Gangan (????, Gangan) is a manga imprint of Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several magazines aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its magazines are home to some popular manga series which were adapted into anime series, like Fullmetal Alchemist, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Nabari no Ou, Inu x Boku SS, and Soul Eater. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as Gangan Comics (?????????, Gangan Komikkusu), Gangan Comics Joker (?????????JOKER, Gangan Komikkusu J?k?) and Young Gangan Comics (????????????, Yangu Gangan Komikkusu), which identify the magazine of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by deleting any Gekkan (??, monthly publication) or Sh?nen (??, boy) in the magazine name and inserting Comics (?????, Komikkusu) directly after the word "Gangan".
Video Gangan Comics
Magazines
Monthly Sh?nen Gangan (since 1991)
Monthly Sh?nen Gangan (????????, Gekkan Sh?nen Gangan) is a monthly manga magazine that regularly has over 600 pages. Sh?nen Gangan was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete with other magazines such as Monthly Sh?nen Magazine, Monthly Sh?nen Jump and Sh?nen Sunday Super, and is targeted toward the same young, male demographic ("Sh?nen" means young boy or young man). It features manga with lots of action and adventure; science fiction and fantasy elements in the stories are very common. Square Enix also publishes the related Gangan YG and Monthly Gangan Wing.
Maps Gangan Comics
Series
Manga and series featured:
Monthly GFantasy (since 1993)
Monthly GFantasy (??G??????, Gekkan J? Fantaj?), also known as Gangan Fantasy, is a Japanese sh?nen manga magazine published by Square Enix. The manga tend to be set in a fantasy setting with large amounts of supernatural themes and a fair amount of action and/or horror scenes.
Manga featured:
- 10-4 (Hashiba Maki)
- Aoharu x Machinegun (NAOE) (ongoing)
- Black Butler (Yana Toboso) (ongoing)
- Crimson-Shell (Jun Mochizuki) (completed)
- Cuticle Detective Inaba (Mochi) (completed)
- D-Drops (Seana)
- Daisuke! (Hasu Kikuzuki)
- Dazzle (Minari End?) (switched over to Monthly Comic Zero Sum in June 28, 2002)
- Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (Makoto Uezu) (completed)
- Durarara!! (Ryohgo Narita)
- E's (Satoru Yuiga) (completed)
- Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ry? to Hikari no Ken (Maki Hakoda)
- Fire Emblem: Gaiden (Maki Hakoda)
- Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu (Nattu Fujimori)
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (Y?na Takanagi)
- Gestalt (Yun K?ga) (completed)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Minagoroshi-hen (Hinase Momoyama, Ryukishi07)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tatarigoroshi-hen (Jiro Suzuki, Ryukishi07)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Yoigoshi-hen (Side story) (Mimori, Ryukishi07)
- Horimiya (HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara)
- I, Otaku: Struggle in Akihabara (S?ta-kun no Akihabara Funt?ki) (Jiro Suzuki) (completed)
- Kamiyomi (Ami Shibata)
- Kimi to Boku (Kiichi Hotta) (ongoing)
- Lammermoor no Sh?nen Kiheitai (Nana Natsunishi)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Ataru Cagiva)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Ataru Cagiva)
- Mah?ka K?k? no Rett?sei (Fumino Hayashi) (ongoing)
- Monokuro Kitan (Kusu Rinka)
- Nabari no Ou (Yuhki Kamatani) (completed)
- Pandora Hearts (Jun Mochizuki) (completed)
- Pani Poni (Hekiru Hikawa) (completed)
- The Royal Tutor (Higasa Akai) (ongoing)
- Saiyuki (Kazuya Minekura) (completed)
- Switch (naked ape) (completed)
- Teiden Sh?jo to Hanemushi no Orchestra (Ninomiya Ai)
- Torikago Gakkyuu (Shin Mashiba)
- Yumekui Kenbun (Shin Mashiba) (completed)
- Zombie-Loan (Peach-Pit) (completed)
Young Gangan (since 2004)
Young Gangan (???????, Yangu Gangan) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Square Enix twice a month, on the first and third Friday. The magazine was first published on December 3, 2004.
Manga featured:
- Amigo x Amiga (Takahiro Seguchi)
- Arakawa Under the Bridge (Hikaru Nakamura) (completed)
- Astro Fighter Sunred (Makoto Kubota)
- Bamboo Blade (Aguri Igarashi, Masahiro Totsuka) (completed)
- Bitter Virgin (Kei Kusunoki) (completed)
- Black God (Sung-Woo Park, Dall-Young Lim) (completed)
- Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana (Y?ji Iwahara)
- Dimension W (Y?ji Iwahara) (switched over to Monthly Gangan on November 2015)
- D?sei Recipe (Towa Oshima)
- Donyatsu (Y?suke Kozaki)
- Drop Kick
- Front Mission Dog Life and Dog Style/Front Mission The Drive (Yasuo Otagaki)
- Fudanshism (Morishige)
- Hanamaru Kindergarten (Yuto) (completed)
- Hohzuki Island (Sanbe Kei) (completed)
- Iroha-saka, Agatte Sugu (Yuto)
- Jackals (Kim Byung Jin, Shinya Murata) (completed)
- The Comic Artist and Assistants (Hiroyuki) (completed)
- The Comic Artist and Assistants 2 (Hiroyuki) (completed)
- Manhole (Tsutsui Tetsuya) (completed)
- Mononoke (Ninagawa Yaeko) (completed)
- Mouryou no Yurikago (manhua) (Sanbe Kei)
- Nikoichi (Renjuro Kindaichi)
- Rinne no Lagrange - Akatsuki no Memoria (Yoshioka Kimitake)
- Saki (Ritsu Kobayashi) (ongoing)
- Sekirei (Ashika Sakura) (completed)
- Shishunki no Iron Maiden (Watanabe Shizumu) (ongoing)
- Space?Dandy (Masafumi Harada), (Park Sung-woo), (RED ICE)
- Sumomomo Momomo (Shinobu Ohtaka) (completed)
- The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Ensemble!, Sadoru Chiba & Haruki Kashiba (ongoing)
- Übel Blatt (Etorouji Shiono) (ongoing)
- Übel Blatt Gaiden (Etorouji Shiono)
- Umeboshi (Maya Koikeda)
- Until Death Do Us Part (manga) (DOUBLE-S, Hiroshi Takashige) (completed)
- Violinist of Hameln: Shchelkunchik (Michiaki Watanabe) (completed)
- Working!! (Karino Takatsu)
- Kiba no Tabishounin (Park Joong-Gi), (Nanatsuki Kyouchi)
Gangan Online (since 2008)
Gangan Online (?????????, Gangan Onrain) is a free manga and light novel web magazine published and updated by Square Enix. The online web magazine was activated on October 2, 2008.
Manga featured:
- Adachi to Shimamura (Author:Mani, artist: Non) (Manga adaption started in 2016)
- Ai wa Noroi no Nihon Ningyou (Kiki Suihei)
- Alba Rose no Neko (KARASU)
- Asao-san to Kurata-kun (Hero)
- Amanonadeshiko (Haruka Ogataya)
- Aphorism (Karuna Kujo) (originally Gangan Wing)
- Barakamon (Satsuki Yoshino) (ongoing)
- Buyuuden Kita Kita (Hiroyuki Etou)
- Chokotto Hime (Ayami Kazama) (originally Gangan Wing)
- Cyoku! (Nico Tanigawa)
- Daily Lives of High School Boys (Yamauchi Yasunobu) (completed)
- Day Break Illusion (K?ki Kat?) (completed)
- En Passant (Taro Yuzunoki)
- Esoragoto (usi)
- Hayachine! (Aiko Fukumorita) (completed)
- Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Omake (HERO) (ongoing)
- Hyakuen! (Ema T?yama)
- Life is Money (author Asaniji Teru, artist Yaguraba Tekka)
- Karasu-tengu Ujyu (Iwanosuke Neguragi)
- Kitakubu Katsud? Kiroku (Kuroha)
- Kyou mo Machiwabite (Ichi Saeki)
- Kyousou no Simulacra (Hideaki Yoshimura)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Izumi Tsubaki) (ongoing)
- The Morose Mononokean (Kiri Wazawa) (ongoing)
- No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! (Nico Tanigawa) (ongoing)
- Oji-chan Yuusha (Tarou Sakamoto)
- Pochi Guns? (Mao Momiji, Akira)
- Princess of Mana (Seiken Densetsu: Princess of Mana) (Satsuki Yoshino) (originally Gangan Powered) (completed)
- Ryuushika Ryuushika (Yoshitoshi ABe)
- Seitokai no Wotanoshimi. (Marumikan)
- Sengoku Sukuna (Nekotama.)
- Shikisou (Akira Kanda)
- Shougakusei Host Pochi (Saori)
- Sougiya Riddle (Akai Higasa.)
- The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Shuffle!!, Kouka Mijin (ongoing)
- Tokyo Innocent (Naru Narumi) (originally Gangan Wing)
- Wa! (Akira Kojima)
- RealPG (Yuki Domoto)
Light Novels featured:
Gangan Joker (since 2009)
Monthly Gangan Joker (??????JOKER, Gekkan Gangan Joker) is a Japanese sh?nen manga magazine that was launched by Square Enix on April 22, 2009.
Manga featured:
- Akame ga Kill! (Takahiro, Tetsuya Tashiro) (completed)
- Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime (Rito K?saka) (originally Gangan Powered)
- Book Girl and the Famished Spirit (Rito K?saka)
- Corpse Party: Blood Covered (Team Guriguri, adapted by Toshimi Shinomiya) (originally Gangan Powered)
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia (Maybe) (completed)
- Damekko Kissa Dear (Ry?ta Yuzuki)
- Eighth (Izumi Kawachi)
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (Mutsumi Okubashi)
- Gugure! Kokkuri-san (Midori End?) (completed)
- Happy Sugar Life (Tomiyaki Kagisori)
- Himawari (Blank-Note, adapted by Daisuke Hiyama)
- Inu x Boku SS (Cocoa Fujiwara) (completed)
- Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler (T?ru Naomura, Homura Kawamoto) (ongoing)
- Love x Rob x Stockholm (Hiroki Haruse)
- Manabiya (Akira Kojima)
- Natsu no Arashi! (Jin Kobayashi) (originally Gangan Wing) (completed)
- NEET Princess Terrass (Tomohiro Shimomura)
- One Week Friends (Matcha Hazuki)
- Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (Nanasuke)
- Prunus Girl
- rail aile bleue (Kazuyoshi Karasawa)
- Satsui no Senki (Kobayashi Daiki)
- Sengoku Strays (Shingo Nanami) (originally Gangan Wing)
- My Bride Is a Mermaid (Tahiko Kimura) (originally Gangan Wing) (completed)
- Shinigami-sama ni Saigo no Onegai wo (YAMAGUCHI Mikoto)
- Shitsurakuen (T?ru Naomura) (completed)
- The Case Study of Vanitas (Jun Mochizuki) (ongoing)
- The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls New Generations, namo (ongoing)
- Today's Great Satan II (Y?ichi Hiiragi)
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Kei Natsumi, Ryukishi07) (Originally Gangan Powered)
- Watashi no Tomodachi ga Motenai no wa d? Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui. (Nico Tanigawa)
- Yandere Kanojo (Shinobi)
Monthly Big Gangan (since 2010)
Monthly Big Gangan is a seinen manga publication entry in Square Enix's Gangan imprint.
Manga featured:
- ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka (Ono Natsume) (completed)
- Akame ga Kill! Zero (Toru Kei) (artist) (Takahiro) (writer) (ongoing)
- Bamboo Blade C (Takao Jingu) (artist) (Totsuka Masahiro) (writer) (completed)
- Candy Pop Nightmare (Hikawa Hekiru) (completed)
- Dimension W (Y?ji Iwahara) (switched over from Monthly Gangan on November 2015) (ongoing)
- Goblin Slayer (Kurose Kousuke) (artist) (Kagyuu Kumo) (writer) (ongoing)
- Ginsai no Kawa (Kurata Uso) (artist) (Kayashima Nozomi) (writer) (completed)
- High Score Girl (Rensuke Oshikiri) (ongoing)
- Songuri! (Fujisaki Yuu) (completed))
- Tohyo Game: One Black Ballot to You (Tatsuhiko) (artist) (G.O. and Chihiro) (writer) (completed)
Discontinued magazines
Gangan Powered (2001 - 2009)
Gangan Powered (????????, Gangan Paw?do) was a Japanese sh?nen/seinen manga magazine published by Square Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the April 2009 issue sold on February 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced by Gangan Joker.
Manga featured:
- Blan no Shokutaku ~Bloody Dining~ (Tsubasa Hazuki, Shogo Mukai) (completed)
- Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime (Miho Takeoka)
- Final Fantasy XII (Gin Amou)
- J?shin Enbu (Hiromu Arakawa)
- HEAVEN (Aoi Nanase) (completed)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi-hen (completed), Tsumihoroboshi-hen (completed), and Matsuribayashi-hen (Karin Suzuragi, Ryukishi07)
- He Is My Master (Asu Tsubaki, Mattsu)
- Kimi to Boku (Kiichi Hotta)
- Nusunde Ri-Ri-Su (Tinker)
- Princess of Mana (Seiken Densetsu: Princess of Mana) (Satsuki Yoshino)
- Shining Tears (Akira Kanda) (completed)
- Superior (Ichtys)
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Kei Natsumi, Ryukishi07)
Monthly Gangan Wing (1996 - 2009)
Monthly Gangan Wing (??????WING, Gekkan Gangan Wing) was a Japanese sh?nen manga magazine published by Square Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the May 2009 issue sold on March 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced by Gangan Joker.
Manga featured:
- Alice on Deadlines (Shiro Ihara)
- Brothers (Yoshiki Naruse)
- Aphorism (Karuna Kujo)
- Ark (Nea Fuyuki)
- dear (Cocoa Fujiwara)
- Chokotto Hime (Ayami Kazama)
- Enchanter (Izumi Kawachi)
- Fire Emblem Hikari wo Tsugumono (Nea Fuyuki)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Watanagashi-hen and Meakashi-hen (Yutori H?j?, Ryukishi07)
- Ignite (Sasa Hiiro)
- Kon Jirushi (Toyotaro Kon)
- Mahoraba (Akira Kojima)
- Majipikoru (Kanoto Kinatsu)
- Natsu no Arashi! (Jin Kobayashi)
- NecromanciA (Hamashin)
- Otoshite Appli Girl (Kako Mochizuki)
- Sai Drill (Izumi Kawachi)
- Sengoku Strays (Shingo Nanami)
- My Bride Is a Mermaid (Tahiko Kimura)
- Stamp Dead (Kanoto Kinatsu)
- Shyo Shyo Rika (Takumi Uesugi)
- Tales of Eternia (Yoko Koike) (completed)
- Tenshou Yaoyorozu (Kanoto Kinatsu)
- Tokyo Innocent (Naru Narumi)
- Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo (Mayumi Azuma) (completed)
- Warasibe (Satoru Matsuba)
- Watashi no Messiah-sama (Suu Minazuki)
- Watashi no Ookami-san (Cocoa Fujiwara)
See also
- List of manga magazines
References
External links
- Monthly Sh?nen Gangan official website (in Japanese)
- Monthly Gangan Joker official website (in Japanese)
- Monthly GFantasy official website (in Japanese)
- Young Gangan official website (in Japanese)
- Gangan Online official website (in Japanese)
- Monthly Gangan Wing official website (in Japanese)
- Monthly Big Gangan official website (in Japanese)
- Gangan Mobile official website (in Japanese)
- Gansuma Information Agency official website (in Japanese)
- GanganSearch (in Japanese)
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