Monthly Shōnen Sunday

Monthly Shōnen Sunday (Japanese: 月刊少年サンデー, Hepburn: Gekkan Shōnen Sandē), alternately known as Get the Sun (ゲッサン, Gessan), is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan since 12 May 2009 (the June 2009 issue). The magazine was announced in February 2009,[3] with Hayashi Masato, at that time editor of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, editing the monthly magazine as well.[4]

Monthly Shōnen Sunday
Cover of first issue, featuring characters from the Adachi series Q and A which debuted in this issue.
CategoriesShōnen manga[1][2]
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation36,000[2]
(July–September, 2016)
First issueJune 2009
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Websitehttp://gekkansunday.net/

The manga magazine has a target demographic of late teens to early twenties, similar to that of Shueisha's Jump Square.

Manga artists who debuted new series or stories in the magazine include Yellow Tanabe, Mitsuru Adachi, and Kiyohiko Azuma.[5]

Series

Manga
TitleAuthor(s)First issueLast issueNotes
Aoi HonōKazuhiko ShimamotoJune 2009moved from Weekly Young Sunday
AsagiroMinoru HiramatsuJune 2009
Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary LessonsKiyohiko AzumaJune 2009August 2009
The!! Beach StarsMasahiro MorioJune 2009March 2013moved from Weekly Young Sunday
BirthdayYellow TanabeJune 2009June 2009one shot
Dai Dark[6]Q HayashidaApril 2019
Daisan Sekai no NagaiKen NagaiJune 2009
DorohedoroQ HayashidaDecember 2017September 2018moved from Hibana
Gakushin Ou - Vero MusicaMasanori YoshidaJune 20092010
Hallelujah Overdrive!Kōtarō TakataJuly 2009
Hōkago Saikoro ClubHirō NakamichiMarch 2013
Itsuka Omae to Jiruba oYūji YokoyamaAugust 2009
Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-sanYamamoto SouichirouAugust 2016moved from Monthly Shonen Sunday Mini
Kenryoku no Inu Police Wan!Pero SugimotoJune 2009May 2010
Kōkō Kyūji Zawa-sanEriko MishimaAugust 2009August 2009
Let's Play with YvonneTomoyuki AraiJune 2009
LindberghAhn DongshikJune 2009
Makoto no ŌjaAshibi FukuiJune 2009
ManekoiTaishi MoriJune 2009
MixMitsuru AdachiJune 2012
Nobunaga ConcertoAyumi IshiiJune 2009
Number One KaidohAmiya HarumiAugust 2009
Otome GenocideMorichaAugust 2009Winner of the first Get The Sun Rookie Award[7]
Q and AMitsuru AdachiJune 2009April 2012
SeishinshiJune 2009
Shinobi no KuniRyō Wada (story)
Mutsumi Banno (art)		June 2009February 2011
The Idolmaster Million Live!Yuki Monji
Bandai Namco Entertainment		August 2014October 2016Video game adaptation
Toaru Hikūshi e no TsuiokuKoroku Inumura (story)
Maiko Ogawa (art)		September 2009March 2011
Tsuki no Hebi: Suikoden IbunHiroo NakamichiJune 2009
Welcome to the El-PalacioTakao AoyagiJune 2009October 2013
Yoshitō-samaHaruka ShiiJune 2009September 2013

Light novels
TitleAuthorIllustratorFirst issueLast issueNotes
Kai, Sasu.Hirokatsu SaharaJunji ItōJune 2009
Time MailTōichirō KujiraHiroto ŌishiJune 2009

References
  1. "Boy's Manga". Japanese Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). September 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  2. "Boy's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  3. "Shogakukan to Launch Monthly Shonen Sunday Mag in Japan". Anime News Network. 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  4. Ichihara, Takenori (June 2009). "Approaching the first issue (創刊によせて, Sōkan ni yosete)". Monthly Shōnen Sunday. 1: 753.
  5. "Kekkaishi's Tanabe to Start Manga in Monthly Shonen Sunday". Anime News Network. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  6. "Dorohedoro's Q Hayashida Launches New Manga in March". Anime News Network. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  7. Ichihara, Takenori (August 2009). "Get The Sun Rookie Bulletin Board". Monthly Shōnen Sunday. 3: 494.
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