Weekly Young Sunday

Weekly Young Sunday (Japanese週刊 ヤング サンデーShukan young sunday) is a Japanese manga magazine, which is aimed at young men ( His ).

The magazine is published weekly by Shogakukan Publishing. The main part of the magazine make chapters of different manga series or short stories. These are often sports, comedy or romance stories. However, even brutal, serious manga like Ichi the Killer appear in Young Sunday.

1976, the first issue of the magazine, under the name Mangakun. Shinji Mizushima, the signatories of Dokaben and Abusan, published here for the first time his 19 paperbacks comprehensive manga series Kyuudou -kun. 1979 Mangakun received a new name - Shōnen Big Comic. Until 1987, published under this name popular series like Kaoru Shintanis Area 88 Since 1987, the magazine under the name of Young Sunday is published. 2005 the magazine had a circulation of 230,000 copies per issue. This requirement was significantly lower than those of similarly designed Magazine Young Magazine and Young Jump, which finally in 2008 led to the discontinuation of the magazine. The last issue was published on 31 July 2008.

Well-known artists such as Rumiko Takahashi Mitsuru Adachi or already working for Young Sunday.

Published manga series

• Area 88 by Kaoru Shintani
• Birdy the Mighty by Masami Yuuki
• Train Man - Densha Otoko by Hidenori Hara
• Ichi the Killer by Hideo Yamamoto
• Kyuudou -kun by Shinji Mizushima
• Miyuki Adachi Mitsuru
• Okama Hakusho by Hideo Yamamoto
• One Pound Gospel of Rumiko Takahashi
• Short Cuts by Usamaru Furuya
• Umizaru of Shuho Satō
• The World is Mine by Hideki Arai
• Dr. Kotoh 's Clinic of Takatoshi Yamada
• Hikari no Sora by Eiji Kazama