Weekly Shōnen Champion

Weekly Shōnen Champion

The cover of 2009 Shonen Champion Issue 2-3.
Categories	Shōnen manga
Frequency	Weekly
Circulation	250,000
First issue	15 July 1969
Company	Akita Shoten
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	Akitashoten.co.jp

Weekly Shōnen Champion (週刊少年チャンピオン, Shūkan Shōnen Champion) is a weekly shōnen manga magazine published by Akita Shoten.

History

Shōnen Champion was first published 15 July 1969. It has had numerous popular series by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Shinji Mizushima, Masami Kurumada, Keisuke Itagaki. The magazine is published every Thursday. It had a circulation of 250,000 from 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019.

Currently running manga series

Series Title	Author	Premiered
Atsumare! Fushigi Kenkyuubu	Masahiro Anbe	September 29, 2016
Baki Dou	Keisuke Itagaki	October 4, 2018
Beastars	Paru Itagaki	September 8, 2016
Harigane Service Ace	Ara Tatsuya	May 29, 2018
Mairimashita! Iruma-kun	Nishi Osamu	March 2, 2017
Rokudou no Onna-tachi	Yuuji Nakamura	June 23, 2016
Saint Seiya: Next Dimension	Masami Kurumada	April 27, 2006
Shy	Bukimi Miki	August 1, 2019
The Vampire Dies in No Time	Itaru Bonnoki	June 25, 2015
Yowamushi Pedal	Wataru Watanabe	February 21, 2008

Notable series

• Alabaster
• Akumetsu
• Apocalypse Zero
• Babel II
• Baki the Grappler
• Beastars
• Black Jack
• The Crater
• Cutie Honey
• Dokaben
• Don Dracula
• Duke Goblin
• Eiken
• Eko Eko Azarak
• Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
• Iron Wok Jan
• Jitsu wa Watashi wa
• Kaze ga Gotoku
• Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman
• Mitsudomoe
• Muteki Kanban Musume
• My-Hime
• My-Otome
• Nanaka 6/17
• Penguin Musume
• Plawres Sanshiro
• Rainbow Parakeet
• Saint Seiya: Next Dimension
• Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
• s-CRY-ed
• Seven of Seven
• Squid Girl
• Sugarless
• Super Radical Gag Family
• The Abashiri Family
• Yowamushi Pedal
• Yuuyake Banchō

External links

• Weekly Shōnen Champion (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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