Monthly Shōnen Magazine

*Monthly Shonen Magazine*
Editor-in-Chief	Yasuyuki Mimura
Categories	Shōnen manga
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	97,000; (October – December 2025);
First issue	November 1964
Company	Kodansha
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	gmaga.co

Monthly Shōnen Magazine (Japanese: 月刊少年マガジン, Hepburn: Gekkan Shōnen Magajin) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in November 1964 under the name Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (別冊少年マガジン).^[4] In April 1969, it was retitled as Monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (月刊別冊少年マガジン) and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly.^[5] After suspension in 1974, it started publishing again; in May 1975, it was renamed as its current magazine title.^[1]

It had a supplement magazine called Shōnen Magazine R, which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule.^[6] In January 2023, Shōnen Magazine R ceased publication.^[7] In February 2023, a new web publication called Getsu Maga Kichi (Monthly Magazine Base) replaced Shōnen Magazine R.^[8]

Manga series

Currently running manga series

Series title	Author	First issue
The Band	Harold Sakuishi	December 2024
Danzai no Majutsu Gari	Taro Hitsuji, Mahiru Sukuya	February 2023
Dead Rock	Hiro Mashima	July 2023
Dear Boys Act 4	Hiroki Yagami	October 2018
Fermat Kitchen (フェルマーの料理)	Yugo Kobayashi	September 2018
Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (め組の大吾救国のオレンジ, Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange)	Masahito Soda	October 2020
The Fledgling Demon Lord's Starter Shop (すだちの魔王城, Sudachi no Maōjō)	Makoto Morisaki	October 2021
Futari Switch	Akira Hiramoto	March 2022
In/Spectre	Chasiba Katase, Kyō Shirodaira	December 2019
Pumpkin Scissors (パンプキン・シザーズ)	Ryōtarō Iwanaga	November 2006
Ryūrōden: Ouha Rikkoku-hen (龍狼伝中原繚乱編)	Yoshito Yamahara	July 2016
Tekken Chinmi Legends (鉄拳チンミLegends)	Takeshi Maekawa	September 2006
Welcome to the Ballroom (ボールルームへようこそ)	Tomo Takeuchi	November 2011
You Can't Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister (聖女に嘘は通じない)	Hyūganatsu, Yo Asami	March 2023
Zero Zero One	Shōgo Aoki	June 2023

Completed series

1960s

Terebi-kun (テレビくん) (Shigeru Mizuki) (1965)

1970s

Spider-Man: The Manga (writers Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai, illustrator Ryoichi Ikegami) (January 1970 – September 1971)

1980s

Nanto Magoroku (なんと孫六) (Kei Sadayasu) (February 1981 – May 2014)
Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (December 1983 – February 1997)
Meimon! Takonishi Ouendan (名門!多古西応援団) (Juzo Tokoro) (June 1984 – May 1992)
Shura no Mon (Masatoshi Kawahara) (April 1987 – November 1996)
1+2=Paradise (Sumiko Kamimura) (1988–1990)
Akira Tobu!! (あきら翔ぶ!!) (Katsuyuki Toda) (1989–1996)
ANGEL♥BEAT (Ichiru Yasuhara) (1989–1996)
Dear Boys (Hiroki Yamagi) (December 16, 1989 – March 17, 1997)

1990s

Ryūrōden (龍狼伝) (Yoshito Yamahara) (1993–2007)
Dear Boys:Act II (Hiroki Yagami) (1997–2008)
New Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (1997–2004)
Beck (ベック) (Harold Sakuishi) (November 1999 – April 2008)

2000s

Shana ou Yoshitsune (遮那王義経) (Hirofumi Sawada) (December 2000 – May 2007)
Capeta (カペタ, Kapeta) (Masahito Soda) (March 2003 – March 2013)
Rocket Man (ロケットマン) (Motohiro Katou) (October 6, 2001 – December 6, 2004)
Yatagarasu (Aihara Tsukasa) (2002 – April 6, 2011)
Alive: The Final Evolution (アライブ -最終進化的少年-, Araibu: Saishū Shinkateki Shōnen) (Tadashi Kawashima) (October 2003 – February 6, 2010)
Yonebu Times (米豊TIMES) (December 6, 2005 – August 6, 2007)
Shana ou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen (遮那王義経源平の合戦) (Hirofumi Sawada) (July 2007 – April 2015)
Dear Boys:Act III (Hiroki Yagami) (December 2008 – December 2015)
C.M.B. ~Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku~ (C.M.B. 森羅博物館の事件目録) (Motohiro Katou) (October 2005 – August 2020)
Shin Kamen Rider Spirits (新仮面ライダーSPIRITS) (Kenichi Muraeda) (July 2009 – August 2025)

2010s

Shura no Mon Iden Fudekage (修羅の門異伝ふでかげ) (Masatoshi Kawahara) (2010 – 2014)
Mashiro no Oto (ましろのおと) (Marimo Ragawa) (2010 – 2022)
Noragami (ノラガミ) (Adachitoka) (2010 – 2024)
Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) (Naoshi Arakawa) (April 6, 2011 – February 6, 2015)
Fire Ball! (ファイヤーボール, FIRE BALL!) (Yukinobu Tatsu) (February 6, 2013 – August 6, 2014)
Dear Boys: Over Time (Hiroki Yagami) (February 2016 – January 6, 2017)
Kakushigoto (かくしごと) (Kōji Kumeta) (December 2015 – July 2020)
Sayonara Watashi no Cramer (さよなら私のクラマー) (Naoshi Arakawa) (May 2016 – December 2020)
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅) (Azami Yō/Kagami Takaya) (June 2017 – February 2022)
Love After World Domination (恋は世界征服のあとで) (Takahiro Wakamatsu), (Hiroshi Noda) (October 2019 – November 2022)

2020s

Thunder 3 (サンダー3, Sandā Surī) (Yuki Ikeda) (2022 – 2026)

References

1 2 月刊少年マガジン (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 22, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
↑ "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
↑ 月刊少年マガジン (第71回：2025年10月～2025年12月) (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. Archived from the original on May 16, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
↑ 別冊少年マガジン(1964年創刊). Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
↑ 月刊別冊少年マガジン 1969. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 18, 2019). "Shōnen Magazine R Switches to Digital-Only, New Monthly Schedule". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
↑ Cayanan, Joanna (November 21, 2022). "Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R Ends Publication in January". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
↑ Cayanan, Joanna (December 6, 2022). "Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine Gets New Web Publication". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Monthly Shōnen Magazine at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[ADstation-1] 1 2 月刊少年マガジン (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on June 22, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2026.

[JMPA_Boy's-2] "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

[3] 月刊少年マガジン (第71回：2025年10月～2025年12月) (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. Archived from the original on May 16, 2026. Retrieved May 16, 2026.

[4] 別冊少年マガジン(1964年創刊). Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026.

[5] 月刊別冊少年マガジン 1969. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved May 14, 2026.

[6] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 18, 2019). "Shōnen Magazine R Switches to Digital-Only, New Monthly Schedule". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[7] Cayanan, Joanna (November 21, 2022). "Kodansha's Shonen Magazine R Ends Publication in January". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[8] Cayanan, Joanna (December 6, 2022). "Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine Gets New Web Publication". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

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