We’ve talked about plenty of shonen manga throughout our episodes, so we felt it made sense to finally breakdown the many magazines in which they come from: their histories, identities, and our favourites from each publication.

Timecodes:

0:00 Introduction - understanding the full picture of shonen manga

1:59 Breaking down the magazine publication system

6:26 Weekly Shonen Jump - the biggest name in the manga industry

19:01 Weekly Shonen Magazine - the alpha male that used to be the top dog 

27:06 Weekly Shonen Sunday - veterans, baseball, and fantasies

39:06 Weekly Shonen Champion - the rising star/dark horse that doesn’t conform

46:15 Jump SQ. and Saikyo Jump

48:57 Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Sirius

52:15 Gessan, Shonen Sunday S

54:25 Square Enix: Monthly Shonen Gangan, GFantasy, Gangan Joker

1:00:25 Web publication - print vs digital transparency