Weekly Shōnen Sunday

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox magazine Template:Nihongo is a weekly [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since March 1959. Contrary to its title, Weekly Shōnen Sunday issues are released on Wednesdays. Weekly Shōnen Sunday has sold over 1.8Template:Nbspbillion copies since 1986, making it the fourth best selling manga magazine, only behind Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Young Jump.

History

Weekly Shōnen Sunday was first published on March 17, 1959, as a response to its rival Weekly Shōnen Magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary"/> The debut issue featured Shigeo Nagashima, the star player of the Yomiuri Giants on the cover, and a congratulatory article by Isoko Hatano, a noted child psychologist.Template:Citation needed

Despite its name, Weekly Shōnen Sunday is published on Wednesday.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The "Sunday" in the name was the creation of its first editor, Kiichi Toyoda, who wanted the title to be evocative of a relaxing weekend.Template:Citation needed

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Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s mascot, Issue 1991-#37

Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s distinctive "pointing finger" that appears in the lower corner of every page on the left side of the magazine made its subtle debut in the 4/5 issue from 1969.Template:Citation needed This understated feature, ever present but easily overlooked, was referenced as a plot element in 20th Century Boys. SundayTemplate:'s more noticeable mascot, a helmeted fish, debuted in the 1980s.Template:Citation needed

Prior to the 1990s and 2000s no serial in Weekly Shōnen Sunday had run over 40 volumes, but that began to change with series such as Detective Conan, Major, Inuyasha, Karakuri Circus, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, Hayate the Combat Butler, Zettai Karen Children, and Be Blues!, which maintained a high level of popularity.

In a rare event due to the closeness of the two magazines' founding dates, Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine released a special combined issue on March 19, 2008.<ref name="Shōnen Sunday's 50th Anniversary">Template:Cite news</ref> In addition, other commemorative events, merchandise, and manga crossovers were planned for the following year as part of the celebrations.<ref name="Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The book Shonen Sunday 1983 was published on July 15, 2009 to celebrate the anniversary and the magazine's heyday. It reprints manga from 1983, such as Urusei Yatsura and Touch, and has interviews with their creators as well as artists who were inspired by the series from that period, such as Gosho Aoyama.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

To celebrate Weekly Shōnen SundayTemplate:'s 55th anniversary, 55 new manga series were launched in the print and online magazines Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Shōnen Sunday S, Ura Sunday, and Club Sunday throughout the year beginning in March 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Features

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} There are currently 31 manga titles being serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Out of them, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Aozakura: Bōei Daigakukō Monogatari, and Fly Me to the Moon are on hiatus; Magic Kaito is infrequently published; Case Closed is serialized on an irregular basis; Major 2nd is serialized biweekly and Ad Astra per Aspera and Detective Conan: Zero's Tea TimeTemplate:'s continuations are yet to be announced.

Series title	Author(s)	Premiered
Template:Nihongo	Kenjiro Hata	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Hikaru Nikaido	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Gosho Aoyama	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Takahiro Arai	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kenjiro Hata	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Jinsuke Honma	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Yellow Tanabe	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Lettuce Tarō, Mashu Tarō	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Akihisa Maki, Miki Yatsubo	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Yuhei Kusakabe	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Mitsutani	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Gosho Aoyama	Template:Dts
Major 2nd	Takuya Mitsuda	Template:Dts
Mao	Rumiko Takahashi	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Aya Hirakawa	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Miho Isshiki, Naoki Mizuguchi	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Shinta Harekawa	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Tsubasa Fukuchi	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Atsushi Namikiri	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Mitsuharu Yanamoto	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kōji Kumeta	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Chigusa Ichihara	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kazuhiro Fujita	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kagiji Kumanomata	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Syun Matsuena	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Number 8, Ryōhei Masuko	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Yuji Yokoyama	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Miyu Morishita	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Konoshimadesu	Template:Dts
Template:Nihongo	Kazuhiko Shimamoto	Template:Dts

Circulation

Year / Period	Weekly circulation	Magazine sales	Sales revenue (Template:Estimation)	Issue price
1986	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:1,600,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="comipress2007">Template:Cite news</ref>
1987	1,300,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,300,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1988	1,300,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,300,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1989	1,400,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,400,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1990	1,350,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,350,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1991	1,350,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,350,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1992	1,350,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,350,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="comipress2007"/>
1993	1,270,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,270,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1994	1,270,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,270,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="comipress2007"/>
1995	1,400,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,400,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1996	1,530,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,530,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="ann">Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	1,650,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,650,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1998	1,700,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,700,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
1999	1,630,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,630,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
2000	2,020,000	{{#expr:2,020,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
2001	1,500,000<ref name="yahoo"/>	{{#expr:1,500,000*52}}<ref name="yahoo"/>	Template:JPY
2002	1,530,000	{{#expr:1,530,000*52}}	Template:JPY
2003	1,310,000	{{#expr:1,310,000*52}}	Template:JPY
2004	1,160,913<ref name="comipress-circulation">Template:Cite news</ref>	{{#expr:1,160,913*52}}<ref name="comipress-circulation"/>	Template:JPY
2005	1,068,265<ref name="comipress-circulation"/>	{{#expr:1,068,265*52}}<ref name="comipress-circulation"/>	Template:JPY
January 2006 to August 2006	1,003,708<ref name="comipress-circulation"/>	{{#expr:1,003,708*(52/12*8) round 0}}<ref name="comipress-circulation"/>	Template:JPY
September 2006 to December 2006	1,010,000	{{#expr:1,010,000*(52/12*4) round 0}}	Template:JPY
2007	940,000	{{#expr:940,000*52}}	Template:JPY
2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:873,438*52}}<ref name="JMPA"/>		Template:JPY
January 2009 to September 2009	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:773,062*39}}<ref name="ANN2009circulation"/>		Template:JPY
October 2009 to September 2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:678,917*52}}<ref name="JMPA2010"/>		Template:JPY
October 2010 to September 2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:611,146*52}}<ref name="data2011"/>		Template:JPY
October 2011 to September 2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:539,521*52}}<ref name="data2012"/>		Template:JPY
October 2012 to September 2013	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:512,250*52}}<ref name="data2013"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="ann"/><ref name="crunchyroll">Template:Cite news</ref>
October 2013 to September 2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:456,375*52}}<ref name="data2014"/>	Template:JPY	Template:JPY<ref name="crunchyroll"/>
October 2014 to September 2015	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:390,143*52}}<ref name="data2015"/>	Template:JPY
October 2015 to September 2016	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:350,521*52}}<ref name="data2016"/>	Template:JPY
October 2016 to September 2017	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:317,458*52}}<ref name="data2017"/>	Template:JPY
October 2017 to March 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	{{#expr:302,167*26}}<ref name="data2018"/>	Template:JPY
1986 to March 2018	36,000,000	1,876,972,882	Template:JPY (Template:US$)

Editors-in-chief

• Kiichi Toyoda (1959–1960)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Yoshio Kinoshita (1960–1963)
• Michio Tamio (1963–1965)
• Yunosuke Konishi (1965–1967)
• Yoshiya Takayanagi (1967–1969)
• Yoshio Kinoshita (1969–1970)
• Shizuo Watanabe (1970–1972)
• Keizo Inoue (1972–1977)
• Kazuki Tanaka (1977–1984)
• Koichiro Inomata (1984–1987)
• Harunori Kumagai (1987–1991)
• Takashi Hirayama (1991–1994)
• Harunori Kumagai (1994–1996)
• Toyohiko Okuyama (1996–2000)
• Shinichiro Tsuzuki (2000–2001)
• Shinichi Mikami (2001–2004)
• Masato Hayashi (2004–2009)
• Masaki Nawata (2009–2012)
• Yu Torimitsu (2012–2015)
• Takenori Ichihara (2015–2021)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Kazunori Oshima (2021–present)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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International versions

Elex Media Komputindo published an Indonesian version of Weekly Shōnen Sunday titled Shōnen Star from 2005 to 2013.

Viz Media began a Shonen Sunday imprint for titles in North America; starting with Rumiko Takahashi's Rin-ne, which was released on October 20, 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Monthly Shōnen Sunday

Further reading

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External links

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