Weekly Young Magazine
Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male demographic. It was published bimonthly, on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989. The chapters of the series that run in Weekly Young Magazine are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months.
The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl gravure idols on the cover and first few pages of each issue.
Since December 9, 2009, Kodansha has published a monthly sister magazine, Monthly Young Magazine, a retitled makeover of their previous publication Bessatsu Young Magazine, which had published a total of 36 bimonthly issues during its existence.
Series in publication
There are currently 34 manga titles serialized in Weekly Young Magazine. Out of them, Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict, Kenka Kagyō, Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24-oku Dasshutsu-hen, and Manchuria Opium Squad are on hiatus.| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
| 1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchō | , Motomu Uehara, Kazuya Arai | |
| Amateur Vigilante | Sōhei Asamura, Kōtarō Naitō | |
| Bōryoku Banzai | Homura Kawamoto, Nadainishi | |
| Chainsmoker Cat | NyanNyanFactory | |
| Super Takeda | ||
| Go and Go | Tōto Hasuo, Haruna Nakazato | |
| Golden Drop | Keiichi Tsuha, Ryō Kōzuki | |
| Heisei Haizanhei Sumire-chan | Satomi U | |
| Higanjima | Kouji Matsumoto | |
| Yūsuke Utsumi | ||
| Manchuria Opium Squad | , | |
| Me and the Prez, Drinking Under the Stars | Zurikishi | |
| Minami-ke | Koharu Sakuraba | |
| My Sister Knows | Mari Gangi | |
| Riku Ooseto | ||
| Fuki Hinohara | ||
| Ori no Naka | Amu | |
| Parallel Paradise | Lynn Okamoto | |
| Seven Shakespeares | Harold Sakuishi | |
| Shōjō-hime | ippatu | |
| Subaru and Subaru | Shuichi Shigeno | |
| Tawawa on Monday | Kiseki Himura | |
| The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System | Nekoko, Jaian, Lee Brocco | |
| The Fable | Katsuhisa Minami | |
| Nobuyuki Fukumoto | ||
| Toi Toi Toi | Yamato Yamada | |
| Under Ninja | Kengo Hanazawa | |
| Usagi Runaway | Ren Hachino | |
| With You and the Rain | Kō Nikaidō | |
| xxxHolic by | Clamp | |
| Ya Boy Kongming! | Yuto Yotsuba, Ryō Ogawa | |
| Zuino, Kei Keiyama |
Past series
1980s
- Hello Harinezumi by Kenshi Hirokane
- Gambler Jiko Chuushinha by Masayuki Katayama
- Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Be-Bop High School by Kazuhiro Kiuchi
- Bataashi Kingyo by Minetarō Mochizuki
- Shakotan Boogie by Michiharu Kusunoki
- Gorillaman by Harold Sakuishi
- 3×3 Eyes by Yuzo Takada
- Kōgyō Aika Volley Boys by Hiroyuki Murata
1990s
- Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
- Wangan Midnight by Michiharu Kusunoki
- Weather Woman by Tetsu Adachi
- Hauntress by Minetaro Mochizuki
- Ping-Pong Club by Minoru Furuya
- Dragon Head by Minetaro Mochizuki
- Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno
- Taberemasen by Yanwari Kazama
- Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
- Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari by Akira Hiramoto
- Ippatsu Kiki Musume by Shigemitsu Harada
- Flowers & Bees by Moyoco Anno
- Bakugyaku Familia by Hiroshi Tanaka
- Naniwa Tomoare'' by Katsuhisa Minami
2000s
- Karate Shōkōshi Kohinata Minoru by Baba Yasushi
- Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Chobits Clamp
- Higanjima by Kōji Matsumoto
- Kyō no Go no Ni by Koharu Sakuraba
- Remote by Tadashi Agi and Tetsuya Koshiba
- xxxHolic by Clamp
- Saru Lock by Naoki Serizawa
- Out Law by Kōji Kōno
- Sengoku by Hideki Miyashita
- Sengoku by Hideki Miyashita
- Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Biomega by Tsutomu Nihei
- Sweet Poolside by Shūzō Oshimi
- Kenka Shōbai by Yasuaki Kita
- Cherry Nights by Dragon Odawara
- Shinjuku Swan by Ken Wakui
- by Minoru Furuya
- by Hiroyuki Murata
- Winning Ticket by Hiromoto Komatsu
- Himeanole by Minoru Furuya
- Kissxsis by Bow Ditama
- Coppelion by Tomonori Inoue
- Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- Kaitan by Hiroshi Kisashi
- Sengoku by Hideki Miyashita transferred from Monthly Young Magazine, originally published in ''Bessatsu Young Magazine''
2010s
- Montage by Jun Watanabe
- Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō by Yukai Asada
- Prison School by Akira Hiramoto
- Psychometrer Eiji by Yuma Ando and Masashi Asaki
- Green Blood by Masasumi Kakizaki
- Yuki ni Tsubasa by Shin Takahashi
- Cherry Nights by Dragon Odawara
- Saltiness by Minoru Furuya
- 8♀1♂ by Kaori Saki
- Sengoku by Hideki Miyashita
- Hantsu × Trash by Hiyoko Kobayashi
- Cherry Nights by Dragon Odawara
- Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto ¨
- Yuki ni Tsubasa by Shin Takahashi
- Tokkō Jimuin Minowa by Kei Ogawa
- GTO: Paradise Lost by Tooru Fujisawa
- Harem Marriage by NON
- The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami
- Back Street Girls by Jasmine Gyuh
- Shōjo Fujuubun by Mitsuru Hattori
- Sengoku by Hideki Miyashita
- Magical Sempai by Azu
- Origin by Boichi
- Are You Lost? by Kentarō Okamoto and Riri Sagara
- Satanophany by Yamada Yoshinobu
- Korosazaru Mono, Ikubekarazu by Yousuke Nakamura
- Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? by Soborou
- NeuN by Tsutomu Takahashi
- My Home Hero by Masashi Asaki, Naoki Yamakawa
- Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls by Tatsuya Shihira
- MF Ghost by Shuichi Shigeno
- My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought by Hajime Inoryū and Shōta Itō
- My Boy by Hitomi Takano
- My Roomie Is a Dino by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura
- Fujimi no Tokkouhei: Ikitoshi Ikeru Monotachi e by Naoki Azuma and Shouji Koukami
- Yukionna to Kani wo Kuu by Gino0808
- Chigirenai Hito by Takeshi Taka
- Minagoroshi no Arthur by Yuichirō Koga
- Kubi wo Kiraneba Wakarumai by Tsukasa Monma and Yoshiki Kanata
- Does a Hot Elf Live Next Door to You? by Meguru Ueno
- Red Card by Masa Ichikawa
2020s
- Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
- Kissei Rettō by Edogawa Edogawa
- Bukuro Kicks by Matsuki Ikka
- God of Dog by Kō Kimura
- Renkin Buraikan by Hakaru Takarai
- Tokoshie × Bullet by Morion Airline and Akeji Fujimura
- Opekan by Mao Ningen and Misao
- Sanzennenme no Kamitaiō by Fumitaka Katō
- Tsugumi Project by Ippatu
- The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami
- Gestalt by Ringo Yōtō
- Nazotoki yori mo Taihen da by Jun Endō
- Rikō ni Naruniha Ao Sugiru by Yuto Uchida and Ryuki Ōnuma
- Gal-sen by Meguru Ueno
- Zomia by Sohei Asamura and Ten Ishida
- Lili-Men by Meguru Ueno
- Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan by Shūzō Oshimi
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