Morning (magazine)
 Cover of the May 2014 issue of Weekly Morning featuring Cooking Papa, published by Kodansha on May 15, 2014 | |
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 171,300[2] (January-March, 2019) |
| First issue | 1982 |
| Company | Kodansha |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Morning |
Morning (Japanese: モーニング, Hepburn: Mōningu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha. It debuted in 1982 as Comic Morning (コミックモーニング, Komikku Mōningu). The digital edition of the magazine is titled Weekly D Morning (週刊Dモーニング, Shūkan D Mōningu). It is the sister magazine of Evening and Afternoon.
In 2006 a spin-off magazine called Monthly Morning Two (月刊モーニングtwo, Gekkan Mōningu Two) was launched (formerly bimonthly), featuring stories like Saint ☆Young Men, under the supervision of editor-in-chief Eijiro Shimada, who was simultaneously deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly Morning.[3][4]
Currently running manga series
[edit]| Title | Author / Artist | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ballpark de Tsukamaete! | Tatsurō Suga | 2020 |
| Cooking Papa | Tochi Ueyama | 1985 |
| Giant Killing | Masaya Tsunamoto | 2007 |
| Gurazeni: Dai League-hen | Yūji Moritaka (story) & Keiji Adachi (art) | 2021 |
| How to Grill Our Love | Shiori Hanatsuka | 2020 |
| Kabachi!!! Kabachitare! 3 | Tajima Takashi (story) & Kochi Takahiro (art) | 2013 |
| Kosaku Shima | Kenshi Hirokane | 1983 |
| Last Samurai Standing | Shogo Imamura (story) & Katsumi Tatsuzawa (art) | 2022 |
| Liaison: Kodomo no Kokoro Shinryōjo | Yūsaku Takemura (story) & Yon-chan (art) | 2020 |
| Longing for Home | Yoshihiro Yamada | 2019 |
| The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa | Kazumi Yamashita | 1988 |
| Matagi Gunner | Shōji Fujimoto (story) & Juan Albarran (art) | 2022 |
| Mitarai – Tantei Mitarai Kiyoshi no Jiken Kiroku | Soji Shimada (story) & Tenka Hara | 2012 |
| Nikaido Hell Golf | Nobuyuki Fukumoto | 2023 |
| OL Shinkaron | Risu Akizuki | 1989 |
| Police in a Pod | Miko Yasu | 2017 |
| Shimazaki in the Land of Peace | Gōden Hamada, Takeshi Seshimo | 2022 |
| Space Brothers | Chuya Koyama | 2007 |
| Toripan | Torino Nanko | 2005 |
| What Did You Eat Yesterday? | Fumi Yoshinaga | 2007 |
Past serializations
[edit]1980s
[edit]- Suspicion by Osamu Tezuka (1982)
- Heart Cocktail by Seizō Watase (1983–1990)
- Be Free! by Tatsuya Egawa (1984–1988)
- What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi (1984–1989)
- Dai-Tōkyō Binbō Seikatsu Manual by Maekawa Tsukasa (1986–1989)
- Spirit of Wonder by Kenji Tsuruta (1986–1988, also serialized in monthly Afternoon)
- You're Under Arrest by Kōsuke Fujishima (1986–1989)
- Natsuko no Sake by Akira Oze (1988–1991)
- The Silent Service by Kaiji Kawaguchi (1988–1996)
1990s
[edit]- Golden Lucky by Shunji Enomoto (1990–1996)
- Hyaku Hachi no Koi by Jun Hatanaka (1990–1991)
- Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (1990–1994)
- Naniwa Kin'yūdō by Yūji Aoki (1990–1996)
- Aah! Harimanada by Kei Sadayasu (1991–1996)
- Gon by Masashi Tanaka (1991–2002)
- Obake by Jun Hatanaka (1992)
- Sōten Kōro by King Gonta (1994–2005)
- Nonchan Noriben by Kiwa Irie (1995–1998)
- Power Office Girls by Hiroyuki Yasuda (1996–1997)
- Devil Lady by Go Nagai (1997–2000)
- Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World by King Gonta (1997–2003)
- Kurogane by Kei Toume¨ (1997–2001)
- Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue (1998–2015, on hiatus)
- Kabachitare! by Tajima Takashi and Kochi Takahiro (1999–2021)
- Planetes by Makoto Yukimura (1999–2004)
2000s
[edit]- Shin Yakyū-kyō no Uta by Shinji Mizushima (2000–2005)
- Zipang by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2000–2009)
- ES (Eternal Sabbath) by Fuyumi Soryo (2001–2004)
- Sharaku by Go Nagai (2001–2002)
- Shibao by Tsubasa Nunoura (2001)
- Maiwai by Minetarō Mochizuki (2002-2008)
- Say Hello to Black Jack by Shūhō Satō (2002–2006)
- Dragon Zakura by Norifusa Mita (2003–2007)
- Drops of God by Shin Kibayashi (2004–2014)
- Forest of Piano by Makoto Isshiki (2004–2015)
- Haruka Seventeen by Sayuka Yamazaki (2004–2006)
- Hataraki Man by Moyoco Anno (2004–2008)
- Cesare by Fuyumi Soryo (2005–2021)[5]
- Chi's Sweet Home by Konami Kanata (2005–2015)
- Hyouge Mono by Yoshihiro Yamada (2005–2017)
- Hotel by Boichi (2006)
- The Black Museum by Kazuhiro Fujita (2007)
- Inanna by Reiko Okano (2007–2010)
- Present by Boichi (2007)
- Rice Shoulder by Tsuyoshi Nakaima (2007–2013)
- Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki (2008–2016)
- Tōkyō Kaidō by Minetarō Mochizuki (2008-2010)
- Karechi by Kunihiko Ikeda (2009–2013)
- Kita no Lion by Seizō Watase (2009–2013)
- Neko Darake by Kimuchi Yokoyama (2009–2017)
2010s
[edit]- Gurazeni by Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi (2010–2014)
- Omo ni Naeitemasu by Akiko Higashimura (2010–2012)
- ReMember by King Gonta (2010–2012)
- U by Roswell Hosoki (2010–2013)
- Furari by Jiro Taniguchi (2011)
- Déra Cinema by Yasushi Hoshino (2011–2012)
- Hirake Koma! by Minami Q-ta (2011–2013)
- Hozuki's Coolheadedness by Natsumi Eguchi (2011–2020)
- Kounodori: Dr. Stork by Yū Suzunoki (2012–2020)
- Ichi-F by Kazuto Tatsuda (2013–2015)
- Complex Age by Yui Sakuma (2014–2015)
- Land by Kazumi Yamashita (2014–2020)
- Marie Antoinette by Fuyumi Soryo (2015–2016)
- Sono 'Okodawari', Ore ni mo Kure yo! by Tōru Seino (2015–2018)
- City by Keiichi Arawi (2016–2021)
- Setsuyaku Rock by Hiromi Okubo (2016–2017)
- Ship of Theseus by Toshiya Higashimoto (2017–2019)
- Khan: Kusa to Tetsu to Hitsuji by Takeshi Seshimo (2017–2020)
- Cells at Work! Code Black by Shigemitsu Harada and Issei Hatsuyoshi (2018–2021)
- Isle of Dogs by Minetarō Mochizuki (2018)
- I Have a Crush at Work by Akamaru Enomoto (2019–2023)
- Sweat and Soap by Kintetsu Yamada (2019–2021)
2020s
[edit]- Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki by Yuzuru Kojika (story) and Kanto Ōtsuki (art) (2020–2024)
- Jōkyō Seikatsuroku Ichijō by Tensei Hagiwara (story) and Tomoki Miyoshi and Yoshiaki Seto (art) (2021–2023)
- Telework Yotabanashi by Kintetsu Yamada (2022–2023)
References
[edit]- ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Kodansha Launches Second Manga Contest". Publishers Weekly. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ "Morning 2". morningmanga.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 23, 2021). "Fuyumi Soryo's Cesare Manga Ends in November After 16 Years". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (Japanese)
- Morning (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia