, frequently abbreviated as "Doramaga" or "DM", is a bimonthly Japanese seinen

Seinen

is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...

 light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

 magazine, first published in 1988. Many popular light novels which were later animated were originally serialized in it. The magazine also features one or two manga series at a time. The magazine became bi-monthly on March 19, 2008.

The light novel magazine Fantasia Battle Royal was a special edition of Dragon Magazine.

Current serialized works

• Slayers
  Slayers
  is a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...
  
  
• Sword World RPG
  Sword World RPG
  is a very popular Japanese role-playing game created by Group SNE. 10 million copies of the related books including rulebooks, novels and replays have been sold....
  
  
• Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Former serialized works

• Angel Howling
• Chrono Crusade
  Chrono Crusade
  , also known as Chrno Crusade due to a typo in the original logo, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Moriyama. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in Dragon Magazine which began serialization in November 1998. A 24-episode anime television series based on the...
  
  manga, by Daisuke Moriyama
  Daisuke Moriyama
  is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Chrono Crusade series which was adapted into a 24 episodes anime series by the studio Gonzo...
  
  
• Dragon Half
  Dragon Half
  is a manga created by Ryūsuke Mita and serialized in Monthly Dragon Magazine from 1988 to 1994. It was adapted into a two episode anime OVA series in 1993...
  
  manga, by Ryūsuke Mita
  Ryūsuke Mita
  is a Japanese manga creator. He is best known for his seinen manga series Dragon Half, which was made into an anime OVA by the same name. He also illustrates Futabasha game books under the pen name . Mita's father is Munesuke Mita, a well-known Japanese sociologist, and his grandfather was Sekisuke...
  
  
• Kaze no Stigma
  Kaze no Stigma
  or is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of the author on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at eleven volumes...
  
  
• Real Bout High School
• Saber Marionette
  Saber Marionette
  is a science fiction humor/adventure series featuring android girls. It has been produced in the form of anime, manga, and light novels. It was created by Satoru Akahori....
  
  
• Scrapped Princess
  Scrapped Princess
  is a Japanese light novel series by Ichiro Sakaki and illustrated by Nakayohi Mogudan, a popular adult dōjin artist. In 2003, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Bones...
  
  
• Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
  is a series of Japanese fantasy adventure novels and manga, two anime television series , and a video game.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• The Weathering Continent
• Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun
  Goshusho-sama Ninomiya-kun
  is a Japanese light novel series by Daisuke Suzuki, with illustrations by Kyourin Takanae. The light novel started serialization in Monthly Dragon Magazine in April 2005, published by Fujimi Shobo. A manga adaptation was being serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age...