, often abbreviated as , is a

manga magazine 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics an ...

published by

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

. Like many other manga magazines, it is an "

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magazine", with each issue featuring new chapters of several manga series. The series are also published in form under the Sunday GX Comics imprint.

History

The magazine's title, ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'', refers to its mission as a manga magazine for

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. The first issue was published on July 19, 2000 and new issues are published on the 19th day of each month — not necessarily on a Sunday. The title uses the word "Sunday" more as a trademark or genre name, shared with its sister magazines ''

Weekly Shōnen Sunday is a weekly 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 1.8billion copies since 1986, making it ...

'' and '' Weekly Young Sunday''. Shogakukan also publishes manga series previously featured in ''Sunday GX'' as paperback (compilation volumes) under the imprint Sunday GX Comics.

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* * {{Shogakukan manga magazines 2000 establishments in Japan Magazines established in 2000 Monthly manga magazines published in Japan Seinen manga magazines Shogakukan magazines