Big Comic Original ( ビッグコミックオリジナル , Biggu Komikku Orijinaru ) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan , aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic , the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not. Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.
1-422: Launched in 1972, it has published over 1000 issues, typically running to about 350 pages in a black-and-white, saddle-stapled format, selling for 340 yen (2015). More than 83% of readers are reported to be over 30 years old, with female readers comprising about a quarter of the total. Most readers are company employees. Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500. This article about an anime or manga magazine
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