Big Comic Superior
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 Cover of February 22, 2008, issue | |
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
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| Frequency | Semimonthly on 2nd and 4th Fridays |
| Circulation | 108,667[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| First issue | July 1, 1987[3] |
| Company | Shogakukan |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | bigcomicbros |
Big Comic Superior (ビッグコミックスペリオール, Biggu Komikku Superiōru) is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987, by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for Big Comic Original and Big Comic Spirits.[4] The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Ryoichi Ikegami, Mochiru Hoshisato, Yū Koyama, Yūji Aoki, Fumi Saimon, Norifusa Mita, George Akiyama, and Buronson.
Superior was originally a special issue of Big Comic Original, published twice monthly on the 1st and 15th. However, since it was selling just as well as the main three magazines (Big Comic, Big Comic Original, and Big Comic Spirits), it began to be released every other week. It is currently released twice monthly on the second and fourth Fridays. As of 2015, Superior has a reported circulation of 115,334 for each issue.[5]
Series
[edit]Currently running series
[edit]| Title | Author/Artist | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ajiichimonme Tsugi Aji | Zenta Abe (story) & Yoshimi Kurata (art) | December 2018 |
| Eisei Otome no Tatakai-kata | Kuzushiro | April 2019 |
| Fool Night (フールナイト, Fūru Naito) | Kasumi Yasuda | November 2020 |
| Football Nation (フットボールネーション, Futtobōru Nēshon) | Yuki Otake | December 2009 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt | Yasuo Ohtagaki | March 2012 |
| Mukashi no Hanashi (むかしのはなし) | Taiyō Matsumoto | May 2020[6] |
| Mujina Into the Deep | Inio Asano | March 2023 |
| Ramen Saiyūki | Midori Kube (story) & Tan Kawai (art) | February 2020 |
| Steel of the Celestial Shadows (太陽と月の鋼, Taiyō to Tsuki no Hagane) | Daruma Matsuura | June 2020 |
| Super Ball Girls (スーパーボールガールズ, Sūpā Bōru Gāruzu) | Muneyuki Kaneshiro (story) & Akira Hiramoto (art) | October 2022 |
| Trillion Game (トリリオンゲーム, Toririongēmu) | Riichiro Inagaki (story) & Ryoichi Ikegami (art) | December 2020 |
Past series
[edit]- Aibō by Tamayo Koyasu
- Aji Ichi Monme by Yoshimi Kurata, Yoshita Abe, and Yukie Fukuda
- Ankō: Kaizuri Kaijō Sōsasen, written by Masaki Kitahara and illustrated by Hideki Akiyama with assistance from Fishing Graph
- Azumi by Yū Koyama
- Bow by Terry Yamamoto
- Blood on the Tracks by Shuzo Oshimi
- Chūshun Komawari-kun by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
- Hannari! by Fumi Saimon
- Gigant by Hiroya Oku
- Higake Kin'yūden Komanezumi Shussemichi, written by Toichi Akizuki and illustrated by Kōji Yoshimoto with supervision from Yūji Aoki
- Kiichi!! by Hideki Arai
- Zankyō by Tsutomu Takahashi
- Kotarō wa Hitori Gurashi by Mami Tsumura
- Lord, written by Buronson and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
- Maihime: Diva, written by Ryō Kurashina and illustrated by Tomoya Ōishi
- Money no Ken by Norifusa Mita
- Moonlight Mile by Yasuo Ōtagaki
- Natsume Arata no Kekkon by Tarō Nogizaka
- Ojuken no Hoshi, story by Mayu Sugiura, illustrated by Kenjū Imatani and created by Nozomi Hashira
- Onna Michi by Bambi Kitazawa
- Okuribito by Akira Sasō
- Phobia by Katsunori Hara
- Radio Jikan by Radio Wada
- Rāmen Hakkenden, written by Rokurō Kube and illustrated by Tan Kawai
- Reiraku by Inio Asano
- Sekai no Chūshin de Kuda o Maku by Inosuke Rodriguez
- Shakaijin Misaki Satoru by Yasuyuki Kunitomo
- Sprite by Yūgo Ishikawa
- Team Medical Dragon, written by Akira Nagai and illustrated by Tarō Nogizaka
- Wonderland by Yugo Ishikawa
References
[edit]- ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. pp. 327–239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ ビッグコミックスペリオール. AD Pocket (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (1999). Dreamland Japan. Stone Bridge Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
There is a tiny gap in the ages targeted by Big, Original, and Spirits—those between twenty-five and thirty—and Superior fills it.
- ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.
- ^ "Start Dates Revealed for New Manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, Daruma Matsuura". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Big Comic Superior official website (in Japanese)
- Big Comic Superior at Anime News Network's encyclopedia