Big Comic Spirits

Big Comic Spirits
June 25, 2007 issue of Big Comic Spirits featuring model Aki Hoshino
Former editorsTakashi Nagasaki[1]
CategoriesSeinen manga[2][3]
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation150,000[2]
(July-September, 2016)
First issueOctober 14, 1980[4]
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/spirits/

Big Comic Spirits (ビッグコミックスピリッツ, Biggu Komikku Supirittsu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business 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.[5] In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.

  1. ^ マンガ原作者・長崎尚志氏がヒットの極意を伝える創作講座が7月30日開講!! 「本気でマンガ原作者を目指してみないか?」小学館カルチャーライブ!. Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2017-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  4. ^ "Shogakukan, Inc. – Magazines". Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 10, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2008 Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

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