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Big Comic Original

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*Big Comic Original*

Big Comic Original February 5, 2007 issue
Editor-in-chief	Nakaguma Ichirō
Categories	Seinen manga^[1]^[2]
Frequency	Semi-monthly
Circulation	504,333^[2] (July–September, 2016)
Founded	1972
Company	Shogakukan
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	Official website

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 does not.^[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.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit]


Title	Author/Artist	Premiered
Bara-mura e Yōkoso (薔薇村へようこそ)	Fumi Saimon	October 2021^[6]
Bokura wa Sore wo Koete Yuku (僕らはそれを越えてゆく)	Yū Nakahara	September 2021^[7]
Cecil no Joō (セシルの女王, Seshiru no Joō)	Hideo Iura	October 2021^[8]
Curry Man (カレーマン, Karēman)	Mitsuo Hashimoto (original work by Masaru Miyazaki)	July 2022^[9]
Dekake Oya (出かけ親)	Sensha Yoshida	July 2017^[10]
Himiko (卑弥呼)	Richard Wu (story) and Mariko Nakamura (art)	September 2018^[11]
Hon no Mushi Mimizuku-kun (本の虫ミミズクくん)	Yuniko Karashi	September 2021^[12]
Kango Joshu no Nana-chan (看護助手のナナちゃん)	Chisa Nomura	August 2010^[a]
Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (黄昏流星群, Tasogare Ryūseigun)	Kenshi Hirokane	1995^[15]
Miwa-san Narisumasu (ミワさんなりすます)	Uhei Aoki	January 2021^[16]
No Comic, No Life (没有漫画没有人生, Nō Komikku nō Raifu)	Minetarō Mochizuki	January 2022^[17]
San-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no Uta	Ryohei Saigan	September 1974^[18]
Shōwa Tennō Monogatari (昭和天皇物語)	Kazutoshi Hando (story), Issei Eifuku (story) and Junichi Nojo (art)	April 2017^[19]
Shin'ya Shokudō (深夜食堂)	Yaro Abe	August 2007^[b]
Stigma (スティグマ, Sutiguma)	Hideo Iura	March 2021^[23]
Ta-tan (たーたん)	Keiko Nishi	January 2015^[24]
Tetsubon (テツぼん)	Kiyoshi Nagamatsu (story) and Enshu Takahashi (art)	January 2011^[25]
Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌)	Juzo Yamasaki (story) and Kenichi Kitami (art)	1979^[26]
Zenkamono (前科者)	Masahito Kagawa (story) and Toji Tsukishima (art)	December 2017^[27]

Manga artists and series published[edit]

Mitsuru Adachi
- Jinbē (1992–1997) and Bōken Shōnen (1998–2005)
George Akiyama
- Haguregumo (1973–2017)
Nobuyuki Fukumoto
- The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2002–2006)
- Shin Kurosawa:Saikyō Densetsu (2013–2020)
Mitsuo Hashimoto
- Station (1992–1996)
Kenshi Hirokane and Masao Yajima
- Human Crossing (1980–1990)
Shin'ichi Ishizuka
- Gaku: Minna no Yama (2003–2012)
Hideo Iura
- Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2009)
Ichimaru
- Okami-san (1990–1999)
- Okami-san Heisei Basho (2011–2013)
Junji Ito
- No Longer Human (2017–2018)
Eiji Kazama
- Kaze no Daichi (風の大地) (1990–2022; with Nobuhiro Sakata)
Kō Kojima
- Hige to Boin (1974–2004)
Shinji Mizushima
- Abu-san (1973–2014)
Motoka Murakami
- Ryuu Ron (1991–2006)
Jiro Taniguchi
- Guardians of the Louvre (2014)
Naoki Urasawa
- Pineapple Army (1985–1988; with Kazuya Kudo)
- Master Keaton (1988–1994; with Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki)
- Monster (1994–2001)
- Pluto (2003–2009)
- Master Keaton Remaster (2012–2014; with Takashi Nagasaki)
- Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2017–2018)
Takatoshi Yamada
- Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (moved from Weekly Young Sunday; 2008–2010) [on hiatus]
Osamu Yamamoto
- Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood (2017–2021)

Notes[edit]

^ The manga started in Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] in April 2009,^[13] and has been parallel published in the main magazine since August 2010.^[14]

^ The manga started in Big Comic Original Zōkan [ja] in October 2006,^[20]^[21] and was transferred to the main magazine in August 2007.^[22]

References[edit]

^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.

^ ^a ^b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

^ Frederik L. Schodt (1996). Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga. Stone Bridge Press. p. 97. ISBN 1-880656-23-X.

^ Clements, Jonathan. "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25.

^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.

^ 柴門ふみが描く令和の“家族のかたち”、訳ありの人々が集う別荘地が舞台の新連載. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 5, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 「ラストイニング」の中原裕が新たに描く高校球児の物語、BCオリジナルで開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 「あさひなぐ」のこざき亜衣が描く歴史ロマン「セシルの女王」BCオリジナルで開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 20, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ "カレーバカ"の天才シェフがカレーの真髄追う物語、宮崎克×はしもとみつお新連載. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 20, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 吉田戦車の“まんが一家”がBCオリジナルに帰還、新連載「出かけ親」. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 20, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ リチャード・ウー×中村真理子が「卑弥呼」の謎に迫る、BCオリジナルで新連載. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 僕はどうして歳三じゃないんだろう…本の虫の小学生を描く新連載がBCオリジナルで. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 18, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 黒潮マンガ大賞から野村知紗さん夫に続きプロデビュー (in Japanese). The Kochi Shimbun. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ ビッグ　オリジナル　2010年09/05号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 弘兼憲史氏『黄昏流星群』の朗読劇、11.21～22上演!! (in Japanese). Shogakukan. November 10, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 青木U平が新連載で“なりすましヒロイン”描く、BCオリジナルに登場. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 20, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ Pineda, Rafael (January 9, 2022). "Minetarō Mochizuki Launches New Manga, Puts Frederick Manga on Hiatus". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 漫画『三丁目の夕日』連載45年で1000回到達昭和30年代の日本の暮らし描く. Oricon News (in Japanese). February 5, 2020. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

^ 「哭きの竜」能條純一が昭和天皇を描く新連載、次号は伊藤潤二「人間失格」開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 20, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2021.

^ Yarō, Abe. プロフィール. abeyaro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 10, 2022. 2006年『深夜食堂』「ビッグコミックオリジナル」11月増刊号第一話が掲載～現在まで連載中

^ ビッグオリジナル増刊 (バックナンバー). s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

^ 2007年9/5号. s-book.com (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

^ 「刑事ゆがみ」の井浦秀夫が描く男と女の狭間に漂う狂気、BCオリジナルで開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 19, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 西炯子が青年誌でシリーズ連載、童貞の父親とイマドキ娘の物語. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 5, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 「テツぼん」オリジナル増刊から本誌へ昇格、完全連載化. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 6, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 「釣りバカ日誌」連載1000回達成、西田敏行や山寺宏一ら著名人8人がお祝い. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

^ 犯罪者の更生を助ける保護司を描くヒューマンドラマ「前科者」開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

External links[edit]

Big Comic Original official website (in Japanese)
Big Comic OriginalatAnime News Network's encyclopedia

v t e Big Comic Original series
Current	Sunset on Third Street (1974) Tsuribaka Nisshi (1979) Shin'ya Shokudō (2007) Shōwa Tennō Monogatari (2017)
1970s	Abu-san (1973–2014) Haguregumo (1973–2017)
1980s	Human Crossing (1980–1990) Pineapple Army (1985–1998) Master Keaton (1988–1994)
1990s	Kaze no Daichi (1990–2022) Okami-san (1990–1999) Jinbē (1992–1997) Monster (1994–2001)
2000s	The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2002–2006) Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2010) Pluto (2003–2009) Gaku: Minna no Yama (2003–2012) Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo [on hiatus] (2008–2010)
2010s	Bengoshi no Kuzu Dai-2 Shin (2010–2014) Master Keaton Remaster (2012–2014) Fuichin Tsaichen! (2013–2017) Shin Kurosawa: Saikyō Densetsu (2013–2020) Guardians of the Louvre (2014) Cats of the Louvre (2016–2017) No Longer Human (2017–2018) Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood (2017–2021) Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2017–2018)
Zōkan [ja]	Benkei in New York (1991–1996) Shin'ya Shokudō (2006–2007) Tokyo These Days (2019–2023)
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