Shōnen Big Comic

Japanese magazine

Shōnen Big Comic
Cover of Shōnen Big Comic 1985 issue 18.
CategoriesShōnen manga
FrequencyBi-weekly
First issueDecember 1976 as Manga-kun
1979
Final issue1987
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Shōnen Big Comic (少年ビッグコミック, Shōnen Biggu Komikku) was a bi-weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan from 1979 to 1987. From 1976 to 1979, the magazine was titled Manga-kun (マンガくん) before being renamed Shōnen Big Comics in 1979. In 1987, the magazine changed format and was renamed Weekly Young Sunday. Several of the series appearing in Shōnen Big Comic have been adapted into anime, including Esper Mami, Area 88, and Miyuki.

Works

Manga-kun era

Series marked with a ♣ appeared in the first issue.

Cover of the first issue of Manga-kun, released in December 1976.
  • Bīdama Shachō by Kimio Yanagisawa ♣
  • Burai the Kid by Go Nagai ♣
  • Esper Mami by Fujiko F. Fujio ♣
  • Kokoroman by George Akiyama ♣
  • Kuru Kuru Pa! X by Yuki Hijiri
  • Kyūdo-kun by Shinji Mizushima ♣
  • Manga Kenkyūkai by Shōtarō Ishinomori ♣
  • Otoko Konbē by Mikio Yoshimori ♣
  • Propeller 7 by Leiji Matsumoto
  • Rabbit-kun by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
  • Saibō Ushi Usshī by Tatsuo Oda
  • Susume! Jets by Yuki Hijiri
  • Tatoru-kun by Fujio Akatsuka ♣
  • Teppengaki Taishō by Hiroshi Motomiya ♣
  • Uchūsen Magellan by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
  • Washi to Taka by Yū Koyama
  • Zero Racer by Jōya Kagemaru

The magazine also featured a non-manga column titled Moving Toys Craft (ムービング・トイズ・クラフト, Mūbingu Toizu Kurafuto), which discussed construction of motorized toys such as radio controlled cars. The column was sponsored by Mabuchi Motor and Tamiya Corporation.

Shōnen Big Comic era

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