Big Comic Superior
Cover of February 22, 2008, issue
CategoriesSeinen manga[1][2]
FrequencySemimonthly on 2nd and 4th Fridays
Circulation108,667[2]
(July–September, 2016)
First issueJuly 1, 1987[3]
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/bigsuperior/

Big Comic Superior (ビッグコミックスペリオール, Biggu Komikku Superiōru) is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987, by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for Big Comic Original and Big Comic Spirits.[4] The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Ryoichi Ikegami, Mochiru Hoshisato, Yū Koyama, Yūji Aoki, Fumi Saimon, Norifusa Mita, George Akiyama, and Buronson.

Superior was originally a special issue of Big Comic Original, published twice monthly on the 1st and 15th. However, since it was selling just as well as the main three magazines (Big Comic, Big Comic Original, and Big Comic Spirits), it began to be released every other week. It is currently released twice monthly on the second and fourth Fridays. As of 2015, Superior has a reported circulation of 115,334 for each issue.[5]

Series

Currently running series

Title Author/Artist Premiered
Ajiichimonme Tsugi Aji Zenta Abe (story) & Yoshimi Kurata (art) December 2018
Boku-ra wa Min'na Ikite Yuku! Hideki Akiyama September 2020
Eisei Otome no Tatakai-kata Kuzushiro April 2019
Fool Night (フールナイト, Fūru Naito) Kasumi Yasuda November 2020
Football Nation (フットボールネーション, Futtobōru Nēshon) Yuki Otake December 2009
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Yasuo Ohtagaki March 2012
Mukashi no Hanashi (むかしのはなし) Taiyō Matsumoto May 2020[6]
Mujina into the Deep Inio Asano March 2023
Phobia (フォビア, Fobia) Katsunori Hara December 2020
Ra ̄ men sai Yū-ki Midori Kube (story) & Tan Kawai (art) February 2020
Steel of the Celestial Shadows (太陽と月の鋼, Taiyō to Tsuki no Hagane) Daruma Matsuura June 2020
Super Ball Girls Muneyuki Kaneshiro (story) & Akira Hiramoto (art) October 2022
Trillion Game (トリリオンゲーム, Toririongēmu) Riichiro Inagaki (story) & Ryoichi Ikegami (art) December 2020
Tsuma Kansatsu Nikki Shigeyuki Fukumitsu August 2020

Past series

References

  1. ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. pp. 327–239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ ビッグコミックスペリオール. AD Pocket (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  4. ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (1999). Dreamland Japan. Stone Bridge Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5. Retrieved April 13, 2022. There is a tiny gap in the ages targeted by Big, Original, and Spirits—those between twenty-five and thirty—and Superior fills it.
  5. ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "Start Dates Revealed for New Manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, Daruma Matsuura". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 23, 2022.

External links

Big Comic Superior series
Shogakukan manga magazines
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