Monthly Shōnen Ace

Monthly Shōnen Ace (月刊少年エース, Gekkan Shōnen Ēsu) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime tie-ins.

Monthly Shōnen Ace

Categories	Shōnen manga[1]
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	100,000 (2017)[2]
Founded	1994
Company	Kadokawa Shoten
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	web-ace.jp/shonenace (in Japanese)

An online version of the magazine, titled Shōnen Ace Plus was launched in June 2019.^[3]

Manga artists and series featured in Shōnen Ace

• Imaru Adachi
  • Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway (ongoing)
• Natsume Akatsuki
  • Kemono Michi
• Katsu Aki
  • The Vision of Escaflowne (shōnen version; shōjo version was serialized in Asuka Fantasy DX)
• Sae Amatsu
  • Guardian Hearts
• Keiichi Arawi
  • Nichijou (ongoing)
• Clamp
  • Angelic Layer
• Nishiwaki Datto
  • Fate/stay night
• Sakae Esuno
  • Hanako and the Terror of Allegory
  • Future Diary
  • Big Order
  • Reign of the Seven Spellblades manga adaptation
• Kamui Fujiwara
  • Kerberos Panzer Cop (story by Mamoru Oshii, previously ran in Combat Comic and Amazing Comics)
• Masaru Gotsubo
  • Samurai Champloo
• Ryūsuke Hamamoto
  • Petit Eva (original work by Gainax & khara inc.)
• Yuichi Hasegawa
  • Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
• Ikumi Hino
  • Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
• Masahiro Ikeno
  • Banished from the Heroes' Party (ongoing)
  • Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Outside Story
• Sekihiko Inui
  • Ratman
• Yūji Iwahara
  • Chikyu Misaki
  • Koudelka
• Sōsuke Kaise
  • Grenadier
• Kaishaku
  • Kannazuki no Miko
  • Steel Angel Kurumi (originally featured in Monthly Shonen Ace Dash/A' DASH, later moved to Monthly Ace Next; now discontinued)
• Mario Kaneda
  • Girls Bravo^[4]
  • Saving Life
• Masato Kanetsuki
  • Sword Art Online: Unital Ring (created by Reki Kawahara) (ongoing)
• Karuna Kanzaki
  • Armed Girl's Machiavellism (written by Yūya Kurokami)
• Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou
  • Eureka Seven
  • Deadman Wonderland
  • Smokin' Parade
• Ranmaru Kotone
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Masami Kurumada
  • B't X
• Tomohiro Marukawa
  • The World of Narue
• Sankichi Meguro
  • Ghost Talker's Daydream (written by Saki Okuse)
• Haruhiko Mikimoto
  • Macross 7: Trash
  • Macross The First
• Suu Minazuki
  • Judas
  • Heaven's Lost Property
  • Plunderer
• Seijuro Miz
  • Mushi-Uta
• Masato Natsumoto
  • Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (story by Ryo Mizuno)
• Kenji Oiwa
  • Welcome to the N.H.K. (created by Tatsuhiko Takimoto)
• Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (moved to Young Ace in 2009)
• Kei Sanbe
  • Kamiyadori
• Hajime Segawa
  • Ga-Rei
  • Tokyo ESP
• Monako Serasai
  • Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel
• Yū Shimizu
  • The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (ongoing)
• Tatsuya Shingyoji
  • The King of Fighters '94
• Kumiko Suekane
  • Blood+
• Yukiru Sugisaki
  • Brain Powerd (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
• Shou Tajima
  • Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (story by Eiji Otsuka; moved to Young Ace in 2009)
• Yoshiki Takaya
  • Bio Booster Armor Guyver (moved to Young Ace in 2009, continued here after Monthly Shōnen Captain's cancelation)
• Kitsune Tennouji
  • Eden's Bowy (pulled from Comptiq in 1994)
• Yasunari Toda
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate)
• Meguru Ueno
  • My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (ongoing)
• Tetsuto Uesu
  • Shinmai Maō no Testament
• Housui Yamazaki
  • Mail
• Kagami Yoshimizu
  • Lucky Star (cameo strips only)
• Mine Yoshizaki
  • Sgt. Frog (ongoing)
• Kumichi Yoshizuki
  • Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies (written by Norie Yamada)

Circulation

Year / Period	Monthly circulation	Magazine sales	Sales revenue (est.)	Issue price
September 2003 to August 2004	59,167[5]	710,004	¥394,762,224	¥556[6]
September 2004 to August 2005	68,917[5]	827,004	¥459,814,224
September 2005 to August 2006	80,833[5]	969,996	¥539,317,776
September 2006 to December 2007	91,666[7]	1,466,656	¥815,460,736
January 2008 to September 2008	80,834[8]	727,506	¥404,493,336
October 2008 to September 2009	83,334[9]	1,000,008	¥556,004,448
October 2009 to September 2010	75,084[10]	901,008	¥514,475,568	¥571[11]
October 2010 to September 2011	66,500[12]	798,000	¥472,416,000	¥592[11]
October 2011 to September 2012	60,417[13]	725,004	¥432,827,388	¥597[11][14]
October 2012 to September 2013	75,000[15]	900,000	¥537,300,000
October 2013 to September 2014	75,000[16]	900,000	¥537,300,000
October 2014 to September 2015	100,000[17]	1,200,000	¥715,200,000
October 2015 to September 2016	100,000[18]	1,200,000	¥716,400,000
October 2016 to September 2017	100,000[2]	1,200,000	¥716,400,000
2004 to September 2017	80,031	13,525,186	¥7,812,171,700 ($75,384,595)	¥578