View source for Weekly Shōnen Magazine

{{short description|Japanese manga magazine}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Expand Japanese|週刊少年マガジン|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox Magazine
| title = Weekly Shōnen Magazine
| logo = Weekly Shonen Magazine logo.png
| image_file = Shōnen Magazine 1.png
| image_caption = Cover of first issue, featuring sumo wrestler [[Asashio Tarō III]]
| editor = Shintaro Kawakubo
| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
| staff_writer = 
| frequency = Weekly
| circulation = 883,804<ref name="Boy"/><br><small>(July–September, 2016)</small>
| category = ''[[Shōnen manga]]''<ref name="Boy">{{cite web |url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=34 |title=Boys' Manga |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association |date=September 2016 |language=ja |access-date=November 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=[[Manga: The Complete Guide]] |last=Thompson |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Thompson (writer) |publisher=[[Del Rey Books]] |isbn=978-0-345-48590-8 |year=2007 |pages=338–339}}</ref>
| company = 
| publisher = [[Kodansha]]
| firstdate = {{start date and age|1959|3|17}}
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| website = {{Official website}}
| issn = 
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'''''|週刊少年マガジン|Shūkan Shōnen Magajin|lead=yes}} is a weekly [[Shōnen manga|''shōnen'']] [[manga magazine]] published on Wednesdays in Japan by [[Kodansha]], first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high school or college student demographic.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} According to circulation figures accumulated by the Japanese Magazine Publishers Association, the magazine's circulation has dropped in every quarter since records were first collected in April–June 2008. This is, however, not an isolated occurrence as digital media continues to be on the rise.

It is one of the [[List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation|best-selling manga magazines]]. By March 2008, the magazine had 2,942 issues, having sold 4.55{{nbsp}}billion copies, with an average weekly circulation of {{formatnum:{{#expr:4550000000/2942 round 0}}|}}. At an average issue price of {{JPY|{{#expr:380000/2942 round 0}}|link=no}} (${{#expr:3800/2942 round 2}}), the magazine had generated approximately {{JPY|{{#expr:4.55*(380000/2942) round -1}} billion}} ({{US$|{{#expr:4.55*(3800/2942) round 1}} billion|long=no}}) in sales revenue by March 2008. In addition, about {{nowrap|1 billion}} compiled ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes had been sold by March 2008.<ref name="ann">{{cite news |title=Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/shonen-magazine-shonen-sunday-mark-50th-anniversary |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=March 18, 2008 |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

[[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] stated that it is "more down-to-earth, as well as just a tad more guy-oriented" compared to ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' and likened this magazine to "more like something you'd find in the guys' locker room."<ref>{{cite web|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2012-02-02|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Harlem Beat|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2012-02-02|access-date=2020-04-14}}</ref>

==Features==
===Series===
{{Main|List of series run in Weekly Shōnen Magazine{{!}}List of series run in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''}}
There are currently 26 manga titles being serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Series title
! scope="col" | Author(s)
! scope="col" | Premiered
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[A Couple of Cuckoos]]''|カッコウの許嫁|Kakkō no Iinazuke}}
| [[Miki Yoshikawa]]
| {{dts|2020|1}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Ace of Diamond|Ace of the Diamond Act II Side Story: Teito vs Ugumori]]''|ダイヤのA actII 外伝 帝東VS鵜久森}}
| [[Yuji Terajima]]
| {{dts|2024|12}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||あひるの空|[[Ahiru no Sora]]}}
| Takeshi Hinata
| {{dts|2003|12}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||ばっちりスクラッチ|Batchiri Scratch}}
| Punatsu
| {{dts|2024|7}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Blue Lock]]''|ブルーロック|Burū Rokku}}
| [[Muneyuki Kaneshiro]], Yusuke Nomura
| {{dts|2018|8}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[The Blue Wolves of Mibu]]''|青のミブロ|Ao no Miburo}}
| [[Tsuyoshi Yasuda]]
| {{dts|2021|10}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses]]''|女神のカフェテラス|Megami no Kafe Terasu}}
| [[Koji Seo]]
| {{dts|2021|2}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Four Knights of the Apocalypse]]''|黙示録の四騎士|Mokushiroku no Yonkishi}}
| [[Nakaba Suzuki]]
| {{dts|2021|1}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||ガチアクタ|[[Gachiakuta]]}}
| Kei Urana
| {{dts|2022|2}}
|-
| ''[[Galaxias (manga)|Galaxias]]''
| Ao Hatesaka
| {{dts|2024|7}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Go! Go! Loser Ranger!]]''|戦隊大失格|Sentai Daishikkaku}}
| [[Negi Haruba]]
| {{dts|2021|2}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||はじめの一歩|[[Hajime no Ippo]]}}
| [[Jyoji Morikawa|George Morikawa]]
| {{dts|1989|10}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||色憑くモノクローム|Irozuku Monochrome}}
| Atsushi Uchiyama
| {{dts|2024|8}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||灰仭巫覡|Kaijin Fugeki}}
| [[Oh! great]]
| {{dts|2024|5}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||カナン様はあくまでチョロい|[[Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi]]}}
| Nonco
| {{dts|2022|6}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''Love Forty''|ラブフォーティ}}
| Jirō Katori, Shinichi Itō
| {{dts|2024|6}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms]]''|黒岩メダカに私の可愛いが通じない|Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsūjinai}}
| Ran Kuze
| {{dts|2021|05}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Orion's Board]]''|盤上のオリオン|Banjō no Orion}}
| [[Naoshi Arakawa]]
| {{dts|2024|1}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Rent-A-Girlfriend]]''|彼女、お借りします|Kanojo, Okarishimasu}}
| [[Reiji Miyajima]]
| {{dts|2017|7}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||生徒会にも穴はある!|[[Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!]]}}                                           
| Muchimaro
| {{dts|2022|4}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Shangri-La Frontier]]''|シャングリラ・フロンティア〜クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす〜|Shangurira Furontia ~ Kusogē Hantā, Kamigē ni Idoman to su ~}}
| Katarina, Ryosuke Fuji
| {{dts|2020|7}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[To Your Eternity]]''|不滅のあなたへ|Fumetsu no Anata e}}
| [[Yoshitoki Ōima]]
| {{dts|2016|11}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Tune In to the Midnight Heart]]''|真夜中ハートチューン|Mayonaka Heart Tune}}
| Masakuni Igarashi
| {{dts|2023|9}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''[[Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister]]''|甘神さんちの縁結び|Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi}}
| Marcey Naito
| {{dts|2021|4}}
|-
| {{Nihongo||よわよわ先生|[[Yowayowa Sensei]]}}
| Kamio Fukuchi
| {{dts|2022|11}}
|-
| {{Nihongo|''Yumene Connect''|ゆめねこねくと|Yumene Konekuto}}
| Kou Sawada
| {{dts|2024|9}}
|-
|}

== Circulation ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Circulation
! Date(s) !! January–March !! April–June !! July–September !! October–December !! Magazine sales !! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
| March{{nbsp}}1959 to March{{nbsp}}2008
| colspan="4" align="center" | {{formatnum:{{#expr:4550000000/2942 round 0}}|}}
| 4,550,000,000
| <ref name="ann"/>
|-
| April{{nbsp}}2008 to December{{nbsp}}2008
| align="center" | &mdash;
| 1,755,000
| 1,720,000
| 1,691,667
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1755000*13)+(1720000*13)+(1691667*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2008 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=1|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2008|publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=2|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2008|publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=3|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2008|publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || 1,664,167 || 1,633,334 || 1,614,616 || 1,593,637
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1664167*13)+(1633334*13)+(1614616*13)+(1593637*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2009 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=4|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2009 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=5|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2009 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=6|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2009 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=7|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2009 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| 2010 || 1,571,231 || 1,565,000 || 1,556,250 || 1,551,819
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1571231*13)+(1565000*13)+(1556250*13)+(1551819*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2010 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=8|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2010 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=9|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2010 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=10|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2010 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=11|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2010 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| 2011 || 1,529,693 || 1,491,500 || 1,489,584 || 1,472,084
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1529693*13)+(1491500*13)+(1489584*13)+(1472084*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2011 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=12|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2011 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=13|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2011 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=14|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2011 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=15|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2011 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| 2012 || 1,447,500 || 1,436,017 || 1,412,584 || 1,404,834
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1447500*13)+(1436017*13)+(1412584*13)+(1404834*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2012 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=16|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2012 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=17|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2012 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=18|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2012 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=19|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2012 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || 1,376,792 || 1,357,000 || 1,324,209 || 1,308,117
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1376792*13)+(1357000*13)+(1324209*13)+(1308117*13)}}|}}
| <ref>2013 circulation figures:
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=20|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2013 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=21|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2013 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=22|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2013 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=23|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2013 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| 2014 || 1,277,500 || 1,245,417 || 1,211,750 || 1,192,267
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1277500*13)+(1245417*13)+(1211750*13)+(1192267*13)}}|}}
| <ref name="ANN Circulation">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-28/top-manga-magazines-circulation-dropped-10-percent-in-1-year/.87596|title=Top Manga Magazines' Circulation Dropped 10%+ in 1 Year|publisher=Anime News Network|date=April 28, 2015|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || 1,156,059 || 1,127,042 || 1,107,840 || 1,085,110
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1156059*13)+(1127042*13)+(1107840*13)+(1085110*13)}}|}}
| <ref name="ANN Circulation"/><ref>2015 circulation figures
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=29|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" April-June, 2015 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=30|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" July-September, 2015 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=31|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" October-December, 2015 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || 1,038,450 || 1,015,659 || 995,017 || 986,017
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(1038450*13)+(1015659*13)+(995017*13)+(986017*13)}}|}}
| <ref name="Boy"/><ref name="j-magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magadata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=32|title=Circulation figures "Boys' Manga" January-March, 2016 |publisher=Japanese Magazine Publishers Association|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || 964,158 || 932,713 || 883,804 || 840,667
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:(964158*13)+(932713*13)+(883804*13)+(840667*13)}}|}}
| <ref name="j-magazine"/>
|-
| January 2018 to March 2018
| 815,458
| align="center" | {{mdash}}
| align="center" | {{mdash}}
| align="center" | {{mdash}}
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:815458*13}}|}}
| <ref name="j-magazine"/>
|-
! March 1959 to March 2018
! colspan="4" | {{formatnum:{{#expr:5236940319/(2942+10*52) round 0}}|}}<ref name="ann"/><ref name="j-magazine"/>
! 5,236,940,319
!
|}

==''Magazine Pocket''==
{{Nihongo|''Magazine Pocket''|マガジンポケット|Magajin Poketto}}, or {{Nihongo|''MagaPoke''|マガポケ|}}, is an online web comic site run by [[Kodansha]] and tied in to their ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' line. It runs original manga created for the site as well as manga moved from one of the print magazines related to ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. It opened on August 3, 2015.

==Reception==
{{Original research|section|date=September 2009}}
The ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' achieved success in the 1970s and subsequently had increased sales. As a result, it became the top-selling [[manga]] magazine in Japan of its period, appearing popular amongst many [[otaku]]. But the position was later occupied by ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'', when this competitor was born in 1968, knocking ''Shōnen Magazine'' off the top spot. ''Shōnen Jump'' had begun to circulate and dominate the manga magazine market. This started from the 1970s and continued throughout the 1990s.

In October 1997, ''Shōnen Magazine'' reclaimed its  position as the top-selling manga magazine of its day until this was brokered in 2002. Currently, the two magazines have competed closely in terms of market circulation. Sales of the two magazines now remain very close. Circulation has dropped below two million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-20/weekly-shonen-magazine-circulation-drops-under-2m|title=Weekly Shonen Magazine Circulation Drops Under 2M}}</ref> In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazine's founding dates, ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008. In addition, other commemorative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-18/shonen-magazine-shonen-sunday-mark-50th-anniversary Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary (Updated) - Anime News Network<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Others include ''Shōnen Magazine'', published by [[Kobunsha]] of the same [[Kodansha]] group. ''Shōnen Magazine'' famously serialized ''[[Tetsujin 28-go]]'', the first [[mecha]] anime from July 1956 to May 1966.

==See also==
{{Portal|Anime and manga}}
* [[List of manga magazines]]
* ''[[Shonen Magz]]'', [[Indonesia]]n version
* ''[[Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen]]'' (video game)
{{Clear}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.shonenmagazine.com/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Series in Weekly Shōnen Magazine}}
{{Kodansha manga magazines}}

[[Category:Weekly manga magazines published in Japan]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1959]]
[[Category:Kodansha magazines]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Shōnen manga magazines]]