is a monthly ''
shōnen''
manga
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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
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 ...
, 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 a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
tie-ins.
An online version of the magazine, titled ''Shōnen Ace Plus'' was launched in June 2019.
Manga artists and series featured in ''Shōnen Ace''
* Imaru Adachi
** ''
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway'' (ongoing)
*
Natsume Akatsuki
** ''
Kemono Michi''
*
Katsu Aki
** ''
The Vision of Escaflowne'' (shōnen version; shōjo version was serialized in ''
Asuka Fantasy DX
—or simply ''Asuka Fantasy DX'' or ''Fantasy DX''—was a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. Originally, it was a bimonthly special issue of '' Monthly Asuka'', but was spun off as a separate monthly magazine in June ...
'')
* Sae Amatsu
** ''
Guardian Hearts''
*
Keiichi Arawi
** ''
Nichijou
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', and was also serialized in '' Comptiq'' between the March ...
'' (ongoing)
*
Clamp
** ''
Angelic Layer
is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significantl ...
''
* Nishiwaki Datto
** ''
Fate/stay night
''Fate/stay night'' is a Japanese visual novel game developed by Type-Moon. It was first released for Microsoft Windows, Windows on January 30, 2004. The story takes place over three distinct routes: ''Fate'', ''Unlimited Blade Works'' ...
''
*
Sakae Esuno
** ''
Hanako and the Terror of Allegory''
** ''
Future Diary
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' between January 2006 and December 2010, and has been collected into 12 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The plot depicts the ...
''
** ''
Big Order''
** ''
Reign of the Seven Spellblades'' manga adaptation
*
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'')
* Masaru Gotsubo
** ''
Samurai Champloo''
*
Ryūsuke Hamamoto
** ''
Petit Eva'' (original work by
Gainax
Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; , Hepburn: ) was a Japanese anime studio famous for original productions such as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise'', '' Gunbuster'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue ...
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* Yuichi Hasegawa
** ''
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam'' (story by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a Japanese anime director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the ''Gundam'' anime franchise.
Early life and family
Tomino was born on November 5, 1941, in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, to an old family of regio ...
)
* Ikumi Hino
** ''
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory''
* Masahiro Ikeno
** ''
Banished from the Heroes' Party'' (ongoing)
** ''
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Outside Story''
*
Sekihiko Inui
** ''
Ratman''
*
Yūji Iwahara
** ''
Chikyu Misaki''
** ''
Koudelka''
*
Sōsuke Kaise
** ''
Grenadier
A grenadier ( , ; derived from the word ''grenade'') was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century, when ...
''
*
Kaishaku
** ''
Kannazuki no Miko''
** ''
Steel Angel Kurumi'' (originally featured in ''Monthly Shonen Ace Dash/A' DASH'', later moved to ''Monthly Ace Next''; now discontinued)
* Mario Kaneda
** ''
Girls Bravo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by and serialized from 2000 to 2005 in '' Shōnen Ace'' by Kadokawa Shoten. The story focuses on a high school boy who is allergic to girls who is transported to a mysterious world with a ...
''
** ''Saving Life''
* Masato Kanetsuki
** ''
Sword Art Online: Unital Ring'' (created by
Reki Kawahara) (ongoing)
* Karuna Kanzaki
** ''
Armed Girl's Machiavellism'' (written by Yūya Kurokami)
* Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou
** ''
Eureka Seven''
** ''
Deadman Wonderland
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' from April 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 13 volumes. Tokyopop acquir ...
''
** ''Smokin' Parade''
* Ranmaru Kotone
** ''
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time''
*
Masami Kurumada
is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boys.
He is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short. He achieved fame as the creator of popula ...
** ''
B't X''
* Tomohiro Marukawa
** ''
The World of Narue''
* Sankichi Meguro
** ''
Ghost Talker's Daydream'' (written by Saki Okuse)
*
Haruhiko Mikimoto
** ''
Macross 7: Trash''
** ''
Macross The First''
*
Suu Minazuki
** ''
Judas
Judas Iscariot (; ; died AD) was, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane, in exchange for thirty pieces of ...
''
** ''
Heaven's Lost Property''
** ''
Plunderer''
* Seijuro Miz
** ''
Mushi-Uta''
* Masato Natsumoto
** ''
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' (story by
Ryo Mizuno)
*
Kenji Oiwa
** ''
Welcome to the N.H.K.'' (created by
Tatsuhiko Takimoto)
*
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
** ''
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1 ...
'' (moved to ''
Young Ace'' in 2009)
*
Kei Sanbe
** ''
Kamiyadori''
* Hajime Segawa
** ''
Ga-Rei''
** ''
Tokyo ESP''
* Monako Serasai
** ''
Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel''
* Yū Shimizu
** ''
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy'' (ongoing)
* Tatsuya Shingyoji
** ''
The King of Fighters '94
''The King of Fighters '94'' (''KOF 94'') is a 2D computer graphics, 2D fighting game, fighting video game produced by SNK in 1994, released on the Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo MVS Arcade system board, arcade system, AES and Neo Geo CD, CD home co ...
''
* Kumiko Suekane
** ''
Blood+
''Blood+'' (stylized as ''BLOOD+'' and pronounced "Blood Plus") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed and written by Junichi Fujisaku. The series was broadcast on MBS and TBS fro ...
''
*
Yukiru Sugisaki
is a Japanese manga artist. She has created numerous manga in several demographics, but is perhaps best known for creating the ''seinen'' series '' The Candidate for Goddess'' and the ''shōjo'' series '' D.N.Angel''.
Career
Yukiru Sugisaki s ...
** ''
Brain Powerd'' (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
*
Shou Tajima
** ''
Multiple Personality Detective Psycho
''MPD Psycho'', short for , is a Japanese manga series written by Eiji Ōtsuka and illustrated by Shōu Tajima. ''MPD Psycho'' is a very successful series having sold more than four million copies in Japan as of 2007. It was originally publi ...
'' (story by
Eiji Otsuka; moved to ''Young Ace'' in 2009)
*
Yoshiki Takaya
** ''
Bio Booster Armor Guyver
or simply ''Guyver'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiki Takaya. The Guyver itself is a symbiotic techno-organic (or biomechanical) device that enhances the capabilities of its host.
The manga was originally ser ...
'' (moved to ''
Young Ace'' in 2009, continued here after ''Monthly Shōnen Captain''s cancelation)
* Kitsune Tennouji
** ''
Eden's Bowy'' (pulled from
Comptiq in 1994)
* Yasunari Toda
** ''
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R'' (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and
Hajime Yatate
is a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Bandai Namco Filmworks#Sunrise, Sunrise(Bandai Namco Filmworks) animation staff.
Name
"Hajime Yatate" is considered to be named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's ''Oku no Hosomichi'':
...
)
* Meguru Ueno
** ''
My First Girlfriend Is a Gal'' (ongoing)
*
Tetsuto Uesu
** ''
Shinmai Maō no Testament''
*
Housui Yamazaki
** ''
Mail
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid ...
''
*
Kagami Yoshimizu
** ''
Lucky Star'' (cameo strips only)
*
Mine Yoshizaki
is a Japanese mangaka, manga creator. His most well known works are ''Sgt. Frog'', a manga he created which later received an anime adaption, and ''Kemono Friends'', a multimedia franchise for which Yoshizaki serves as concept designer.
Career
...
** ''
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 t ...
'' (ongoing)
* Kumichi Yoshizuki
** ''
Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies'' (written by Norie Yamada)
Circulation
References
External links
''Shōnen Ace''on Web Kadokawa
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Magazines established in 1994
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