Seinen manga
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Seinen manga (青年漫画) is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men.[1] In Japanese, the word seinen literally means "youth", but the term "seinen manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like Weekly Manga Times and Weekly Manga Goraku which write on topics of interest to male university students and working men. Seinen manga are distinguished from shōnen manga which are for young boys, and seijin-muke manga 成人向け漫画 which are about sex. Some seinen manga like xxxHolic share similarities with shōnen manga. Seinen manga can focus on action, politics, science fiction, fantasy, relationships, sports, or comedy. The female equivalent to seinen manga is josei manga.
A common way to tell if a manga is seinen is by looking at whether
In 1959, two of the main shōnen manga titles appeared:
Magazines
A list of the top Japanese seinen manga magazines by circulation in the time-span from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010.[2]
| Title | Circulation |
|---|---|
| Weekly Young Magazine | 807,871 |
| Weekly Young Jump | 768,980 |
| Big Comic Original | 729,750 |
| Weekly Manga Goraku | 500,000 |
| Big Comic | 454,000 |
| Comic Kairakuten | 350,000 |
Weekly Morning
|
340,209 |
Weekly Manga Sunday (defunct)
|
300,000 |
| Business Jump (defunct) | 285,334 |
| Super Jump (defunct) | 277,500 |
| Big Comic Spirits | 260,024 |
| Comic Shitsurakuten | 250,000 |
| Young Champion | 250,000 |
| Comic Ran | 207,350 |
| Big Comic Superior | 204,125 |
| Manga Action | 200,000 |
| Young King | 200,000 |
See also
- Children's manga: intended for young children
- Shōnen manga: intended for boys
- Shōjo manga: intended for girls
- Josei manga: intended for adult women
- Gekiga: a type of manga that was popular among male workers in the 1960's and 70's
References
- ^ "Everything about the Seinen Genre". Jappleng.
- ^ Loo, Egan (January 17, 2011). "2010 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
External links
- Japanese Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese) (archived 2 April 2007)