is a Japanese monthly ''seinen'' manga and

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magazine published by

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company's product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, man ...

. The magazine was originally a quarterly special issue of ''

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'', beginning in 1979 before switching to a monthly schedule and finally suspending publication. On November 19, 2006, the magazine began to be published again, with the first new issue coming with a

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of the exclusive OVA '' Onna Tachiguishi-Retsuden'' directed by world famous director

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), '' ...

. On June 19, 2018, the magazine ceased printing and became an online magazine. Oshii's manga '' Kerberos & Tachiguishi'' was serialized in ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' in 2006 and 2007. The follow-up of 1990s famous ''Bio Diver Xenon'' (重機甲兵ゼノン) by Masaomi Kanzaki, ''Xenon -199X R-'', was also serialized in the magazine. Most famous published series was probably ''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'', ''LGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of Epic (genre), epic science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanak ...

'' by Yoshiki Tanaka and Katsumi Michihara though. ''Monthly Comic Ryū'' was launched as an "over 30-years-old readers recommended" magazine."Over 30 age. 推奨"
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Serializations

Current

* '' A Centaur's Life'' by Kei Murayama * '' Alice & Zoroku'' by Tetsuya Imai * by Ukanmuri * '' If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die'' by Auri Hirao * '' Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru'' by Kazuki Minamoto * '' Monster Musume'' by Okayado * '' Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary'' by Shake-O * '' Princess Principal'' by Ryou Akizuki * '' ZINGNIZE'' by Warainaku

Former

* ''

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'' by

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original '' Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a mang ...

* by Fumi Fumiko * '' Butterfly Storage'' by Icori Ando * '' Cagaster of an Insect Cage'' by Kachō Hashimoto * ''Choir!'' by Tenpō Gensui * by Masahiko Nakahira and Miyuki Miyabe * '' Genma Wars: Rebirth'' by Kazumasa Hirai and

Shotaro Ishinomori , né , was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, writer and director. Known as the "King of Manga" (漫画の帝王 (''Manga no Teiou)'' or 漫画の王様 (''Manga no Ousama)''), he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential mang ...

* '' The Great Adventures of the Dirty Pair'' by Haruka Takachiho and Hisao Tamaki * by Shinji Kajio and Kenji Tsuruta * '' Hades Project Zeorymer'' by Chimi Moriwo * by Keiko Fukuyama * '' Hour of the Zombie'' by Tsukasa Saimura * '' Kerberos and Tachiguishi'' by Mamoru Sugiura and

* by Shimpei Itoh * '' KEYMAN -THE HAND OF JUDGMENT-'' by Warainaku * '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Portrait of Heroes'' by Yoshiki Tanaka and Katsumi Michihara * by Higuchi Akihiko and Natsuhiko Kyogoku * by Eiji Ootsuka and Subzero Kizaki * by Kōichirō Yasunaga * by Hirarin * '' Onmyōji: Taki Yasha Hime'' by Munku Mitsuki * by Shoko Yoshinaka * ''Revive!'' by Koichi Igarashi * '' Taishō Baseball Girls'' by Shimpei Itoh * by Noriyuki Matsumoto * by

* '' Xenon: 199X R'' by Masaomi Kanzaki * by Harutoshi Fukui and Wosamu Kine * by Funi Koishikawa

References

External links

Monthly Comic Ryu
(in Japanese)
Tokuma Shoten
(in Japanese) 1979 establishments in Japan Magazines established in 1979 Magazines published in Tokyo Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Online magazines with defunct print editions Seinen manga magazines Tokuma Shoten magazines {{Anime-mag-stub