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Publisher: 講談社 [Kōdansha]
Years in Operation: 1909 - ?
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Country: Flag Japan Web Site: https://www.kodansha.co.jp/ Brands: 3 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 507 Printings: 24569 (24518 Issues) Disclose Notes:     Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Akira World {Comic Books} 1988 - 1
ALL OUT!! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in Morning Two. Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000006279
2013 - ? 17
Aria {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://aria-comic.jp.
2010 - 2018 94
A・I が止まらない! [A.I. ga Tomaranai! / A. I. Love You] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 週刊少年マガジン [Shūkan Shōnen Magajin / Weekly Shonen Magazine] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1959 series).
1994 - 1997 9
Baby Birth [ベイビィバース] [Beibi Bāsu] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 月刊マガジンZ [Magazine Z] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1999 series).
2001 - 2
Batman: Justice Buster {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The English script title is used as the main title for this series. The Japanese script title is also shown on the cover but in much smaller type: バットマン ジャスティスバスター
2021 - ? 3
Be in Love {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Monthly until 6/1982 and then twice monthly. This leads to their being two issues each numbered 1/1982 to 6/1982.
1980 - 1982 32
Be Love [ビーラブ] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Twice monthly until 2019. Title is in English. Official website: http://be-love.jp
1982 - ? 938
Beyond the Clouds 空から落ちた少女 {Comic Books} 2022 - ? 3
Black-Box {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in 月刊アフタヌーン [Gekkan Afutanūn] [Monthly Afternoon] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1986 series). Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000026903
2016 - ? 6
BOX ~箱の中に何かいる~ {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000028674.
2016 - 2017 3
Candy & Cigarettes {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Tomonori Inoue (井上智徳). Originally serialized in Young Magazine the 3rd. The title is usually stylized in upper caps.
2017 - 2021 11
CITY {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Keiichi Arawi (あらゐけいいち).
2017 - 2021 13
Clamp Premium Collection 魔法騎士レイアース [Clamp Premium Collection Magic Knight Rayearth] {Comic Books} 2022 - 3
Clamp Premium Collection 魔法騎士レイアース2 [Clamp Premium Collection Magic Knight Rayearth 2] {Comic Books} 2022 - 2023 3
Clover {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Clamp
1997 - 1998 4
Clover {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By CLAMP Second edition.
2008 - 2
CreepyCat 猫と私の奇妙な生活 [Creepy Cat: Neko to Watashi no Kimyō na Seikatsu] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Cotton Valent (コットン バレント). Originally serialized in Seikaisha's Twi 4 site. Adaptation of the artist's webcomic series Meawbin the Creepy Cat.
2019 - 2021 4
Days {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000006356. Was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
2013 - 2021 42
Disney’s マジカルダンス!! [Disney's Magical Dance] {Comic Books} 2008 - 2
Dreams ドリームス {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 週刊少年マガジン [Shūkan Shōnen Magajin / Weekly Shonen Magazine] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1959 series). Later in マガジン Special [Magajin Special / Magazine Special] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1983 series). Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000007.
1996 - 2017 71
Edens Zero {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Hiro Mashima (真島ヒロ).
2018 - 2024 33
FLCL フリクリ [Furi Kuri] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 月刊マガジンZ Monthly Magazine Z [Gekkan Magajin Zetto].
2000 - 2001 2
Get Backers 奪還屋 [GetBackers] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
1999 - 2007 39
Giant Killing ジャイアントキリング {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in モーニング [Mōningu / Morning] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1982 series). Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000002884.
2007 - ? 62
Godhand Teru ゴッドハンド輝 {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was originally serialized in 週刊少年マガジン [Shūkan Shōnen Magajin / Weekly Shonen Magazine] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1959 series).
2001 - 2012 62
Good! アフタヌーン [Good! Afternoon] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/goodafternoon/bn.html No issue was published 6/2020.
2008 - ? 168
Granblue Fantasy グランブルーファンタジー {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: original story: Cygames; illustrated by cocho; layouts: Makoto Fugetsu (楓月誠).
2017 - 2020 7
Itan {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://itan.jp.
2010 - 2018 44
The King of Fighters: A New Beginning {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Story: SNK Corporation; art: Kyoutarou Azuma (あずま京太郎) Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000031902.
2018 - 2020 6
Kiss Plus {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Many serials were continued in Hatsu Kiss which launched as this was cancelled.
2008 - 2014 37
Limbo the King {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as: King in Limbo Originally serialized in Itan magazine and then in the Comic Days app.
2017 - 2019 6
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics {Comic Books} 1983 - 1
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics {Trade Paperbacks} 1986 - 1
Mashima Hero's {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Mashima Hero's 特装版 [Special Edition] {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
No. 6 {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Illustrated by Hinoki Kino (木乃ひのき); story: Atsuko Asano (あさのあつこ) Originally serialized in Aria magazine.
2011 - 2014 9
Origin {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The title is stylized in upper case. Originally serialized in Weekly Young Magazine.
2017 - 2019 10
Over Drive {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was serialized in 週刊少年マガジン [Shūkan Shōnen Magajin] [Weekly Shonen Magazine] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1959 series).
2005 - 2008 17
Pumpkin Scissors {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000002372.
2004 - 2019 23
RaW Hero {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Akira Hiramoto (平本アキラ). Official webpage: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000034211.
2019 - 2020 6
Smuggler {Comic Books} 2000 - 1
Superman vs飯 スーパーマンのひとり飯 [Superman vs. Meshi - Superman no Hitori Meshi] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as Superman vs. Meshi
2021 - 2022 3
The デザート [The Dessert] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Possibly bi-monthly. Not to be confused with Dessert.
1999 - ? 7
Thunderbolt Fantasy: 東離劍遊紀 [Thunderbolt Fantasy: Touriken Yuuki] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: story: Gen Urobuchi (虚淵玄); art: Yui Sakuma (佐久間結衣) Originally serialized in Weekly Morning magazine.
2016 - 2017 4
UQ Holder! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Ken Akamatsu (赤松健).
2013 - 2022 28
Wind Breaker {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: The title is stylized in upper caps. Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000038573.
2021 - ? 18
The Wonderful World of Sazae-san / 対訳:サザエさん {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Series of bilingual (Japanese/English) collections of Sazae-san comic strips. Available both as individual volumes and as 12-volume boxed set. Printed in Japan. Published by Kodansha International Ltd. and Kodansha America, Inc.; distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc. and in the United Kingdom and continental Europe by Kodansha Europe Ltd.
1997 - 1999 12
YM the 3rd [Young Magazine the 3rd] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://yanmaga.jp/3rd/ Issue 6/2020 was skipped.
2014 - 2021 79
亜童 [A-DO] {Comic Books} 2020 - ? 8
亜童 [Adou] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as: A-DO
2020 - 2023 10
亜人 [Aijin: Demi-Human] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000006191. Serialized in Good! Morning. By Gamon Sakurai (桜井画門).
2013 - 2021 17
キス [Kisu] [Kiss] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Monthly from 1992 to April 1997 Twice monthly from April 1997 to March 2013 Monthly from March 2013 to present. Official website: http://kisscomic.com.
1992 - ? 574
告白 [Kokuhaku] {Comic Books} 1999 - 1
告白 [Kokuhaku] {Comic Books} 2001 - 1
猫奥 [Neko Oku] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000036956.
2020 - ? 2
涼風 [Suzuka] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Publisher series information at http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000125
2004 - 2007 18
ラブ ひな [Rabu Hina; Love Hina] {Comic Books} 1999 - ? 14
ヲタ ドル 推しが私で 私が推しで [Wota Doru Oshiga watashide Watashiga oshide] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Junko (ぢゅん子). English title: Star⇄Crossed!!
2019 - 2020 4
虎鶫 とらつぐみ -TSUGUMI PROJECT- {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By ippatu Also known as: Tsugumi Project Originally published by French publisher Ki-Oon starting in 2019. Original Japanese serialization began with Weekly Young Jump starting in early 2021.
2021 - ? 6
告白 コンフェッション [Kokuhaku Confession] {Comic Books} 2007 - 1
先輩!今から告ります! [I'll Win You Over, Sempai!] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Shin Shinmoto (慎本真).
2017 - ? 5
自称!平凡魔族の英雄ライフ ~B級魔族なのにチートダンジョンを作ってしまった結果~ {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: original story: Shiroichi Amaui (あまうい白一); art: Konekoneko (こねこねこ); original character design: Tamagonokimi (卵の黄身) Also known as: Jishō! Heibon Mazoku no Eiyū Life - B-kyū Mazoku nanoni Cheat Dungeon o Tsukutte Shimatta Kekka / The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) "Mediocre" Demon!
2018 - ? 8
ケイ×ヤク -あぶない相棒- [Kei x Yaku: Abunai Aibō] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as- Kei X Yaku: Bound by Law
2020 - ? 12
秒速5センチメートル [5 Centimeters Per Second] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was serialized in Afternoon. Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000005329
2010 - 2011 2
代紋TAKE2 [Emblem Take 2] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was serialized in 週刊ヤングマガジン [Shūkan Yangu Magajin / Weekly Young Magazine] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1980 series).
1990 - 2005 62
性別X [Seibetsu X] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Asuka Miyazaki (みやざき明日香). Also known as: X-Gender
2021 - 2022 2
告白~コンフェッション~ [Kokuhaku ~ Confession ~] {Comic Books} 2024 - 1
寄生獣 (完全版) [Kiseijuu Kanzenhan] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Second edition. By Hitoshi Iwaaki (岩明均)
2003 - 8
アキラ [Akira] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: collects the story serialized in Young Magazine (20 Dec 1982 to 25 June 1990, in 120 parts)
1984 - 1993 6 (10)
惡の華 [Aku no Hana / The Flowers of Evil] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine.
2010 - 2014 11
化物語 [Bakemonogatari] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Adaptation of the first arc of the light novel series Monogatari. By Nisioisin (西尾維新) and Oh! Great. Translation of 化物語 (Kodansha Japan, 2018 series)
2018 - 2023 22
バサラ [Basara] {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
ベック [Bekku / Beck] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 月刊少年マガジン [Gekkan Shōnen Magajin / Monthly Shōnen Magazine] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1975 series). First twelve volumes published in the United States as BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (Tokyopop, 2005 series).
2000 - 2008 34
ブレス [Bless] {Comic Books} 2022 - ? 5
ぼくら [Boku-ra] [We] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as 月刊ぼくら [Monthly We]. See also 週刊ぼくらマガジン which likely continues features from this series.
1955 - 1969 178
我間乱 [Gamaran] {Comic Books} 2009 - 2013 22
外天楼 [Getenrou] {Comic Books} 2009 - 1
地雷震 [Jiraishin] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in 月刊アフタヌーン [Gekkan Afutanūn] [Monthly Afternoon] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1986 series). Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000001594.
1993 - 2000 19
海帰線 [Kaikisen] [Tropic of the Sea] {Comic Books} 1990 - 1
神の雫 [Kami no Shizuku / Drops of God] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Was serialized in Weekly Morning.
2005 - 2014 44
寄生獣 [Kiseijuu] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as: 寄生兽 / Parasyte / Kiseijū / Parasyte – Kiseijuu / Parasite / Kiseiju - L'ospite indesiderato / Pasożyt / Ký sinh thú By Hitoshi Iwaaki (岩明均) Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000081. Originally serialized in Kodansha's Morning Open Zōkan and then in Monthly Afternoon.
1990 - 1995 10
聲の形 [Koe no Katachi] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Yoshitoki Ōima (大今良時). Also known as: 聲之形 / A Silent Voice / The Shape of Voice / 목소리의 형태 / Kształt twojego głosu / Форма голоса / Dáng hình thanh âm
2013 - 2014 7
恋と嘘 [Koi to Uso] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By Musawo (ムサヲ). Also known as: 戀愛禁止的世界 / Love & Lies / 사랑과 거짓말 Originally serialized in DeNA's Manga Box app.
2014 - 2022 13
海月姫 [Kuragehime] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000004534. Serialized in Kiss.
2008 - 2017 17
ラキア [Rakia] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: also known as- Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation
2009 - 2010 5
沙流羅 [Sarura] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000001510
1990 - 2004 7
沙流羅 [Sarura] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000001510
2004 - 7
雪と墨 [Yuki to Sumi] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as: Snow & Ink
2023 - ? 6
ツバサ ~RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE~ [Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
2003 - 2009 28
新装版 金剛番長 {Comic Books} 2018 - 6
テレビ マガジン [Terebi Magajin / TV Magazine] {Comic Books} 1971 - ? 603
かがく ぼうけん まんが JQ [Kagaku Bouken Manga JQ] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: These Johnny Quest manga editions were bundled with issues of Shūkan Bokura Magajin in 1965.
1965 - 3
ツレ猫 マルルとハチ [Tsureneko - Maruru to Hachi] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Also known as: Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi
2022 - ? 6
新装版 シドニアの騎士 [Master Edition Sidonia no Kishi] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in 月刊アフタヌーン [Gekkan Afutanūn] [Monthly Afternoon] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1986 series). Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000004809.
2017 - 7
新装版 ヨコハマ買い出し紀行 [New Edition Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Serialized in 月刊アフタヌーン [Gekkan Afutanūn] [Monthly Afternoon] (講談社 [Kōdansha], 1986 series). Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000070.
2009 - 2010 10
怪奇宴 ホラーコミック・アンソロジー {Comic Books} 2007 - 2
ブラム! [Buramu! / Blame!] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Originally serialized in 月刊アフタヌーン [Gekkan Afutanūn / Monthly Afternoon] (講談社 [Kodansha], 1986 Series). Official website: https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/title?code=1000000136.
1998 - 2003 10
うたえ! エーリンナ [Utae! Erinna] {Comic Books} 2018 - 1
我間乱-修羅- [Gamaran: Shura] {Comic Books} 2018 - ? 0

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