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Petit Flower (プチフラワー, Puchifurawā) was a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Founded in 1980, the magazine ceased publication in March 2002, when it was replaced by the magazine Flowers.
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Categories | Manga (shōjo) |
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First issue | 1980 |
Final issue | March 2002 |
Company | Shogakukan |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Shogakukan began publishing Petit Flower as a regular magazine in 1980, after the success of Flower Comic, a one-off special issue of the manga magazine Bessatsu Shōjo Comic.[1] The magazine targeted a readership of girls in their late teens.[2] The magazine was initially edited by Junya Yamamoto , who was also the editor of Bessatsu Shōjo Comic;[2] consequently, the artists published in Petit Flower typically were given limited editorial support but a significant degree of editorial freedom.[3]
The magazine published works by several of Shogakukan's most notable female manga artists, such as Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya. It is credited with launching the careers of Reiko Okano[4] and Keiko Nishi.[3] Petit Flower folded in March 2002, and was replaced the following month with the magazine Flowers.[2]
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