Manga Action

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Manga Action

Cover of 3 June 2008 issue.
Categories	Seinen manga[1]
Frequency	Weekly (until 2003), Fortnightly (from 2003)
First issue	7 July 1967
Company	Futabasha
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	Official site

Manga Action (漫画アクション) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Futabasha. It is currently published twice a month, on the first and third Thursday^[2] The magazine was originally formed as Weekly Manga Action (WEEKLY漫画アクション) and began publishing weekly from July 7, 1967. It is considered the first true seinen magazine.^[3] In 2003 it changed to its current publishing format and dropped the Weekly part of its name to reflect its new schedule.

Circulation numbers between October 2009 and September 2010 was 200,000.^[4]

Manga titles[]

Currently serialized[]

Listed alphabetically.

• Bar Lemon Heart (since 1986, Mitsutoshi Furuya)
• (since 2007, )
• (since 2004, )
• (since 2008, Tōru Izu)
• (since 2006, Kaoru Hazuki (artist), Chinatsu Tomisawa (creator))
• The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution (since ?, Takaaki Ogawa (artist), Dougal Dixon (writer))
• (since 2006, Yasuhito Yamamoto)
• (since 2007, Shingo Yamada)
• (since 2005, )
• Porno Graffiti (since 2008, )
• (since 2008, )
• (since 1999, Jiro Taniguchi (artist), Hiromi Kawakami (creator))
• (since 2005, )
• (since 2005, )
• (since 2007, )
• Wild Nights (since 2008, )

Previously serialized[]

Listed by order of appearance.

• 009-1 (1967-1970, Shotaro Ishinomori)
• Lupin III (1967-1972, Monkey Punch)
• Lone Wolf and Cub (1970-1976, Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima)
• Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! (1978-1979, Hisaichi Ishii)
• Jarinko Chie (1978-1997, Etsumi Haruki)
• Judge (1989-1991, Fujihiko Hosono)
• All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (1990-1991, Yuzo Takada)
• Crayon Shin-chan (1990-2000, Yoshito Usui)
• Old Boy (1996-1998, Garon Tsuchiya & Nobuaki Minegishi)
• Shiawase no Jikan (1997-2001, Yasuyuki Kunitomo)
• Shamo (1998-2007, Izo Hashimoto & )
• High School Girls (2001-2004, Towa Oshima)
• Cutie Honey Tennyo Densetsu (2001-2003, Go Nagai)
• Sky Hawk (2002, Jiro Taniguchi)
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2003, Fumiyo Kōno)
• Maestro (2003-2007, Akira Sasō)
• Kodomo no Kodomo (2004, Akira Sasō)
• 17-sai. (2004-2005, (story by  [ja] and art by  [ja])
• (2005-2008, )
• Ekiben Hitoritabi (since 2006-2011, (art & story), (editor))
• (2006-2007, Maya Koikeda)
• Gokudō Meshi (2006-2013, )
• Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance (January 23, 2007 – March 15, 2011, Naoyuki Ochiai)
• In This Corner of the World (2006-2009, Fumiyo Kōno)
• Stargazing Dog (August 5, 2008 – February 3, 2009, Takashi Murakami)
• Drifting Net Cafe (February 28, 2009 – June 28, 2011, Shūzō Oshimi)
• (November 2012 - December 2015, )
• Inside Mari (March 2012 - September 2016, Shūzō Oshimi)
• Tomodachi x Monster (June 2014 – 27 June 2015, Yoshihiko Inui)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Japanese)

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