, formerly known as ''Shōnen Sunday Super'', is a monthly ''
shōnen''
manga magazine
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 an ...
published by
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
in Japan.
History and background
Originally billed as a special edition of ''
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...
'', titled , it was renamed in 1995. It is often the home of short term serials by established
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...
artists, as well as a place to break in new, up-and-coming
manga artist
A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...
s. In April 2004 the magazine switched from being published monthly to bi-monthly. In March 2009, it changed back to the monthly basis. In January 2012, the magazine changed its name to simply ''Shōnen Sunday S''.
Series
There are currently 10 manga series being serialized in ''Shōnen Sunday S''.
Past series
1978–1989
* –
Buronson
, known by the pen names and , is a Japanese manga writer. Making his debut in 1972, he first found success with the hardboiled detective manga series '' Doberman Deka'' (1975–1979) alongside illustrator Shinji Hiramatsu. He is best-known fo ...
(story) and
Kaoru Shintani
is a Japanese manga artist. Shintani is best known for his series ''Area 88''. In addition to his pilot comics, Shintani has ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai comics as well. In 1985, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Aw ...
(art) (1978–1984)
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Mitsuru Adachi (1978–1980)
* – Kei Satomi (1981–1985)
* – Tsuguo Okazaki (1981–1984)
* – Tetsu Kariya (story) and
Kazuhiko Shimamoto (art) (1982–1986)
* –
Noboru Rokuda (1982)
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Osamu Ishiwata (1983–1984)
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Mitsuo Hashimoto (1983–1984)
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Kōichirō Yasunaga (1983–1985)
* – Takeshi Miya (1984–1985)
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Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with ''Urusei Yatsura'' in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are known worldwide, where they have been tra ...
(1984–1985) (infrequently published in ''
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...
'')
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Yuki Masami (1985–1988) (re-launched in ''
Weekly Young Sunday'' in 2002)
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Katsu Aki (1985–1987)
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Johji Manabe (1986–1989)
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Kei Kusunoki (1986–1990)
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Gosho Aoyama
is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series ''Case Closed'' (''Detective Conan'', 1994–present). As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print worldwide.
Educational background
Aoyama was tal ...
(1987–1988) (infrequently published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* – Toshiyuki Tanabe (story) and Yu Nakahara (art) (1988)
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Hiroyuki Nishimori (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') (1988–1990)
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Takuya Mitsuda (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') (1988–1989)
* – Harumi Matsuzaki (1989–1990)
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Kenichi Muraeda (1989–1993)
1990–2003
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Takashi Shiina (1990–1991)
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Johji Manabe (1990)
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Kōji Kiriyama (1991) (moved to ''
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...
'')
* – Takashi Shiina (1991–1992)
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Gosho Aoyama
is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga series ''Case Closed'' (''Detective Conan'', 1994–present). As of 2017, his various manga series had a combined 250 million copies in print worldwide.
Educational background
Aoyama was tal ...
(1991–1993)
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Kei Kusunoki (1992–2001)
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Kōichirō Yasunaga (1992–1994)
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Hiroshi Takashige (story) and
Ryoji Minagawa (art) (moved from ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'') (1992–1996)
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Yoshihiro Takahashi
is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name ''Yoshihiro'' is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ).
Takahashi was born on September 18th, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita, a village in the Tōhoku region ...
(1993–1995)
* – Masahiko Nakahira (1994)
* - Kyōichi Nanatsuki (story) and Yūki Miyoshi (art) (1994)
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Kōji Kumeta (1994–2002)
* – Naoya Matsumori (1996–1998)
* – Pero Sugimoto (1996–1999)
*''
Salad Days'' – Shinobu Inokuma (1997–1998) (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
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Takashi Hashiguchi (1997–2001)
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Reiji Yamada (1997) (moved from ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* – Mondo Takimura (1998)
* – Michiteru Kusaba (1999)
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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 th ...
(1999–2000)
* – Syun Matsuena (1999–2002)
* – Ryō Ōkuma (2000–2001)
*''Heat Wave'' –
Kazurou Inoue (2001)
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Kei Kusunoki (2001–2002)
* – Taishi Mori (2001–2002)
* – Yōhei Suginobu (2002)
* – Shun Fujiki (2003) (moved to ''
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...
'')
*''Peace Maker'' – Shūichirō Satō (2003–2004)
2009–2019
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Tsubasa Fukuchi (2009–2011)
* – Shirō Otsuka (2009–2011)
* – Toshihiko Kurazono (2009–2011)
* – Eko Yamatoya (2009)
* – Takeshi Azuma (2009–2011)
*''Ping Pong Rush'' – Aiko Koyama (2009–2010)
*''Undead'' – Masashi Terajima (2009–2010)
* – Hiro Kashiwaba (2009–2011)
* – Fujiminosuke Yorozuya (2009–2013)
* – Hiroshi Fukuda (2009–2010)
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Kazurou Inoue (2009–2011)
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Haro Aso (2010–2015) (moved to ''
Weekly Shōnen Sunday
is a weekly manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' issues are released on Wednesdays. ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' has sold over 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...
'')
* – Hiroshi Nakanishi (art),
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'':
...
,
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 ...
(original) (2012)
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Romeo Tanaka (original story) and
Kōichirō Hoshino (art) (2012–2013)
* – Wakō Honna (2012–2014) (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* – Jun Sakura (2012–2013) (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* – Rokurō Ōgaki (2013–2015)
* – Akira (original story) and Akira Nishikawa (art) (2013) (moved from ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* – Koroku Inumura (original story) and Takeshi Kojima (art) (2014–2015)
* – Nekoguchi (2015) (moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
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Masasumi Kakizaki (2015–2018) (moved from ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* by Wataru Nadatani (2015–2018)
* – Tenya (2015–2021)
* – Mitsuhiro Mizuno (story) and Jin Kyouchikutō (art) (2016–2023)
* – Kazurou Inoue (2016–2018)
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Level-5 (original) and sho.t (2017–2018)
* by (2018–2022)
* by
Hiroyuki Nishimori (2018–2019)
* – Chihiro Kurachi (2019–2021)
2020–present
* – Yutaka Abe (story) and Jirō Maruden (art) (2020–2021)
* by Yuki Shoyo (2020–2021)
* by Anji Matono (2020–2025)
* by Takao Aoyagi (2021–2022)
* by Yutaka Abe and Jirō Maruden (art) (2021–2022)
References
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