Weekly Shōnen Sunday

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Weekly Shōnen Sunday
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1984 Vol. 40 featuring Urusei Yatsura on the cover
EditorKazunori Oshima
Former editorsTakenori Ichihara
CategoriesScript error: No such module "lang". manga[1][2]
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation120,000 (December 2025)[3]
First issueMarch 17, 1959; 67 years ago (1959-03-17)
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a weekly Script error: No such module "lang". manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, Weekly Shōnen Sunday issues are released on Wednesdays. Weekly Shōnen Sunday has sold over 1.8 billion copies since 1986, making it the fourth best selling manga magazine, only behind Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Young Jump.

History

Weekly Shōnen Sunday was first published on March 17, 1959, as a response to its rival Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[4][5] The debut issue featured Shigeo Nagashima, the star player of the Yomiuri Giants on the cover, and a congratulatory article by Isoko Hatano, a noted child psychologist.[citation needed]

Despite its name, Weekly Shōnen Sunday is published on Wednesday.[6][7] The "Sunday" in the name was the creation of its first editor, Kiichi Toyoda, who wanted the title to be evocative of a relaxing weekend.[citation needed]

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Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s mascot, Issue 1991-#37

Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s distinctive "pointing finger" that appears in the lower corner of every page on the left side of the magazine made its subtle debut in the 4/5 issue from 1969.[citation needed] This understated feature, ever present but easily overlooked, was referenced as a plot element in 20th Century Boys. SundayTemplate:'s more noticeable mascot, a helmeted fish, debuted in the 1980s.[citation needed]

Prior to the 1990s and 2000s no serial in Weekly Shōnen Sunday had run over 40 volumes, but that began to change with series such as Case Closed, Major, Inuyasha, Karakuri Circus, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Hayate the Combat Butler, Zettai Karen Children, and Be Blues!, which maintained a high level of popularity.

In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazines' founding dates, Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008.[8] In addition, other commemorative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.[5] The book Shonen Sunday 1983 was published on July 15, 2009 to celebrate the anniversary and the magazine's heyday. It reprints manga from 1983, such as Urusei Yatsura and Touch, and has interviews with their creators as well as artists who were inspired by the series from that period, such as Gosho Aoyama.[9]

To celebrate Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s 55th anniversary, 55 new manga series were launched in the print and online magazines Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Shōnen Sunday S, Ura Sunday, and Club Sunday throughout the year beginning in March 2014.[10]

Features

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". There are currently 31 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Out of them, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is on hiatus; Magic Kaito is infrequently published; Case Closed and Kai-hen Wizards are serialized on an irregular basis; Major 2nd is serialized biweekly and Ad Astra per Aspera and Case Closed: Zero's Tea TimeTemplate:'s continuations are yet to be announced.

Series title Author(s) Premiered
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Shinta Harekawa Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Akihisa Maki, Miki Yatsubo Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Hikaru Nikaido Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Gosho Aoyama Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Takahiro Arai Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Aya Hirakawa Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Kenjiro Hata Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Sakane Toyobayashi Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Atsu Benino Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Yellow Tanabe Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Lettuce Tarō, Mashu Tarō Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Jiro Sugiura, Okiumirei Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Takenori Ichihara, Aiko Koyama Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Gosho Aoyama Template:Dts
Major 2nd Takuya Mitsuda Template:Dts
Mao Rumiko Takahashi Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Miho Isshiki, Naoki Mizuguchi Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Haruki Hajime, Kemuri Karakara Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Tsubasa Fukuchi Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Atsushi Namikiri Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Mitsuharu Yanamoto Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Kōji Kumeta Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Yutaka Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Kazuhiro Fujita Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Kagiji Kumanomata Template:Dts
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". Yuji Yokoyama Template:Dts
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Circulation

Year / Period Weekly circulation Magazine sales Sales revenue (est.) Issue price
1986 1,600,000[11] 83,200,000[11] Template:JPY Template:JPY[12]
1987 1,300,000[11] 67,600,000[11] Template:JPY
1988 1,300,000[11] 67,600,000[11] Template:JPY
1989 1,400,000[11] 72,800,000[11] Template:JPY
1990 1,350,000[11] 70,200,000[11] Template:JPY
1991 1,350,000[11] 70,200,000[11] Template:JPY
1992 1,350,000[11] 70,200,000[11] Template:JPY Template:JPY[12]
1993 1,270,000[11] 66,040,000[11] Template:JPY
1994 1,270,000[11] 66,040,000[11] Template:JPY Template:JPY[12]
1995 1,400,000[11] 72,800,000[11] Template:JPY
1996 1,530,000[11] 79,560,000[11] Template:JPY Template:JPY[13]
1997 1,650,000[11] 85,800,000[11] Template:JPY
1998 1,700,000[11] 88,400,000[11] Template:JPY
1999 1,630,000[11] 84,760,000[11] Template:JPY
2000 2,020,000 105,040,000[11] Template:JPY
2001 1,500,000[11] 78,000,000[11] Template:JPY
2002 1,530,000 79,560,000 Template:JPY
2003 1,310,000 68,120,000 Template:JPY
2004 1,160,913[14] 60,367,476[14] Template:JPY
2005 1,068,265[14] 55,549,780[14] Template:JPY
January 2006 to August 2006 1,003,708[14] 34,795,211[14] Template:JPY
September 2006 to December 2006 1,010,000 17,506,667 Template:JPY
2007 940,000 48,880,000 Template:JPY
2008 873,438[15] 45,418,776[15] Template:JPY
January 2009 to September 2009 773,062[16] 30,149,418[16] Template:JPY
October 2009 to September 2010 678,917[17] 35,303,684[17] Template:JPY
October 2010 to September 2011 611,146[18] 31,779,592[18] Template:JPY
October 2011 to September 2012 539,521[19] 28,055,092[19] Template:JPY
October 2012 to September 2013 512,250[20] 26,637,000[20] Template:JPY Template:JPY[13][21]
October 2013 to September 2014 456,375[22] 23,731,500[22] Template:JPY Template:JPY[21]
October 2014 to September 2015 390,143[23] 20,287,436[23] Template:JPY
October 2015 to September 2016 350,521[24] 18,227,092[24] Template:JPY
October 2016 to September 2017 317,458[25] 16,507,816[25] Template:JPY
October 2017 to March 2018 302,167[26] 7,856,342[26] Template:JPY
1986 to March 2018 36,000,000 1,876,972,882 Template:JPY (Template:US$)

Editors-in-chief

  • Kiichi Toyoda (1959–1960)[27]
  • Yoshio Kinoshita (1960–1963)
  • Michio Tamio (1963–1965)
  • Yunosuke Konishi (1965–1967)
  • Yoshiya Takayanagi (1967–1969)
  • Yoshio Kinoshita (1969–1970)
  • Shizuo Watanabe (1970–1972)
  • Keizo Inoue (1972–1977)
  • Kazuki Tanaka (1977–1984)
  • Koichiro Inomata (1984–1987)
  • Harunori Kumagai (1987–1991)
  • Takashi Hirayama (1991–1994)
  • Harunori Kumagai (1994–1996)
  • Toyohiko Okuyama (1996–2000)
  • Shinichiro Tsuzuki (2000–2001)
  • Shinichi Mikami (2001–2004)
  • Masato Hayashi (2004–2009)
  • Masaki Nawata (2009–2012)
  • Yu Torimitsu (2012–2015)
  • Takenori Ichihara (2015–2021)[28]
  • Kazunori Oshima (2021–present)[29]

International versions

Elex Media Komputindo published an Indonesian version of Weekly Shōnen Sunday titled Shōnen Star from 2005 to 2013.

Viz Media began a Shonen Sunday imprint for titles in North America; starting with Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne, which was released on October 20, 2009.[30]

See also

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Further reading

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