, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and

manga 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 ...

, it is considered an

adult magazine Pornographic magazines or erotic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines or sex magazines, are magazines that contain content of an explicitly sexual nature. Publications of this kind may contain images of attractive naked subjects, as i ...

. The target demographic is men, and each issue features several partially nude pictorials of female models. This magazine is not a regional edition of the American '' Playboy'' magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as '' Monthly Playboy'' (''MPB'') by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.

Manga in ''WPB''

* '' Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi'' by Satoshi Ikezawa * '' Lady Snowblood'' (修羅雪姫) by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura * ''Modena no Ken'' (モデナの剣) by Satoshi Ikezawa * '' My Favorite Carrera'' (彼女のカレラ) by Kia Asamiya * ''Ore no Sora'' (俺の空) by Hiroshi Motomiya * ''Polo Shirt and Upper Cut'' by Norifusa Mita * '' The First President of Japan'' by Yoshiki Hidaka and Ryuji Tsugihara * '' Taiyō no Makibaō'' by

Tsunomaru is a Japanese manga artist who writes mostly shōnen manga. He debuted in 1991 with , which received the ''Shōnen Weekly Jump'' newcomer's award. Tsunomaru is best known for the horse-racing comedy '' Midori no Makibaō'', which was adapted a ...

* '' Ultimate Muscle'' by Yudetamago * ''Beat Shot!!'' by Satoshi Ikezawa * '' Sakigake!! Otokojuku'' by Akira Miyashita

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External links

Weekly Playboy Online
* (Lists appearances in ''Weekly Playboy'' from 1966 to 2011. 1966 establishments in Japan Men's magazines published in Japan Weekly magazines published in Japan Magazines established in 1966 Shueisha magazines {{Anime-mag-stub