Big Comic Original

Big Comic Original (ビッグコミックオリジナル, Biggu Komikku Orijinaru) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic doesn't.[3] Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.

Big Comic Original
Big Comic Original 2007 Issue 2.5
Editor-in-chiefNakaguma Ichirō
CategoriesSeinen manga[1][2]
FrequencySemi-monthly
Circulation504,333[2]
(July–September, 2016)
Year founded1972
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitebigcomicbros.net/bigoriginal/

Launched in 1972, it has published over 1000 issues, typically running to about 350 pages in a black-and-white, saddle-stapled format, selling for 340 yen (2015). More than 83% of readers are reported to be over 30 years old, with female readers comprising about a quarter of the total. Most readers are company employees.[4] Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.[5]

Currently running manga series
Title Author/Artist Premiered
Chichi o Yaku Osamu Yamamoto May 2, 2022
Dekake Oya Sensha Yoshida July 20, 2017
Haikai Sensei Akira Bancha (story) & Mitsuo Hashimoto (art) September 4, 2020
Himiko - Shinsetsu Yamataikoku-den - Richard Wu (story) & Mariko Nakamura (art) September 5, 2018
Kango Joshu no Nana-chan Chisa Nomura May 5, 2009
Kaze no Daichi Nobuhiro Sakata (story) & Eiji Kazama (art) August 20, 1990
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight Kenshi Hirokane November 4, 1995
Miwa-san Narisumasu Uhei Aoki January 20, 2021
Sanchōmenoyūhi Yūyake no Uta Ryohei Saigan September 20, 1975
Shinya Shokudou Yaro Abe October 12, 2006
Shippo no Koe Midori Natsu (story) & Chikuyama Kiyoshi (art) June 5, 2017
Shōwa Tennō Monogatari Kazutoshi Hando (story), Issei Eifuku (story) & Junichi Nojo (art) April 20, 2017
Stigma (スティグマ, Sutiguma) Hideo Iura March 19, 2021
Tetsubon Kiyoshi Nagamatsu (story) & Enshu Takahashi (art) January 4, 2011
Tsuribaka Nisshi Juzo Yamasaki (story) & Kenichi Kitami (art) 1979
Zenkamono Masahito Kagawa (story) & Toji Tsukishima (art) December 20, 2017

Notable manga artists and series

References
  1. Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. Frederik L. Schodt (1996). Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga. Stone Bridge Press. p. 97. ISBN 1-880656-23-X.
  4. Clements, Jonathan. "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25.
  5. Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.


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