6-454: Manga Time Kirara Carat ( まんがタイムきららキャラット , Manga Taimu Kirara Kyaratto ) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha and mainly consisting of four-panel comic strips . It is released on the 28th of each month. The first issue was released on January 18th 2003 as a special edition of Manga Time Kirara . The first independent issue was released on September 28th 2005. This article about an anime or manga magazine
12-725: Is josei manga . A common way to tell if a manga is seinen is by looking at whether furigana is used over the original kanji text: if there is furigana on all kanji, the title is generally aimed at a younger audience. The title of the magazine in which it was published is also an important indicator. Usually, Japanese manga magazines with the word "young" in the title ( Weekly Young Jump , for instance) are seinen . There are also mixed shōnen / seinen magazines such as Gangan Powered and Comp Ace . Other popular seinen manga magazines include Weekly Young Magazine , Weekly Young Sunday , Big Comic Spirits , Business Jump , Ultra Jump , and Afternoon . In 1959, two of
18-404: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Seinen manga Seinen manga ( 青年漫画 ) is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word seinen means "youth", but the term " seinen manga" is also used to describe
24-470: The main shōnen manga titles appeared: Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Weekly Shōnen Sunday . Then, in 1967, the first magazine aimed at seinen appeared: Weekly Manga Action , which scored big hits with Lupin III , Lone Wolf and Cub , and later Crayon Shin-chan . The year 1972 saw the addition of Big Comic Original , which featured Tsuribaka Nisshi , a manga about two older men who enjoy fishing;
30-458: The manga was made into a series of popular movies. In 1979, the publisher Shueisha , known for Weekly Shonen Jump for teen boys, entered the seinen market with Weekly Young Jump . Many Young Jump series have been adapted into anime or live-action TV programs, such as Elfen Lied , Gantz , Hen , Kirara , Liar Game , Oku-sama wa Joshi Kōsei , Dragon Ball . A list of the top Japanese seinen manga magazines by circulation in
36-580: The target audience of magazines like Weekly Manga Times and Weekly Manga Goraku , which write on topics of interest to male university students and workingmen. Seinen manga is distinguished from shōnen manga , which is for young boys, and seijin-muke manga (成人向け漫画), which are intended for adult audiences and often contain explicit content. 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
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