Big Comic Spirits


Big Comic Spirits 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. In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.

History

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. Beginning in April 1986, the magazine became weekly, with new issues published every Monday.

Finished series

1980s

' by Takashi Iwashige Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi Wounded Man by Ryoichi Ikegami and Kazuo Koike My Name Is Shingo by Kazuo Umezu

1990s

Fourteen by Kazuo Umezu Wangan Midnight by Michiharu Kusunoki Hanaotoko by Taiyō Matsumoto ' by Hidenori Hara Boys of Summer by Norifusa Mita Gallery Fake by Fujihiko Hosono Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari by Tatsuya Egawa

2000s

' by Atsushi Kamijo Gyo by Junji Ito Kōkō Afro Tanaka by Masaharu Noritsuke Pet by Ranjō Miyake Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto Danchi Tomoo by Tobira Oda Last Inning by Ryū Kamio and Yū Nakahara Ushijima the Loan Shark by Shohei Manabe

2010s

Sasurai Afro Tanaka by Masaharu Noritsuke Hideout by Masasumi Kakizaki Ushiharu by Yukiko Gotō Shichigatsu no Hone by Satoshi Yoshida Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki Hanamote Katare by Yukio Katayama, Momoji Higashi, and Yukio Katayama Shin Kurosagi: Kanketsu-hen by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru Chiisakobee by Minetarō Mochizuki Ōsama-tachi no Viking by Sadayasu and Makoto Fukami Hakubo no Chronicle by Masami Yuki Yūzora no Cruyffism by Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano 1518! by Yu Aida Ginkai no Speed Star by Michiharu Kusunoki Tokusatsu Gagaga by Niwa Tanaba Kedamame by Yukio Tamai Joker Game by Kayoko Shimotsuki Hikari-Man by Hideo Yamamoto Furo Girl! by Yukio Katayama Million Yen Women by Shunju Aono Shiawase Afro Tanaka by Masaharu Noritsuke Aoashi by Yugo Kobayashi Kanata-Kakeru by Shin Takahashi After the Rain by Jun Mayuzuki Neko no Otera no Chion-san by Makoto Ojiro Tenohira ni Ai o! by Kōji Murata Slow Motion o Mōichido by Rie Kano Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu by Naoki Mizuguchi Jagaaan by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Nishida Kensuke Yukibana no Tora by Akiko Higashimura Peach Milk Crown by Kazunori Tahara Kekkon Afro Tanaka by Masaharu Noritsuke Saturn Return by Akane Torikai Ponkotsu Ponko by Keita Yatera Battleground Workers by Minoru Takeyoshi Insomniacs After School by Makoto Ojiro Run on Your New Legs by Wataru Midori Bushi-Stant Aisaka-kun! by Nobuo Yokoyama

2020s