is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by

Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ...

, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, ''Ace'' is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

tie-ins.

Manga artists and series featured in ''Shōnen Ace''

Katsu Aki , pen name , is a Japanese manga artist best known for his works ''The Vision of Escaflowne'', ''Futari Ecchi'', and ''Psychic Academy''. Mine Yoshizaki is a Japanese mangaka, manga creator. His most well known works are ''Sgt. Frog'', a mang ...

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The Vision of Escaflowne is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created by Shōji Kawamori and Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, and the final episode aired on September 24, 1996. Sony's a ...

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Keiichi Arawi is a Japanese manga artist. After publishing his debut work in early 2006, he launched ''Nichijou'' in the later half of the year. Following its conclusion, he launched ''City''. Biography Keiichi Arawi was born on December 29, 1977, in Gunma Pr ...

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Nishiwaki Datto Nishiwaki can refer to: * Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Japan ** Nishiwakishi Station * Junzaburō Nishiwaki (1894–1982), Japanese writer * Michiko Nishiwaki (born 1957), Japanese actress * Takatoshi Nishiwaki is a Japanese politician and the current ...

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Fate/stay night ''Fate/stay night'' is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon and originally released as an adult game for Windows on January 30, 2004. A version of ''Fate/stay night'' rated for ages 15 and up titled ''Fate/stay night Réalta ...

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Sakae Esuno is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series ''Future Diary'' and ''Big Order''. Esuno started drawing at age 15, at the time he was an admirer of the works of Rumiko Takahashi in particular her horror manga '' Mermaid Sag ...

** '' Hanako and the Terror of Allegory'' ** '' Future Diary'' ** '' Big Order'' * Kamui Fujiwara ** '' Kerberos Panzer Cop'' (story by

Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ...

, previously ran in ''Combat Comic'' and ''

Amazing Comics This is a list of manga magazines or published in Japan. The majority of manga magazines are categorized into one of five demographics, which correspond to the age and gender of their readership: * '' Kodomo'' – aimed at young children. * '' ...

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Masaru Gotsubo is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Masaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *勝, "excel" *優, "excel" *大, "large" *将 or 將, "commander" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. ...

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Ryūsuke Hamamoto , also known by pen name Ryu Moto, is a Japanese manga artist from Fukuoka Prefecture. He is best known for his work on '' Petit Eva: Evangelion@School''. Works *''Ultimate Girls'' (Dengeki Bunko, ASCII Media Works) *''Ultimate Girls'' (''Dengeki ...

** '' Petit Eva'' (original work by

Gainax Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; ja, 株式会社ガイナックス, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: ) is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', ''Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, Roya ...

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Yuichi Hasegawa Yūichi, Yuichi, or Yuuichi is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūichi can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇一, "courage, 1" *祐一, "to help, 1" *祐市, "to help, cit ...

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Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam is a six-volume manga series written and illustrated by Yuuichi Hasegawa based on notes and information by Yoshiyuki Tomino, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine from December 1994 to March 1997 issues. A sequel ...

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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN (Japanese TV), ANN stations). It is the ...

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Sekihiko Inui is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for ''Murder Princess'' and the manga adaptation of ''Comic Party'', the latter which he drew upon his own experiences as a dōjinshi creator at Comiket. His most recent series, '' Ratman'', ended in 2 ...

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Ratman ''Ratman'' (Italian: ''Quella villa in fondo al parco'') is a 1988 Italian exploitation horror film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo. Plot Two models, Marlis and Peggy, are on a Caribbean Island for a photoshoot. One night Peggy is found dead and ...

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Yūji Iwahara is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from art school he joined Hudson Soft as a graphic artist for video games such as ''Bomberman '94, Mega Bomberman'' and ''Kishin Dōji Zenki FX: Vajra Fight''. He made his manga debut in 1994 in ''Aft ...

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Chikyu Misaki is a Japanese manga series by Yūji Iwahara. The series was released in the United States by CMX Manga and follows a young girl as she returns to her grandfather's house after his death, only to get drawn into a series of misadventures with a m ...

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Koudelka is a role-playing video game developed by Sacnoth for the PlayStation. The game was published by SNK in Japan in 1999, and by Infogrames internationally in 2000. Set in the haunted Nemeton Monastery in Wales, the plot follows protagonists K ...

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Sōsuke Kaise is a Japanese manga artist, who is best known for the manga '' Grenadier''. He also created a number of one shot manga prior to that, also published in Kadokawa magazines. ''Grenadier'' started with two one-offs in November 2000 and Februar ...

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Kaishaku A ''kaishakunin'' ( ja, 介錯人) is a person appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, Japanese ritual suicide, at the moment of agony. The role played by the ''kaishakunin'' is called ''kaishaku''. Aside from being spared p ...

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Kannazuki no Miko is a Japanese ''Yuri (genre), yuri'' manga series created by Kaishaku (manga group), Kaishaku. The series, centering on the relationship between main characters Himeko and Chikane, also has elements of mecha themes in its plot. The 14-chapter ...

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Steel Angel Kurumi is a Japanese manga series created by Kaishaku. An anime series adaptation directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic, produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yūji Ikeda and music by T ...

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Armed Girl's Machiavellism is a Japanese manga written by Yuya Kurokami and illustrated by Karuna Kanzaki. The series was serialized in Kadokawa's ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' magazine from March 2014 to June 2022. An anime television series adaptation from the manga creat ...

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Yūya Kurokami Yūya, Yuya or Yuuya is a masculine Japanese name, Japanese given name. Possible writings Yūya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *勇也, "courage, to be" *悠也, "calm, to be" *雄也, "m ...

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Jinsei Kataoka , subtitled ''La Bonne Vie'' (''The Good Life'' in French), is a Japanese light novel series written by Ougyo Kawagishi and illustrated by Meruchi Nanase. Ten volumes were published by Shogakukan from January 2012 to March 2015 under their Gag ...

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Kazuma Kondou Kazuma (written: , , , , , , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kazuma Eekman, Dutch-Japanese artist *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese footballer *, Japan ...

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Smokin' Parade Smokin' may refer to: Albums * ''Smokin (Bobby Miller album) * ''Smokin (Charles Earland album) * ''Smokin (Curtis Fuller album) * ''Smokin (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis album) * ''Smokin (Humble Pie album) * ''Smokin'' (Jonny Lang album) * ''Smoki ...

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Ranmaru Kotone Ranmaru may refer to: * Mori Ranmaru (森蘭丸, 1565–1582), attendant in the service of Oda Nobunaga * Ranmaru Morii, one of the leading characters of ''The Wallflower'' manga * Ranmaru Shindo, one of the leading characters of the '' Tokko'' ma ...

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to Time travel in fiction, time travel, which leads to a time loop where sh ...

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Masami Kurumada is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boy. He is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short. He is famous as the creator/author of popu ...

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B't X and stylized as B'T X, is a manga series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in '' Shōnen Ace'' from 1994 to 2000. The series is set in a fictional universe where science has progressed to the creation of mech ...

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The World of Narue is a Japanese manga series by Tomohiro Marukawa. The series follows Kazuto Izuka, an alien girl named Narue Nanase and the trials and tribulations of the young couple as they get to know each other. The title is taken from A. E. van Vogt's ''T ...

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Sankichi Meguro Sankichi (written: 三吉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese surgeon *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese poet and activist {{given name Japanese masculine gi ...

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Ghost Talker's Daydream ''Ghost Talker's Daydream'', known in Japan as , is a shōnen manga written by Saki Okuse and illustrated by Sankichi Meguro, set in modern Japan. There are 10 volumes in total, and the series was also adapted as a four episode Original video ...

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Haruhiko Mikimoto is a Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist. Mostly active during the 1980s, during that decade he rose to prominence and is considered one of the top character designers of his time. He graduated from Keio University, ...

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Suu Minazuki is a Japanese manga artist from Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture best known for his fantasy comedy manga series ''Heaven's Lost Property'', which has been adapted into an anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, com ...

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Mushi-Uta is a Japanese light novel series written by Kyouhei Iwai and illustrated by Ruroo. There is also a short story series called ''Mushi-Uta bug'' that is serialized in ''The Sneaker'' magazine. A manga adaptation by Seijuro Miz is serialized i ...

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Masato Natsumoto Masato (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Masato (kickboxer) (born 1979), Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008 * Masato ...

** '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (story by

Ryo Mizuno is a Japanese author and game designer. Mizuno created ''Record of Lodoss War'', '' Sword World RPG'', ''Legend of Crystania'', ''Rune Soldier'', ''Starship Operators'', ''Record of Grancrest War'', and was the general supervisor of ''Galaxy A ...

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Kenji Oiwa is a Japanese manga artist. Some of his major works include ''Goth'', '' Welcome to the N.H.K.'', a one-shot, ''Tsukumo Happy Soul is a Japanese manga written and drawn by Kendi Oiwa is a Japanese manga artist. Some of his major ...

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Welcome to the N.H.K. is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan in January 2002, and in English by Tokyopop in October 2007. The story revolves around a 22-year-old ''hikikomori'', an asocial recluse, who gets ...

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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is a Japanese character designer, manga artist, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio. Personal life Before Gainax was founded under the official name (it was originally called Daicon Film), Yoshiyuki served as animator o ...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...

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Kei Sanbe is a Japanese manga artist born in Tomakomai, Hokkaido and raised in Chiba Prefecture. He has formerly worked under the pseudonym . He is married to illustrator . Sanbe was an honorable mention in the 1990 40th Tezuka Award and a semi-final winn ...

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Kamiyadori is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace''. The manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop, in France by Kurokawa, in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini Comics, in It ...

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Hajime Segawa is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) i ...

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Ga-Rei , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Segawa. It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in the magazine '' Shōnen Ace'' from 2005 to 2010 and collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes. The English version was then r ...

'' ** '' Tokyo ESP'' * Monako Serasai ** '' Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel'' * Tatsuya Shingyoji ** '' The King of Fighters '94'' * Kumiko Suekane ** '' Blood+'' * Yukiru Sugisaki ** '' Brain Powerd'' (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino) * Shou Tajima ** ''

Multiple Personality Detective Psycho ''MPD Psycho'', short for , is a manga series written by Eiji Ōtsuka and illustrated by Shou Tajima, published by Kadokawa Shoten from 1997 to 2016. The series follows a police detective suffering from multiple personality disorder. ''MPD Ps ...

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Eiji Otsuka Eiji is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Eiji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *, "prosperity, peace" *, "great, peace" *, "great, second" *, "eternity, next" The name can also be written in ...

; moved to ''Young Ace'' in 2009) * Yoshiki Takaya ** ''

Bio Booster Armor Guyver is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiki Takaya. The Guyver itself is a symbiosis, symbiotic techno-organic (or Biomechanical engineering, biomechanical) device that Human enhancement, enhances the capabilities of its h ...

'' (moved to '' Young Ace'' in 2009, continued here after ''Monthly Shōnen Captain''s cancelation) * Kitsune Tennouji ** ''

Eden's Bowy is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kitsune Tennouji. It was originally published in the magazine ''Comptiq'' in 1994, but it moved to ''Shōnen Ace'' in 1996. It was adapted into a 26-episode animated series by Studio Deen ...

'' (pulled from Comptiq in 1994) * Yasunari Toda ** ''

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has deve ...

'' (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate) * Tetsuto Uesu ** '' Shinmai Maō no Testament'' * Housui Yamazaki ** '' Mail'' *

Kagami Yoshimizu is a Japanese manga artist from Satte, Saitama, Japan. He is best known as the creator of '' Lucky Star'' which began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comptiq'' magazine in December 2003. The series has been on hiatus since 2014. He is also ...

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Lucky Star Lucky Star, The Lucky Star or Lucky Starr may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Anime and manga * ''Lucky Star'' (manga), a manga, anime, and video game series * "Lucky Star", one of the Angel Frames from the anime and manga series ''Galaxy ...

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Sgt. Frog ''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...

'' (ongoing) * Kumichi Yoshizuki ** '' Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies'' (story by Norie Yamada) * Natsume Akatsuki ** ''

Kemono Michi is a Japanese manga series written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Mattakumo-suke and Yumeuta. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' since November 2016 and has been collected in ...

'' (ongoing) * Imaru Adachi ** '' Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway'' (ongoing) *

Ikumi Hino is a feminine Japanese given name. People with this name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese voice actress *, first Japanese woman to win the Miss In ...

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Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory is a Japanese manga series by Ikumi Hino. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from December 2017 to June 2022, and was collected in nine ''tankōbon'' volumes as of August 2022. An anime ...

'' * Masahiro Ikeno ** '' Banished from the Heroes' Party'' (ongoing) * Yū Shimizu ** '' The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy'' (ongoing) * Sae Amatsu ** ''

Guardian Hearts is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sae Amatsu, published from 2001 to 2005 in '' Monthly Shōnen Ace''. An OVA series was released in 2003, with three sets of episodes. Two years later, a new OVA series was released, na ...

'' * Meguru Ueno ** ''

My First Girlfriend Is a Gal , also known as ''Hajimete no Gal'', is a Japanese manga series by Meguru Ueno. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' since November 2015, and has been collected in fifteen ''tankōbon' ...

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