This thread is the result of a conversation in the seinen hangout thread. It was noted that their are few resources or information about seinen publications, aside from a few well known magazines. Below is a list, organized by publisher of magazine. I would like to add additional information about magazines. If anyone can find media guides or confirmed publisher information it would be nice to have demographic breakdowns, circulations, and historic information included. I already have the Shueisha Media Guide, so no need for that. Consider this thread a continuous work in progress. For now I am only going to post currently published magazines.
Will be updated with other publishers as I get the time.
- Young Champion
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth Tuesday - Young Champion Retsu
*Bi-Monthly, even months - Play Comic
*First published 1968
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth Thursday
- Dengeki Maoh
*Mixed media magazine including seinen manga, light novels, video game information and articles.
*Mostly bishoujo and moe manga
*Monthly, 27th
*First published October 27, 2005 - Dengeki Moeoh
*Bishoujo, moe, and loli magazine
*Bi-Monthly, even months
*First published March 2002
Beam Comix
- Comic Beam
*Formerly ASCII Comic
*Alternative Manga
*Advertised as "A Magazine For Comic Freaks"
*Monthly, 12th
*First Published November, 1995 - Fellows!
*Alternative Manga
*Bi-Monthly, even months
*First published October 14, 2008
Action Comics
- Manga Action
*B-Weekly, first and third Tuesday
*Formerly a weekly publication
*First published July 7, 1967 - Manga Town
*4Koma
*Monthly, 5th
*First published November 5, 2000 - Comic High!
*Promoted as the first shoujo magazine for men: "Girlish Comics for Boys and Girls"
*Primarily bishoujo, moe, yuri, and romance manga
*Otaku magazine
*Aimed at men 15-35 years old
*Monthly, 22nd
*First published March 2, 2004 - Comic Sumomo
*Primarily bishoujo, moe, and romance manga
*Otaku Magazine
*Aimed at men 15-35 years old
*Bi-Monthly, even months
*First published August 10, 2010 - Pachisuro V7
*Manga about playing slot machines
*Monthly, 20th
*First Published September 1993
Birz Comics
- Comic Birz
*Monthly
*First published July 1996
Jets Comics
- Young Animal
*Originally named Animal House
*May have been a seinen continuation of Monthly Shounen Jets, canceled in the late 1980's
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth Friday
*First published in 1989, name changed to Young Animal in 1992 - Young Animal Arashi
*Primarily ecchi manga
*Monthly, first Friday
*First published March 2000
Manga Time Comics
- Weekly Manga Time
*Claim to be the first weekly manga magazine
*Nicknamed "Shuuman"
*Weekly, Friday
*First published November 1956 - Manga Time
*4Koma magazine
*The first magazine to exclusively serialize 4koma
*Monthly, 7th
*First published June 1981 - Manga Time Jumbo
*4Koma
*Monthly, 4th
*First published April 1995 - Manga Time Original
*4Koma
*Monthly, 27th
- Manga Time Kirara
*Primarily 4koma and moe
*Monthly, 9th
*First published May 2002 - Manga Time Kirara Carat
*Primarily 4koma and moe
*Monthly, 28th
*First published January 2003 - Manga Time Kirara Forward
*Primarily moe manga
*Monthly, 24th
*First published March 23, 2006 - Manga Time Kirara MAX
*Primarily 4koma and moe
*Monthly, 19th
*First published September 29, 2004
- Young Magazine
*Currently the best selling seinen magazine
*Weekly, Every Monday
*First published June 16, 1980 - Morning
*Intended for a working class audience
*Tends to feature more realistic manga than other Kodansha magazines
*Weekly, Thursday
*First published in 1982 as Comic Morning - Afternoon
*Monthly, 25th - Evening
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth Tuesday - Morning 2
*Monthly, 22
*Began as a seasonal special of Morning in 2006
*Became a monthly magazine with April 30, 2008 issue - good! Afternoon
*Bi-Monthly, odd months
*companion of Afternoon
Fx Comics
- Manga Erotics F
*Alternative manga
*B-Monthly, Odd Months
Big Comics:
- Big Comic Spirits
*Weekly, every Monday
*First published October 14, 1980 as a bi-weekly magazine
*First published as a weekly magazine in April 1986 - Gekkan! Spirits
*Monthly, 27th
*First Published August 27, 2009 - Big Comic Superior
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth Friday of the month.
*First Published July 1, 1987 - Big Comic Original
*Bi-Weekly, 5th and 20th
*First Published in 1972 - Big Comic
*Bi-Weekly, 10th and 25th
*First Published February 29, 1968
- Monthly Sunday GX
*Monthly, 19th
*First Published July 19, 2000
- IKKI
*Alternative Manga
*Monthly, 25th
*First published as bi-monthly Spirits Zoukan IKKI, November 2000
*First published as a monthly magazine with the April 2003 issue
Young Jump Comics
2011 Shueisha Media Guide.
- Weekly Young Jump
*Weekly, Every Wednesday
*Number two seinen magazine in terms of circulation, behind only Kodansha's Young Magazine
*First published 1979
*Gender: 84.6% Males, 15.4% Female
*Age: 16 - 4.2%, 17~19 - 13.5%, 20~23 - 21.2%, 24~27 - 25.8%, 28 - 35.3% - Ultra Jump
*Focused on Action, Fantasy, and Science Fiction manga
*Monthly, 19th
*First published October 19, 1999
*Gender: 94.8% Male, 5.2% Female
*Age: 19 - 29.4%, 20~24 - 25.7%, 25~29 - 23.5%, 30 - 21.4% - Miracle Jump
*Intended to blur the line between shounen and seinen but maintains ties to Weekly Young Jump
*A re-branding of Monthly Young Jump
*Focused on Fantasy and Science Fiction manga
*Bi-Monthly
*First Published January 13, 2011 - Business Jump
*Salary man magazine, intended for an middle age audience
*Bi-Weekly, 1st and 15th
*Final Issue is scheduled for October 5, 2011
*Will be merged with Super Jump
*Gender: 89% Male, 11% Female
*Age: 19 - 2.8%, 20~29 - 16.4%, 30~39 - 31.7%, 40~49 - 34.4%, 50 - 14.7%
- Super Jump
*Originally intended for readers who outgrew Weekly Shounen Jump but were to young for Weekly Young Jump. Has since become a salaryman magazine.
*Bi-Weekly, second and fourth week
*First published December 20, 1986
*Final issue scheduled for October 12, 2011
*To be merged with Business Jump
*Gender: 89.5% Male, 10.5% Female
*Age: 15~19 - 3.2%, 20~24 - 6.6%, 25~29 - 22%, 30~34 - 37.1%, 35 - 31.1%
- Grand Jump
*To replace Business Jump and Super Jump
*Bi-Weekly
*First issue scheduled for November, 2011
2011 Shueisha Media Guide.
Young Gangan Comics
- Young Gangan
*Bi-Weekly, first and third Friday
*First published December 3, 2004
Will be updated with other publishers as I get the time.
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