Asuka (magazine)

Asuka (あすか), formerly Monthly Asuka (月刊あすか), is a bimonthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten. The magazine was established in 1985. It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021. Much like its sibling publication Shōnen Ace, it places some emphasis on anime tie-ins and spinoffs. Manga serialized in Asuka are published in tankōbon format under the Asuka Comics imprint.

Notable manga artists and series featured in Asuka

 * Tamayo Akiyama
 * Hyper Rune
 * Mouryou Kiden
 * Secret Chaser
 * Sumiko Amakawa
 * Cross
 * Clamp
 * Clamp School Detectives
 * Legal Drug
 * Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales
 * Suki: A Like Story
 * Wish
 * X
 * Fumino Hayashi
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days (spinoff of Neon Genesis Evangelion)
 * Akira Hiyoshimaru
 * Book Girl and the Delicious Recipe
 * Book Girl and the Lovesick Poet
 * Haruko Iida
 * Crescent Moon
 * Kasane Katsumoto
 * Hands Off!
 * Ayumi Kawahara
 * Idol Densetsu Eriko
 * Yōko Kondō
 * Suikyō Kitan (1988–1990)
 * Temari Matsumoto
 * Kyo Kara MA no Tsuku Jiyuugyou! (based on the Kyo Kara Maoh! series)
 * Min Min
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku (spinoff of Neon Genesis Evangelion)
 * Ai Morinaga
 * Yamada Tarō Monogatari
 * Nakano
 * Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō
 * Majiko!, Gorō Taniguchi, and Ichirō Ōkouchi
 * Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (spinoff of the anime series Code Geass)
 * Aya Shouoto
 * Kiss of Rose Princess
 * The Demon Prince of Momochi House
 * Yukiru Sugisaki
 * D.N.Angel
 * Lagoon Engine
 * Lagoon Engine Einsatz
 * Satosumi Takaguchi
 * Hana no Asuka-gumi!
 * Sakende Yaruze
 * Kazusa Takashima
 * Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made
 * Keiko Takemiya
 * Tenma no Ketsuzoku
 * Yōko Tamotsu
 * Midnight Occult Civil Servants
 * Setsuri Tsuzuki
 * Broken Angels
 * Cain Yuga
 * Cowboy Bebop Shooting Star (based on the anime Cowboy Bebop, created by Hajime Yatate)
 * Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate
 * Cowboy Bebop (spinoff/adaptation of the anime series of the same name)
 * Kiyo Kujo and Sunao Yoshida
 * Trinity Blood
 * Kairi Yura
 * Angelique
 * Saiunkoku Monogatari

Related magazines

 * Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX