is a monthly Japanese

seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like '' Weekly Ma ...

manga magazine Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used ...

, published on the 5th each month by

Media Factory , formerly is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing. History It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd. Media Factory was poss ...

since November 5, 1999 as a successor to ''Comic Alpha''. The magazine celebrated its 100th issue on February 5, 2008 (March issue 2008). On July 13, 2022, a supplemental magazine for ''Flapper'' called ''Monthly Comic Alunna'' began publishing. ''Alunna'' will focus on manga by notable online influencers and creators, with some titles currently being published in ''Flapper'' moving to the new magazine.

Serialized titles

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7 Billion Needles is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel ''Needle'' by Hal Clement. Plot The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a ...

'' *''Atagoul ha neko no mori'' by

Hiroshi Masumura is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his adaptations of Kenji Miyazawa's children novels, including his work on the anime film ''Night on the Galactic Railroad'' (1985), and for several manga series set in the fantasy universe ''At ...

(1999-2011) *'' Brave 10'' *''

Candy Boy is an eight-minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico Ni ...

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Chio-chan no Tsūgakuro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tadataka Kawasaki. It was serialized in Media Factory's ''Monthly Comic Flapper'' magazine from April 2014 to September 2018. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Diomedéa ai ...

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Dance in the Vampire Bund is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki. The manga was serialized in Media Factory's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Comic Flapper'' between 2005 and 2012, and is licensed for publication in English by S ...

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Denkigai no Honya-san , also known by the abbreviation , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Asato Mizu. It depicts slice of life stories about a group of characters who work in a fictional ''doujin'' shop called , a reference to the real-life ''d ...

'' *'' Fantastic Children'' *''

Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsuto ...

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Guin Saga is a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned, but the final total stands at 147 volumes and 26 side-story novels ...

'' *'' Kage Kara Mamoru!'' *''

Kamisama Kazoku is an anime series based on a series of light novels by Yoshikazu Kuwashima, which premiered May 18, 2006 in Japan across the anime satellite television network Animax. The original light novel series has concluded with eight volumes; howev ...

'' *'' Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear'' (ongoing) *''

Locke the Superman is a Japanese manga series created by Yuki Hijiri, which was later adapted into a movie and three OVA releases. The movie was given an obscure video release in the United States by Celebrity Home Entertainment as ''Locke the Superpower ...

'' (ongoing) *'' Madan no Ō to Vanadis'' *''

Lycoris Recoil is a Japanese original anime television series created by Spider Lily and Asaura. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired from July to September 2022. A manga adaptation by Yasunori Bizen began serialization in Media Factory's manga m ...

'' (ongoing) *'' Math Girls'' *'' Mushoku Tensei'' *'' My Wife Has No Emotion'' (ongoing) *'' Najica Blitz Tactics'' *'' Nijū Mensō no Musume'' *'' Overman King Gainer'' *'' Space Adventure Cobra: Magic Doll'' *'' Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari'' (ongoing) *'' Togari Shiro'' *'' Tonari no Seki-kun'' (ongoing) *'' Tono to Issho'' *''

Translucent In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions ...

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Twin Spica is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma. The "realistic, slice-of-life science fiction series" tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to become astronauts in the early 21st ...

'' *'' Vamos Lá!'' *'' Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games'' (ongoing)

References

External links

Comic Flapper official website
{{Comic Flapper 1999 establishments in Japan Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 1999 Seinen manga magazines Media Factory magazines