Shonen Ace
Encyclopedia
is a monthly shōnen
manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten
, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen
weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime
tie-ins. There's a fair amount of Ecchi
featured in the magazine, while only a few series are action orientated.
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
tie-ins. There's a fair amount of Ecchi
Ecchi
is an often used slang term in the Japanese language for erotic fantasy and sexual innuendoes. As an adjective it is used with the meaning of "dirty", "naughty", "frivolous"; as a verb , with the meaning to do something dirty, naughty, frivolous or to sleep together; or as a noun, to describe...
featured in the magazine, while only a few series are action orientated.
Manga artists and series featured in Shōnen Ace
- Kei Sanbe
- KamiyadoriKamiyadoriis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. It was serialised in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace. The manga is licensed in North America by Tokyopop, in France by Kurokawa, in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini Comics, in Italy by Play Press and in Germany by Carlsen Comics.The sequel, ,...
- Kamiyadori
- Sankichi Meguro
- Ghost Talker's Daydream (written by Saki Okuse)
- Nishiwaki Datto
- Fate/stay nightFate/stay nightis a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for the PC. An all-ages version of Fate/stay night, titled Fate/stay night Réalta Nua, was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 19, 2007, and features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series...
- Fate/stay night
- ClampClamp (manga artists), is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,...
- Angelic LayerAngelic Layeris a manga series released by Clamp. The manga is published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It is the group's first work to use a quite different art style unseen in any other CLAMP series, which uses a more...
- Angelic Layer
- Masaru Gotsubo
- Samurai ChamplooSamurai Champloois a Japanese anime series created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004 through March 19, 2005 on Fuji TV. Samurai Champloo has earned Watanabe a renowned title in the anime and Japanese television communities...
- Samurai Champloo
- Yūji IwaharaYuji Iwaharais a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from art school he joined Hudson Soft as a graphic artist. He made his manga debut in 1994 in Afternoon with a story for which he won the fall Afternoon Four Seasons Award, a prize he received three more times over the next two years...
- Chikyu MisakiChikyu Misakiis a 3 volume manga series by Yūji Iwahara, and was released in the United States by CMX Manga.The story follows young Makishima Misaki as she returns to her Grandfather's old house following his death. She is accompanied by her father, Kyoichi, an awkward widower...
- KoudelkaKoudelkais a role-playing game developed by Sacnoth for the Sony PlayStation. The game was released on December 16, 1999, in Japan, June 29, 2000, in North America and September 29, 2000, in Europe.- Gameplay :...
- Chikyu Misaki
- Yuichi Hasegawa
- Mobile Suit Crossbone GundamMobile Suit Crossbone Gundamis a six volume manga written by Yoshiyuki Tomino and illustrated by Yuichi Hasegawa.-Overview:Crossbone takes place ten years after Mobile Suit Gundam F91, and multiple characters from that movie return as main characters within the manga. The manga has never been officially distributed outside of...
(story by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
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- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
- KaishakuKaishaku (manga group)is a group of two manga artists consisting of and . The name comes from , an appointed second person whose duty it is to decapitate one who commits seppuku - ritual suicide by disembowelment...
- Kannazuki no MikoKannazuki no Mikois a manga series created by the duo Kaishaku. The series was serialized in fourteen chapters by Kadokawa Shoten and in Shōnen Ace in 2004 and 2005, and collected in two bound volumes. The series was adapted as an anime television series broadcast in 12 episodes on TNK between October and December...
- Steel Angel KurumiSteel Angel Kurumiis a manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. Directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yuji Ikeda and music by Toshihiko Sahashi, it has been...
(originally featured in Monthly Ace Next; now discontinued)
- Kannazuki no Miko
- Mario Kaneda
- Girls BravoGirls Bravois a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Mario Kaneda and serialized from 2000 to 2005 in Shōnen Ace by Kadokawa Shoten. The story focuses on a young high school student who is kicked into a bathtub and transported to a mysterious world with a mostly female population.Girls...
- Saving Life
- Girls Bravo
- Katsu AkiKatsu Aki, pen name , is a Japanese manga artist best known for his works The Vision of Escaflowne, Futari Ecchi, and Psychic Academy. Mine Yoshizaki is one of Aki's former assistants.-Manga creations:...
- The Vision of EscaflowneThe Vision of Escaflowneis a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, with the final episode airing on September 24, 1996. Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax also aired the series, both in Japan and on its...
(shōnen version; shōjo version was serialized in Asuka Fantasy DXAsuka Fantasy DXAsuka Fantasy DX or simply Fantasy DX was a Japanese shōjo manga magazine. It was previously distributed by the Kadokawa Shoten, but then it was cancelled...
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- The Vision of Escaflowne
- Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou
- Eureka SevenEureka SevenEureka Seven, known in Japan as , is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians....
- Deadman WonderlandDeadman Wonderlandis a manga serial written by Jinsei Kataoka and illustrated by Kazuma Kondou, who also wrote and illustrated the Eureka Seven manga, and published in Shōnen Ace since 2007. Tokyopop acquired the licensing rights to distribute the manga in English and has released the first volume on February 9, 2010...
- Eureka Seven
- Masami KurumadaMasami Kurumadais a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and/or mahō shōnen. He is famous as the creator/author of popular manga, such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya and B't X. His male protagonists are a reflection of the classical and...
- B't XB't X, pronounced "beat X", is a science fiction mecha manga series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ran for 16 volumes in manga and was later adapted to anime with 25 episodes, then concluded with a 14 episode OVA . The manga was released in America by Tokyopop. The anime was released in...
- B't X
- Tomohiro Marukawa
- The World of NarueThe World of Narueis an anime and manga series about Izuka Kazuto and his half-alien girlfriend Narue Nanase. The title is named after A.E. van Vogt's The World of Null-A ....
- The World of Narue
- Haruhiko MikimotoHaruhiko Mikimotois a Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist. Mostly active during the 1980s, during that decade he rose to promience and is considered one of the top character designers of his time....
- Macross 7: TrashMacross 7: Trashis a manga series by Haruhiko Mikimoto, serving as a side-story to Macross 7. Unlike many other Macross titles, Trash does not feature any mecha or vehicle combat, instead focusing on the characters themselves....
- Macross The FirstThe Super Dimension Fortress Macrossis an anime television series. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war....
- Macross 7: Trash
- Suu MinazukiSuu Minazukiis a Japanese manga artist.Their fantasy comedy manga Sora no Otoshimono has been released as two anime series, and is being developed into a film.-Manga written:*Daisuki desu!! Mahou Tenshi Kosumasu *Gou-Dere Bishōjo Nagihara Sora...
- Sora no OtoshimonoSora no Otoshimono, also known as Heaven's Lost Property, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. The plot revolves around Tomoki Sakurai, a highly perverted young man struggling to live a peaceful life...
- Sora no Otoshimono
- Masato Natsumoto
- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (story by Ryo MizunoRyo Mizunois a Japanese author and game designer. Mizuno created Record of Lodoss War, Rune Soldier, Sword World RPG and Starship Operators. He was also involved with the Galaxy Angel manga. Mizuno recently worked on Tri-Ace and Square Enix's action-RPG Infinite Undiscovery. He has shown talent in both...
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- Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (story by Ryo Mizuno
- Kenji Oiwa
- Welcome to the N.H.K.Welcome to the N.H.K.is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, with a cover illustration by Yoshitoshi ABe, and was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. The novel was first published in English by Tokyopop on October 9, 2007...
(created by Tatsuhiko TakimotoTatsuhiko Takimotois a Japanese author best known for his novel Welcome to the N.H.K.Welcome to the N.H.K. began as a single novel by Takimoto with a cover illustratation by Yoshitoshi ABe, which was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. The story was later adapted as a manga series, also...
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- Welcome to the N.H.K.
- Kamui FujiwaraKamui Fujiwarais a Japanese character designer and manga artist. Fujiwara's father was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He excelled in mathematics and computer science when in grade school. He graduated from the Kuwasawa Design School, which is attached to Tokyo Zokei University...
- Kerberos Panzer CopKerberos Panzer CopKerberos Panzer Cop, also known as Kerberos Panzer Cops literally , is a 1988 to 2000 Kerberos saga manga written by Mamoru Oshii and illustrated by Kamui Fujiwara with mechanical design by Yutaka Izubuchi. This comic series tales events prior to those portrayed in Oshii's 1987 live-action feature...
(story by Mamoru OshiiMamoru OshiiMamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
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- Kerberos Panzer Cop
- Yoshiyuki SadamotoYoshiyuki Sadamotois a Japanese character designer, manga artist, and one of the founding members of the Gainax anime studio. Before the studio was founded under the official name , he served as animator on the second animated project, the Daicon IV opening animation...
- Neon Genesis EvangelionNeon Genesis Evangelion (manga)is a long-running manga series by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and published by Kadokawa Shoten. It began in the February issue of Shōnen Ace in December 1994. It consists of 13 volumes, each composed of several "stages" or chapters...
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Tatsuya Shingyoji
- The King of Fighters '94The King of Fighters '94The King of Fighters '94 is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the inaugural game in The King of Fighters series by the same company. The game was originally ported to the Neo Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD following its original arcade release...
- The King of Fighters '94
- Kumiko Suekane
- Blood+Blood+Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode...
- Blood+
- Yukiru SugisakiYukiru Sugisakiis a Japanese manga artist. She has created numerous manga in several demographics, but is perhaps best known for creating the seinen series The Candidate for Goddess and the shōjo series D.N.Angel.-Career:...
- Brain PowerdBrain Powerdis a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise. The series is set on a future, decimated Earth after the discovery of a mysterious, alien spacecraft dubbed "Orphan". A group of researchers scour the planet for Orphan's disc plates using mecha called "Antibodies" in order to revive the...
(story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
- Brain Powerd
- Shou TajimaShou Tajima, born February 7, 1966 in Saitama, Japan, is a manga illustrator and anime character designer. He has done character designs for the anime Kai Doh Maru, Otogi Zoshi, the CGI OVA Galerians: Rion, as well as Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren....
- Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (story by Eiji OtsukaEiji Otsukais a Japanese writer. He writes the Multiple Personality Detective Psycho and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service manga series. One of his first animation script works was Mahō no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA...
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- Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (story by Eiji Otsuka
- Kitsune Tennouji
- Eden's BowyEden's Bowyis manga series written and illustrated by Kitsune Tennouji. It was originally published in the magazine Comptiq, but it soon moved to Shōnen Ace after the latter publication's creation in 1994...
- Eden's Bowy
- Yasunari Toda
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime YatateHajime Yatateis a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff.-Name:"Hajime Yatate" is considered named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi:-Credited series:...
) - S-CRY-edS-CRY-ed, also known as s.CRY.ed or Scryed, is a 26 episode Japanese anime TV series, produced by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, which first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo and Animax. The music for the series was composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa...
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate
- Mine YoshizakiMine Yoshizakiis a Japanese manga creator who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to manga artist Katsu Aki...
- Sgt. FrogSgt. FrogSgt. Frog, known in Japan as , is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth...
- Sgt. Frog
- Yoshiki TakayaYoshiki Takayais a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the manga Guyver, which has been adapted into multiple anime features as well as live action films. Guyver was serialized in Shōnen Captain for the lifetime of the magazine from 1985 to 1997...
- Bio Booster Armor Guyver
- Sōsuke KaiseSosuke Kaiseis a Japanese manga artist, whose single success is Grenadier, published in Shōnen Ace by Kadokawa Shoten. He did however create a number of one shot manga in prior to that, also published in Kadokawa magazines. Grenadier started with two one offs in November 2000 and February 2001, but didn't...
- Grenadier
- Seijuro Miz
- Mushi-UtaMushi-Utais a light novel series by Kyouhei Iwai, with illustrations by Ruroo. There is also a short story light novel series called Mushi-Uta bug that is serialized in The Sneaker magazine. A manga adaptation by Seijuro Miz is serialized in Shōnen Ace magazine...
- Mushi-Uta
- Kagami YoshimizuKagami Yoshimizuis a Japanese manga author from Satte, Saitama, Japan. He is perhaps best known as the creator of a four-panel comic strip Lucky ☆ Star which has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine since January 2004. He is also credited for creating Comptiq's mascot character...
- Lucky Star
- Kumichi Yoshizuki
- Someday's Dreamers: Summer SkiesSomeday's Dreamersis a manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Dragon magazine from May 2002 to January 2003 and was later collected in two bound volumes...
(story by Norie Yamada)
- Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies
- Hajime Segawa
- Ga-reiGa-rei, also simply known as Ga-rei, is a supernatural action manga by . It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in the magazine Monthly Shōnen Ace and collected in twelve tankōbon volumes...
- Tokyo ESPTokyo ESPTokyo ESP is a supernatural action manga by Hajime Segawa. It has been serialized by Kadokawa Shoten for the Shōnen Ace Magazine on its September 2010 issue. The story is about a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba, who lives with her father while being in almost poor conditions that she needs...
- Ga-rei
- Sakae Esuno
- Future Diary
- Big Order
- Ryūsuke Hamamoto
- Petit EvaPetit Eva: Evangelion@Schoolis a super-deformed-style parody series based on Neon Genesis Evangelion. First published in Shōnen Ace, it was adapted into a series of 3D CGI ONAs in 2007. There is no dialogue in the series...
(original work by GainaxGainaxis a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
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- Petit Eva
- Keiichi Arawi
- NichijouNichijouis a Japanese comedy manga by . The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace, and was also serialized in Comptiq between the March 2007 and July 2008 issues. An anime adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan between April and September...
- Nichijou
External links
- Shōnen Ace on Web Kadokawa