is a biweekly Japanese manga magazine that features photos of gravure idols. It has been published by Hakusensha on the second and fourth Friday of each month since 1992.
History and profile Young Animal was launched in May 1992. The magazine is a successor to , Hakusensha's previous manga magazine that ran from 1989 to 1992. Young Animal is issued on the second and fourth Friday of each month in saddle-stapled B5 format. Its headquarters is in Tokyo.
A typical issue consists of about 300 black-and-white pulp pages of manga wrapped in about 20 slick pages of color pinup photos of teenage girls in bikinis (generally pop stars and gravure idols). Advertising (other than house ads for Hakusensha) appears only in the form of a few ads in the back pages and on the inside and back covers. As of 2015, circulation is approximately 119,000 copies.Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015 . Retrieved October 28, 2015. Each issue features about 15 different stories, mostly serial stories tending toward sexy romantic comedy, fantasy, and epic adventure, with a number of humorous or four-panel gag strips.
Popular long-running series appearing in Young Animal include the medieval dark fantasy adventure Berserk and the modern day married-life sex comedy Futari Ecchi (both over 300 chapters as of 2010). A number of Young Animal manga series have been adapted into anime.
Titles serialized in Young Animal are published as volumes by Hakusensha under the Young Animal Comics imprint. Prior to June 2016, volumes were published under the Jets Comics imprint.
Young Animal has also inspired several spin-off magazines: Young Animal Arashi (2000–2018); Young Animal Island (2004–2013), briefly relaunched as Young Animal Innocent (2014); and Young Animal Zero (2019–present).
Features Series There are currently 14 manga titles being serialized in Young Animal.
Series titleAuthorPremieredKentaro MiuraKouji MoriKatsu AkiYoshiru KonogiNozomi Ginyoku (original story), Taro ShinonomeUranMaki (original story), Nemumi HaibaChica UminoKyū Takahata (story), Kabatani (art)Tomoyuki InoueShinichi Sawaragi (story), Tank Gas-yama (art)Hiroshi FukudaReiji MiyajimaYu Aida
Former series
1990s by Buronson (story) and Kentaro Miura (art) (1992) by Kaoru Shintani (1993–1997) by Yokusaru Shibata (1996–2006) by Shizuya Wazarai (1997–2009) by Kou Fumizuki (1998–2005) Mouse by Satoru Akahori (story) and Hiroshi Itaba (art) (1999–2004)
2000s by Kouji Mori (2000–2008) by Tomochika Miyano (2002–2010) by Gō Zappa (story) and Sakura Takeuchi (art) (2003–2007) by Ashita Morimi (2003–2005) by Shigemitsu Harada (story) and Nobuto Hagio (art) (2005–2010) by Kiminori Wakasugi (2005–2010) by Tarō Shinonome (2006–2009) by Kanji Kawashita (2007–2020) by Naoki Shigeno (2008–2025) by Kouji Mori (2008–2016) by Hikaru Asada (story) and Takahiro Seguchi (art) (2009) by Nanki Satō (story) and Akira Kiduki (art) (2009–2012) by Ryuta Amazume (2009–2016) by Tarō Shinonome (2009–2011)
2010s by Shizuya Wazarai (2010–2014) by Yūki Honda (2010–2016) by Nylon (2012–2013) by Sora Inoue (2012–2019) by Kentaro Miura (2013–2014) by Tugeneko (2015–2022) by Kou Fumizuki (2015–2016) by Kazuyoshi Takeda (2016–2021) by Ryo Mizuno (story) and Makoto Yotsuba (art) (2016–2019) by Rin Suzukawa (2016–2022) by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Sei Itō (art) (2016–2019) by Nanki Satō (story) and Akira Kiduki (art) (2016–2018) by Marii Taiyou (2016–2020) by Suu Minazuki (2017–2019) by Kei Sazane (original story) and Okama (2018–2021) by Shigemitsu Harada (story) and Kyūjo Matsumoto (art) (2018–2020) by Amahara (original story) and Coolkyousinnjya (art) (2018–2024) by Kouji Mori (2019–2022) by Yoshiru Konogi (2019–2025)
2020s by Uran (2020–2023) by Kousuke Yasuda (2020–2024) by Kazuyoshi Takeda (2021–2025) by Ryuta Amazume (2021–2025) by Manose (2022–2024) by Love Flops Project (original story) and Ryūdai Ishizaka (2022–2023) by Higuma (story) and Ryūtarō Masuya (art) (2023–2025) by Keiso (story) and Kenta Yuzuriha (art) (2023–2025) by Kirie (2023–2025) by Svetlana Alexievich (original author), Tetsuji Imanaka (supervision) and Yuta Kumagai (art) (2023–2025) by Kouji Mori (2023)
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References Monthly Animal House ran from its May 1989 issue to its April 1992 issue, after which the magazine ceased publication (, ).
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