Shūkan Shōnen Champion
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| description | Manga magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Shonen |
| language | Japanese |
| publishing company | Akita Shoten ( Japan ) |
| First edition | 15th July 1969 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 500,000 (2010) copies |
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| Web link | www.akitashoten.co.jp/w-champion |
Shūkan Shōnen Champion ( Japanese 週刊 少年 チ ャ ン ピ オ ン , also Weekly Shōnen Champion ) is a Japanese manga magazine that is aimed at male adolescents and is therefore included in the Shōnen category. It has been published weekly by Akita Shoten since July 15, 1969 .
While the magazine was one of the best-selling weekly Shōnen magazines in the 1970s and 1980s, it has since fallen behind other publications, but is still one of the four most important of its division. In 2010, the sold circulation was around 500,000. In the first few decades, the stories focused on crime stories, but already had an "anarchist streak". Since the 1990s, the focus has shifted to "exaggerated, tasteless" comedies and parodies.
Series (selection)
- Abashiri Ikka from Go Nagai
- Akumetsu by Yoshiaki Tabata and Yūki Yugo
- Apocalypse Zero by Takayuki Yamaguchi
- Babel II by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
- Black Jack from Osamu Tezuka
- Crows by Hiroshi Takahashi
- Cutie Honey by Gō Nagai
- Docaben by Shinji Mizushima
- Eiken by Seiji Matsuyama
- Eko Eko Azarak by Shinichi Koga
- Grappler Baki by Keisuke Itagaki
- Hungry Heart: Wild Striker by Yōichi Takahashi
- Jitsu wa Watashi wa by Eiji Masuda
- Magical Girl of the End by Kentarō Satō
- Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman from Hirohisa Soda and Noboru Akashi
- Mitsudomoe by Norio Sakurai
- Muteki Kanban Musume by Jun Sadogawa
- My-HiME by Noboru Kimura and Kenetsu Satō
- Nanaka 6/17 by Ken Yagami
- Penguin Musume by Tetsuya Takahashi
- Plawres Sanshirō by Jirō Gyū
- s-CRY-ed by Yōsuke Kuroda and Yasunari Toda
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiō Shinwa by Shiori Teshirogi
- Shichinin no Nana by Yasuhiro Imagawa and Azusa Kunihiro
- Shinryaku! Ika Musume by Masahiro Anbe
- Sugarless by Masami Hosokawa
- Tetsunabe no Jan! by Shinji Saijyo
- Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku by Kenji Hamaoka
- Yowamushi pedal by Wataru Watanabe
Web links
- Homepage (Japanese)
- Entry on Anime News Network (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2010 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers. Anime News Network, January 17, 2011, accessed May 26, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . Del Rey, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8 , p. 339. (English)