Gundam Ace
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Chief Editor | Hideaki Kobayashi |
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Categories | Shōnen manga[1] |
Frequency | Quarterly (Vol. 1–3) Bimonthly (Vol. 4–9) Monthly (from vol. 10) |
Circulation | 120,000 (2017)[2] |
First issue | June 25, 2001 (August 2001) |
Company | Kadokawa Shoten |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Website | Gundam Ace |
Gundam Ace (ガンダムエース, Gandamu Eesu) is a monthly Japanese shōnen(though some manga seem more like seinen) manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. It largely focuses on the Gundam franchise. There was a Chinese version published by Kadokawa Media (Taiwan) Co., Ltd, discontinued in 2008.
Overview[]
Gundam Ace started as a quarterly publication from vol.1 to 3, moved to a bi-monthly publication from vol.4, and on April 25, 2003 (with vol.10) it became a monthly publication. The producer is Shinichirou Inoue of Kadokawa Shoten who also produces Newtype and Shonen Ace. The chief editor is Hideaki Kobayashi.
The magazine contains a number of common features found in official fan magazines, including news on upcoming Gundam series and merchandise.
Currently serialized titles[]
- Mobile Suit Gundam-san (Since August 2001)
- Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel (Since December 2001)
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (Since November 2002)
- SEED Club 4-Koma (Since December 2004)
- Gundam Unicorn: Bande Dessinée (Since March 2010)
- Gundam MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden (Since June 2010)
- Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop (Since August 2010)
- Super-Class! Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Since September 2010)
- Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: The Glory of Losers (Since November 2010)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam DEFINE (Since August 2011)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Re: (Since June 2012)
- Gundam MSV-R: The Fabulous Shin Matsunaga! (Since August 2012)
- Char's Daily Life (Since September 2012)
- People of Gundam (Since December 2012)
- Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. 0094: Across the Sky (Since January 2013)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Nameless Battlefield (Since May 2013)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 REBELLION (Since August 2013)
- Gundam Build Fighters AMAZING (Since December 2013)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link (Since April 2014)
- Gundam EXA VS (Since May 2014)
- Gundam Reconguista in G (Since October 2014)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Since October 2015)
Featured manga[]
Many of the manga titles running in the magazine serve as promotion (adaptations based on recent games, animated series side stories, etc.) or parody the Gundam series/fandom.
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles
- Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel (ongoing)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray
- After War Gundam X: Under the Moonlight
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny -The Edge-
- Mobile Suit Gundam-san
- Inu Gundam
- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Steel Seven
- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Revelations 0079
- The Wings of Rean
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00F
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00I
- New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop (ongoing)
Non-manga columns[]
- Data Gundam
- Ages of Gundam
- Okawara Factory
- Gundam Goods Navigation
- Gundam Game Information
- GUNDAM"ACE"FIX
- GAME'S MSV
Giveaways[]
Most issues of Gundam Ace contain at least one 'free gift' item. These may be used to promote a current Gundam work or based on original manga appearing in the magazine. In the three months leading up to the premiere of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, the magazine gave away a 00 pencil board, sticker sheet and poster. A continuing series has been keychains depicting Mobile Suit Gundam characters as chickens, based on a popular manga of the same concept. Other items given away include CM collection CD-ROMs, exclusive alternate manga cover sleeves and cardboard calendar cubes.
Circulation[]
Time period | Monthly circulation | Sales | Revenue (JPY)[3][4] | Revenue (USD) |
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2004 | 211,416[5] | 2,536,992 | ¥1,775,894,400 | $153,364,975 |
2005 | 209,292[5] | 2,511,504 | ¥1,758,052,800 | |
2006 | 195,500[5] | 2,346,000 | ¥1,642,200,000 | |
2007 | 184,750[6] | 2,217,000 | ¥1,551,900,000 | |
April 2008 to June 2008 | 180,000[7] | 540,000 | ¥378,000,000 | |
July 2008 to September 2008 | 175,000[8] | 525,000 | ¥367,500,000 | |
October 2008 to September 2009 | 161,417[1] | 1,937,004 | ¥1,355,902,800 | |
October 2009 to September 2010 | 135,417[9] | 1,625,004 | ¥1,355,902,800 | |
October 2010 to September 2011 | 133,584[10] | 1,603,008 | ¥1,122,105,600 | |
October 2011 to September 2012 | 110,667[11] | 1,328,004 | ¥929,602,800 | |
October 2012 to September 2013 | 120,000[12] | 1,440,000 | ¥1,008,000,000 | $19,028,781 |
October 2013 to September 2014 | 120,000[13] | 1,440,000 | ¥1,008,000,000 | |
October 2014 to September 2015 | 120,000[14] | 1,440,000 | ¥1,008,000,000 | $18,530,621 |
October 2015 to September 2016 | 120,000[15] | 1,440,000 | ¥1,008,000,000 | |
October 2016 to September 2017 | 120,000[2] | 1,440,000 | ¥1,008,000,000 | $9,246,886 |
Total known sales | 22,337,266 | ¥17,277,061,200 | $199,911,612 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2009 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. January 18, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "JMPAマガジンデータ : 男性 コミック". Japan Magazine Publishing Association. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ "The "Gundam Ace April 2017 Issue" on sale now!". GUNDAM.INFO: The official Gundam news and video portal. February 25, 2017.
Price: 700 yen
- ^ "The "Monthly Gundam Ace July 2018 Issue" Now on Sale!". GUNDAM.INFO: The official Gundam news and video portal. May 26, 2018.
Special price: 700 yen
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Manga Anthology Circulations 2004-2006". ComiPress.
- ^ "社団法人 日本雑誌協会". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. February 12, 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008.
- ^ "Men's Manga". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. June 2008. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "Men's Manga". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2008. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "2010 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. January 17, 2011.
- ^ "JMPAマガジンデータ : 男性 コミック". Japan Magazine Publishing Association. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
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- ^ "JMPAマガジンデータ : 男性 コミック". Japan Magazine Publishing Association. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
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- ^ "JMPAマガジンデータ : 男性 コミック". Japan Magazine Publishing Association. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
External links[]
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