Gangan Comics


Gangan is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like Fullmetal Alchemist, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Nabari no Ou, Inu x Boku SS, The Case Study of Vanitas and Soul Eater. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as Gangan Comics, Gangan Comics Joker and Young Gangan Comics, which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting Comics directly after the word Gangan.

Anthologies

''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991)

Monthly Shōnen Gangan is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. Shōnen Gangan was launched by Enix in 1991, to compete with other magazines such as Monthly Shōnen Magazine, Monthly Shōnen Jump and Shōnen Sunday Super, and is targeted toward the same young teen male demographic. It features manga with much action and adventure; science fiction and fantasy elements in the stories are very common. Square Enix also publishes the related Gangan YG and Monthly Gangan Wing.

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Monthly GFantasy, also known as Gangan Fantasy, is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine. It launched in 1992 as a special issue of Shounen Gangan under the name Fantastic Comic. In 1993 it became its own magazine under the name of Monthly Gangan Fantasy. In the April 1994 issue it was renamed to GFantasy.
The manga tend to be set in a fantasy setting with large amounts of supernatural themes and a fair amount of action and/or horror scenes. Additionally, the publisher has indicated on its Manga Up! website that certain series published within the magazine are aimed at girls.
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Young Gangan is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Square Enix every other week on Friday. The magazine was first published on December 3, 2004.
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Gangan Online is a free manga and light novel web magazine and smartphone app published and updated by Square Enix. The online web magazine was activated on October 2, 2008.
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''Gangan Joker'' (since 2009)

Monthly Gangan Joker is a Japanese shōnen manga anthology that was launched by Square Enix on April 22, 2009.
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Monthly Big Gangan is a seinen manga publication entry in Square Enix's Gangan imprint.
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On February 22, 2017, Gangan Pixiv was launched as a collaboration between Pixiv and Square Enix.
Like Gangan Online, Manga Up! is a manga app and website which serializes a lot of popular media mix works with manga adaptations of novels exclusively published on the service. In July 2022, Square Enix launched an English version of the Manga UP! featuring titles from Manga UP! and other Square Enix magazines.
In September 2021, Square Enix launched Gangan BLiss, a manga label dedicated to publishing boy's love manga. The manga published under this label are serialized on the CMOA website.
  • Love in the Palm of His Hand
  • Mobsters in Love
  • Ōkami wa Tantei wo Tabetai
  • Ore no Hanamuko wa Omae Janai
  • ''Shota Oni''

    Discontinued magazines

''Gangan Powered'' (2001–2009)

Gangan Powered was a Japanese shōnen/seinen manga magazine published by Square Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the April 2009 issue sold on February 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced by Gangan Joker.
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Monthly Gangan Wing was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Square Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the May 2009 issue sold on March 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced by Gangan Joker.
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