Comic Beam
Comic Beam (コミックビーム) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain on a monthly basis since November 1995. In 2006, it had a circulation of 25,000.[3] Popular manga serialized in Comic Beam include Kaoru Mori's Emma about the love story between a maid and an aristocratic man in Victorian England. Emma was adapted into an anime series and translated into many languages. Koi no Mon (Otakus in Love) revolves around a group of otaku, their lives and romantic relationships. The comedy by Hanyu-new was made into a film in 2004. Comic Beam is considered an "alternative" manga magazine in the Japanese publishing industry, where its 25,000 circulation is less than 1% of other more popular manga magazines like Weekly Shōnen Jump. Its small but loyal readership is regarded as consisting largely of hardcore comic enthusiast and art students.
Categories | Seinen manga[1] |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 25,000 (2009)[2] |
First issue | November 1995 |
Company | Enterbrain |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Serialized titles
- Areyo Hoshikuzu by Sansuke Yamada
- Astral Project (Astral Project 月の光) by Marginal and Syuji Takeya
- Bambi and Her Pink Gun by Atsushi Kaneko
- Desert Punk by Usune Masatoshi (ongoing)
- Emma by Kaoru Mori
- Emma Bangaihen by Kaoru Mori
- Fancy Gigolo Peru (ファンシージゴロ▼ペル) by Junko Mizuno
- King of Thorn by Yuji Iwahara
- Little Miss P by Ken Koyama (ongoing)
- Shōnen Shōjo (少年少女) by Satoshi Fukushima
- Soil (ソイル) by Atsushi Kaneko
- Ultra Heaven by Keiichi Koike (on hiatus)
- Wandering Son by Takako Shimura
- Yajikita in Deep (弥次喜多 in DEEP) by Kotobuki Shiriagari
- Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki
- Zombie Hunter by Kazumasa Hirai (author) and Yang Kyung-il
References
- "Men's Manga". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- "2009 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network.
- "男性向けコミック誌" [Comic Magazines Intended for Males] (in Japanese). JMPA. Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2009.