is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') 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 30 manga titles serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine''. Out of them, '' Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict'', ''Kenka Kagyō'' and '' Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!?'' are on hiatus.

Past series

1980s

* by Masayuki Katayama (1982–1987) * '' Akira'' by

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(1982–1990) * by

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(1983–2003) * by Minetarō Mochizuki (1986–1988) * by Michiharu Kusunoki (1986–1996) * ''

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'' by Yuzo Takada (1989–2002) (transferred from ''Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban'')

1990s

* by

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(1991–1996) * by Michiharu Kusunoki (1992–2008) * by Tetsu Adachi (1992–1994) * by Minoru Furuya (1993–1996) * by Minetaro Mochizuki (1994–1999) * by

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(1995–2013) * by

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(1995–2013) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (1996–1999) * by Masamune Shirow (1997) * by Akira Hiramoto (1998–2009) * by Shigemitsu Harada (1998–2000) * by Hiroshi Tanaka (1999–2004) * by Katsuhisa Minami (1999–2006)

2000s

* by Baba Yasushi (2000–2012) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2000–2004) * CLAMP (2001–2002) * ''

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'' by Kōji Matsumoto (2002–2010) * ''

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'' by

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(2002–2003) * by Tadashi Agi and Tetsuya Koshiba (2002–2004) * '' xxxHolic'' by CLAMP (2003–2011) * by Naoki Serizawa (2003–2009) * by Kōji Kōno (2004–2007) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2004–2008) * by Tsutomu Nihei (2004) (transferred to

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'' in May 2006) * by Shūzō Oshimi (2004) * ''

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'' by Yasuaki Kita (2005–2011) * by Dragon Odawara (2005–2011) *'' Shinjuku Swan'' by Ken Wakui (2005–2013) * by Hiromoto Komatsu (2006–2011) * by Bow Ditama (2008–2009) (transferred to ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in December 2009)'' * by Tomonori Inoue (2008–2016) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2009–2012) * by Hiroshi Kisashi (2009–2010)

2010s

* by Jun Watanabe (2010–2015) * by Yukai Asada (2010–2011) * by Akira Hiramoto (2011–2017) * by Yuma Ando and Masashi Asaki (2011–2014) (indefinite hiatus) * '' Green Blood'' by Masasumi Kakizaki (2011–2013) * by

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(2011–2013) * by Dragon Odawara (2011–2012) * by Kaori Saki (2012–2015) * by Hiyoko Kobayashi (2012–2020) * by Dragon Odawara (2012–2014) * by CLAMP (2013–2017) (indefinite hiatus) * by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (2013–2017)¨ * by Shin Takahashi (2013–2015) * by Kei Ogawa (2013) * by NON (2014–2019) * by Katsuhisa Minami (2014–2019) * by Jasmine Gyuh (2015–2018) * by

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(2015–2016) * by Azu (2016–2021) * by Kentarō Okamoto and Riri Sagara (2017–2022) * by Yousuke Nakamura (2017) * by Hajime Inoryū and Shōta Itō (2018–2019) (transferred to ''Comic Days'' website in August 2019) * by Hitomi Takano (2018–2020) * by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura (2018–2022) * by Naoki Azuma and Shouji Koukami (2018–2020) * by Gino0808 (2019–2020) * by Takeshi Taka (2019–2020) * by Yuichirō Koga (2019–2020) * by Tsukasa Monma and Yoshiki Kanata (2019–2020) * by Meguru Ueno (2019–2021) * by Masa Ichikawa (2019–2020)

2020s

* by Keito Gaku (2020) * by Edogawa Edogawa (2020–2021) * by Matsuki Ikka (2020–2021) * ''God of Dog'' by Kō Kimura (2020–2021) * by Hakaru Takarai (2020–2021) * by Morion Airline and Akeji Fujimura (2020–2021) * by Mao Ningen and Misao (2020–2021) * by Fumitaka Katō (2020–2021) * by Ringo Yōtō (2021) * (2021) by Jun Endō * by Yuto Uchida and Ryuki Ōnuma (2021)

Circulation

References

External links

* {{Kodansha manga magazines 1980 establishments in Japan Weekly manga magazines published in Japan Kodansha magazines Magazines established in 1980 Seinen manga magazines Magazines published in Tokyo