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List of Magazines & Their Target Audience

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candyloop	Post #250980
Member 6:53 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	This list was primary compiled to encourage people to apply the demographic tags (shoujo/shonen/sheinen/josei) according to the magazine type, instead of applying it for random reasons. I’m sure it will have other uses as well. Only magazines listed on MU are to be included. It’s up to you to make sure that the manga was indeed published under the specified magazine and that the magazine is listed under correct publisher. Questions? Objections? Suggestions? Magazine not included? Link not working/empty? Saw a double entry? I’m all ears. INDEX 1.0 Shoujo 2.0 Josei 3.0 Shounen 4.0 Seinen 5.0 Other 6.0 Yuri 7.0 BL 8.0 G-Comi 9.0 Seijin Last edited by candyloop at 2:25 pm, Jan 25
candyloop	Post #250981
Member 6:53 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	1.0 SHOUJO Some things to keep in mind: 1.Age wise the terms Shoujo/Josei are somewhat subjective terms, in written works what makes them obvious is the amount of furigana, less/no furigana means that it’s for older readers. 2.Very few magazines have absolutely homogeneous audience 3.Only Magazines listed on MU are included (or will be) 4.Only Japanese Publishers are taken into account 5.NOT LISTED: Imprints & Short Anthologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------EARLY TEENS: Ciao Ciao DX Nakayoshi Nakayoshi Lovely Ribon Ribon Bukkuri (Ribon Extra?) Ribon Original Ribon Special ----------------------------TEENS: Amie Asuka Beans Ace (Beans A, was the extra number of Monthly Shounen A, now is the extra number of Asuka) Bessatsu Hana to Yume Bessatsu Hana to Yume MAX Bessatsu LaLa Betsucomi Betsufure Betsuma Betsuma Special ChuChu Cindy (LaLa Special Cindy) Deluxe Betsucomi Deluxe Margaret Flex Comix Flare Friend (Fureindo, Friends) Hana to Yume Hana to Yume EPO Hana to Yume Fresh Zoukan Hana to Yume Planet Zoukan Hana to Yume Platinum Zoukan Hana to Yume Plus Hana to Yume Special Hana to Yume Step Zoukan KG Kurofune Zero (for now) LaLa LaLa Autumn Club LaLa DX LaLa SF Special LaLa Special LaLa Spring Club LaLa Summer Club LaLa Winter Club Lunatic LaLa Margaret Mystery Bonita Palette Sho-Comi Sho-Comi Summer Special Sho-Comi Zoukan Shoujo Club Shoujo Friend Shoujo Teikoku (defunct) Stencil The Hana to Yume Wendy (seems to be the old name for Cindy, not sure) ----------------------------LATE TEENS: Cheese! Cheese! Zoukan Cobalt Comic Blade Zebel Comic Mahou no iland Comic SYLPH Cookie Cookie Box Dessert Kirara 16 (older highschoolers girls) Magazine ZERO (containes many shounen ai stories) Mobile Flowers Monthly Seventeen South (defunct, all titles were transferred to Wings) Suspiria Mystery The Horror (horror) The Margaret Un Poco (comedy) Viva Princess Weekly Seventeen Wings ----------------------------LATE TEENS+ EARLY 20ies: Comic Blade Avarus comic B's-LOG Petit Princess Princess Princess Gold Princess Special The Dessert Zettai Renai Sweet (smut) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END SHOUJO Last edited by candyloop at 11:59 am, Feb 19
candyloop	Post #250982
Member 6:54 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	2.0 JOSEI Some things to keep in mind: 1.Age wise the terms Shoujo/Josei are somewhat subjective terms, in written works what makes them obvious is the amount of furigana, less/no furigana means that it’s for older readers. 2.Very few magazines have absolutely homogeneous audience 3.Only Magazines listed on MU are included (or will be) 4.Only Japanese Publishers are taken into account 5.NOT LISTED: Imprints & Short Anthologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------LATE TEENS+ EARLY 20ies: Bouquet Bouquet Excellence Cutie Comic Gekkan Halloween (Horror) Horror M (Horror) Kiss Kiss PLUS Mimi Miu (aka Comic Miu) Melody Muteki Renai S-girl (smut) Nemuki Nemuki Zoukan Renai Cherry PINK Ren'ai MAX (used to be Comic Miu) Renai Tengoku ----------------------------EARLY 20ies: Bessatsu Chorus Spring (Bessatsu Chorus) Chibi Max Chorus Comic Zero-Sum (started as shoujo, ended as josei) Feel Young Flowers (aka Monthly Flowers, NOT Flower Comics, make sure that manga listed under this category were indeed published under this magazine and not under Flower Comic Imprint, it’s a common mistake around here) Petit Comic Petit Comic Zoukan Petit Flower Rinka (was launched as special number of Monthly Flowers) Roma Roma (fashion) Silky Silky Special Spica (webcomic) Ward (published parallel to Zero-Sum) Young Rose Young YOU Zipper Comic ----------------------------20ies+: Be Love Bessatsu YOU Comic Crimson Elegance Eve Feeling Happy (Harlequin extra) For Mrs. Jour Suteki na Shufutachi Harlequin Hontou ni Kowai Douwa (Horror) Josei Jishin Jossie Judy Manga Time Jumbo (4koma) Manga Time Lovely (4koma) Manga Time Special (4koma, started for all, ended josei, OL moe) My Birthday (NOT the MB Comics aka My Birthday Comics Imprint) Office YOU (aka Lady's Comic Office You) One more Kiss Pianissimo Renai Revolution SF Magazine (sci-fi magazine, includes novels) Wonderland YOU (aka Lady's Comic You) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END JOSEI Last edited by candyloop at 12:38 am, Feb 14
candyloop	Post #250983
Member 6:54 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	3.0 SHOUNEN Some things to keep in mind: 1.Age wise the terms Shounen/Seinen are somewhat subjective terms, in written works what makes them obvious is the amount of furigana, less/no furigana means that it’s for older readers. 2.Very few magazines have absolutely homogeneous audience 3.Only Magazines listed on MU are included (or will be) 4.Only Japanese Publishers are taken into account 5.NOT LISTED: Imprints & Short Anthologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .hack//The World (gaming) Ace Assault Ace Momogumi Ace NEXT Akamaru Jump Bokura Magazine BonBon COM Comic Blade (initially was intended for both boys and girls, failed, now exclusevly aimes at boys) Comic Blade Masamune Comic Blood Comic Dragon (general content for male manga/games fans) Comic Gamest (Gaming Magazine) Comic GOTTA Comic Magna Comic Nora Comic REX Comic Rush (aka Monthly Comic Rush) Comp Ace (Gaming Magazine, Bishoujo) Comptiq (Gaming Magazine, Bishoujo) Dengeki Bunko (novel) Dengeki Gao! Dragon Age Dragon Age Pure Dragon Jr. EC comics Fresh Jump GanGan Powered GanGan Wing GFantasy (aka GanGan Fantasy, most authors are females) Gum Plus Gundam A Jump SQ Jump SQ II JUMP the Revolution Kibou no Tomo Magazine Dragon Zoukan Magazine Great Magazine Special Manga Shonen Megami Magazine (Bishoujo, some ecchi/adult material had slipped in the past, not anymore) MF Bunko J (novel) Monthly Shonen Jump Monthly Shounen Champion Monthly Shounen Magazine (aka Gekkan Shounen Magazine) Novel Japan (novel) Omoshiro Book Shonen Shonen Ace Shounen Captain Shonen Fang (aka Shounen Fang) Shonen GanGan Shonen Rival Shonen Sirius Shonen Sunday Shounen Book Shounen World Super Dash Bunko (novel) Tales of Magazine The Sneaker V-Jump Weekly Shonen Champion (aka Shonen Champion, Weekly Shounen Champion, Shuukan Shounen Champion) Weekly Shonen Jump Weekly Shonen Magazine ----------------------------LATE TEENS+ EARLY 20ies: Champion Red ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END SHOUNEN Last edited by candyloop at 7:36 am, Apr 12
candyloop	Post #250984
Member 6:54 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	4.0 SEINEN Some things to keep in mind: 1.Age wise the terms Shounen/Seinen are somewhat subjective terms, in written works what makes them obvious is the amount of furigana, less/no furigana means that it’s for older readers. 2.Very few magazines have absolutely homogeneous audience 3.Only Magazines listed on MU are included (or will be) 4.Only Japanese Publishers are taken into account 5.NOT LISTED: Imprints & Short Anthologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ace Tokunon Action (Manga Action) Action PIZAZZ Action PIZAZZ DX Afternoon Allman (Manga Allman) Arakure KNIGHT Magazine BART3230 (ex BART, also focuses on business) Bessatsu Manga Goraku Bessatsu Young Magazine Big Comic Big Comic Original Big Comic Original Special Big Comic Spirits Big Comic Spirits Special Big Comic Superior Big Comic Zoukan Business Jump Champion RED Ichigo (Bishoujo) Comi Digi+ (Comi Digi was renamed into Comi Digi+) Comic Alive Comic Be! Comic Beam Comic Birz Comic Bunch Comic Burger Comic Charge Comic Flapper Comic Gum Comic High! Comic Marble Comic Ran Comic Ran TWINS Comic Ryu Comic Sangokushi Magazine Comic Yell! Comic Yoshimoto (defunct, comedy) Dengeki Daioh Dengeki G's Festival! Comic (Bishoujo) Dengeki hp (Light Novels, was serialized as magazine) Dengeki Kuro Maoh Dengeki Maoh (Gaming Magazine) Dengeki Moeoh (Moe, obviously) Dengeki Teioh Evening Fellows! (Comic Beam Fellows!) Flex Comix Next Garo (mainly seinen, aimed at older highschool students and colledge students) GENZO (Webcomic) good! Afternoon Ikki Just Comic Kindai Maajan (aka Kindai Mahjong aka Modern Maajan, Mahjong Magazine) Kindai Maajan Gold (aka Kindai Mahjong Gold, Mahjong Magazine) Kindai Maajan Original (aka Kindai Mahjong Original, Mahjong Magazine) Magazine Z Mandala Manga 4Koma KINGS Palette (4koma, Bishoujo,Moe) Manga 4-Koma KINGS Palette Lite (4koma, Bishoujo,Moe) Manga Action Manga Action Pizazz Manga Home (4koma) Manga Kurabu (4koma) Manga Kurabu Original (4koma) Manga Life MOMO Manga Sunday Manga Time (4koma) Manga Time Kirara (4koma) Manga Time Kirara Carat (4koma) Manga Time Kirara Forward Manga Time Kirara Max (4koma) Mikosuri Han Gekijou (4koma) Monthly Jidaigeki Jin (aka Monthly Blade JIn, feudal japan) Morning Morning 2 Mr. Magazine Oh Super Jump Play Comic SF Adventure (sci-fi magazine includes novels) Shuukan Manga Times (aka Weekly Manga Times) Sunday Gene-X Super Jump Tech Gian (Game Info, Bishoujo) Ultra Jump Ultra Jump Egg Uppers (Young Magazine Uppers) Vitamin Weekly Playboy Young Animal Young Animal Arashi Young Animal Island (Young Animal Zoukan Island) Young Champion Young Champion Retsu Young Comic (this one comes labeled as seinen, but it is very sex oriented) Young GanGan Weekly Young Jump Young King Young King Ours Young King Ours+ Young Magazine Young Magazine Kaizokuban Young Sunday YS Special ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END SEINEN Last edited by candyloop at 12:47 pm, Apr 12
candyloop	Post #250985
Member 6:54 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	5.0 OTHER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : NONE Magazines that don't have manga as their main subject, therefore officially don't claim to target any particular demographic. AX (Alternative) Comic Cue (Alternative/Pop Magazine) Comic Genki Quick Japan (Alternative/Subculture , aimed at young people 18+) Neko Panchi (aka Neko Punch, Cats) Hamusupe (Animals) Swan Magazine (Ballet) Golf Comic (Golf magazine) ARMS Magazine(Hobby/Military) Chuichi Jidai (Idol Magazine, could be categorized as shounen) Animage (Info/Anime) Monthly AX (Info/Anime) Monthly Kadokawa (music) Newtype (Info/Anime) Famitsu Playstation + (Info/Games, Gaming Magazine) Weekly Famicon Tsushin (aka Famitsu, Game News Magazine) Gothic & Lolita Bible (fashion, gothic lolita) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : ALL Magazines intended for all, regardless their age and gender. Technically this category is Shounen+Seinen+Shoujo+Josei. Comic Kwai (horror) Gangan Online (webcomic) HXL (webcomic) Manga Time Family (4koma) Manga Time Original (4koma) MiChao! (webcomic) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : KODOMO Magazine intended for children (both boys and girls) who just started to learn how to read, this audience will be divided and spread to shounen and shoujo magazine as they age. Technically this category falls into Shounen+Shoujo range. CoroCoro Corocoro Comic Special Corocoro Dragon Corocoro Ichiban! Kerokero Ace Pre-Comic Bunbun (originally Comic BunBun) Tentou Mushi (aka Tentomushi) Tentou Mushi Special (aka Tentomushi Special) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : SHOUNEN+SHOUJO Comic Blade Brownie (for now) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : SHOUJO+JOSEI Duo (for manga fans, female oriented) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : SHOUNEN+SEINEN Comic Seed! Comic Valkyrie (Bishoujo) Dengeki G's Magazine (originally Gaming Magazine, now Bishoujo) Dragon Magazine(shounen manga, seinen novels) E★2 (genral bishoujo, moe magazine) Gemaga (Gamaga, ex Dorimanga, Gaming Magazine, Bishoujo) Game-jin (Gaming Magazine) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OTHER : SEINEN+JOSEI Comic Essay Gekijou (webcomic) Ketai Manga Town (cell-phone, 4koma) Manga Erotics F (alternative) Manga Life (4koma) Manga Life Original Manga Town (4koma) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END OTHER Last edited by candyloop at 12:48 pm, Apr 12
candyloop	Post #250986
Member 6:55 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	6.0 YURI Some things to keep in mind: 1.Only compilations of short stories can be both Yuri and Shoujo-ai, otherwise if it’s Yuri it can’t be Shoujo-ai and v/v (not all seem to be aware of this.) 2.NOT LISTED: Imprints, Short Anthologies and DJ Anthologies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YURI: JOSEI Yuri magazines aimed at females: Comic Yuri Hime Comic Yuri Hime: Wildrose Mist Magazine ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YURI: SEINEN Yuri magazines aimed at males: Comic Yuri Hime S ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YURI: ALL Yuri magazines aimed at both (males and females): Yuri Shimai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END YURI
candyloop	Post #250987
Member 6:55 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	7.0 BL Some things to keep in mind: 1.All BL titles are aimed at females in general. Most are aimed at older females (josei) 2.Only title listed under BL magazines can be marked as Yaoi. 3.Not all titles published in BL magazines are yaoi/shounen-ai (some are just shoujo/josei) 4.Only compilations of short stories can be both Yaoi and Shounen-ai, otherwise if it’s Yaoi it can’t be Shounen Ai and v/v (not all seem to be aware of this.) 5.Not all titles with homosexual content that are currently listed at MU as Yaoi are BL (see G-COMI below) 6.Anthologies are noted in brackets. 7.NOT LISTED: Imprints & DJ Anthologies Action Comics Boys Love Aqua Deep (Anthology) Aqua Zettai Ryouiki (Anthology) BasiL b-Boy LUV (Anthology) b-Boy Phoenix b-Boy Zips (Anthology) Be x Boy GOLD BGM Boy's Love B'S Anima Catalogue Series Chara Chara Selection CIEL CIEL TresTres Cita Cita Comic Aqua Comic June Comic Magazine LYNX Comic SAI Comique Hug Craft DaDa Daria Dear+ Deli x Deli Drap EDGE Gakuran vs Blazer (Anthology) Generous Kiss Guilty XX Gush Gush maniaEX (Anthology) Hanaoto Hanaoto Gorgeous (Anthology) HertZ Ichiraci (shoujo magazine with very softcore shounen ai focus) Ichisuki (defunct, become part of Ichiraci) Infernal Boys (Anthology) Infernal Boys Heat (Anthology) Junk! Boy Karen Love Mission (Anthology) Magazine Be x Boy Marble mellow mellow Opera Petite-D Piace (BOY'S Piasu) Pua Pua (Anthology) REIJIN Scandal Anthology (Anthology) Shota Mimi Love (Anthology, shota for females) Shota Tama (Anthology, shota for females) SoMe bizzare (Anthology) Virgin M Zettaireido (Anthology) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END BL Last edited by candyloop at 4:51 pm, Feb 2
candyloop	Post #250989
Member 6:55 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	8.0 G-COMI Some things to keep in mind: 1.G-Comi are manga with homosexual content aimed at gay males (while BL typically is aimed at heterosexual females; there are several fundamental differences between the two categories.) 2.Anthologies are noted in brackets. 3.NOT LISTED: Imprints & DJ Anthologies Kinniku Otoko (Anthology) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END G-COMI
candyloop	Post #250990
Member 6:56 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	9.0 SEIJIN Some things to keep in mind: 1.All Seijin titles are aimed at adult males. 2.Only titles under Seijin magazines can be marked as Hentai 3.Not all titles published in Seijin magazines are Hentai (some are Ecchi) 4.There is no need marking something as Ecchi if it’s already Hentai (pointing out the obvious) 5.Many Bishoujo magazine are in fact Seijin (they are marked as such in this list) 5.Not all Seijin magazines/anthologies have straight content. 6.Anthologies are noted in brackets. 7.NOT LISTED: Imprints & DJ Anthologies Angel Club Comic Aun Comic CanDoll Comic Dolphin COMIC Kairakuten Comic Kairakuten Beast Comic LO Comic Mashou Comic Megastore Comic Megastore H COMIC Momohime Comic MOOG Comic Mujin Comic NENE (Anthology) Comic Papipo Comic Penguin Club Comic Potpourri Club Comic Rin COMIC Shitsurakuten Comic Tenma COMIC Unreal Comic XO Doki! (distributed as seijin) Doki! Special (distributed as seijin) Jun-ai Kajitsu Kairakuten Beast Lemon People Lolita Anthology (Anthology) Men's Young Namaiki! Penguin Club Shoujo Tengoku (Bishoujo) Shounen Shikou (Anthology, shota for men) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ END SEIJIN
Dr. Love	Post #251039
Nbl. Rushy  Member 9:10 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 8748	Interesting, but what are your sources, if you have them? Are they 100% correct? ________________ source: animenewsnetwork Join SRoMU Scanlations or visit #SRoMU at IRCHighWay.
candyloop	Post #251061
Member 9:40 pm, Jan 22 2009 Posts: 154	As much as I would like to say it's 100%, there out to be some objections, we can sort them out if/when they come up. Some magazines can easily be put in multiply categories as the general public not always agrees with what publisher claims. As for my sources, they are: The magazines (to check for furigana) Publishers themselves, Japanese distributors (always more than one), Japanese databases similar to MU, Japanese wiki (on rare occasion), i did not used any English database with the exception of comipedia and even that only for cross reference, because I do not know what their sources are and some english sites are just too liberal. Bottom line is I have not used only one source for each magazine (unless it was publishers themselves and even so I checked with distributors to see if and how they categorize some manga) so I was very meticulous. Last edited by candyloop at 2:38 am, Jan 23
Dr. Love	Post #251335
Nbl. Rushy  Member 11:35 am, Jan 23 2009 Posts: 8748	Okay, I'm happy for your input, and Comipedia has some errors with some magazines, but it's a good way to confirm a demographic. By the way, what's the deal with manga series that run/have run in two magazines? ________________ source: animenewsnetwork Join SRoMU Scanlations or visit #SRoMU at IRCHighWay.
pnyxtr	Post #251339
Member 11:53 am, Jan 23 2009 Posts: 142	I wouldn't say it's all that common, but it does happen that a series moves from one magazine to another. Usually, it's between two mags from the same publisher. When the mangaka gets fed up (I assume) and switches publisher, though, there's usually a "subtle" change in the name. Compare Tokyo Toybox and Dai Tokyo Toybox, for instance. (Since it's the only example I can think of right now...) I also seem to recall that some of the ones that run in the Manga Time mags have moved around to more than two. So it's not like it's limited to <= 2, even.
candyloop	Post #251348
Member 12:33 pm, Jan 23 2009 Posts: 154	@Dr. Love: there are many reasons for it: 1. author just decides to switch publisher (basically what pnyxtr said) and it's really up to publisher to print the story in A or B magazine. 2. the original magazine the manga was running in has defunct, ceases publication. There are cases where a manga was runing for multi-audience magazine and when it ceased, the titles were moved to a singular-audience magazines of the appropriate demographics. 3. as manga progress it either changes orientation or it's been running for so long that the morals policy has been changed (so, for example, what once was considered to appropriate for boys, becomes appropriate for men) 4. publishers sometimes miscalculate their estimates, experiment or try to raise sales by putting a title of different demographic, if such trick fails (readers complain, no one reading the story) the title is moved to a more appropriate magazine. 5. a new magazine needs promotion so some of the chapters of a popular title that is already running in established magazine are published in the new one. (again, pnyxtr example of Time Magazines fits perfectly here)