Big Comic Original
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Big Comic Original(ビッグコミックオリジナル, Biggu Komikku Orijinaru) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to the manga magazine Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not. Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.[citation needed]
Launched in 1972, it has published over 1000 issues, typically running to about 350 pages in a black-and-white, saddle-stapled format, selling for 340 yen (2015). More than 83% of readers are reported to be over 30 years old, with female readers comprising about a quarter of the total. Most readers are company employees. Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.
Currently running manga series
| Title | Author/Artist | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Bara-mura e Yōkoso(薔薇村へようこそ) | Fumi Saimon | October 2021 |
| Bokura wa Sore wo Koete Yuku(僕らはそれを越えてゆく) | Yū Nakahara | September 2021 |
| Cecil no Joō(セシルの女王, Seshiru no Joō) | Hideo Iura | October 2021 |
| Curry Man(カレーマン, Karēman) | Mitsuo Hashimoto (original work by Masaru Miyazaki) | July 2022 |
| Dekake Oya(出かけ親) | Sensha Yoshida | July 2017 |
| Himiko(卑弥呼) | Richard Wu (story) and Mariko Nakamura (art) | September 2018 |
| Hon no Mushi Mimizuku-kun(本の虫 ミミズクくん) | Yuniko Karashi | September 2021 |
| Kango Joshu no Nana-chan(看護助手のナナちゃん) | Chisa Nomura | August 2010 |
| Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight(黄昏流星群, Tasogare Ryūseigun) | Kenshi Hirokane | 1995 |
| Miwa-san Narisumasu(ミワさんなりすます) | Uhei Aoki | January 2021 |
| No Comic, No Life(没有漫画 没有人生, Nō Komikku nō Raifu) | Minetarō Mochizuki | January 2022 |
| San-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no Uta | Ryohei Saigan | September 1974 |
| Shōwa Tennō Monogatari(昭和天皇物語) | Kazutoshi Hando (story), Issei Eifuku (story) and Junichi Nojo (art) | April 2017 |
| Shin'ya Shokudō(深夜食堂) | Yaro Abe | August 2007 |
| Stigma(スティグマ, Sutiguma) | Hideo Iura | March 2021 |
| Ta-tan(たーたん) | Keiko Nishi | January 2015 |
| Tetsubon(テツぼん) | Kiyoshi Nagamatsu (story) and Enshu Takahashi (art) | January 2011 |
| Tsuribaka Nisshi(釣りバカ日誌) | Juzo Yamasaki (story) and Kenichi Kitami (art) | 1979 |
| Zenkamono(前科者) | Masahito Kagawa (story) and Toji Tsukishima (art) | December 2017 |
Manga artists and series published
- Mitsuru Adachi Jinbē (1992–1997) and Bōken Shōnen (1998–2005)
- George Akiyama Haguregumo (1973–2017)
- Nobuyuki Fukumoto The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2002–2006) Shin Kurosawa:Saikyō Densetsu (2013–2020)
- Mitsuo Hashimoto Station (1992–1996)
- Kenshi Hirokane and Masao Yajima Human Crossing (1980–1990)
- Shinichi Ishizuka Gaku: Minna no Yama (2003–2012)
- Hideo Iura Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2009)
- Ichimaru Okami-san (1990–1999) Okami-san Heisei Basho (2011–2013)
- Junji Ito No Longer Human (2017–2018)
- Eiji Kazama Kaze no Daichi(風の大地) (1990–2022; with Nobuhiro Sakata)
- Kō Kojima Hige to Boin (1974–2004)
- Shinji Mizushima Abu-san (1973–2014)
- Motoka Murakami Ryuu Ron (1991–2006)
- Jiro Taniguchi Guardians of the Louvre (2014)
- Naoki Urasawa Pineapple Army (1985–1988; with Kazuya Kudo) Master Keaton (1988–1994; with Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki) Monster (1994–2001) Pluto (2003–2009) Master Keaton Remaster (2012–2014; with Takashi Nagasaki) Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2017–2018)
- Takatoshi Yamada Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (moved from Weekly Young Sunday; 2008–2010) [on hiatus]
- Osamu Yamamoto Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood (2017–2021)
Notes
External links
- (in Japanese)
- at Anime News Network's encyclopedia