, a monthly manga magazine published by Shueisha, has featured numerous series between its launch in 1958 and its conclusion in 1969. It was known for featuring many popular manga by many popular manga artists. Some found their way into the US in the 1970s, although the magazine remains little known there.
Manga titles with a shade of light green appeared in the last issue.
Manga series 1950s 1958–1959 Shōnen Book had very few series at its commencement because it started as an offshoot of the already successful Omoshiro Book. Shōnen Book is starting to gain more series, as it eases its way into a separate publication.
MangaFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorMarch 1958 (originally from Omoshiro Book)March 1960 Kōki YokoyamaApril 1958 July 1962Hiroshi KaidukaJune 1958 June 1960 Hirō TeradaAugust 1958 October 1963Hiroshi KaidukaJanuary 1959 March 1960 Shōnama TanashitaMarch 1959 October 1960Terumi FujikiMarch 1959 December 1959 Toshihiro KuniJune 1959 February 1960Ariya EnomotoJuly 1959 February 1962Suguru HorieSeptember 1959 March 1960 Datsunin AranSeptember 1959 August 1960 Katsumi MashikoOctober 1959 May 1960 Hiroshi KaidukaDecember 1959 June 1960 Shigeru Kiyama
1960s 1960–1964 Shōnen Book finally launched into a new magazine. In addition to the launch, it now has several more series. Like many other manga magazines, it also adds series along the way. Shōnen Book grows with another set of series. Other manga pass and go. The past manga series end, a larger amount appears in the Shōnen Book magazine. The "God of Manga"; Osamu Tezuka gets hired to write and draw a manga for the Shōnen Book anthology, by the name of Shinsengumi.
MangaFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorJanuary 1960 May 1963Hiroshi SekiyaJanuary 1960 August 1960 Chōhei GezanJanuary 1960 May 1960 Toshio ShōjiJanuary 1960 March 1960 Yuzuru Kume × Shigeru KomatsuzakiMarch 1960 April 1960 Ariya EnomotoApril 1960 August 1960 Roku AsōshōApril 1960 December 1960Rō ŌtomoMay 1960 October 1960Tomohiko Oka × Jirō DaibutsuMay 1960 December 1960Michihiko Mishima × Toshio KitamuraJune 1960 November 1960Ippei Kyūsato × Tatsuo Yoshida × Jun NagataJune 1960 August 1960 Toshio ShōjiJuly 1960 December 1960Kōmyō Suzuki × Shin'ichi OkazawaAugust 1960 December 1962Satoru OzawaAugust 1960 November 1960Misao Hamadai × Yasushihan KawauchiSeptember 1960 March 1961Keiji HōtaniOctober 1960April 1961Noboru Kawasaki × Yukijo Noboru TakahashiNovember 1960July 1961Shinji HamaNovember 1960June 1961Ariya Enomoto × Jūsan FutabaNovember 1960June 1961Shigeru KiyamaJanuary 1962March 1963Ippei Kyūsato × Tatsuo Yoshida × Yutaka AraiJanuary 1961December 1964Katsumi MashikoJanuary 1961September 1961Terumi FujikiJanuary 1961September 1961Rō ŌtomoApril 1961December 1961Shunji SonoyamaApril 1961December 1961Shinji HamaAugust 1961March 1962Noboru KawasakiSeptember 1961October 1962Akira KujiSeptember 1961December 1962Okaoni YamaneDecember 1962September 1962Shōtarō IshinomoriDecember 1962March 1962Noboru KawasakiApril 1962August 1962Keijirō Nochi × Noboru KawasakiApril 1962December 1963Kōki YokoyamaApril 1962December 1962Suguru HorieMay 1962April 1963Ippei Kyūsato × Tatsuo YoshidaSeptember 1962December 1963Kazuo MaekawaJanuary 1963October 1963Osamu TezukaJanuary 1963March 1963Satoru OzawaJanuary 1963August 1963Akaoni Yamane1963 (New Year's special issue)February 1963Keijirō NochiMarch 1963May 1963Kōki YokoyamaMarch 1963May 1963Akira MatsumotoMarch 1963September 1963Rō ŌtomoMarch 1963September 1963Masami KubotaMay 1963December 1963Ippei KyūsatoJune 1963March 1964Noboru KawasakiSeptember 1963August 1965Shōtarō IshinomoriSeptember 1963August 1965Noboru KawasakiSeptember 1963July 1964Akaoni • Aōni YamaneSeptember 1963February 1964Terumi FujikiNovember 1963February 1966Osamu TezukaNovember 1963April 1964Hiroshi KaidukaJanuary 1964April 1965Fujio AkatsukaJanuary 1964December 1964Kōki YokoyamaApril 1964October 1964Noboru KawasakiApril 1964November 1964Sankiya MochidukiApril 1964November 1964Hiroshi KaidukaMay 1964December 1964Shōtarō IshinomoriJune 1964May 1966Tatsuo YoshidaSeptember 1964May 1965Sanpei ShiratoSeptember 1964July 1965Katsumi MashikoOctober 1964December 1964Sanpei WachiNovember 1964November 1966Tetsuya ChibaDecember 1964December 1965Sankiya Mochiduki
1965–1969 Shōnen Book announces more series. A video game of Obake no Q-tarō was released in the States as Chubby Cherub. Shōnen Book closed, and was replaced with the offshoot: Bessatsu Shōnen Jump.
MangaFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorJanuary 1965December 1965Noboru Kawasaki × Shin'ichi SekizawaJanuary 1965December 1966Hiroshi KaidukaJanuary 1965March 1966Kobushi MoritaApril 1965March 1967Kōki YokoyamaMay 1965December 1965Fujio AkatsukaSeptember 1965August 1966Sanpei ShiratoSeptember 1965December 1967Yukiosu IzumiOctober 1965April 1966Fujiko FujioJanuary 1966April 1967Sankiya MochidukiFebruary 1966October 1967Osamu TezukaApril 1966July 1966Fujio AkatsukaApril 1966July 1967Kobushi MoritaMay 1966December 1966Akira Fujikawa × Yōhei YamajiJune 1966May 1968Tatsuo YoshidaJuly 1966March 1967Osamu Kittaka × Nobuo HitoshiSeptember 1966June 1968Noboru Kawasaki × Takashi IshibashiNovember 1966June 1967Jōji KōnamiJanuary 1967February 1968Tetsuya ChibaJanuary 1967January 1968Hiroshi KaidukaJanuary 1967December 1967Fujiko FujioJanuary 1967May 1967Fujio AkatsukaApril 1967June 1967Fujiko FujioJune 1967January 1969Fujio AkatsukaSeptember 1967December 1967Hikari AsahiokaSeptember 1967June 1968Shōtarō IshinomoriJanuary 1968September 1968Osamu TezukaManga adaption of the United Kingdom TV series.January 1968August 1968Hikari AsahiokaJanuary 1968February 1968Osamu TezukaFebruary 1968August 1968Sachio Umemoto × Kazuya FukumotoApril 1968April 1969Kōki YokoyamaApril 1968May 1968Fujiko FujioMay 1968December 1968Yoshihiro MoritōJune 1968April 1969Reiji MatsumotoOctober 1968April 1969Sachio Umemoto × Kazuya FukumotoOctober 1968April 1969Osamu TezukaOctober 1968March 1969Jirō Kuwata × Tetsuo KinjōJanuary 1969April 1969Fujio AkatsukaApril 1969April 1969 (continued in Shōnen Jump)Hiroshi KaidukaApril 1969April 1969 (continued in Shōnen Jump)Gō NagaiApril 1969April 1969 (continued in Shōnen Jump)Noboru Kawasaki × Ikki Kajiwara
Light novel and monogatari series Shōnen Book, in addition to the manga titles, featured many Light novels and Monogatari (Picture stories).
1950s 1959 Light NovelFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorAugust 1959 March 1960 Sōya YamakawaSeptember 1959 February 1960 Kinya UekiNovember 1959 October 1960 Takeo Kakuda × Fumiya Yoshida
1960s 1960–1963 Light Novel/MonogatariFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorJanuary 1960December 1960Saburō Shibata × Tokutarō TamaiJanuary 1960December 1960Jūsan Futaba × Toshio, Kōsei SaitōJanuary 1960June 1960Rei Kido × Kei WakanaApril 1960May 1960Teīchirō KawaraApril 1960August 1960Tetsutarō Ōba × Hidemi KobayashiNovember 1960December 1960Yoshirō Akinaga × Kōichi HeiyaJanuary 1961March 1962Yoshirō Akinaga × Shigeru KomatsuzakiJanuary 1964August 1964Torao Tanabe × Kei WakanaApril 1964November 1964Takeo Kakuda × Fumiya YoshidaJuly 1964March 1965Teruo Sudō × Koku FujioJanuary 1965August 1965Teruo Sudō × Kōichi SomekawaJanuary 1965August 1965Shikahei Minamida × Toshifumi SakamotoApril 1962December 1962Yoshirō Akinaga × Shigeru KomatsuzakiSeptember 1965March 1966Haruhiko Daiyabu × Hideo NakamuraSeptember 1965December 1965Keisan Kurobe × Takashi MinamiSeptember 1965December 1965Shikahei Minamida × Toshifumi SakamotoSeptember 1965November 1965Teruo Sudō × Hiroshi MaruyamaJanuary 1966June 1966Tarō Yamamoto × Shōtarō IshinomoriJanuary 1963August 1963Yoshirō Akinaga × Shigeru KomatsuzakiApril 1966May 1967Saotto Makinichi × Fumiya YoshidaApril 1966August 1966Hiroshi Sunada × Kei WakanaJuly 1966December 1966Tarō Yamamoto × Shōtarō IshinomoriSeptember 1966December 1966Tōboku Fujī × Shigeru Komatsuzaki
1964–1968 Light Novel/MonogatariFirst IssueLast IssueCreatorApril 1964June 1965Tetsuya, Hoka MoroboshiJune 1965December 1965Tōboku Fujī × Shigeru KomatsuzakiJanuary 1966May 1966Tōboku Fujī × Shigeru KomatsuzakiJanuary 1966December 1966Masami FukushimaApril 1966March 1967 (canceled)Unknown writerSeptember 1966June 1968Noboru KawasakiJanuary 1967June 1967Masami Fukushima × Kyōtsuna, Hoka MaemuraJanuary 1967December 1967Masanori Ochi × Hideo NakamuraFebruary 1968December 1968Masanori Ochi × Hideo Nakamura
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