Monthly Shōnen Magazine

Monthly Shōnen Magazine (月刊少年マガジン) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (別冊少年マガジン). In 1969 it was retitled as Monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (月刊別冊少年マガジン) and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started publishing again, in 1975 it was renamed as current magazine title.

It had a supplement magazine called Shōnen Magazine R, which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule. In January 2023, Shōnen Magazine R ceased publication. In February 2023, a new web publication called Getsu Maga Kichi (Monthly Magazine Base) replaced Shōnen Magazine R.

1970s

 * Spider-Man: The Manga (writers Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai, illustrator Ryoichi Ikegami) (January 1970 – September 1971)

1980s

 * Nanto Magoroku (なんと孫六) (Kei Sadayasu) (February 1981 – May 2014)
 * Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (December 1983 – February 1997)
 * Meimon! Takonishi Ouendan (名門!多古西応援団) (Juzo Tokoro) (June 1984 – May 1992)
 * Shura no Mon (Masatoshi Kawahara) (April 1987 – November 1996)
 * 1+2=Paradise (Sumiko Kamimura) (1988-1990)
 * Akira Tobu!! (あきら翔ぶ!!) (Katsuyuki Toda) (1989 – 1996)
 * ANGEL♥BEAT (Ichiru Yasuhara) (1989 – 1996)
 * Dear Boys (Hiroki Yamagi) (16 December 1989 – 17 March 1997)

1990s

 * Ryūrōden (龍狼伝) (Yoshito Yamahara) (1993 – 2007)
 * Dear Boys:Act II (Hiroki Yagami) (1997 – 2008)
 * New Ironfist Chinmi (鉄拳チンミ) (Takeshi Maekawa) (1997 – 2004)
 * Beck (ベック) (Harold Sakuishi) (November 1999 – April 2008)

2000s

 * Shana ou Yoshitsune (遮那王義経) (Hirofumi Sawada) (December 2000 – May 2007)
 * Capeta (カペタ) (Masahito Soda) (March 2003 – March 2013)
 * Rocket Man (ロケットマン) (Motohiro Katou) (October 6, 2001 – December 6, 2004)
 * Yatagarasu (Aihara Tsukasa) (2002 - April 6, 2011)
 * Alive: The Final Evolution (アライブ-最終進化的少年) (Tadashi Kawashima) (October 2003 – February 6, 2010)
 * Yonebu Times (米豊TIMES) (December 6, 2005 – August 6, 2007)
 * Shana ou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen (遮那王義経 源平の合戦) (Hirofumi Sawada) (July 2007 – April 2015)
 * Dear Boys:Act III (Hiroki Yagami) (December 2008 – December 2015)
 * C.M.B. ~Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku~ (C.M.B. 森羅博物館の事件目録) (Motohiro Katou) (October 2005 – August 2020)

2010s

 * Shura no Mon Iden Fudekage (修羅の門異伝 ふでかげ) (Masatoshi Kawahara) (2010 – 2014)
 * Mashiro no Oto (ましろのおと) (Marimo Ragawa) (2010 - 2022)
 * Noragami (ノラガミ) (Adachitoka) (2010 - 2024)
 * Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘) (Naoshi Arakawa) (April 6, 2011 – February 6, 2015)
 * Dear Boys: Over Time (Hiroki Yagami) (February 2016 – January 6, 2017)
 * Kakushigoto (かくしごと) (Kōji Kumeta) (December 2015 – July 2020)
 * Sayonara Watashi no Cramer (さよなら私のクラマー) (Naoshi Arakawa) (May 2016 – December 2020)
 * Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅) (Azami Yō/Kagami Takaya) (June 2017 - February 2022)
 * Love After World Domination (恋は世界征服のあとで) (Takahiro Wakamatsu), (Hiroshi Noda) (October 2019 - November 2022)