Young Animal (magazine)

Young Animal (ヤングアニマル) is a semimonthly Japanese seinen manga magazine that features photos of gravure idols. It has been published by Hakusensha on the second and fourth Friday of each month since 1992.

History and profile
Young Animal was launched in May 1992. The magazine is a successor to Monthly Animal House (月刊アニマルハウス), Hakusensha's previous seinen manga magazine that ran from 1989 to 1992. Young Animal is issued on the second and fourth Friday of each month in saddle-stapled B5 format. Its headquarters is in Tokyo.

A typical issue consists of about 300 black-and-white pulp pages of manga wrapped in about 20 slick pages of color pinup photos of teenage girls in bikinis (generally pop stars and gravure idols). Advertising (other than house ads for Hakusensha) appears only in the form of a few ads in the back pages and on the inside and back covers. As of 2015, circulation is approximately 119,000 copies. Each issue features about 15 different stories, mostly serial stories tending toward sexy romantic comedy, fantasy, and epic adventure, with a number of humorous yonkoma or four-panel gag strips.

Popular long-running series appearing in Young Animal include the medieval dark fantasy adventure Berserk and the modern day married-life sex comedy Futari Ecchi (both over 300 chapters as of 2010). A number of Young Animal manga series have been adapted into anime.

Titles serialized in Young Animal are published as tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha under the Young Animal Comics imprint. Prior to June 2016, volumes were published under the Jets Comics imprint.

Young Animal has also inspired several spin-off magazines: Young Animal Arashi (2000–2018); Young Animal Island (2004–2013), briefly relaunched as Young Animal Innocent (2014); and Young Animal Zero (2019–present).

Series
There are currently 24 manga titles being serialized in Young Animal.

1990s

 * Japan (ジャパン) by Kentaro Miura (1992)
 * Buttobi!! CPU (ぶっとび!!CPU) by Kaoru Shintani (1993–1997)
 * Air Master (エアマスター) by Yokusaru Shibata (1996–2006)
 * Cestvs: The Roman Fighter (セスタス -The Roman Fighter-) by Shizuya Wazarai (1997–2009)
 * Ai Yori Aoshi (藍より青し) by Kou Fumizuki (1998–2005)
 * Mouse by Satoru Akahori (story) and Hiroshi Itaba (art) (1999–2004)

2000s

 * Holyland (ホーリーランド) by Kouji Mori (2000–2008)
 * Yubisaki Milk Tea (ゆびさき ミルク ティー) by Tomochika Miyano (2002–2010)
 * Chocotto Sister (ちょこッとSister) by Gō Zappa (story) and Sakura Takeuchi (art) (2003–2007)
 * This Ugly yet Beautiful World (この醜くも美しい世界) by Ashita Morimi (2003–2005)
 * Yuria 100 Shiki (ユリア100式) by Shigemitsu Harada (story) and Nobuto Hagio (art) (2005–2010)
 * Detroit Metal City (デトロイト・メタル・シティ) by Kiminori Wakasugi (2005–2010)
 * KimiKiss: Various Heroines (キミキス -various heroines-) by Tarō Shinonome (2006–2009)
 * Ateya no Tsubaki (当て屋の椿) by Kanji Kawashita (2007–2020)
 * Jisatsutō (自殺島) by Kouji Mori (2008–2016)
 * Sickness Unto Death (死に至る病) by Hikaru Asada (story) and Takahiro Seguchi (art) (2009)
 * Usotsuki Paradox (うそつきパラドクス) by Nanki Satō (story) and Akira Kiduki (art) (2009–2012)
 * Nana & Kaoru (ナナとカオル) by Ryuta Amazume (2009–2016)
 * Amagami: Precious Diary (アマガミ precious diary) by Tarō Shinonome (2009–2011)

2010s

 * Kendo Shitō Den Cestvs (拳奴死闘伝セスタス) by Shizuya Wazarai (2010–2014)
 * Tokyo Yamimushi (東京闇虫) by Yūki Honda (2010–2016)
 * Photo Kano: Your Eyes Only (フォトカノ Your Eyes Only) by Nylon (2012–2013)
 * Mai Ball! (マイぼーる!) by Sora Inoue (2012–2019)
 * Giganto Maxia (ギガントマキア) by Kentaro Miura (2013–2014)
 * How Clumsy you are, Miss Ueno (上野さんは不器用) by Tugeneko (2015–2022)
 * Boku to René to Aoarashi (僕とルネと青嵐) by Kou Fumizuki (2015–2016)
 * Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise (ペリリュー -楽園のゲルニカ-) by Kazuyoshi Takeda (2016–2021)
 * Record of Grancrest War (グランクレスト戦記) by Ryo Mizuno (story) and Makoto Yotsuba (art) (2016–2019)
 * Asobi Asobase (あそびあそばせ) by Rin Suzukawa (2016–2022)
 * Tenjiku Neppūroku (天竺熱風録) by Yoshiki Tanaka (story) and Sei Itō (art) (2016–2019)
 * Boku wa Ikemen (ボクはイケメン) by Nanki Satō (story) and Akira Kiduki (art) (2016–2018)
 * Gal Gohan (ギャルごはん) by Marii Taiyou (2016–2020)
 * Dokunie Cooking (毒贄クッキング) by Suu Minazuki (2017–2019)
 * Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (キミと僕の最後の戦場、あるいは世界が始まる聖戦) by Kei Sazane (original story) and Okama (2018–2021)
 * Witches Are In Their Prime In Their Three-Hundreds (魔女は三百路から) by Shigemitsu Harada (story) and Kyūjo Matsumoto (art) (2018–2020)

2020s

 * Ore wa Lolicon ja Nai! (俺はロリコンじゃない！) by Uran (2020–2023)
 * Love Flops (恋愛フロップス) by Love Flops Project (original story) and Ryūdai Ishizaka (2022–2023)
 * Sōsei no Taiga (創世のタイガ) by Kouji Mori (2023)