Shōnen Book
Japanese manga magazine by Shueisha / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shōnen Book (少年ブック, Shōnen Bukku, lit. "Boys' Book") was a manga magazine by Shueisha, which debuted March 1958 and ended in April 1969. Shōnen Book was originally a spin-off of Shueisha's Omoshiro Book (おもしろブック, Omoshiro Bukku, literally - "Funny Book"). Shōnen Book is famously known in Japan for being the predecessor to the company's famous Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. The Shōnen Book tankōbon manga volumes are published under the Shōnen Speed Ō (少年スピード王) manga imprint. Shōnen Book was a part of Shueisha's former leading magazine line, Book, now Jump. Shōnen Book was created in 1958 as a male version of the short lived Shōjo Book. Omoshiro Book became an offshoot of the magazine, and eventually faded away in the middle of the Shōnen Book timeline. Shōnen Book also served as a root to many other magazines published by Shueisha.
![]() First issue of Shōnen Book, the cover features man standing next to an airplane, this was done for a feature film at the time. It also mentions Omoshiro Book. | |
Editor | Saburō Shibata |
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Categories | Shōnen manga |
Frequency | Monthly |
First issue | March 1958 |
Final issue Number | April 1969 4 |
Company | Shueisha |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |