harada (1998–2000) * by Hiroshi Tanaka (1999–2004) * by Katsuhisa Minami (1999–2006)


2000s

* by Baba Yasushi (2000–2012) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (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 ''Weekly ...
'' by Kōji Matsumoto (2002–2010) * '' Kyō no Go no Ni'' by Koharu Sakuraba (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 hi ...
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 (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 fol ...
'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 bec ...
'' 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 t ...
'' by Ken Wakui (2005–2013) * by Hiromoto Komatsu (2006–2011) * by Bow Ditama (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
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 Aw ...
(2011–2017) * by
Yuma Ando 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 si ...
and Masashi Asaki (2011–2014) (indefinite hiatus) * '' Green Blood'' by Masasumi Kakizaki (2011–2013) * by
Shin Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his series ''Saikano'' (''She, the Ultimate Weapon'') and ''Kimi no Kakera''. Inio Asano had a brief stint as his assistant during the creation of ''Saikano''. List of works * ''Ii Hito'' (1993� ...
(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 Nobuyuki Fukumoto (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 Upper ...
(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)


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External links

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