was a Japanese manga magazine published by Kodansha and first launched with a cover date of September 5, 1983. Its audience demographic was geared toward younger teenage boys, and its contents tended to be predominantly sports stories and high school romantic comedies. Many of the popular series in Magazine Special were transferred there from other Kodansha publications like Weekly Shōnen Magazine after their initial run. It was issued monthly on the 20th in perfect-bound B5 format and retailed for 540 yen. Issues were typically about 600 pages printed in black-and-white on heavy newsprint, with a few glossy pages in color. Between 20 and 30 stories appeared in each issue, almost all of them installments of ongoing and frequently long-running serials by different manga artists.
In August 2016, it was announced that the magazine would cease publication with the February 2017 issue.
Series Title Author / Artist Status Miami Guns Takeaki Momose 1997–1999 Z Mazinger Go Nagai 1998–2000 Kagetora Akira Segami 2002–2006 Gacha Gacha Hiroyuki Tamakoshi 2002–2008 Pastel Toshihiko Kobayashi 2003–2017 Fantastic Detective Labyrinth Meito Manjō (story), Seiji Wakayama (art) August 2006 – August 2008 Sumire 16 sai!! Takeru Nagayoshi 2006–2008 Psycho Busters Tadashi Agi 2006–2008 Negima!? neo Takuya Fujima January 2008 – August 2009 School Rumble Z Jin Kobayashi August 2008 – May 2009 Boys Be... Next Season Masahiro Itabashi (story), Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (art) November 2009 – March 2012 Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen Clamp August 2014 – March 2016
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