Big Comic Original

Big Comic Original (ビッグコミックオリジナル, Biggu Komikku Orijinaru) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to the manga magazine Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not.^[3] Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.^{[citation needed]}

Big Comic Original

Big Comic Original February 5, 2007 issue
Editor-in-chief	Nakaguma Ichirō
Categories	Seinen manga[1][2]
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Circulation	504,333[2] (July–September, 2016)
Founded	1972
Company	Shogakukan
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	Official website

Launched in 1972, it has published over 1000 issues, typically running to about 350 pages in a black-and-white, saddle-stapled format, selling for 340 yen (2015). More than 83% of readers are reported to be over 30 years old, with female readers comprising about a quarter of the total. Most readers are company employees.^[4] Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.^[5]

Currently running manga series

Title	Author/Artist	Premiered
Bara-mura e Yōkoso (薔薇村へようこそ)	Fumi Saimon	October 2021[6]
Bokura wa Sore wo Koete Yuku (僕らはそれを越えてゆく)	Yū Nakahara	September 2021[7]
Cecil no Joō (セシルの女王, Seshiru no Joō)	Hideo Iura	October 2021[8]
Curry Man (カレーマン, Karēman)	Mitsuo Hashimoto (original work by Masaru Miyazaki)	July 2022[9]
Dekake Oya (出かけ親)	Sensha Yoshida	July 2017[10]
Himiko (卑弥呼)	Richard Wu (story) and Mariko Nakamura (art)	September 2018[11]
Hon no Mushi Mimizuku-kun (本の虫 ミミズクくん)	Yuniko Karashi	September 2021[12]
Kango Joshu no Nana-chan (看護助手のナナちゃん)	Chisa Nomura	August 2010[a]
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (黄昏流星群, Tasogare Ryūseigun)	Kenshi Hirokane	1995[15]
Miwa-san Narisumasu (ミワさんなりすます)	Uhei Aoki	January 2021[16]
No Comic, No Life (没有漫画 没有人生, Nō Komikku nō Raifu)	Minetarō Mochizuki	January 2022[17]
San-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no Uta	Ryohei Saigan	September 1974[18]
Shōwa Tennō Monogatari (昭和天皇物語)	Kazutoshi Hando (story), Issei Eifuku (story) and Junichi Nojo (art)	April 2017[19]
Shin'ya Shokudō (深夜食堂)	Yaro Abe	August 2007[b]
Stigma (スティグマ, Sutiguma)	Hideo Iura	March 2021[23]
Ta-tan (たーたん)	Keiko Nishi	January 2015[24]
Tetsubon (テツぼん)	Kiyoshi Nagamatsu (story) and Enshu Takahashi (art)	January 2011[25]
Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌)	Juzo Yamasaki (story) and Kenichi Kitami (art)	1979[26]
Zenkamono (前科者)	Masahito Kagawa (story) and Toji Tsukishima (art)	December 2017[27]

Manga artists and series published

• Mitsuru Adachi
  • Jinbē (1992–1997) and Bōken Shōnen (1998–2005)
• George Akiyama
  • Haguregumo (1973–2017)
• Nobuyuki Fukumoto
  • The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2002–2006)
  • Shin Kurosawa:Saikyō Densetsu (2013–2020)
• Mitsuo Hashimoto
  • Station (1992–1996)
• Kenshi Hirokane and Masao Yajima
  • Human Crossing (1980–1990)
• Shinichi Ishizuka
  • Gaku: Minna no Yama (2003–2012)
• Hideo Iura
  • Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2009)
• Ichimaru
  • Okami-san (1990–1999)
  • Okami-san Heisei Basho (2011–2013)
• Junji Ito
  • No Longer Human (2017–2018)
• Eiji Kazama
  • Kaze no Daichi (風の大地) (1990–2022; with Nobuhiro Sakata)
• Kō Kojima
  • Hige to Boin (1974–2004)
• Shinji Mizushima
  • Abu-san (1973–2014)
• Motoka Murakami
  • Ryuu Ron (1991–2006)
• Jiro Taniguchi
  • Guardians of the Louvre (2014)
• Naoki Urasawa
  • Pineapple Army (1985–1988; with Kazuya Kudo)
  • Master Keaton (1988–1994; with Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki)
  • Monster (1994–2001)
  • Pluto (2003–2009)
  • Master Keaton Remaster (2012–2014; with Takashi Nagasaki)
  • Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2017–2018)
• Takatoshi Yamada
  • Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (moved from Weekly Young Sunday; 2008–2010) [on hiatus]
• Osamu Yamamoto
  • Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood (2017–2021)

Notes

1. The manga started in Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] in April 2009,^[13] and has been parallel published in the main magazine since August 2010.^[14]
2. The manga started in Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] in October 2006,^[20][21] and was transferred to the main magazine in August 2007.^[22]