ShÅnen Book
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First issue of ShÅnen Book, the cover features man standing next to an airplane, this was done for a feature film at the time. It also mentions Omoshiro Book. | |
| Editor | SaburÅ Shibata |
|---|---|
| Categories | ShÅnen manga |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | March 1958 |
| Final issue — Number |
April 1969 4 |
| Company | Shueisha |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
ShÅnen Book (少年ブック ShÅnen Bukku, lit. "Boys' Book") was a manga magazine by Shueisha, which debuted March 1958 and ended in April 1969. ShÅnen Book was originally a spin-off of Shueisha's Omoshiro Book (ãŠã‚‚ã—ã‚ブック Omoshiro Bukku, literally - "Funny Book"). ShÅnen Book is famously known in Japan for being the predecessor to the company's famous Weekly ShÅnen Jump magazine. The ShÅnen Book tankÅbon manga volumes are published under the ShÅnen Speed ÅŒ (少年スピード王) manga imprint. ShÅnen Book was a part of Shueisha's former leading magazine line, Book, now Jump. ShÅnen Book was created in 1958 as a male version of the short lived ShÅjo Book. Omoshiro Book became an offshoot of the magazine, and eventually faded away in the middle of the ShÅnen Book timeline. ShÅnen Book also served as a root to many other magazines published by Shueisha.
History
Shueisha was just getting into the business of making manga magazines, creating the magazine Omoshiro Book and the ShÅjo magazine ShÅjo Book.[1] The success of ShÅjo Book, led to the publication of their wideley successful, Ribon.[1] Shueisha was planning to make a ShÅnen version of their ShÅjo Book magazine, and they created ShÅnen Book.[1] ShÅnen Book was created as a sister anthology to their already successful Omoshiro Book, on the front cover of the first ShÅnen Book it announced that Omoshiro Book would continue as a special issue of ShÅnen Book.[1] Omoshiro Book had an Osamu Tezuka manga called Lion Books.[2] ShÅnen Book, historically had some of the most famous manga artists of all time, such as Tatsuo Yoshida whose Mach GoGoGo (Speed Racer) appeared in the magazine, and which ultimately was rereleased by Fusosha as two deluxe volumes. The magazine also serialized many of Osamu Tezuka's manga series. In the middle of ShÅnen Book's publication, ShÅnen Jump was created, making ShÅnen Book a special issue.[3] ShÅnen Jump at the time was a semiweekly magazine. When it became a weekly magazine, the title of ShÅnen Jump was changed to Weekly ShÅnen Jump, and ShÅnen Book was discontinued.[3] The magazine of ShÅnen Book was replaced with a special called Bessatsu ShÅnen Jump, which was later changed to the title Monthly ShÅnen Jump (branched of into its own magazine, discontinued, and was replaced with the current; Jump SQ.), and then finally Akamaru Jump (the latter of which is now a "ZÅkan" (special) issue).[3]
Features
ShÅnen Book much like many other manga magazines had many different features such as manga series, articles, etc. ShÅnen Book also had special editions like SanchÅme no YÅ«hi Tokubetsuhen: BÅken ShÅnen Book (三ä¸ç›®ã®å¤•æ—¥ç‰¹åˆ¥ç·¨å†’険少年ブック SanchÅme no YÅ«hi Tokubetsuhen BÅken ShÅnen Bukku, literally: "The Evening Sun, Special Compilation of Three Chomes: Adventure Boy Book"), which was a children's version of the main anthology, aimed at young children. Or TsÅ«kai Book (痛快ブック TsÅ«kai Bukku, literally: "Pungent Book"), which features all color artwork.
A essential feature of ShÅnen Book is that it had many famous manga artists in it. The magazine published series from the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka, and also published Tatsuo Yoshida's Mach GoGoGo, which has become a successful title in the late ages of anime in the United States. Also in ShÅnen Book, a manga adaptation of the sequel to the Mighty Jack TV drama: Tatakae! Mighty Jack. The famous Harenchi Gakuen also started in ShÅnen Book, and later moved to the major Weekly ShÅnen Jump.
In addition to the manga series of ShÅnen Book, it also featured many light novel series. The light novels are based on the running series in the magazine.
Manga in the last issue of ShÅnen Book
This list contains all of the manga in the last issue of ShÅnen Book. Three of the series were transferred to the ShÅnen Jump magazine, also put under their new imprint—Jump Comics.
Manga series
| Manga | Began | Ended | Creator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix YarÅ (グランプリ野郎) | April 1968 | April 1969 | KÅki Yokoyama |
| RyÅ«sei KyÅ«dan (æµæ˜Ÿçƒå›£) | January 1968 | April 1969 | Sachio Umemoto × Kazuya Fukumoto |
| Vampire (Dai 2 Bu) (ãƒãƒ³ãƒ‘イヤ(第2部)) | January 1968 | April 1969 | Osamu Tezuka |
| Manga Daigaku (マンガ大å¦) | January 1969 | April 1969 | Fujio Akatsuka |
| KÅsoku ESP (光速エスパー) | June 1968 | April 1969 | Reiji Matsumoto |
| Chichi no Tamashii (父ã®é‚) | April 1969 | April 1969 (continued in ShÅnen Jump) | Hiroshi Kaiduka |
| Harenchi Gakuen (ãƒãƒ¬ãƒ³ãƒå¦åœ’) | April 1969 | April 1969 (continued in ShÅnen Jump) | GÅ Nagai |
| Otoko no JÅken (ç”·ã®æ¡ä»¶) | April 1969 | April 1969 (continued in ShÅnen Jump) | Noboru Kawasaki × Ikki Kajiwara |
One-shots
| Manga | Published | Creator |
|---|---|---|
| DorobÅ Gakuen (ドãƒãƒœã‚¦å¦åœ’) | April 1969 | RentarÅ Itai |
| Otoire Daisakusen (オトイレ大作戦) | April 1969 | Takumi Takahashi |
| Koibito-kun (コイビトãã‚“) | April 1969 | GÅ Nagai |
| Aku Sanbiki (悪三匹) | April 1969 | Sachio Umemoto |
ShÅnen Book media in the English language
Only the series Mach GoGoGo has been released in English. More importantly, the anime was one of the first brought to the United States of America, as well as the manga. The manga was first published by NOW Comics, selecting chapters from the series under the title of the English anime.[4] Mach GoGoGo was later released in complete volumes by DC Comics's Wildstorm Productions under the title Speed Racer: the Original Manga, the cover art was done by Robert DeJesus.[5] Currently the series is published by Digital Manga Publishing under the title Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go.[6]
Although "Speed Racer" has found success in the States, some other series have also appeared in the United States under other media besides manga or anime. An example of this would be Obake no Q-tarÅ by Fujiko Fujio, the ShÅnen Book series was never published in English, although a video game based on the series was published in the United States. This game was called Obake no Q-tarÅ: WanWan Panic retitled Chubby Cherub, and was heavily altered.[7] The game was originally made for fans of the series, which Americans would have no knowledge of. Q-tarÅ, the Ghost was replaced with a cherub.[7] The series has been in many other magazines besides ShÅnen Book, such as CoroCoro Comic, Weekly ShÅnen Sunday, and Bessatsu ShÅnen Sunday, making the game media of all four of the anthologies.
Even currently ShÅnen Book appeared in United States. In the Astro Boy Game Boy Advance video game Astro Boy: Omega Factor, the main character of the Big X series made a cameo.[8] Astro Boy: Omega Factor was released in States on August 17, 2004.[9]
As for the manga based on television series, not the manga, but the Mighty Jack TV series had episodes one through six merged into a dubbed feature-length film (much like Giant Robo). This was a common act of filmmaking at the time. The series gained more exposure after its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000, which in the 1980s aired on Comedy Central.[10] Also the manga Captain Scarlet was an adaptation of the United Kingdom TV show: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, which was in English to begin with.[11]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "集英社 å°å²æˆé•·æœŸ". Shueisha history 3. Shueisha. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ↑ "Tezuka Osamu @World -Lion Books-". Lion Books. Tezuka Osamu @World. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- 1 2 3 "集英社 å°å²æˆé•·æœŸ". Shueisha history 4. Shueisha. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ↑ "NOW Comics 1985 - 2005". The History of NOW. NOW Comics. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ↑ "Wildstorm". Speed Racer: The Original Manga Vol. 1. DC Comics. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ "Speed Racer Mach Go Go Go brought to you by DMP Platinum an Digital Manga Inc". Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go. Digital Manga Publishing. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- 1 2 "IGN: Obake no Q-taro WanWan Panic". Obake no Q-taro WanWan Panic. IGN. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ "GameSpot Video: Astro Boy: Omega Factor Gameplay Movie 10". Astro Boy: Omega Factor Gameplay Movie 10. GameSpot. 2004-08-17. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ "Astro Boy: Omega Factor for Game Boy Advance - MobyGames". Astro Boy: Omega Factor. MobyGames. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ ""Mystery Science Theater 3000" Mighty Jack (1989)". "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Mighty Jack (1989). IMDb. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ ""Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" 1972". "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" 1972. IMDb. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
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