is a Japanese monthly
manga magazine published by
Shogakukan,
starting in May 1976. Its main target is
elementary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
aged boys, younger than the readers of
shōnen manga. It features super heroes such as
''Kamen Rider'', ''
Super Sentai'',
''Ultraman'' and
''Metal Hero'', all of whom have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.
The name is a portmanteau of ''terebi'', the Japanese word for
television, and ''kun'', a Japanese honorific for small children, mainly young boys.
References
Kodomo manga magazines
Magazines established in 1976
Magazines published in Tokyo
Monthly manga magazines published in Japan
Shogakukan magazines
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