Be Love
| Categories | Josei manga |
|---|---|
| Circulation | 106,834 |
| Year founded | 1980 |
| Company | Kodansha |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official website |
Be Love is a Japanese manga magazine targeting women published by Kodansha. It debuted in September 1980.[1] It is one of the leading manga magazines for adult women,[2][3] the first of its kind,[4] and was instrumental in the rising popularity of josei manga in the 1980s, which led to the creation of other magazines targeted at women such as You and Big Comic for Lady.[2] As of 2003, Be Love, like You and Jour, published stories focussing on "the reality of everyday life" experienced by its readers.[5]
The magazine first appeared as Be in Love but was renamed in 1982.[1] From 1995-2000 sales were at around 270,000-280,000 per issue.[6] In 2006 and 2007, Be Love had a circulation of about 200,000.[7] In 2008, it had a circulation of 182,667.[8] In 2009, it had a circulation of 173,125;[9] in 2010, 153,792,[10] and in 2015, 106,834.[11]
As of 1997, the magazine's readers are mostly working women and housewives, but students made up 8% of readership in that year.[12]
Series published in Be Love
- Aishiteru: Kaiyō by Minoru Itō (2006–2007)
- Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu (2007–current)
- Daisuki!! Yuzu no Kosodate Nikki by Mizuho Aimoto (2005–2012)
- Waru by Jun Fukami (1988–1997)
References
- 1 2 http://www.propel.ne.jp/~hisatomi/comic/shojomanga/history4.html
- 1 2 Jaqueline Berndt: Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kultur in Japan. edition q, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-86124-289-3, S. 133. (German)
- ↑ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey. p. 172. ISBN 0-345-48590-4.
- ↑ http://www.imageandnarrative.be/index.php/imagenarrative/article/viewFile/124/95
- ↑ Ito, Kinko (2003). "The World of Japanese Ladies' Comics: from Romantic Fantasy to Lustful Perversion". The Journal of Popular Culture 36 (1): 68–85. doi:10.1111/1540-5931.00031.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20071227081500/http://www2.plala.or.jp/eiko/review/r03_graph.html
- ↑ http://comipress.com/article/2007/12/26/3040
- ↑ http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/magdata/index.php?module=list&action=list&cat1cd=1&cat3cd=14&period_cd=2
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/2009-japanese-manga-magazine-circulation-numbers
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-17/2010-japanese-manga-magazine-circulation-numbers;
- ↑ Japanese Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data (April-June 2015). "Josei Manga". Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/magazines/index.html
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