Mag Talk CoroCoro Comic and the kodomo demographic

[TitaniumChloride]

Just wondering whether anyone here had read any manga from the kodomo demographic? I'm talking about series like Doraemon and Beyblade. (Mangahelpers labeled Doraemon under 'Shonen' though...)

Frankly, the last kodomo manga I've read was the one for Rockman EXE and that was a long time ago. I think it was more popular as an anime though. In fact, looking through the CoroCoro wiki entry, it looks like many of these series were more popular as anime or their original game counterparts.

Spoiler: Excerpt from Wikipedia; Long list

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoroCoro_Comic#1990s

1990s
Ape Escape
Crash Bandicoot
Donkey Kong
Duel Masters
Kirby
Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!
Ore wa Otoko da! Kunio-kun (manga based Kunio-kun series)
Pocket Monsters (Pokémon)
Super B-Daman
Speed Racer
Super Mario-kun
Tamagotchi
Wataru
Zoids

2000s

Ratchet & Clank manga coverBattle B-Daman
Beyblade
Bomberman Jetters
Crash B-Daman
Croket!
Denjyarasu Jiisan
Inazuma Eleven
Jak x Daxter ~Itachi de Waruika!!~
Ji-san
Keshikasu-kun
Kiyohara-kun
Mushiking
Rockman EXE
Pokémon Gold & Silver
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
Ratchet & Clank - Gagaga! Ginga no Gakeppuchi Densetsu
Ryusei no Rockman
Sonic! Dash & Spin
I'm Galileo!
Kirby of the Stars
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Pocket Monster (Poketto Monsta-)
Sap-kun
Tamagotchi

So, had anyone even seen any of these before? What do you guys think of it all?

Btw, this all came about after I followed a link to a Professor Layton manga.

 

[GEshode]

I didn't really read any of those rather watched the anime or played a game of them. Which I know are the following:

Spoiler

Donkey Kong
Duel Masters
Kirby
Pocket Monsters (Pokémon)
Super Mario-kun
Tamagotchi
Beyblade
Bomberman Jetters
Pokémon Gold & Silver
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
Sonic! Dash & Spin
Kirby of the Stars

 

[Rejuvenation]

I watched a number of these. Some were definitely better than others. Zoids for instance was great stuff. Rockman EXE on the other hand not so much.

 

[Weapon_X]

I've watched Bayblade....ah Kai, he brings back memories with Dranzer.

I still remember a few. Dragoon was Tyson's Bitbeast.
I forgot Max's but I know it was a purple turtle type...and Lee's was that tiger, forgot his name as well. Kenny's bitbeast was his laptop, am I right?

Black Dranzer and Dranzer were the best though.

 

[BBB Banana]

I've wacthed beyblade, (all series) Doraemon, Sonic X, Pokemon, Digimon (I think it fits in this clasification).

Plus I didn't kenew there was a manga adaptation from Ratchet and Clank I'm an HUGE fan of the games, I have all of them lol.

 

[Crude]

About Ratchet and Clank, their manga designs look a bit weird. Ratchet has a huge grin a giant bushy eyebrows.

Anyone got pics of Jak and Daxter manga?

 

[BBB Banana]

About Ratchet and Clank, their manga designs look a bit weird. Ratchet has a huge grin a giant bushy eyebrows.

Anyone got pics of Jak and Daxter manga?

could you tell me wehre is it avaiable please?

 

[Eshvoide]

I'm curious about the Zoids: Generation manga.

I've seen that Super Mario-kun long time ago. I thought that was an odd comic.

 

[Crude]

could you tell me wehre is it avaiable please?

Available? You mean where you can buy the manga? If so I don't really know. Sorry.

 

[ruggia]

i used to read Coro Coro a lot when i was a kid. (up till 6th grade, I always bought CoroCoro instead of WSJ).
they were pretty entertaining. it would be really nice if i could have read the end of some of the series, like Coroket, Rockmen, Duel Masters, etc.

 

[andysislands]

So Corocoro comics just started up yet another spin-off magazine! This one is called Corocoro Aniki (コロコロアニキ), and it looks like it will stick around for a while with bi-monthly releases. The first release was on October 15th, 2014.

I guess it sold really well for the first issue. I guess having tons of extras and videogame dlc codes to "Puzzle & Dragon" is the way to children's hearts these days.

Here's the line-up in Japanese (some previews are on their website & twitter):
こしたてつひろ「爆走兄弟レッツ＆ゴー!! Return Racers!!」
武井宏之「拝啓 徳田ザウルス先生」
のむらしんぼ「コロコロ創刊伝説」
石原まこちん「3名様が狩る。」
萬屋不死身之介「持ちこみ・オブ・ザ・デッド」
瀬戸カズヨシ「パズル＆ドラゴンズ 誕生物語」
藤崎聖人「デュエル・マスターズ覇王伝 ガチ!!」
うさくん「フェアリー・バトル」
吉田正紀「フューチャーカード バディファイト ダークゲーム異伝」
小田扉「怒れ！マカベくん」
カネダカズヤ「死.tv」
コーへー「3PIECE」
河合じゅんじ「かっとばせ！キヨハラくん」
まえだくん「ヒャッハーだよ♪ふなっしー」
石塚真一「BLUE GIANT」
曽山一寿「でんぢゃらすリーマン邪」


But what I find super interesting is that Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King, Ultimo, Jumbor) is now drawing for the magazine. He's got a short series going now (4 pages in first issue) called "Dear Tokuda Zaurus-sensei" (拝啓　徳田ザウルス先生). And then coming in March issue he'll be working on a larger spin-off (possibly 1-2 volumes). And... depending on how you read that first page (based on the dates...) it looks like he might be ending his Jumbor and Ultimo manga series in 2015. It's looking like he might be completely jumping publishers away from Shuiesha to Shogakukan!? Very interesting if that's the case...

(For some more specifics on Dear Tokuda Zaurus-sensei, I have some of it written up on the Patch-Cafe website)

 

[Mammo]

I picked up the latest issue of Corocoro for pokemon stuff (and got disappointed) and there was the a new manga that just started in it

it's called Animal Stamp, let me try to describe the premise

it's like pokemon (proxy battle) but instead of pokemon you fight with animals, also apparently you can order your monster to attack the other trainer lol

and instead of pokeballs you control the monsters by stamping them with a special stamper

it's silly and childish but I liked it, i don't know how they decide which series get to survive in this magazine but I hope it does survive

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

I picked up the latest issue of Corocoro for pokemon stuff (and got disappointed) and there was the a new manga that just started in it

it's called Animal Stamp, let me try to describe the premise

it's like pokemon (proxy battle) but instead of pokemon you fight with animals, also apparently you can order your monster to attack the other trainer lol

and instead of pokeballs you control the monsters by stamping them with a special stamper

it's silly and childish but I liked it, i don't know how they decide which series get to survive in this magazine but I hope it does survive

Silly and Childish? Sounds like my kinda jam, tbh. Might have to have a look at it myself.

 

[Mammo]

Silly and Childish? Sounds like my kinda jam, tbh. Might have to have a look at it myself.

they put it on their site

http://www.corocoro.tv/tachiyomi/animalstamp/

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 26, 2017, Original Post Date: Jul 29, 2017 ---

they will start a manga about Arms in the next issue

also the Splatoon anime that was announced turned out to be just a vomic, it's on their Youtube channel

--- Double Post Merged, Oct 16, 2017 ---

CoroCoro October Issue cover

Spoiler

CoroCoro October Issue toc
Splatoon
Grandpa Danger
Keshikasu-kun
Kaitou Joker
The Snack World
Beyblade Burst
Duel Masters
100% Pascal-sensei
Pokemon: 4 koma
Maji de!! Majime-kun!
Youkai Watch The Movie
Kirby of the Stars: Manpuku Pupupu Fantasy
Liar! Gokuoh-kun
Baseball Star Metman
Shuriken Tonma
Zo Zo Zo Zombie-kun
Future Card Buddyfight
Animal Stamp
Bessatsu Appendix: Super Mario-kun


well, animal stamp already have one foot in the grave

they will start a manga about Arms in the next issue

this is in Corocoro Ichiban magazine not the normal one

 

[ruggia]

CoroCoro January 2018 issue topped 1M prints for the first time in 2 years.

Circulation History:
2004 - 1,200K
2005 - 1,090K
2006 - 960K
2008 - 930K
2009 - 920K
2010 - 1,010K
2011 - 890K
2012 - 710K
2013 - 617K
2014 - 673K
2015 - 1,050K
2016 - 870K
2017 - 763K
2018 - 1,000K+

All hail Splatoon.

 

[Aipom626]

CoroCoro January 2018 issue topped 1M prints for the first time in 2 years.

Circulation History:
2004 - 1,200K
2005 - 1,090K
2006 - 960K
2008 - 930K
2009 - 920K
2010 - 1,010K
2011 - 890K
2012 - 710K
2013 - 617K
2014 - 673K
2015 - 1,050K
2016 - 870K
2017 - 763K
2018 - 1,000K+

All hail Splatoon.

This is really nice to see, especially with the industry trend of seeing less magazine sales. I knew Splatoon was big in Japan, but I had no idea it was this huge. I see that Pokemon and Mario (my trues loves) both have series in this, which is refreshing to see. Besides Splatoon, are any of these other series really big/achieving a large level of success?

 

[Mammo]

these kids magazines don't have a digital version so their circulation have not been affected by it

Yokai Watch was pretty successful a couple of years ago, the manga doesn't sell like it used to but it still better than more than half of the line up

 

[Aipom626]

these kids magazines don't have a digital version so their circulation have not been affected by it

Yokai Watch was pretty successful a couple of years ago, the manga doesn't sell like it used to but it still better than more than half of the line up

Oh, then that makes perfect sense. I grew up following Corocoro for new Pokemon information, so I wouldn't mind seeing how some of these Nintendo series' manga adaptations are. I never even knew that Kirby had a manga adaptation

 

[cody]

Oh, then that makes perfect sense. I grew up following Corocoro for new Pokemon information, so I wouldn't mind seeing how some of these Nintendo series' manga adaptations are. I never even knew that Kirby had a manga adaptation

You should be more surprised when these kinds of games don't have manga adaptations.

 

[Aipom626]

You should be more surprised when these kinds of games don't have manga adaptations.

I'm not sure why, but Kirby just never crossed my mind for having a manga adaptation. Taking a moment to think about it, the series itself could lend itself to a wide variety of interesting stories, so that makes more sense once the shock wore off