Weekly Young Sunday
Encyclopedia
was a weekly manga
magazine published by Shogakukan
in Japan
since the first issue on April 10, 1987. It replaced Shōnen Big Comic
in Shogakukan's lineup of shōnen
titles, and many of the titles in Shōnen Big Comic were continued in Young Sunday. The magazines was sometimes called for short
.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Weekly Young Sunday, Shogakukan and Yahoo! Auctions Japan
held a charity auction benefitting the Green Cross Japan
. Various manga artists
donated signed original artwork, and Shogakukan donated rare goods related to the series and people appearing in the magazine.
On May 30, 2008, Shogakukan announced that they would cease publication of the magazine. The final issue was released on July 31, 2008.
, or movie.
. Big Comic Spirits itself began releasing a special supplementary issue entitled YS Special. The magazine's first issue debuted September 28, 2008 and allowed for the twelve remaining series running in Young Sunday at the time of its cancellation to conclude their storylines.
Of those twelve series, Chō Mukiryoku Sentai Japa-Five, Hana no Miyako, and Miharu Rising all ended in the third issue. Thanatos: Mushikera no Ken and Beach Stars ended in the fourth issue. The final seven; Sakuranbo Syndrome: Kupido no Itazura Nijidama II, The School of Water Business, Odds, Drive Alive, Go-On!, Ankoro, and Yami no Aegis all concluded in the final issue published in January 2009.
profiled in the magazine)
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
magazine published by Shogakukan
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
in Japan
Japan
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since the first issue on April 10, 1987. It replaced Shōnen Big Comic
Shonen Big Comic
was a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979.In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday...
in Shogakukan's lineup of shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
titles, and many of the titles in Shōnen Big Comic were continued in Young Sunday. The magazines was sometimes called for short
Nickname
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.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Weekly Young Sunday, Shogakukan and Yahoo! Auctions Japan
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held a charity auction benefitting the Green Cross Japan
Green Cross International
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. Various manga artists
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
donated signed original artwork, and Shogakukan donated rare goods related to the series and people appearing in the magazine.
On May 30, 2008, Shogakukan announced that they would cease publication of the magazine. The final issue was released on July 31, 2008.
Ongoing titles in the final issue
Titles marked with * have had been adapted into a live action movie, TV drama series, or special. Titles marked with ** have had been adapted into an anime series, OVAOriginal video animation
, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
, or movie.
- Aoi Honō, by Kazuhiko ShimamotoKazuhiko Shimamotois a Japanese manga artist. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in 1982, he debuted in the February special issue of Shōnen Sunday with Hissatsu no Denkousei. At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a...
(not in every issue, began issue 15 in 2007) - Ankoro by Daichi BanjouDaichi Banjou, known under the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. He is a graduate of Seinan Gakuin University. After graduating, he worked as an assistant to Takashi Shiina. In 1991 he won the 21st Shogakukan New Artist Award for "Feron 11" as well as an honorable mention for the "Fujiko Fujio Award"...
- Beach Stars by Masahiro Morio
- Birdy the MightyBirdy the Mightyis a manga by Masami Yuki, who is best known for producing the long-running series Patlabor. His initial work on the series was quickly abandoned, but it was made into an anime, which was produced and, on the last episode, scripted by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who is known for anime titles such as Vampire...
, by Masami YukiMasami Yuki, real name Shūji Satō , is a manga artist.Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear...
(began issue 4/5 in 2003)* - Chō Mukiryoku Sentai Japa-Five by Masaki SatouMasaki Satouis a Japanese manga artist. He has published his works in a number of Shogakukan manga magazines, including Young Sunday and Monthly Sunday GX.His best known work is Chō Mukiryoku Sentai Japa-Five...
- Cut: Katsuhito, by Tomomi Muronaga (began issue 16 in 2007)
- Drive Alive by Kunihiko Nakai
- Dr. Kotō ShinryōjoDr. Koto Shinryojois a manga series by Takatoshi Yamada that was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday until the magazines cancellation, at that point it moved to Big Comic Original in 2008....
, by Takatoshi Yamada (began issue 29 in 2000)** - Go-On! by Manabu Akisige
- Hana no Miyako by Takashi KondōTakashi Kondois a Japanese voice actor represented by Vi-vo.-Anime roles:Lead roles are in bold.*Beyblade - Miguel*Bleach - Di Roy Linker, Findor Carias, Narunosuke*Captain Tsubasa - Pepe*Chocotto Sister - Awara in episode 3*Fairy Tail - Hibiki...
- Idol AceIdol Aceis a Japanese short manga written by Mitsuru Adachi about a high school girl who wishes to play on the high school baseball team, but can not due to the rules. Her father is the team's coach, and her best friend happens to look very much like her, so she is able to do a swap with him during games...
, by Mitsuru AdachiMitsuru Adachiis a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa...
(not in every issue, began issue 36/37 in 2005) - Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitIkigami: The Ultimate Limitis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday. A national prosperity law has been passed in dystopian Japan resulting in citizens between the ages of 18-24 being randomly selected to die for the good of the nation. These...
, by Motorō Mase (began issue 9 in 2005) - KurosagiKurosagiis a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as . It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!.The series was...
, by Kuromaru (created by Takeshi Tatsuhara, began issue 50 in 2003)** - Lost Man by Michiteru Kusaba
- Ma Q Ken by Masahiko Kikuni
- Miharu Rising by Miku Simai
- Mogura no Uta by Noburu Takahashi
- Odds, by Osamu IshiwataOsamu Ishiwatais a Japanese manga artist. He won the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for B.B. The manga artist Yoshitomo Yoshimoto is his younger brother.-External links:...
(began issue 14 in 2006) - Oyasumi Pun Pun, by Inio AsanoInio Asanois a Japanese manga author. Asano created the acclaimed manga Solanin which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki. He is known for his character driven, realist stories that range from slice of life stories to psychological horror...
(began issue 15 in 2007) - Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no ShichininRainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, is a Japanese manga series written by George Abe and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki. It began serialization in 2003 in Shogakukan Publishing's Weekly Young Sunday manga magazine but was moved to Big Comic Spirits when the magazine stopped publication. It was later published in twenty two bound...
by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (began in 2001) ** - Sakuranbo Syndrome: Kupido no Itazura Nijidama II, by Taku KitazakiTaku Kitazakiis a Japanese manga artist. Kitazaki debuted with Eiyuu Koushinkyoku in Shōnen Big Comics. He is known for his romance manga series, and one of his former assistants was Masahito Soda of Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M.-External links:** * *...
(began issue 34 in 2006) - Shin Seishun-kun, by Yasutaka Togashi (began issue 1 in 2007)
- Thanatos: Mushikera no Ken, by Shinji TakeharaShinji Takeharawas a professional boxer in the Middleweight division. Takehara was Japan's only boxer to capture a World Middleweight Title, which is also the highest weight class in which a Japanese boxer has captured a World Title....
(writer) and Yūsuke Ochiai (artist) (began issue 1 in 2007) - Tōbō Bengoshi Narita Makoto by Yū Takada and Shiro Takahide
- Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō ShodōbuTomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbuis a Japanese seinen manga series by Katsutoshi Kawai. It began serialization in Weekly Young Sunday, later moving to Big Comic Spirits due to the cancellation of the former. It was nominated for best manga at the first two Manga Taisho. A live action television series adaptation is being broadcast...
by Katsutoshi Kawai (began in 2007) - Toritsu Mizusho! by Hikaru Murozumi and Shinobu Inokuma
- Yami no Aegis by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Yoshihide FujiwaraYoshihide Fujiwarais a Japanese manga artist. Fujiwara first came to attention by winning the 1984 Shogakukan New Artist Award for Maris. He worked as Ryoichi Ikegami's assistant until 1986, and his artistic style closely resembles that of his master....
- Zetsubō ni Kiku KusuriZetsubo ni Kiku Kusuriis a Japanese non-fiction manga by Reiji Yamada. Each volume is a collection with interviews describing how the subjects overcame hardship, or how they are working to make the world a better place.- Volume One :* Reiji Yamada...
, by Reiji YamadaReiji Yamada' is a Japanese manga artist. His first big hit was a romantic comedy , and he is also known for the manga adaptation of Zebraman. He is very concerned with societal problems, and has spent the last several years drawing Zetsubō ni Kiku Kusuri a series of manga interviews with people he believes...
(began issue 38 in 2003)
YS Special
Of the series that were running in the magazine at the time of its cancellation, Birdy the Mighty, Ikigami The Ultimate Limit, Kurosagi, Lost Man, Mogura no Uta, Oyasumi Punpun, Rainbow Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin, and Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu all moved to Big Comic SpiritsBig Comic Spirits
is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan and aimed at males 20–25 years old. It originally launched on October 14, 1980. The culture of food, sports, love relationships, and business provide the themes for its featured series, which often question conventional values...
. Big Comic Spirits itself began releasing a special supplementary issue entitled YS Special. The magazine's first issue debuted September 28, 2008 and allowed for the twelve remaining series running in Young Sunday at the time of its cancellation to conclude their storylines.
Of those twelve series, Chō Mukiryoku Sentai Japa-Five, Hana no Miyako, and Miharu Rising all ended in the third issue. Thanatos: Mushikera no Ken and Beach Stars ended in the fourth issue. The final seven; Sakuranbo Syndrome: Kupido no Itazura Nijidama II, The School of Water Business, Odds, Drive Alive, Go-On!, Ankoro, and Yami no Aegis all concluded in the final issue published in January 2009.
Concluded titles
These titles have concluded their runs in Weekly Young Sunday.- AngelAngel (manga)Angel is a long running series of manga created by Japanese comic book author U-Jin. The original manga series met with controversy in 1990–1991 in Japan and was retired from its magazine serialization....
, by U-JinU-Jinis a Japanese manga artist specializing in lewd and pornographic manga. U-Jin has created many manga over his career and is well known for his portrayals of cute pneumatic female figures.-Works:* Angel... - Bakune Young, by Toyokazu Matsunaga
- Captain Donkabe, by Hiroto Oishi
- Cupid no Itazura Nijidama, by Taku KitazakiTaku Kitazakiis a Japanese manga artist. Kitazaki debuted with Eiyuu Koushinkyoku in Shōnen Big Comics. He is known for his romance manga series, and one of his former assistants was Masahito Soda of Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M.-External links:** * *...
- Portus, by Jun Abe
- Fighting Beauty WulongFighting Beauty Wulongis a seinen manga series by Yūgo Ishikawa There are currently 19 volumes. The story has been adapted into an anime which spans two series. Both anime series covers volume 00-18. The first series is Fighting Beauty Wulong and the second is Fighting Beauty Wulong: Rebirth...
, by Yūgo IshikawaYugo Ishikawais a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in Young Jump with Kakumei Route 163 in 1982.He is best known for his series Yoiko and Fighting Beauty Wulong.-External links:*...
♥ - Hikari no Sora, by Eiji Kazama
- Hoshi no FurumachiHoshi no Furumachiis a manga written and illustrated by Hidenori Hara.-Live Action film:It was adapted into a live-action film in 2011.-External links:*...
, by Hidenori HaraHidenori Harais a Japanese manga artist. He won the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for his Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari.- References :... - Ichi the KillerIchi the Killeris a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name.- Plot : While alone with a prostitute, crime lord Anjo is brutally murdered...
, by Hideo YamamotoHideo Yamamotois a Japanese manga artist.He received the "Tetsuya Chiba Award", given to promising young manga creators in 1988. After resigning from the post of assistant of a popular seinen manga artist, Kenshi Hirokane, he made his professional debut by drawing "SHEEP" for Weekly Young Sunday in 1989.Martial...
(May 1998 through 2001) ♣ - Irasshāse., by Yūsuke Yoshida (began issue 21/22 in 2004)
- Jimuin A-ko, by Hiroyuki NishimoriHiroyuki Nishimoriis a Japanese manga artist. His series Cheeky Angel won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 2001, and has been translated into English by Viz Media....
(began issue 14 in 2006) - KakeruKakeru* For the Ape Escape character, see Kakeru is a manga created by Kenjiro Takeshita and serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. Kakeru, the title character, possesses supernatural powers as a result of a near death experience and consequently must use them to protect those close to him.-Story:Kakeru...
, by Kenjirō Takeshita (1997-?) - Karen Jogakiun Kōkō Danshi Kendōbu, by Kenji Morita (began issue 13 in 2007)
- Lycanthrope Leo, by Kengo Kaji and Kenji Okamura
- Odawara Dragon Quest!, by Dragon Odawara (began issue 7/8 in 2003)
- O~i! RyomaO~i! Ryomais a Japanese shōnen manga written by Tetsuya Takeda and illustrated by Yū Koyama. It is a comical and serious account mixing history and fiction of the life of the Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma.- Outline :...
, by Yū KoyamaYu Koyamais a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by Takao Saitō...
and Tetsuya Takeda (1986–1996) - One-Pound GospelOne-Pound Gospelis a manga series created by Rumiko Takahashi, author of Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, and InuYasha. The series was serialized periodically in Weekly Young Sunday from issue 9 in 1987 to issue 3/4 in 2007. Released in North America by Viz Media, it is a fusion of the sports and romantic comedy genres...
, by Rumiko TakahashiRumiko Takahashiis a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
(not in every issue, March 1987 - January 2007) ♥ - Over Rev!Over Rev!is a Japanese manga series created by Katsumi Yamaguchi and Team39. The manga began serialization in the now-defunct seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday, and sold 31 volumes between May 1997 and November 2004. The series also spanned a V-Cinema, an OVA, and a CD drama...
, by Katsumi Yamaguchi (1997-?) ♥ - Seishun-kun, by Yasutaka Togashi (1989-?)
- Shimokita Glory Days, by Jiro Otani
- Short Cuts, by Usamaru FuruyaUsamaru Furuyais a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Tama Art University where he majored in oil painting and developed an interest in sculpting and Butoh dance....
(1998-?) - Short Program (various short stories), by Mitsuru Adachi (1987–1995)
- Sakura DiariesSakura Diariesis a 12 episode OVA series based on the manga of the same name by renowned hentai manga artist U-Jin about romance, love triangles, and the struggle to get into a prestigious university.-Plot:...
by U-JinU-Jinis a Japanese manga artist specializing in lewd and pornographic manga. U-Jin has created many manga over his career and is well known for his portrayals of cute pneumatic female figures.-Works:* Angel...
(1995–2000) - Tell Me A Lie, by Gosho AoyamaGosho Aoyama, born on June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan .-Educational background:Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age...
(2007) - SEX, by Atsushi KamijoAtsushi Kamijois a Japanese manga artist. At times he is billed as "Atsushi Kamijo and Yoko", which refers to Yoko Murase, his assistant. Kamijo is known for his stylish designs, which often use pure white backgrounds with very little middle ground between black and white...
(1988–1992) - BUGS: Summer of Predators, by Kyoichi Nanatsuki & Yoshihide FujiwaraYoshihide Fujiwarais a Japanese manga artist. Fujiwara first came to attention by winning the 1984 Shogakukan New Artist Award for Maris. He worked as Ryoichi Ikegami's assistant until 1986, and his artistic style closely resembles that of his master....
(2006–2007) - Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō, by Kei KusunokiKei Kusunoki, real name , is a Japanese manga artist best known for her horror and comedy manga series. She debuted in 1982 in Ribon Original with Nanika ga Kanojo Tōri Tsuita?. Her twin-sister Kaoru Ōhashi also works as a manga artist.- Works :...
(1986–1990)
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profiled in the magazine)