Monthly Shōnen Rival
Japanese manga magazine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Shōnen Rival?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Monthly Shōnen Rival (Japanese: 月刊少年ライバル, Hepburn: Gekkan Shounen Raibaru) was a Japanese monthly shōnen manga magazine by Kodansha that ran from April 4, 2008 to June 4, 2014. It was issued on the 4th of every month.
Categories | Shōnen manga[1] |
---|---|
Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 48,000 (2013)[1] |
Publisher | Kodansha |
First issue | April 4, 2008 |
Final issue | June 4, 2014 |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Website | Official website archived |
As with Shueisha's Jump SQ. and Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday, it is aimed at late teens and people in early twenties.
Shōnen Rival was a replacement of the Comic BomBom, which ended in December 2007 due to decline in interest. Shōnen Rival followed the same fate and due to decline in interest the final issue was released on June 4, 2014. Kodansha noted that it was reassessing its manga magazine lineup to aim for more growth, in seek of other success titles like Attack on Titan. To that end, it stop publication on Monthly Shōnen Rival and conducted research for the new magazine that would replace it.[2]
Though most of the series had managed to end by the final issue, all unfinished series were transferred to online platforms such as Manga Box and New Comic Research Institute (新雑誌研究所, Shin Zasshi Kenkyūjō).