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Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Holic'' by Clamp (2010–2011, moved from ''Weekly Young Magazine'') * '' Aho-Girl'' by Hiroyuki (2015–2017, moved from '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * '' Aka no Grimoire'' by A-10 (2018–2020) * '' Animal Land'' by Makoto Raiku (2009–2014) * '' As the Gods Will'' by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Akemi Fujimura (2011–2012) * ''Attack on Titan'' by Hajime Isayama (2009–2021) * '' Attack on Titan: Junior High'' by Saki Nakagawa, original by Hajime Isayama (2012–2016) * '' Attack on Titan: Lost Girls'' by Ryōsuke Fuji, original by Hajime Isayama (2015–2016) * ''Blissful Land'' by Ichimon Izumi (2017 - 2019) * '' Boarding School Juliet'' by Yosuke Kaneda (2015–2017, moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * '' Fairy Gone'' by Ryōsuke Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shōnen Manga
is an editorial category of Manga, Japanese comics targeting an audience of both adolescent boys and young men. It is, along with Shōjo manga, manga (targeting adolescent girls and young women), Seinen manga, manga (targeting young adults and adult men), and Josei manga, manga (targeting adult women), one of the primary demographic categories of manga and, by extension, of Anime, Japanese anime. manga is traditionally published in dedicated List of manga magazines, manga magazines that often almost exclusively target the demographic group. Of the four primary demographic categories of manga, is the most popular category in the Japanese market. While manga ostensibly targets an audience of young males, its actual readership extends significantly beyond this target group to include all ages and genders. The category originated from Japanese children's magazines at the turn of the 20th century and gained significant popularity by the 1920s. The editorial focus of manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiragi-san's House Of Vampires
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since October 2021. Publication Written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa, ''Hiragi-san's House of Vampires'' was first published as a one-shot in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' on September 11, 2019. The series started in ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Hol ...'' on October 8, 2021. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on May 17, 2022. As of January 17, 2025, five volumes have been released. Kodansha added the series to its ''K Manga'' digital service in May 2023. Volumes References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As The Gods Will
is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Akeji Fujimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2011 to October 2012, with its chapters collected in five volumes. A second series, ''As the Gods Will: The Second Series'', was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from January 2013 to December 2016, with its chapters collected in 21 volumes. A four-chapter prequel series, titled ''As the Gods Will Zero'', was published on Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' app and website from January to February 2017. The first series was adapted into a live action film directed by Takashi Miike and premiered in November 2014. Plot ''As the Gods Will'' During a day at high school, Takahata Shun witnesses the explosion of his teacher's head, after which he and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games, such as Daruma-san ga koronda, with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Raiku
, known by the pen name , is a mangaka, manga artist known for creating the ''Zatch Bell!'' franchise. Starting off an assistant manga artist, assistant for Kazuhiro Fujita on his manga ''Ushio & Tora'', he began creating several one-shots for the Weekly Shōnen Sunday ''shōnen'' manga anthology such as ''Bird Man'' (about a young Aircraft pilot, pilot), ''Hero Ba-Ban'' (about a cheerful, but weak superhero) and ''Genmai Blade'' (about a teenage medicinal exorcist, of which he created both a one-shot and a two-part story). By 1999, he had created the series ''Newtown Heroes'', which was published in ''Shōnen Sunday Super'', a seasonal publication featuring upcoming Mangaka, manga artists and one-shots from the main ''Sunday'' book. Biography Debut In 2001, Raiku started the manga series ''Konjiki no Gash!!'', which began publication in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'', and in 2003, inspired an anime version (''Konjiki no Gash Bell!!'') produced by Toei Animation. In Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Land
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. The series follows a human baby abandoned by his mother who ends up in a world inhabited solely by animals and is raised by a tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog). It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from October 2009 to February 2014. Later, it was compiled into fourteen collected ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha in Japan. These volumes were licensed in North America by Kodansha USA and published from August 2011 to October 2018. Raiku chose the animal world as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in a ''shōnen'' manga. The animals are used as a metaphor to explore human themes, and because of the subjects it deals with it has been described as "darker" than it apparently was. This, however, did not prevent it from being well received by critics and winning the Kodansha Manga Award for Best Children's Manga. It has also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aka No Grimoire
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by A-10. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from September 2018 to November 2020, with its chapters collected in five ''tankōbon'' volumes. Publication Written and illustrated by A-10, ''Aka no Grimoire'' was serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' from September 7, 2018, to November 9, 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in five ''tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...'' volumes, released from February 8, 2019, to January 8, 2021. Volumes References External links * {{Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine Dark fantasy anime and manga Kodansha manga Shōnen manga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki (artist)
is a Japanese manga artist from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He is notable for the creation of the four-panel comic strip manga '' Dōjin Work'' which is the first of his works to be adapted into an anime television series. He also created the four-panel manga series '' The Comic Artist and His Assistants'', which was serialized from 2008 to 2012, with a sequel serialized from August 2013, and adapted into an anime television series which aired in 2014. Hiroyuki has also created dōjinshi based on the Type-Moon visual novel A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...s '' Tsukihime'' and '' Fate/stay night''. His older sister, , is also a manga artist. Works *'' Dōjin Work'' (2004–2007) *'' The Comic Artist and His Assistants'' (2008–2012, 2013–2014) *''Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aho-Girl
is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from November 2012 to February 2015, and later moved to the publisher's '' Bessatsu Shonen Magazine'', where it ran from June 2015 to December 2017; its chapters were collected in 12 volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa aired between July and September 2017. Plot The story follows the everyday life of high school girl Yoshiko Hanabatake. True to the title, she is known to be exceptionally stupid academically as well as socially. She constantly hangs out with and annoys her studious and serious neighbor/childhood friend Akuru Akutsu, whom Yoshiko's mother wants her to marry. Yoshiko becomes friends with the level-headed Sayaka Sumino, who, along with Akuru, try to keep Yoshiko in check. The Public Morals Chairwoman dislikes the free-spirited Yoshiko but when Akuru makes some casual remarks th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Young Magazine
is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male () 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 27 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', '' Kenka Kagyō'', and '' Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clamp (manga Artists)
Clamp (stylized in all caps) is an all-female Japanese manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkawa (born in Osaka), and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi (all born in Kyoto). Clamp was first formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member group creating ''dōjinshi'' (self-published Fan labor, fan works), and began creating original manga in 1987. By the time the group made its mainstream publishing debut with ''RG Veda'' in 1989, it was reduced to seven members; three more members left in 1993, leaving the four current members of the group. Notable works by Clamp include ''X (manga), X'' (1992), ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' (1993), ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' (1996) and its sequel ''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card'' (2016), ''Chobits'' (2000), and ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' (both 2003). Various series by the group cross-reference each other, and characters reappear in multiple works by the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XxxHolic
''xxxHolic'' (stylized as ''×××HOLiC''; pronounced "Holic") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. The series, which crosses over with another Clamp work, '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student who is disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, and Yūko Ichihara, a powerful witch who owns a wish-granting shop. When Watanuki asks Ichihara to remove his ability to see spirits, she grants it on the condition that he pay for his wish by working for her. Clamp created ''xxxHolic'' to link the supernatural and fantasy series. ''xxxHolic'' was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' periodically from February 2003 until March 2010. It then moved to the manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' in June 2010, where it ended serialization in February 2011; its chapters were collected in 19 volumes. A sequel, ''xxxHolic: Rei'', started in ''Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujino Ōmori
Fujino Ōmori is a Japanese novelist, popularly known for writing the ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'' (''Danmachi'') light novel series. His age is unknown, but he mentions in the afterword of the 14th volume of ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'' from 2018 that he is under 30 years old. Career In early 2013, Fujino Ōmori published his first novel in the ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'' light novel series. It was submitted with the title ''Familia Myth'' to the 4th GA Bunko Award, where it won and received an offer to have it published by Bunko. The series is on going with 20 volumes till the date. Several spin-off series have been made. Ōmori's light novel series have been adapted into manga, going up to 89 chapters in its adaptation of the first 5 books, and currently 13 chapters for its 7th book adaptation, skipping the 6th. It also got a television anime series, which began airing in 2015, and is currently in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
