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manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha
since 7 July 1967.
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Seinen
is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...
manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha
Futabasha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.-List of magazines published by Futabasha:*Bravo Ski*Comic Seed!*Futabasha Web Magazine*Manga Action ZERO*Tōji Rō*Getter Robot Saga...
since 7 July 1967.
Currently serialized
Listed alphabetically.- Bar Lemon Heart (since 1985, Mitsutoshi FuruyaMitsutoshi Furuyais a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka in 1958, but is primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka five years later...
) - Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (since 2007, Naoyuki Ochiai)
- Ekiben Hitoritabi (since 2005, Jun Hayase (art & story), Kan Sakurai (editor))
- Ganpapatō no Zerosen Shōjo (since 2007, Sōichi Moto)
- Gokudō MeshiGokudō Meshiis a Japanese manga series by Shigeru Tsuchiyama. It has been adapted into a live action film in 2011....
(since 2006, Shigeru Tsuchiyama) - Hyōryū Net Café (since 2008, Shūzō Oshimi)
- Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun (since 2004, Tamachiku)
- Mitsubachi no Kiss (since 2008, Tōru Izu)
- My Pure Lady: Onegai Suppleman (since 2006, Kaoru Hazuki (artist), Chinatsu Tomisawa (creator))
- The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative EvolutionThe New Dinosaurs: An Alternative EvolutionThe New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution is a book written by geologist and paleontologist Dougal Dixon. While Dixon's earlier book After Man is set fifty million years in the future, The New Dinosaurs speculates on how the dinosaurs would have evolved over the last 65 million years had the...
(since ?, Takaaki Ogawa (artist), Dougal DixonDougal Dixon-Biography:Dixon studied geology and palaeontology at the University of St. Andrews and is best known for his illustrated works of speculative fiction, which largely concern "zoologies of the future": his own visions of how human beings and animals might evolve in millions of years' time...
(writer)) - Ninja Papa (since 2006, Yasuhito Yamamoto)
- Nōnai Kakutō Akiba Shoot (since 2007, Shingo Yamada)
- Ōsaka Hamlet (since 2005, Hiromi Morishita)
- Porno Graffiti (since 2008, Chinatsu Tomisawa)
- Samayoi Zakura (since 2008, Mamora Gōda)
- Sensei no Kaban (since 1999, Jiro TaniguchiJiro Taniguchiis a Japanese manga artist.- Biography:He began to work as assistant of the late manga artist Kyota Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya , published in the magazine Young Comic....
(artist), Hiromi Kawakami (creator)) - Shin Shiawase no Jikan (since 2005, Yasuyumi Kunitomo)
- Suzuki-sensei (since 2005, Kenji Taketomi)
- Uchi no Tsumatte Dō Deshō? (since 2007, Shigeyuki Fukumitsu)
- Wild Nights (since 2008, Tomohiro Koizumi)
Previously serialized
Listed by order of appearance.- 009-1009-1is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action from 1967 to 1970, then returned briefly in 1974. The story concerns Miléne Hoffman , a female cyborg who works as a secret agent...
(1967-1970, Shotaro IshinomoriShotaro Ishinomoriwas a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...
) - Lupin IIILupin III, also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of...
(1967-1972, Monkey PunchMonkey PunchMonkey Punch is the pen name of Japanese manga artist Kazuhiko Katō , creator of the successful Japanese manga series Lupin III...
) - Lone Wolf and CubLone Wolf and Cubis a manga created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, four plays, a television series starring Yorozuya Kinnosuke, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work.Lone Wolf and Cub...
(1970-1976, Kazuo KoikeKazuo Koikeis a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.-Biography:Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series....
, Goseki KojimaGoseki Kojimawas a Japanese manga artist.-Biography:Kojima was born on the same day as Osamu Tezuka. After getting out of junior high school, Kojima painted advertising posters for movie theaters as his source of income....
) - Lupin III: World's Most WantedLupin III, also known as Lupin the 3rd, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of Monkey Punch. The story follows the adventures of a gang of thieves led by Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief of Maurice Leblanc's series of...
(1977-1981, Monkey Punch) - Crayon Shin-chanCrayon Shin-chanis a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui.Crayon Shin-chan follows the adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan....
(1990-2010, Yoshito UsuiYoshito Usui, born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was a manga artist known for the popular manga Crayon Shin-chan. He and his wife raised two daughters; both had moved out of the house at the time of Usui's death.-Biography:...
) - Old BoyOld Boy (manga)is a manga series written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. The narrative follows the protagonist Shinichi Gotō, a man who, after a decade of incarceration in a private prison, is suddenly freed...
(1996-1998, Garon TsuchiyaGaron Tsuchiya, also known by the name of and marginal , started his manga story career in 1979.In 1986, completed his first major works in collaboration with Akyo Makata, in Ahomansu and Meisouou Boodaa. Afterwards, Tsuchiya collaborated with draftsman Kaiji Kawaguchi for the title, Tokishozo Disturbs and...
& Nobuaki MinegishiNobuaki Minegishiis a manga artist whose works include Old Boy, Aburemon, Jungle, Teppen, Hoozuki, Joi Reika, and Maboroshi No Kakero.Minegishi's series Old Boy won the 2007 Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan....
) - High School GirlsHigh School Girlsis a comedy manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 2001, and then subsequently Comic High! from 2004....
(2001-2006, Towa OshimaTowa Oshimais a Japanese manga artist, currently residing in Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for the manga, High School Girls and its anime adaptation, Girl's High...
) - Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry BlossomsTown of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossomsis a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in Weekly Manga Action in 2003 and 2004, then collected in a single tankōbon volume in 2004. The stories about a family of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima...
(2003, Fumiyo KōnoFumiyo Kōnois a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms. She was born in Hiroshima in 1968 and began drawing manga when she was in junior high school. She states that she began drawing manga because her parents would not often buy her manga...
) - Ochiken (2005-2008, Yoshio Kawashima)
- Hinotama Love (2006-2007, Maya KoikedaMaya Koikedais the pen name of a Japanese manga artist. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the Kyoto City University of Arts...
) - Kono Sekai no Katasumi niKono Sekai no Katasumi niis a manga by Fumiyo Kouno which ran from 2007 - 2009 in Manga Action. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Second World War...
(2007-2009, Fumiyo KōnoFumiyo Kōnois a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms. She was born in Hiroshima in 1968 and began drawing manga when she was in junior high school. She states that she began drawing manga because her parents would not often buy her manga...
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