is a weekly Japanese ''seinen''

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magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980.

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, sports, romance and

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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.Japan Magazine Publishers Association ''Magazine Data 2008''
. In 2009 Shogakukan launched a new sister magazine, '' Monthly Big Comic Spirits''.

History

''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. Beginning in April 1986, the magazine became weekly, with new issues published every Monday.

Currently running manga series

Notable manga artists and series featured

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**''DOG LAW'' * Tetsuya Sekiya **'' Bambino!'' * Koji Aihara **''Koji En'' * Inio Asano **'' Oyasumi Punpun'' (moved from ''

Young Sunday was a weekly manga magazine published by Shogakukan in Japan since the first issue on March 27, 1987. It replaced ''Shōnen Big Comic'' in Shogakukan's lineup of shōnen titles, and many of the titles in ''Shōnen Big Comic'' were continued in ' ...

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'' * Tatsuya Egawa **'' Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari'' * Hisashi Eguchi **''Paparinko Monogatari'' * Tooru Fujisawa **''Animal Joe'' *''Ai Kozaki'' **'' Asahinagu'' * Akira Hanasaki and Tetsu Kariya **''

Oishinbo is a long-running Japanese cooking manga series written by and drawn by . The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, ''oishii'', and the word for someone who loves to eat, ''kuishinbo''. The series depicts the ...

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Kengo Hanazawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his '' seinen'' works. He won the Topic Award of the 2005 Sense of Gender Awards for '' Ressentiment'' and was nominated for the 3rd, 4th and 5th Manga Taisho for '' I Am a Hero''. His series '' Boys on the ...

**'' I Am a Hero'' *

Hidenori Hara is a Japanese manga artist. He won the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of ...

**''Aozora'' **''Yattarou Jan!!'' **''Minna Ikiteru'' * Shohei Harumoto **''CB Gan'' * Mochiru Hoshisato ** ''

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'' * Fujihiko Hosono **'' Gallery Fake'' * Ryoichi Ikegami and Kazuo Koike **'' Crying Freeman'' **''

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'' * Kazurou Inoue **''Undead'' * Yūgo Ishikawa ** ''

Yoiko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from 1996 to 2001, with its chapters collected in fifteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...

'' * Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Nishida Kensuke **'' Jagān'' * Junji Ito ** '' Gyo'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Uzumaki'' *

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**''Bokkemon'' * Masasumi Kakizaki and George Abe **'' Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin'' (moved from ''

'') * Atsushi Kamijo **''8 -Eight-'' * Ryo Kurashina and

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**''Teiou'' * Tsutomu Kamishiro and Yuu Nakahara **'' Last Inning'' * Katsutoshi Kawai **'' Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu'' (moved from ''

'') *

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and Tokihiko Ishiki **''

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Eisaku Kubonouchi is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. Biography Kubonouchi made his professional career debut in 1986 with the short story ''Okappiki Eiji'' published in the manga magazine ''Shōnen Sunday''. From 1988 to 1991, he worked on his f ...

**'' Chocolat'' * Kuromaru **'' Kurosagi'' (written by Takeshi Natsuhara and moved from ''

'') * Motorō Mase **''

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoro Mase. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Young Sunday'' (2005–2008) and ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' (2008–2012). A national prosperity law has been passed in a ...

'' (moved from ''

'') * Taiyō Matsumoto **''

Takemitsu Zamurai is a Japanese historical samurai manga series written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was published in Shogakukan's '' Big Comic Spirits'' ''seinen'' manga magazine, with its chapters collected in eight '' wideban'' v ...

'' (written by Issei Ifuku) ** '' Tekkonkinkreet'' ** '' Ping Pong'' * Norifusa Mita ** ''Boys of Summer'' * Go Nagai ** ''

Iron Virgin Jun is a Japanese manga series created by Go Nagai in 1983. It was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) feature in 1992. Manga synopsis Iron Virgin Jun is a bawdy comedy based on the physical prowess of the title character Jun Asuka ...

'' * Yu Nakahara and Ryu Kamio **'' Last Inning'' * Masaharu Noritsuke **''

Afro Tanaka is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masaharu Noritsuke. It follows a 24-year-old Afro-haired young man named Hiroshi Tanaka who falls in love for the first time. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga mag ...

'' * Tobira Oda **''

Danchi Tomoo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tobira Oda. An anime adaptation was announced in January 2013 and ran between April 2013 and February 2015. Plot ''Danchi Tomoo'' stars elementary school student Tomoo Kinoshita who lives ...

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Noboru Rokuda is a Japanese manga artist. He made his professional debut in 1978 with ''Saigo Test'', for which he won the Shogakukan New Artist Award. He won the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for '' F''. Works Manga * * * - The companion ...

** '' F'' * Shūhō Satō **''New Say Hello to Blackjack'' * Fumi Saimon ** '' Tokyo Love Story'' ** '' Asunaro Hakusho'' * Yukizou Saku **''

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Masahito Soda is a Japanese manga artist. Soda studied at Nihon University, but left prior to graduating. He worked as an assistant for Taku Kitazaki, and debuted in 1990 with ''GET ROCK'', published in ''Magazine Special''. His most notable series are ''Firef ...

**''Subaru'' ** ''MOON - Subaru Solitude Standing'' * Noboru Takahashi **'' Mogura no Uta'' (moved from ''

'') * Rumiko Takahashi ** '' Maison Ikkoku'' *

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** '' Ii Hito'' ** '' Saikano'' *

Kentaro Takekuma is a Japanese manga author. He is one of the authors of ''Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga''. He is also the story writer of ''Super Mario Adventures''.Koji Aihara ** '' Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga'' * Yuji Takemura and Yoichi Komori **''Master of Sea UMISHI'' * Jiro Taniguchi and Jinpachi Mori **''

Benkei in New York is a one-volume manga written by Jinpachi Mori and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. It is a collection of short stories revolving around a Japanese artist who moves to New York, but secretly works as a hitman in his spare time. It was originall ...

'' * Sekiya Tetsuji **'' Bambino!'' * Kei Toume **''Momonchi'' *

Kazuo Umezu is a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. He is among the most famous authors of horror manga and has been vital for its development since the 1960s. Life Umezu was born in Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, but raised in the mountainous Go ...

**''My Name is Shingo'' * Naoki Urasawa ** ''

20th Century Boys is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1999 to 2006, with the 249 chapters published into 22 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' ** ''21st Century Boys'' ** ''

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'' ** '' Yawara!'' *

Reiji Yamada is a Japanese manga artist. His first big hit was a romantic comedy ''B Virgin'', and he is also known for the manga adaptation of ''Zebraman is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu action comedy superhero film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Ka ...

**''Coconuts Period -Chikyuu Ondannka wo Tomeru Usagi-'' * Naoki Yamamoto ** '' Dance till Tomorrow'' **'' Arigatō'' ** '' Believers'' * Hideo Yamamoto ** '' Homunculus'' *

Yasuhito Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He made his debut in 1980 in '' Young Jump'' with a gag-comedy manga before turning to more serious dramas. He won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the ...

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Sekido Sekido (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese skier {{surname Japanese-language surnames ...

'' * Kimio Yanagisawa **''Ruri Iro Generation'' * Sensha Yoshida **'' Utsurun Desu.'' *

Masami Yuki , real name Shūji Satō (佐藤修司 ''Satō Shūji'', born December 19, 1957, in Kutchan, Abuta District, Hokkaidō), is a Japanese manga artist. Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear. In ...

**'' Birdy the Mighty'' (moved from ''

'') **'' Hakubo no Chronicle'' * Shouhei Manabe **'' Ushijima the Loan Shark'' * Uoto ** Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite'' * Yukio Katayama **''Hanamote Katare'' (moved from '' Monthly Big Comic Spirits'') **'' Furo Girl!''

References

External links

* * {{Shogakukan manga magazines Weekly manga magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 1980 Shogakukan magazines Seinen manga magazines Magazines published in Tokyo