June 25, 2007 issue of Big Comic Spirits featuring model Aki Hoshino
Former editors
Takashi Nagasaki[1]
Categories
Seinen manga[2][3]
Frequency
Weekly
Circulation
150,000[2] (July-September, 2016)
First issue
October 14, 1980[4]
Company
Shogakukan
Country
Japan
Based in
Tokyo
Language
Japanese
Website
bigcomicbros.net/spirits/
Big Comic Spirits (ビッグコミックスピリッツ, Biggu Komikku Supirittsu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional values. The magazine is published every Monday. Circulation in 2008 averaged over 300,000 copies, but by 2015 had dropped to 168,250.[5] In 2009, Shogakukan launched a sister magazine, Monthly Big Comic Spirits.
^マンガ原作者・長崎尚志氏がヒットの極意を伝える創作講座が7月30日開講!! 「本気でマンガ原作者を目指してみないか？」小学館カルチャーライブ！. Shogakukan (in Japanese). 2017-07-18. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
^ ab"Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
^"Shogakukan, Inc. – Magazines". Shogakukan. Archived from the original on March 10, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2008 Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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