Big Comic Spirits

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Big Comic Spirits
June 25, 2007 issue of Big Comic Spirits featuring model Aki Hoshino
Former editorsTakashi Nagasaki[1]
CategoriesSeinen manga[2][3]
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation150,000[2]
(July-September, 2016)
First issueOctober 14, 1980[4]
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/spirits/

Big Comic Spirits (ビッグコミックスピリッツ, Biggu Komikku Supirittsu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250.[5] In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.

History[edit]

Big Comic Spirits launched on October 14, 1980, as a monthly magazine. The following June, it changed to a semimonthly magazine published on the 15th and 30th days of each month.[citation needed] Beginning in April 1986, the magazine became weekly, with new issues published every Monday.[citation needed]

Currently running manga series[edit]

Title Author/Artist Premiered
15-Bu no Shoujotachi: Idol no Tsukurikata (15ぶん少女しょうじょたち-アイドルのつくりかた-) Kappi (story) and Rie Toi (art) October 2021[6]
Akane no Ne (アカネノネ) Eriko Yada July 2022[7][a]
Ano Tsuki ni Mukatte Ute! (あのつきかってて!) Kazuyuki Samukawa January 2020[10]
Aoashi (アオアシ) Yugo Kobayashi January 2015[11]
Asadora! (連続れんぞく漫画まんが小説しょうせつ あさドラ!, Renzoku Manga Shōsetsu Asadora!) Naoki Urasawa October 2018[12][b]
Bōkyaku no Sachiko (忘却ぼうきゃくのサチコ) Jun Abe August 2014[13]
Dance Dance Danseur (ダンス・ダンス・ダンスール, Dansu Dansu Dansūru) George Asakura September 2015[14]
Dragon Jam Itsunari Fuji May 2011[15][c]
Ekiden Danshi Project (駅伝えきでん男子だんしプロジェクト) Shin Takahashi May 2022[16][b]
Fuuto PI (ふう探偵たんてい, Fūto Tantei) Riku Sanjo (story) and Masaki Satou (art) August 2017[17]
Ganbaryonkā, Masako-chan (がんばりょんかぁ、マサコちゃん) Masaru Miyazaki (story) and Osamu Uoto (art) January 2022[18]
Haibaiyōshi Mizuiro (はい培養ばいようミズイロ) Mari Okazaki October 2022[19]
Hana Ikeru: Kawakita Kōkō Kadōbu (ハナイケル-川北かわきた高校こうこう華道かどう-) Hamachi Yamada February 2023[20]
Heaven no Tenbin (ヘブンの天秤てんびん) Ruru Jōdo June 2022[21]
Hirayasumi (ひらやすみ) Keigo Shinzō April 2021[22]
Ikiteru Uchi ni Oshite Kure (きてるうちにしてくれ) Niwa Tanba August 2022[23]
Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu (健康けんこう文化ぶんかてき最低さいてい限度げんど生活せいかつ) Haruko Kashiwagi March 2014[b]
Kimagure Konseputo (まぐれコンセプト) Hoichoi Productions October 1981[24]
Koi to Kokkai (こい国会こっかい) Keiko Nishi November 2018[25][b]
Kono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru (このたたか価値かちがある) Hatsumi Kodama April 2023[26]
Komegura Fūfu no Recipe-chō (米蔵よねぞう夫婦ふうふのレシピちょう, Komegura Fūfu no Reshipi-chō) Yukio Katayama October 2022[27]
Kūneru Maruta Nūbo (くーねるまるた ぬーぼ) Jingu Takao February 2018[28]
Kujō no Taizai (きゅうじょう大罪だいざい) Shohei Manabe October 2020[29]
Maō ga Zutto Mite Iru (魔王まおうがずっとている) Hiroshi Noda (story) and Masayasu Fukushima (art) February 2022[30]
Mushoku no Gakkō –Shokugyō Kunrenkō de no 200-kakan– (無職むしょく学校がっこう職業しょくぎょう訓練くんれんこうでの200日間にちかん) Seike Takaharu March 2022[31]
Mogura no Uta (土竜むぐらもちうた) Noboru Takahashi September 2008[32][d]
My Home Afro Tanaka (マイホーム アフロ田中たなか, Mai Hōmu Afuro Tanaka) Masaharu Noritsuke October 2022[33]
Muta no Aru Seikatsu (のある生活せいかつ) Sho Asahina November 2022[34][b]
Nigatsu no Shōsha: Zettai Gōkaku no Kyōshitsu (がつ勝者しょうしゃ絶対ぜったい合格ごうかく教室きょうしつ) Shiho Takase December 2017[35]
Oishinbo (美味おいしんぼ) Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki October 1983[36][b]
Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire! (往生際おうじょうぎわ意味いみれ!) Kyo Yoneshiro February 2020[37]
Otona no Zukan Kaiteiban (おとなのずかん改訂かいていばん) Kei Itoi December 2021[38][b]
Owakare Hospital (わかれホスピタル, Owakare Hosupitaru) Bakka Okita December 2017[39]
Platanus no Mi (プラタナスの, Puratanasu no Mi) Toshiya Higashimoto October 2020[40]
Re Cervin (レ・セルバン, Re Seruban) Kōsuke Hamada January 2022[41]
Roppen (ROPPEN-ろくへん-) Akira Miyashita December 2022[42]
Shinkurō, Hashiru! (新九郎しんくろう、奔る!) Masami Yuki January 2020[43][e]
Shokubutsu Byōrigaku wa Ashita no Kimi wo Negau (植物しょくぶつ病理びょうりがく明日あしたきみねが) Minoru Takeyoshi September 2022[44]
Sukoshi Dake Ikikaeru (すこしだけかえ) Fumi Usukura October 2022[45]
Uranaishi Hoshiko (うらな星子せいこ) Mimico Misaki April 2023[46]
Yumenashi Sensei no Shinro Shidō (ゆめなし先生せんせい進路しんろ指導しどう) Masaki Kasahara April 2023[47]

Finished series[edit]

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

2010s[edit]

2020s[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Originally titled Akaneiro no Composer (茜色あかねいろのコンポーザー) and serialized in Monthly Big Comic Spirits from March to May 2022.[8][9]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g On hiatus
  3. ^ Moved from Monthly Big Comic Spirits; on hiatus
  4. ^ Moved from Weekly Young Sunday
  5. ^ Moved from Monthly Big Comic Spirits

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