Asuka (magazine)

This article is about the Japanese manga magazine. For the French manga publishing imprint, see Kazé.

Asuka (あすか), formerly Monthly Asuka (月刊あすか, Gekkan Asuka),^[3] is a bimonthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten.^[5] The magazine was established in 1985.^[2] It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021.^[3] Much like its sibling publication Shōnen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs. Manga serialized in Asuka are published in tankōbon format under the Asuka Comics imprint.

Asuka

Cover of the magazine's July 2008 issue
Categories	Shōjo manga[1]
Frequency	Monthly (1985–2021)[2] Bimonthly (2021–present)[3]
Circulation	70,000[4] (Oct 2018 – Sept 2019)
Founded	1985
Company	Kadokawa Shoten
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	asuka-web.jp

Notable manga artists and series featured in Asuka

• Samamiya Akaza
  • Bloody Mary
  • Ballad x Opera
  • Mr. Mallow Blue
• Tamayo Akiyama
  • Hyper Rune
  • Mouryou Kiden
  • Secret Chaser
• Sumiko Amakawa
  • Cross
• Clamp
  • Clamp School Detectives
  • Legal Drug
  • Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales
  • Suki: A Like Story
  • Wish
  • X
• Fumino Hayashi
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days (spinoff of Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Akira Hiyoshimaru
  • Book Girl and the Delicious Recipe
  • Book Girl and the Lovesick Poet
• Haruko Iida
  • Crescent Moon
• Kasane Katsumoto
  • Hands Off!
• Ayumi Kawahara
  • Idol Densetsu Eriko
• Yōko Kondō
  • Suikyō Kitan (1988–1990)
• Temari Matsumoto
  • Kyo Kara MA no Tsuku Jiyuugyou! (based on the Kyo Kara Maoh! series)
• Min Min
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku (spinoff of Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Ai Morinaga
  • Yamada Tarō Monogatari
• Nakano
  • Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō
• Majiko!, Gorō Taniguchi, and Ichirō Ōkouchi
  • Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (spinoff of the anime series Code Geass)
• Aya Shouoto
  • Kiss of Rose Princess
  • The Demon Prince of Momochi House
• Yukiru Sugisaki
  • D.N.Angel
  • Lagoon Engine
  • Lagoon Engine Einsatz
• Satosumi Takaguchi
  • Hana no Asuka-gumi!
  • Sakende Yaruze
• Kazusa Takashima
  • Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made
• Keiko Takemiya
  • Tenma no Ketsuzoku
• Yōko Tamotsu
  • Midnight Occult Civil Servants
• Okamura Tensai and Nokiya
  • Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha (based on the anime Darker than Black)
• Setsuri Tsuzuki
  • Broken Angels
• Cain Yuga
  • Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star (based on the anime Cowboy Bebop, created by Hajime Yatate)
• Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate
  • Cowboy Bebop (spinoff/adaptation of the anime series of the same name)
• Kiyo Kujo and Sunao Yoshida
  • Trinity Blood
• Kairi Yura
  • Angelique
  • Saiunkoku Monogatari
• Odagiri Hotaru
  • The Betrayal Knows My Name
• Suzuka Oda
  • Psychic Detective Yakumo

Related magazines

• Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX
• Mystery DX
• The Horror