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 Cover of the 13th issue ofWeekly Young Magazine in 2014, published by Kodansha on March 10, 2014, featuringYuki Kashiwagi of the pop groupAKB48 | |
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bimonthly (1980–1989), Weekly (since 1989) |
| Circulation | 407,367[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| First issue | June 16, 1980 |
| Company | Kodansha |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official website |
Weekly Young Magazine (Japanese:週刊ヤングマガジン,Hepburn:Shūkan Yangu Magajin) is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday byKodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male (seinen) demographic.[3] It was published bimonthly (under the titleYoung Magazine (ヤングマガジン,Yangu Magajin)), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989.[citation needed] The chapters of the series that run inWeekly Young Magazine are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months.
The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girlgravure idols (グラビアアイドル,gurabia aidoru) on the cover and first few pages of each issue.
Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine,Monthly Young Magazine (月刊ヤングマガジン,Gekkan Yangu Magajin), a retitled makeover of their previous publicationBessatsu Young Magazine (別冊ヤングマガジン,Bessatsu Yangu Magajin), which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence.[4]
There are currently 27 manga titles serialized inWeekly Young Magazine. Out of them,Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict,Kenka Kagyō, andTobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24-oku Dasshutsu-hen are on hiatus.
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| 1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō (1日外出録ハンチョウ) | Tensei Hagiwara [ja], Motomu Uehara, Kazuya Arai | December 2016 |
| Chainsmoker Cat (ヤニねこ,Yani Neko) | NyanNyanFactory | February 2023 |
| Daredemo Dakeru Kimi ga Suki (だれでも抱けるキミが好き) | Super Takeda | April 2023 |
| Golden Drop (ゴールデンドロップ) | Keiichi Tsuha, Ryō Kōzuki | May 2023 |
| Golden Man (ゴールデンマン) | Petosu [ja],Kōji Megumi [ja] | February 2024 |
| Hakabanashi (はかばなし) | Katsunori Hara [ja] | April 2024 |
| Heisei Haizanhei Sumire-chan (平成敗残兵☆すみれちゃん) | Satomi U | January 2024 |
| Higanjima 48-nichi-go… (彼岸島 48日後…) | Kouji Matsumoto | August 2014 |
| Hijiri-kun wa Kiyoku Ikitai (聖くんは清く生きたい) | Iori Asaga [ja] | March 2023 |
| Kenka Kagyō (喧嘩稼業) | Yasuaki Kita [ja] | December 2013 |
| Manchuria Opium Squad (満州アヘンスクワッド) | Tsukasa Monma [ja],Shikako [ja] | September 2021 |
| Minami-ke (みなみけ) | Koharu Sakuraba | March 2004 |
| Myo-chan Sensei wa Kaku Katariki (みょーちゃん先生はかく語りき) | Kanari Tokusaku, Soda Muteki | February 2023 |
| Nando toki o Kurikaeshitemo Honnouji ga Moerunjaga!? (何度、時をくりかえしても本能寺が燃えるんじゃが!?) | Keisuke Ide [ja], Kenshi Fujimoto | November 2020 |
| Narikin Football (ナリキンフットボール) | Kaito Shimazu,Hideyuki Akashi [ja] | October 2023 |
| Nezumi's First Love (ねずみの初恋) | Riku Ooseto | November 2023 |
| One for All [ja] | Daiju Yanauchi | December 2023 |
| Parallel Paradise (パラレルパラダイス) | Lynn Okamoto | March 2017 |
| Sakuhana Soldiers (咲花ソルジャーズ) | Fumisato Matsumoto | March 2024 |
| Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict (7人のシェイクスピア NON SANZ DROICT) | Harold Sakuishi | December 2016 |
| Tawawa on Monday (月曜日のたわわ,Getsuyōbi no Tawawa) | Kiseki Himura | November 2020 |
| Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24-oku Dasshutsu-hen (賭博堕天録カイジ 24億脱出編) | Nobuyuki Fukumoto | August 2017 |
| Under Ninja (アンダーニンジャ) | Kengo Hanazawa | July 2018 |
| With You and the Rain (雨と君と,Ame to Kimi to) | Kō Nikaidō | August 2020 |
| xxxHolic: Rei (×××ホリック◆ 戻) by | Clamp | April 2013 |
| Ya Boy Kongming! (パリピ孔明,Paripi Kōmei) | Yuto Yotsuba, Ryō Ogawa | November 2021 |
| Zeikin de Katta Hon (税金で買った本) | Zuino, Kei Keiyama | December 2021 |
| Year / Period | Weekly circulation | Magazine sales (est.) | Sales revenue (est.) | Issue price (est.)[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 to 1987 | 1,000,000[10] | 104,000,000[10] | ¥18,720,000,000 | ¥180 |
| 1988 | 1,400,000[10] | 72,800,000[10] | ¥13,104,000,000 | |
| 1989 | 1,300,000[10] | 67,600,000[10] | ¥12,168,000,000 | |
| 1990 | 1,500,000[10] | 78,000,000[10] | ¥14,040,000,000 | |
| 1991 | 1,500,000[10] | 78,000,000[10] | ¥14,040,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 1,500,000[10] | 78,000,000[10] | ¥14,820,000,000 | ¥190 |
| 1993 | 1,550,000[10] | 80,600,000[10] | ¥15,314,000,000 | |
| 1994 | 1,550,000[10] | 80,600,000[10] | ¥16,926,000,000 | ¥210 |
| 1995 | 1,700,000[10] | 88,400,000[10] | ¥18,564,000,000 | |
| 1996 | 1,740,000[10] | 90,480,000[10] | ¥19,000,800,000 | |
| 1997 | 1,670,000[10] | 86,840,000[10] | ¥18,236,400,000 | |
| 1998 | 1,500,000[10] | 78,000,000[10] | ¥16,380,000,000 | |
| 1999 | 1,430,000[10] | 74,360,000[10] | ¥15,615,600,000 | |
| 2000 | 1,300,000[10] | 67,600,000[10] | ¥14,196,000,000 | |
| 2001 to 2002 | 1,250,000[10] | 130,000,000[10] | ¥27,300,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 1,140,000[10] | 59,280,000[10] | ¥12,448,800,000 | |
| 2004 | 1,100,000[10] | 57,200,000[10] | ¥12,012,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 1,012,209[11] | 52,634,868[11] | ¥12,632,368,320 | ¥240 |
| 2006 | 998,198[11] | 51,906,296[11] | ¥12,457,511,040 | |
| 2007 | 981,229[12] | 51,023,908[12] | ¥12,245,737,920 | |
| 2008 | 940,817[13] | 48,922,484[13] | ¥11,741,396,160 | |
| 2009 | 857,013[14] | 44,564,676[14] | ¥10,695,522,240 | |
| 2010 | 807,871[15] | 42,009,292[15] | ¥10,082,230,080 | |
| January 2011 to September 2011 | 725,235[16] | 28,284,165[16] | ¥6,788,199,600 | |
| October 2011 to September 2012 | 665,407[17] | 34,601,164[17] | ¥8,304,279,360 | |
| October 2012 to September 2013 | 607,920[18] | 31,611,840[18] | ¥7,586,841,600 | |
| October 2013 to September 2014 | 537,105[19] | 27,929,460[19] | ¥6,703,070,400 | |
| October 2014 to September 2015 | 450,417[20] | 23,421,684[20] | ¥5,621,204,160 | |
| October 2015 to September 2016 | 415,592[21] | 21,610,784[21] | ¥5,186,588,160 | |
| October 2016 to September 2017 | 394,829[22] | 20,531,108[22] | ¥4,927,465,920 | |
| October 2017 to September 2018 | 361,946[23] | 18,821,192[23] | ¥4,517,086,080 | |
| 1986 to September 2018 | 1,097,847 | 1,869,632,921 | ¥392,375,101,040 ($4.889 billion) | ¥210 |
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