Young King OURs
Encyclopedia
is a monthly seinen
manga
magazine published in Japan
by Shōnen Gahosha
, aimed primarily at male audiences, mostly older teens and young adults
. It is the sister publication of Young King
(which in turn was the sister publication of the now-discontinued Shōnen King). As of 2008, the circulation of Young King OURs is 68,000 copies.
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
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 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by Shōnen Gahosha
Shonen Gahosha
is a Japanese publisher named for Shōnen Gaho one of its first magazines. Founded in 1945, it previously published driving manuals and English conversation guides. Now it is known for magazines such as biweekly seinen manga Young King, the monthly manga serials Young King OURs and Monthly Young King...
, aimed primarily at male audiences, mostly older teens and young adults
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...
. It is the sister publication of Young King
Young King
is a biweekly seinen manga magazine published in Japan by Shōnen Gahosha, aimed primarily at male audiences, mostly older teens and young adults. It is the sister publication of Monthly Young King and Young King OURs and was originally founded in 1987 as the sister publication of the...
(which in turn was the sister publication of the now-discontinued Shōnen King). As of 2008, the circulation of Young King OURs is 68,000 copies.
Manga artists and series featured in Young King OURs
- Kouta HiranoKouta Hiranois a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga Hellsing.- History :Starting his career first as a manga artist's assistant , and later an H manga artist, he went on to enjoy somewhat limited success with other relatively unknown manga titles such as Angel Dust,...
- HellsingHellsingis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It first premiered in Young King Ours in 1997 and ended in September 2008. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. As of March 2009 all chapters have been released in 10 volumes in...
- CrossfireCrossfire (manga)Crossfire refers to a three-chapter series by Kouta Hirano, who is best known as the author of Hellsing, where it appeared in the first three tankoubon. The stories focus on the fictional Vatican Section XIII, or the Iscariot Organisation...
- Hellsing: The Dawn
- DriftersDrifters (manga)is a fantasy, alternate history Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. The manga started serialization in Shōnen Gahosha's magazine, Young King Ours on April 30, 2009...
- Hellsing
- Masakazu Ishiguro
- And Yet The Town Moves
- Akihiro Itou
- GeobreedersGeobreedersis a manga series by Akihiro Ito. Two anime OVAs were also produced to tell part of the story, with "Kitty" taking place during the timeline between volumes 5 and 6 of the manga, and "Breakthrough" acting as an introduction to volume 8...
- Geobreeders
- Gaku MiyaoGaku Miyaois a Japanese manga artist known for his work on the series Kazan. He began his career as an animator, but started creating manga so he could explore the storytelling process on his own. His signature titles include Kazan, Cycle Shop Aoba, Devil Hunter Yohko, and Shichimi Nadeshiko Unon. Comics...
- Kazan
- Yasuhiro NightowYasuhiro Nightowis a Japanese manga artist and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. Nightow was born on April 8, 1967 in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school, and spent the junior high and high school years in Shizuoka....
- Trigun MaximumTrigunis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow, published from 1996 to 2008 and spanning 17 collected volumes....
(originally published in Shōnen Captain)
- Trigun Maximum
- Rikdo KoshiRikdo Koshi, is a Japanese manga artist, his most notable work being Excel Saga. Rikdo is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University and lives in Dazaifu, Fukuoka.-Works:...
- Excel SagaExcel Sagais a manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi. It has been serialized in Young King OURs since 1996, with individual chapters collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Shōnen Gahosha. The series follows the attempts of Across, a "secret ideological organization", to conquer the city...
- Excel Saga
- Hajime Yamamura
- Ten ni Hibiki
- Mizukami Satoshi
- The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer (Hoshi no Samidare)
- Masahiro Shibata
- Sarai
- Satoshi ShikiSatoshi Shikiis a Japanese manga artist whose works include Kamikaze and Riot. He's also an artist of hentai manga, and this influence can be seen even in his non-hentai works like Kamikaze and ....
- I – Daphne in the Brilliant BlueDaphne in the Brilliant Blueis a 2004 anime series animated by the studio J.C.Staff and produced by GENCO.It was licensed by Geneon USA in 2004. However, Geneon USA had ceased operations in September 2007 and lost all their titles...
- I – Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
- Toshimitsu Shimizu
- Maico 2010Maico 2010Maico 2010 is a manga series by Toshimitsu Shimizu which ran in Young King Ours from 1997 to 1998. The manga was adapted to an anime TV series on WOWOW in 1998 under the title as part of the Anime Complex omnibus show. The series was published in English by ComicsOne. ComicsOne rated the series as...
- Red Prowling DevilRed Prowling Devilis a Japanese manga series created by Toshimitsu Shimizu, published in Japan by Shōnen Gahousha and spanning eight volumes . An English translation of the series, covering all eight volumes in flipped format, was published in the United States by the ComicsOne corporation, starting in October...
- Maico 2010
- Hiroki Ukawa
- Shrine of the Morning MistShrine of the Morning Mistis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Ugawa. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King Ours. The manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The manga was adapted into an anime series, directed by Yuji Moriyama...
- Shrine of the Morning Mist
- Shutaro Yamada
- Loan Wolf
- Daisuke MoriyamaDaisuke Moriyamais a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Chrono Crusade series which was adapted into a 24 episodes anime series by the studio Gonzo...
- World EmbryoWorld Embryois a Japanese manga series by Daisuke Moriyama. It has been serialized by Shōnen Gahosha in Young King OURs since 2005 and collected in four bound volumes as of August 2008. The story follows a group of humans who combat monstrous creatures that spread around by using cell-phone signals...
- World Embryo
- IsutoshiIsutoshiis a Japanese manga artist, creator of erotic comic series Slut Girl and the non-erotic manga called . He started his career in 1994 producing work that would later be published in dōjinshi by the circle...
- Aiki