Betsucomi
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, formerly known as Bessatsu Shōjo Comic, is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan
, originally aimed at young girls, but increasingly marketed to older teens and young women. It is released on the 13th of each month. Its competitors are Betsuma
, Princess
and LaLa
.
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...
, originally aimed at young girls, but increasingly marketed to older teens and young women. It is released on the 13th of each month. Its competitors are Betsuma
Bessatsu Margaret
, or for short, is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly in Japan by Shueisha. It is targeted at girls aged roughly 12-17. It is a spinoff of the magazine Margaret.-Current:*360° Material - Touko Minami*Acanthus - Izumi Yamaguchi...
, Princess
Princess (magazine)
is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly on the 6th in Japan by Akita Shoten. It is aimed at teenage girls, and its main competitors are Lala, Bessatsu Margaret, and Betsucomi. Its sister publication is , which branched out from the Princess magazine in 1979...
and LaLa
Lala
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.
Manga artists and series featured in Betsucomi
- Miki AiharaMiki Aiharain Shizuoka, Japan and is a Japanese female manga artist noted for creating the manga series Hot Gimmick and the series Tokyo Boys & Girls She debuted with Lip Conscious in betsucomi.-Works:* Atashi ni Tsuiterasshai...
- Hot GimmickHot Gimmickis a 12-volume shōjo manga by Miki Aihara that was serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Betsucomi from December 2000 to July 2005. The English release is currently published by Viz Media...
- So Bad!
- Hot Gimmick
- Michiyo AkaishiMichiyo Akaishiis a Japanese manga artist born in Urawa , Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Saitama Prefectural Dai-Ichi Girls High School. Akaishi then attended Musashino Art University where she graduated with a degree in commercial plastic model design...
- "Alto" no "A"
- Hinako AshiharaHinako Ashiharais a female Japanese manga artist. She wrote the manga Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, "SOS," "Ten-nen Bitter Chocolate", Homemade Home, and "Chouchou Kumo "...
- Sand ChroniclesSand Chroniclesis a manga by Hinako Ashihara. It completed serialization in Japan in Betsucomi during 2005 and was licenced by Viz Media. It began serialization in English in Shojo Beats August 2007 issue, replacing Yume Kira Dream Shoppe...
- Piece
- Sand Chronicles
- Kaneyoshi IzumiKaneyoshi Izumiis a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1995 with Tenshi in Betsucomi and she has since published mainly with Betsucomi. Her manga Doubt!! was published in North America by Viz Media. In 2006, she received the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Sonnan ja...
- Doubt!!Doubt!!is a shōjo manga series by Kaneyoshi Izumi. Doubt!! is published in Japan by Shogakukan and in North America in English by VIZ Media.-Plot:...
- Sonnan Ja Nee Yo!
- Jou no Hana
- Doubt!!
- Motomi Kyousuke
- Beast MasterBeast Master (manga)is a shōjo romantic comedy manga by Kyousuke Motomi. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan in Betsucomi and is collected in two tankōbon volumes. It is licensed by Viz Media...
- Dengeki DaisyDengeki Daisyis a shōjo romantic comedy manga by Kyousuke Motomi. It is currently published in Kyoto,Japan in Betsucomi magazine and has been published into nine tankōbon volumes as of April 2011...
- Beast Master
- Kaho MiyasakaKaho Miyasakais a Japanese manga artist.Miyasaka is best known for the manga Kare First Love.Her newest manga is called We Came to Know It , which currently consists of 10 volumes.-Works:*16 Engage 2 volumes...
- Binetsu ShōjoBinetsu Shojois a shōjo manga series by Kaho Miyasaka. The title can be translated in English as Feverish Girl.-Plot:Binetsu Shōjo is about a girl named Rina, 15 years of age, who had a crush on a boy she usually sees in the train station every morning. Rina gather the courage to ask for the boy's name...
(Feverish Girl)
- Binetsu Shōjo
- Chie ShinoharaChie Shinoharais an award winning Japanese manga artist best known for Red River, known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River....
- Mizu ni Sumu Hana
- Yumi TamuraYumi Tamurais a Japanese manga artist. Her debut short story, Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan , was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists. Since then, she has completed more than 50 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...
- BasaraBasara (manga)is a shōjo manga written by Yumi Tamura. The manga, which consists of 27 tankōbon volumes, won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1992. It was adapted as an anime that follows only part of the manga story, cutting off after 13 episodes...
- Basara
- Akimi YoshidaAkimi Yoshidais a Japanese manga artist.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002...
- Banana FishBanana FishBanana Fish is a classic shōjo manga by Akimi Yoshida which ran from 1985 to 1994 and spawned several mini-spin-offs: Private Opinion, Angel Eyes, X Men, and The Garden with Holy Light. The series was very popular in Japan....
- Banana Fish
- Kanoko SakurakojiKanoko Sakurakojiis a Japanese manga artist. She writes primarily for Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi. She is best known as the author of Backstage Prince and Black Bird. Black Bird received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga...
- Backstage PrinceBackstage Princeis a manga by Kanoko Sakurakoji. Was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Betsucomi in 2004 and 2005 and collected in two bound volumes. It is licensed in North America by Viz Media, which serialized it in Shojo Beat magazine from October 2006 to March 2007.- Story :Akari is an average high...
- Black BirdBlack Bird (manga)is a Japanese supernatural shōjo manga written and illustrated by Kanoko Sakurakoji. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in their Betsucomi magazine since 2007. It depicts the life of a high school girl who can see supernatural beings...
- Backstage Prince
- Kako Mitsuki
- Ai Hime~Ai to Himegoto
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