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{{About|the Japanese manga magazine|the French manga publishing imprint|Kazé}}
{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Monthly Asuka
| image_file = Monthly_Asuka_July_2009_cover.jpg
| image_file = Monthly_Asuka_July_2009_cover.jpg
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| image_caption = Cover of the magazine's July 2008 issue
| editor =
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| based = Tokyo
| frequency = Monthly
| frequency = {{unbulleted list|Monthly (1985–2021)<ref name="MediaArts"/>|Bimonthly (2021–present)<ref name="Natalie-NameChange"/>}}
| circulation = 42,834 (2008)
| circulation = {{unbulleted list
| 70,000<ref name="JMPA">{{cite web |script-title=ja:JMPAマガジンデータ : 【女性】 少女向けコミック誌 |url=https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/data/magdata/2/28 |website=JMPA |publisher=Japan Magazine Publishers Association |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=ja |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222155545/https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/data/magdata/2/28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| category = [[Shōjo manga]]<ref name="completeguidedemos">{{cite book |title=[[Manga: The Complete Guide]] |last=Thompson |first=Jason |authorlink=Jason Thompson (writer) |publisher=[[Del Rey Books]] |isbn=978-0-345-48590-8 |year=2007 |page=xxiii-xxiv}}</ref>
| ({{abbr|Oct|October}} 2018 – {{abbr|Sept|September}} 2019)
}}
| category = [[Shōjo manga|{{transl|ja|Shōjo}} manga]]<ref name="completeguidedemos">{{cite book|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|title-link=Manga: The Complete Guide|last=Thompson|first=Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|publisher=Del Rey Books|isbn=978-0-345-48590-8 |year=2007|page=xxiii-xxiv}}</ref>
| company = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| company = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher =
| publisher =
| firstdate =
| founded = 1985
| country = [[Japan]]
| country = Japan
| language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| language = Japanese
| website = [https://asuka-web.jp/ Official site]
| website = {{URL|https://asuka-web.jp/}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Asuka'''''|あすか}}, formerly {{nihongo|'''''Monthly Asuka'''''|月刊あすか|Gekkan Asuka}},<ref name="Natalie-NameChange"/> is a bimonthly Japanese [[Shōjo manga|{{transl|ja|shōjo}} manga]] magazine published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]].<ref name="Kotobank">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Asuka |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/Asuka-692284 |encyclopedia=[[Daijisen|Digital Daijisen Plus]] |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}</ref> The magazine was established in 1985.<ref name="MediaArts">{{cite web |script-title=ja:月刊ASUKA [あすか] |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C120682 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021.<ref name="Natalie-NameChange">{{cite web |script-title=ja:ASUKAが“宝物のようなマンガを届ける”ため隔月刊にリニューアル、新連載も3本始動 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/429423 |website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]] |publisher=Natasha, Inc. |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ja |date=24 May 2021}}</ref> Much like its sibling publication ''[[Shōnen Ace]]'', it places some emphasis on [[anime]] tie-ins and spinoffs. Manga serialized in ''Asuka'' are published in {{transl|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} format under the Asuka Comics imprint.


==Notable manga artists and series featured in ''Asuka''==
{{nihongo|'''''Monthly Asuka'''''|月刊あすか|Gekkan Asuka}} is a monthly [[Japan]]ese [[shōjo manga]] magazine published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]], aimed at teenage girls. Much like its sibling publication ''[[Shōnen Ace]]'', it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs. Asuka is released on the 24th of each month.
*[[Tamayo Akiyama]]

**''[[Hyper Rune]]''
Comics published in this magazine are given the publishing label ''Asuka Comics'' when released in [[tankōbon]] format.
**''[[Mouryou Kiden]]''

**''[[Secret Chaser]]''
==Manga artists and series featured on Asuka==
*[[Sumiko Amakawa]]

**''[[Cross (manga)|Cross]]''
*[[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]]
**''[[Clamp School Detectives]]''
**''[[Legal Drug]]''
**''[[Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales]]''
**''[[Suki: A Like Story]]''
**''[[Wish (manga)|Wish]]''
**''[[X (manga)|X]]''
*[[Fumino Hayashi]]
**''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days]]'' (spinoff of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|''Neon Genesis Evangelion'']])
* Akira Hiyoshimaru
**''[[Book Girl|Book Girl and the Delicious Recipe]]''
** ''[[Book Girl|Book Girl and the Lovesick Poet]]''
* Haruko Iida
**''[[Crescent Moon (manga)|Crescent Moon]]''
* Kasane Katsumoto
**''[[Hands Off!]]''
* Ayumi Kawahara
**''[[Idol Densetsu Eriko]]''
*[[Yōko Kondō (manga artist)|Yōko Kondō]]
**''Suikyō Kitan'' (1988–1990)
*[[Temari Matsumoto]]
**''Kyo Kara MA no Tsuku Jiyuugyou!'' (based on the ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!]]'' series)
*Min Min
**''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku]]'' (spinoff of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|''Neon Genesis Evangelion'']])
* [[Ai Morinaga]]
* [[Ai Morinaga]]
** ''[[Duck Prince]]''
**''[[Yamada Tarō Monogatari]]''
* Nakano
** ''[[Yamada Tarō Monogatari]]''
**''[[Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō]]''
* [[Akira Hiyoshimaru]]
* Majiko!, [[Gorō Taniguchi]], and [[Ichirō Ōkouchi]]
** ''[[Book Girl|Book Girl and the Delicious Recipe]]''
**''Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion'' (spinoff of the anime series ''[[Code Geass]]'')
** ''[[Book Girl|Book Girl and the Lovesick Poet]]''
*Aya Shouoto
* [[Akaza Samamiya]]
**''[[Kiss of the Rose Princess|Kiss of Rose Princess]]''
** ''[[Torikago Syndrome]]
**''[[The Demon Prince of Momochi House]]''
* [[Ayumi Kawahara]]
*[[Yukiru Sugisaki]]
** ''[[Idol Densetsu Eriko]]''
* [[Cain Yuga]]
**''[[D.N.Angel]]''
**''[[Lagoon Engine]]''
** ''[[List of Cowboy Bebop manga|Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star]]'' (based on original work by [[Hajime Yatate]])
**''[[Lagoon Engine|Lagoon Engine Einsatz]]''
* [[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]]
* Satosumi Takaguchi
** ''[[Clamp School Detectives]]''
** ''[[Legal Drug]]''
**''[[Hana no Asuka-gumi!]]''
** ''[[Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales]]''
**''[[Shout Out Loud!|Sakende Yaruze]]''
*[[Kazusa Takashima]]
** ''[[Suki: A Like Story]]''
** ''[[Wish (manga)|Wish]]''
**''[[Mad Love Chase|Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made]]''
** ''[[X (manga)|X]]''
* [[Keiko Takemiya]]
** ''[[Yumegari]]''
**''[[Tenma no Ketsuzoku]]''
* [[Fumino Hayashi]]''
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days]]'' (spin off of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]])
* [[Haruko Iida]]''
** ''[[Crescent Moon (manga)|Crescent Moon]]''
* [[Kairi Yura]]
** ''[[Angelique (Japanese series)|Angelique]]''
** ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]''
* [[Kaoru Ohashi]]
** ''[[Celluloid Carnival]]''
** ''[[Gekkou no Heroine]]''
** ''[[Lemming no Yukue]]''
** ''[[Maria ni Korosareru]]''
* [[Kasane Katsumoto]]
** ''[[Hands Off!]]''
* [[Kiyo Kujo]]
** ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' (story by [[Sunao Yoshida]])
**Zone-00
* [[Majiko!]]
** ''[[Code Geass|Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion]]'' (story by [[Goro Taniguchi]] and [[Ichiro Okouchi]], spinoff of anime series)
* [[Min Min]]
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse|Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku]]'' (spin off of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion (manga)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]])
* [[Nakano (manga artist)|Nakano]]
** ''[[Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō]]''
* [[Satosumi Takaguchi]]
** ''[[Hana no Asuka-gumi!]]
** ''[[Shout Out Loud!|Sakende Yaruze]]''
*[[Setsuri Tsuzuki]]
** ''[[Broken Angels (manga)|Broken Angels]]''
*[[Aya Shouoto]]
** ''[[Kiss of Rose Princess]]''
** ''[[The Demon Prince of Momochi House]]''
* [[Sumiko Amakawa]]
** ''[[Cross (manga)|Cross]]
*[[Suzuka Oda]]
** ''Psychic Detective Yakumo''
* [[Takashima Kazusa]]
** ''[[Mad Love Chase|Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made]]''
* [[Tamayo Akiyama]]
** ''[[Hyper Rune]]''
** ''[[Mouryou Kiden]]''
** ''[[Secret Chaser]]''
* [[Temari Matsumoto]]
** ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!|Kyou Kara MA no Tsuku Jiyuugyou!]]'' (based on the [[Kyou Kara Maou!]] series)
* Yōko Tamotsu
* Yōko Tamotsu
** ''[[Mayonaka no Occult Kōmuin]]''
**''[[Midnight Occult Civil Servants]]''
*Setsuri Tsuzuki
* [[Yukiru Sugisaki]]
** ''[[D.N.Angel]]''
**''[[Broken Angels (manga)|Broken Angels]]''
* Cain Yuga
** ''[[Lagoon Engine]]''
**''[[List of Cowboy Bebop chapters|Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star]]'' (based on the anime ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', created by [[Hajime Yatate]])
** ''[[Lagoon Engine Einsatz]]''
* Yutaka Nanten and [[Hajime Yatate]]
** ''[[1001 Knights]]''
**''Cowboy Bebop'' (spinoff/adaptation of [[Cowboy Bebop|the anime series of the same name]])
* [[Yutaka Nanten]]
* Kiyo Kujo and [[Sunao Yoshida]]
** ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' (story by [[Hajime Yatate]] and Yutaka Nanten, spinoff/adaptation of anime series)
**''[[Trinity Blood]]''
* Kairi Yura
**''[[Angelique (video game series)|Angelique]]''
**''[[The Story of Saiunkoku|Saiunkoku Monogatari]]''


==Related magazines==
==Related magazines==
* ''[[Asuka Comics CL-Deluxe]]''
* ''[[Asuka Comics DX]]''
* ''[[Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX]]''
* ''[[Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX]]''


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://asuka-web.jp/ Asuka] Official Website {{ja icon}}
* {{Official website|https://asuka-web.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{ann|magazine|4011}}
* {{ann|magazine|4011}}


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Latest revision as of 16:27, 13 March 2024

This article is about the Japanese manga magazine. For the French manga publishing imprint, see Kazé.
Asuka
Cover of the magazine's July 2008 issue
CategoriesShōjo manga[1]
Frequency
  • Monthly (1985–2021)[2]
  • Bimonthly (2021–present)[3]
Circulation
  • 70,000[4]
  • (Oct 2018 – Sept 2019)
Founded1985
CompanyKadokawa Shoten
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websiteasuka-web.jp

Asuka (あすか), formerly Monthly Asuka (月刊あすか, Gekkan Asuka),[3] is a bimonthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten.[5] The magazine was established in 1985.[2] It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021.[3] Much like its sibling publication Shōnen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs. Manga serialized in Asuka are published in tankōbon format under the Asuka Comics imprint.

Notable manga artists and series featured in Asuka[edit]

Related magazines[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ^ a b 月刊ASUKA [あすか]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c ASUKAが“宝物のようなマンガを届ける”ため隔月刊にリニューアル、新連載も3本始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ JMPAマガジンデータ : 【女性】 少女向けコミック誌. JMPA (in Japanese). Japan Magazine Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Asuka". Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 May 2021 – via Kotobank.

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