Shōnen Sunday
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| description | Manga magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Shonen |
| publishing company | Shogakukan ( Japan ) |
| First edition | March 17, 1959 |
| Frequency of publication | weekly |
| Sold edition | 302,167 copies |
Weekly Shōnen Sunday ( Japanese 週刊 少年 サ ン デ ー , Shūkan Shōnen Sandē ) is a Japanese manga magazine that is aimed at boys aged 10 to 14 years ( Shōnen ).
The magazine appears weekly - contrary to its title - every Wednesday by Shogakukan publishing house at a price of 240 yen . The main part of the magazine is made up of various chapters of manga series and manga short stories. There is usually a main character in the foreground, with whom the readers of the magazine can identify. Sports and fantasy manga as well as romance stories appear. Internationally famous mangaka such as Rumiko Takahashi , Mitsuru Adachi or Gosho Aoyama publish the majority of their works in Shōnen Sunday .
Shōnen Sunday was founded on March 15, 1959. In the following years it became one of the most popular weekly manga magazines. In 2005 it had a circulation of about 1,070,000 pieces per issue, lagging behind the two other popular weekly Shōnen magazines Shōnen Jump and Shōnen Magazine .
The magazine was the model for the Shōnen part of the now discontinued German magazine Manga Twister .
Published manga series
Ongoing
- Ai Kora by Kazuro Inoue
- Cross game by Mitsuru Adachi
- D-Live !! by Ryoji Minagawa
- Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama
- Gash! by Makoto Raiku
- Hayate no Gotoku by Kenjirō Hata
- Itsuwaribito Utsuho by Yuuki Iinuma
- Karakuri Circus by Kazuhiro Fujita
- Komi can't communicate by Tomohito Oda
- The Law of Ueki Plus by Tsubasa Fukuchi
- Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by Shinobu Ohtaka
- Major from Takuya Mitsuda
- MAR - Fairy Tale Awakens Romance by Nobuyuki Anazai
- Miage te Goran by Michiteru Kusaba
- Wild Life by Masato Fujisaki
- Yakitate !! Japan by Takashi Hashiguchi
Completed / no longer in the magazine
- Accidents from Takatoshi Yamada
- Ao no 6-go by Satoru Ozawa
- Arms by Ryoji Minagawa
- BB by Osamu Ishiwata
- Dan Doh !!
- Devil Devil by Yuki Miyoshi
- Dororo from Osamu Tezuka
- Fantasista by Michiteru Kusaba
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Takashi Shiina
- Go Kenta! by Mida Takuya
- H2 by Mitsuru Adachi
- Inu Yasha by Rumiko Takahashi
- Itadakimasu! by Takatoshi Yamada
- Yes, uma, grooming up! by Masami Yuuki
- Katsu! by Mitsuru Adachi
- Kaito Kid by Gosho Aoyama
- Kekkaishi from Yellow Tanabe
- Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor by Masami Yuuki
- Kurozakuro by Yoshinori Natsume
- The Law of Ueki by Tsubasa Fukuchi
- Makoto-chan by Kazuo Umezu
- Me-gumi no Daigo from Masahito Soda
- Monkey Turn by Katsutoshi Kawai
- Mr. Zipangu from Takashi Shiina
- Niji-iro Tohgarashi from Mitsuru Adachi
- Nine by Mitsuru Adachi
- Obio Gyutto ne!
- Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka
- Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi
- Rough by Mitsuru Adachi
- Spriggan by Ryoji Minagawa
- Togari by Yoshinori Natsume
- Touch from Mitsuru Adachi
- To-Y by Atsushi Kamijyo
- Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi
- Ushio to Tora by Kazuhiro Fujita
- Yaiba by Gosho Aoyama
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)