Monthly Shōnen Magazine

Not to be confused with Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine.

Monthly Shōnen Magazine (月刊少年マガジン, Gekkan Shōnen Magajin) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (別冊少年マガジン). In 1969 it was retitled as Monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (月刊別冊少年マガジン) and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started publishing again, in 1975 it was renamed as current magazine title.

Monthly Shonen Magazine

Categories	Shōnen manga[1]
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	408,110[1] (January–March, 2018)
First issue	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
Company	Kodansha
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

It had a supplement magazine called Shōnen Magazine R, which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule.^[2] In January 2023, Shōnen Magazine R ceased publication.^[3] In February 2023, a new web publication called Getsu Maga Kichi (Monthly Magazine Base) replaced Shōnen Magazine R.^[4]

Manga series

Currently running manga series

Series title	Author	First issue
Danzai no Majutsu Gari	Taro Hitsuji, Mahiru Sukuya	February 2023
Dead Rock	Hiro Mashima	July 2023
Dear Boys Act 4	Hiroki Yagami	October 2018
Fermat Kitchen (フェルマーの料理)	Yugo Kobayashi	September 2018
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (め組の大吾 救国のオレンジ, Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange)	Masahito Soda	October 2020
Futari Switch	Akira Hiramoto	March 2022
In/Spectre	Chasiba Katase, Kyō Shirodaira	December 2019
Pumpkin Scissors (パンプキン·シザーズ)	Ryōtarō Iwanaga	November 2006
Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen (龍狼伝 中原繚乱編)	Yoshito Yamahara	July 2016
Seijo ni Uso wa Tsūjinai	Natsu Hyuga, Yo Asami	March 2023
Shin Kamen Rider Spirits (新 仮面ライダーSPIRITS)	Kenichi Muraeda	July 2009
Sudachi no Maōjō	Makoto Morisaki	October 2021
Tekken Chinmi Legends (鉄拳チンミLegends)	Takeshi Maekawa	September 2006
Thunder 3	Yuki Ikeda	May 2022
Welcome to the Ballroom (ボールルームへようこそ)	Tomo Takeuchi	November 2011
Zero Zero One	Shōgo Aoki	June 2023

Completed series

1960s

• "Terebi-kun" (Shigeru Mizuki) (1965)

1970s

• Spider-Man: The Manga (writers Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai, illustrator Ryoichi Ikegami) (January 1970 – September 1971)

1980s

• Nanto Magoroku (なんと孫六) (Kei Sadayasu) (February 1981 – May 2014)
• Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (December 1983 – February 1997)
• Meimon! Takonishi Ouendan (名門!多古西応援団) (Juzo Tokoro) (June 1984 – May 1992)
• Shura no Mon (Masatoshi Kawahara) (April 1987 – November 1996)
• 1+2=Paradise (Sumiko Kamimura) (1988-1990)
• Akira Tobu!! (あきら翔ぶ!!) (Katsuyuki Toda) (1989 – 1996)
• ANGEL♥BEAT (Ichiru Yasuhara) (1989 – 1996)
• Dear Boys (Hiroki Yamagi) (16 December 1989 – 17 March 1997)

1990s

• Ryūrōden (龍狼伝) (Yoshito Yamahara) (1993 – 2007)
• Dear Boys:Act II (Hiroki Yagami) (1997 – 2008)
• New Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (1997 – 2004)
• Beck (ベック) (Harold Sakuishi) (November 1999 – April 2008)

2000s

• Shana ou Yoshitsune (遮那王義経) (Hirofumi Sawada [ja]) (December 2000 – May 2007)
• Capeta (カペタ, Kapeta) (Masahito Soda) (March 2003 – March 2013)
• Rocket Man (ロケットマン) (Motohiro Katou) (October 6, 2001 – December 6, 2004)
• Yatagarasu (Aihara Tsukasa) (2002 - April 6, 2011)
• Alive: The Final Evolution (アライブ-最終進化的少年, Araibu - Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen) (Tadashi Kawashima) (October 2003 – February 6, 2010)
• Yonebu Times (米豊TIMES) (December 6, 2005 – August 6, 2007)
• Shana ou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen (遮那王義経 源平の合戦) (Hirofumi Sawada) (July 2007 – April 2015)
• Dear Boys:Act III (Hiroki Yagami) (December 2008 – December 2015)
• C.M.B. ~Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku~ (C.M.B. 森羅博物館の事件目録) (Motohiro Katou) (October 2005 – August 2020)

2010s

• Shura no Mon Iden Fudekage (修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ) (Masatoshi Kawahara) (2010 – 2014)
• Mashiro no Oto (ましろのおと) (Marimo Ragawa) (2010 - 2022)
• Noragami (ノラガミ) (Adachitoka) (2010 - 2024)
• Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) (Naoshi Arakawa) (April 6, 2011 – February 6, 2015)
• Fire Ball! (ファイヤーボール, FIRE BALL!) (Yukinobu Tatsu) (February 6, 2013 – August 6, 2014)
• Dear Boys: Over Time (Hiroki Yagami) (February 2016 – January 6, 2017)
• Kakushigoto (かくしごと) (Kōji Kumeta) (December 2015 – July 2020)
• Sayonara Watashi no Cramer (さよなら私のクラマー) (Naoshi Arakawa) (May 2016 – December 2020)
• Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅) (Azami Yō/Kagami Takaya) (June 2017 - February 2022)
• Love After World Domination (恋は世界征服のあとで) (Takahiro Wakamatsu), (Hiroshi Noda) (October 2019 - November 2022)