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Shōnen manga
- The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can EnterIn January 2017, a user named Meguru Seto uploaded the first chapter of a fantasy story to Shōsetsuka ni Narō. This website allowed anyone to publish their…
- Super Dimension Fortress MacrossIn 1980, a group called Studio Nue proposed a science fiction project named Battle City Megaload. The initial sponsor was the Wiz Corporation, which agreed…
- InuyashaInuyasha began its journey on the 13th of November 1996, when it debuted in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine. The series ran for eleven years and…
- NarutoIn 1995, Shueisha published Karakuri, a one-shot manga by Masashi Kishimoto. This early work earned an honorable mention in the 1996 Hop Step Award.
- Yu-Gi-Oh!In the opening scene of the story, a timid high school student named Yugi Mutou solves an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle.
- Astro BoyOsamu Tezuka first introduced the character Atom in April 1951 as a supporting figure within his comic series Ambassador Atom.
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaKoyoharu Gotouge submitted a draft titled Kimetsu no Yaiba to Weekly Shōnen Jump editor Tatsuhiko Katayama in 2015. The initial concept featured swords and…
- Jujutsu KaisenIn the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, every living being emits a power source called Cursed Energy. This energy flows from negative emotions that naturally exist…
- RWBYMonty Oum developed RWBY as a long-standing concept before its official launch. He created the color-coding approach to character names and design during…
- Rurouni KenshinIn December 1992, a prototype story titled Rurouni: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story appeared in the Weekly Shōnen Jump Winter Special issue for 1993.
- Fate/stay nightOn the 30th of January 2004, Type-Moon released Fate/stay night for Windows PCs. Kinoko Nasu first began writing the story while he was a college student.
- Speed RacerTatsuo Yoshida stood before a stack of magazines in early 1960s Japan, searching for the next big hit. He had already found success with Pilot Ace, an…
- Ashita no JoeThe 1st of January 1968 marked the beginning of a new era in Japanese comics. Ashita no Joe appeared in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine that day.
- Dragon HalfA teenage girl with scales and a human heart stands before the gates of the Demon King's island. Mink, born to a former swordsman and an imperial red dragon…
- KonoSubaKazuma Satou, a Japanese teenage shut-in known as a NEET, dies in an untimely and embarrassing manner. He meets Aqua, a goddess who offers to reincarnate him…
- Tetsujin 28-goMitsuteru Yokoyama returned to Kobe as a fifth-grader after being evacuated to Tottori Prefecture during World War II. The city lay flattened and reduced to…
- Tokyo RevengersIn 2017, a twenty-six-year-old part-time worker named Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his ex-girlfriend Hinata Tachibana has been murdered.
- Gurren LagannIn the year 2007, a story began in a fictional future where humanity lived underground. Simon, a fourteen-year-old digger from Giha village, spent his days…
- Shōnen mangaThe Japanese word shōnen originally meant young boy in a general sense, used by publishers until the end of the 19th century to label publications for…
- Lucky Star (manga)Kagami Yoshimizu began writing a four-panel comic strip in December 2003. The series appeared in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine that month.