Big Comic Spirits (ビッグコミックスピリッツ, Biggu Komikku Supirittsu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250.[5] In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.

Big Comic Spirits
June 25, 2007 issue of Big Comic Spirits featuring model Aki Hoshino
Former editorsTakashi Nagasaki[1]
CategoriesSeinen manga[2][3]
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation150,000[2]
(July-September, 2016)
First issueOctober 14, 1980[4]
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/spirits/

History

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Big Comic Spirits launched on October 14, 1980, as a monthly magazine. The following June, it changed to a semimonthly magazine published on the 15th and 30th days of each month.[citation needed] Beginning in April 1986, the magazine became weekly, with new issues published every Monday.[citation needed]

Currently running manga series

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Title Author/Artist Premiered
15-Bu no Shoujotachi: Idol no Tsukurikata (15分の少女たち-アイドルのつくりかた-) Kappi (story) and Rie Toi (art) October 2021[6]
Akane no Ne (アカネノネ) Eriko Yada July 2022[7][a]
Ano Tsuki ni Mukatte Ute! (あの月に向かって打て!) Kazuyuki Samukawa January 2020[10]
Aoashi (アオアシ) Yugo Kobayashi January 2015[11]
Asadora! (連続漫画小説 あさドラ!, Renzoku Manga Shōsetsu Asadora!) Naoki Urasawa October 2018[12][b]
Bōkyaku no Sachiko (忘却のサチコ) Jun Abe August 2014[13]
Dance Dance Danseur (ダンス・ダンス・ダンスール, Dansu Dansu Dansūru) George Asakura September 2015[14]
Dragon Jam Itsunari Fuji May 2011[15][c]
Ekiden Danshi Project (駅伝男子プロジェクト) Shin Takahashi May 2022[16][b]
Fuuto PI (風都探偵, Fūto Tantei) Riku Sanjo (story) and Masaki Satou (art) August 2017[17]
Ganbaryonkā, Masako-chan (がんばりょんかぁ、マサコちゃん) Masaru Miyazaki (story) and Osamu Uoto (art) January 2022[18]
Haibaiyōshi Mizuiro (胚培養士ミズイロ) Mari Okazaki October 2022[19]
Hana Ikeru: Kawakita Kōkō Kadōbu (ハナイケル-川北高校華道部-) Hamachi Yamada February 2023[20]
Heaven no Tenbin (ヘブンの天秤) Ruru Jōdo June 2022[21]
Hirayasumi (ひらやすみ) Keigo Shinzō April 2021[22]
Ikiteru Uchi ni Oshite Kure (生きてるうちに推してくれ) Niwa Tanba August 2022[23]
Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu (健康で文化的な最低限度の生活) Haruko Kashiwagi March 2014[b]
Kimagure Konseputo (気まぐれコンセプト) Hoichoi Productions October 1981[24]
Koi to Kokkai (恋と国会) Keiko Nishi November 2018[25][b]
Kono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru (この世は戦う価値がある) Hatsumi Kodama April 2023[26]
Komegura Fūfu no Recipe-chō (米蔵夫婦のレシピ帳, Komegura Fūfu no Reshipi-chō) Yukio Katayama October 2022[27]
Kūneru Maruta Nūbo (くーねるまるた ぬーぼ) Jingu Takao February 2018[28]
Kujō no Taizai (九条の大罪) Shohei Manabe October 2020[29]
Maō ga Zutto Mite Iru (魔王がずっと見ている) Hiroshi Noda (story) and Masayasu Fukushima (art) February 2022[30]
Mushoku no Gakkō –Shokugyō Kunrenkō de no 200-kakan– (無職の学校~職業訓練校での200日間~) Seike Takaharu March 2022[31]
Mogura no Uta (土竜の唄) Noboru Takahashi September 2008[32][d]
My Home Afro Tanaka (マイホーム アフロ田中, Mai Hōmu Afuro Tanaka) Masaharu Noritsuke October 2022[33]
Muta no Aru Seikatsu (無田のある生活) Sho Asahina November 2022[34][b]
Nigatsu no Shōsha: Zettai Gōkaku no Kyōshitsu (二月の勝者 ―絶対合格の教室―) Shiho Takase December 2017[35]
Oishinbo (美味しんぼ) Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki October 1983[36][b]
Ōjōgiwa no Imi o Shire! (往生際の意味を知れ!) Kyo Yoneshiro February 2020[37]
Otona no Zukan Kaiteiban (おとなのずかん改訂版) Kei Itoi December 2021[38][b]
Owakare Hospital (お別れホスピタル, Owakare Hosupitaru) Bakka Okita December 2017[39]
Platanus no Mi (プラタナスの実, Puratanasu no Mi) Toshiya Higashimoto October 2020[40]
Re Cervin (レ・セルバン, Re Seruban) Kōsuke Hamada January 2022[41]
Robō no Fujii (路傍のフジイ) Kurao Nabe May 2024[42]
Roppen (ROPPEN-六篇-) Akira Miyashita December 2022[43]
Shinkurō, Hashiru! (新九郎、奔る!) Masami Yuki January 2020[44][e]
Shokubutsu Byōrigaku wa Ashita no Kimi wo Negau (植物病理学は明日の君を願う) Minoru Takeyoshi September 2022[45]
Sukoshi Dake Ikikaeru (すこしだけ生き返る) Fumi Usukura October 2022[46]
Uranaishi Hoshiko (占い師星子) Mimico Misaki April 2023[47]
Yumenashi Sensei no Shinro Shidō (夢なし先生の進路指導) Masaki Kasahara April 2023[48]

Finished series

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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Notes

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  1. ^ Originally titled Akaneiro no Composer (茜色のコンポーザー) and serialized in Monthly Big Comic Spirits from March to May 2022.[8][9]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g On hiatus
  3. ^ Moved from Monthly Big Comic Spirits; on hiatus
  4. ^ Moved from Weekly Young Sunday
  5. ^ Moved from Monthly Big Comic Spirits

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