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'''''Bōken Ō''''' (冒険王, "Adventure King") was a monthly [[Manga magazine|magazine]] for youth published by [[Akita Shoten]] between 1949 and 1983. It was among the first generation of children's comic magazines after World War II and was initially focused on publishing illustrated prose and [[emonogatari]] and then shifted to [[manga]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Manga Pioneer Osamu Tezuka's Editor Passes Away at 84 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-18/manga-pioneer-osamu-tezuka%27s-editor-passes-away-at-84 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Holmberg |first=Ryan |last2= |date=2011-11-17 |title=Emonogatari in the Age of Comics, 1948-1957 - Page 2 of 5 |url=https://www.tcj.com/emonogatari-in-the-age-of-comics-1948-1957/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''''Bōken Ō''''' (冒険王, "Adventure King") was a monthly [[Manga magazine|magazine]] for youth published by [[Akita Shoten]] between 1949 and 1983. It was among the first generation of children's comic magazines after World War II in Japan and was initially focused on publishing illustrated prose and [[emonogatari]] and then shifted to [[manga]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Manga Pioneer Osamu Tezuka's Editor Passes Away at 84 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-18/manga-pioneer-osamu-tezuka%27s-editor-passes-away-at-84 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Holmberg |first=Ryan |date=2011-11-17 |title=Emonogatari in the Age of Comics, 1948-1957 - Page 2 of 5 |url=https://www.tcj.com/emonogatari-in-the-age-of-comics-1948-1957/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The magazine was initially founded under the title ''Shōnen Shōjo Bōkenō'' (少年少女冒険王) and was eventually renamed ''Bōken Ō''. Nobumichi Akutsu acted as chief editor of the magazine for decades and worked extensively with [[Osamu Tezuka]].<ref name=":0" />
The magazine was initially founded under the title ''Shōnen Shōjo Bōkenō'' (少年少女冒険王) and was eventually renamed ''Bōken Ō''. Nobumichi Akutsu acted as chief editor of the magazine for decades and worked extensively with [[Osamu Tezuka]].<ref name=":0" />


The magazine initially published some of the biggest hits of emonogatari during its peak, among them the science fiction series ''Sabaku no Maō'' by [[Tetsuji Fukushima]]. The magazine's editor gave Fukushima American comics as a reference for the series.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Roots of Gekiga |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-roots-of-gekiga/gAXBdC8Nzt2kIA |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> In the early 1950s, it shifted more and more towards manga. The [[judo]] manga ''Igaguri-kun'' by [[Eiichi Fukui]], serialized between 1952 and 1954, became the top selling manga series at the time, brought ''Bōken Ō'' to a circulation of 300.000 per month and fueled a surge in judo manga.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmberg |first=Ryan |last2= |date=2015-01-05 |title=The Fukui Ei’ichi Incident and the Prehistory of Komaga-Gekiga - Page 2 of 5 |url=https://www.tcj.com/the-fukui-eiichi-incident-and-the-prehistory-of-komaga-gekiga/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1952, in response to the magazine's success, ''Manga Ō'' (漫画王) was established as a sister magazine to ''Bōken Ō''.<ref name=":0" />
The magazine initially published some of the biggest hits of emonogatari during its peak, among them the science fiction series ''Sabaku no Maō'' by [[Tetsuji Fukushima]]. The magazine's editor gave Fukushima American comics as a reference for the series.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Roots of Gekiga |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-roots-of-gekiga/gAXBdC8Nzt2kIA |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> In the early 1950s, it shifted more and more towards manga. The [[judo]] manga ''Igaguri-kun'' by [[Eiichi Fukui]], serialized between 1952 and 1954, became the top selling manga series at the time, brought ''Bōken Ō'' to a circulation of 300.000 per month and fueled a surge in judo manga.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmberg |first=Ryan |date=2015-01-05 |title=The Fukui Ei'ichi Incident and the Prehistory of Komaga-Gekiga - Page 2 of 5 |url=https://www.tcj.com/the-fukui-eiichi-incident-and-the-prehistory-of-komaga-gekiga/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1952, in response to the magazine's success, ''Manga Ō'' (漫画王, "Manga King") was established as a sister magazine to ''Bōken Ō''.<ref name=":0" />


From the 1960s on, the magazine had a focus on manga adaptations of [[tokusatsu]] films and news about [[anime]]. After its cancellation, the magazine turned into a magazine reporting about anime.
From the 1960s on, the magazine had a focus on manga adaptations of [[tokusatsu]] films and news about [[anime]]. After its cancellation, the magazine turned into a magazine reporting about anime.
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* ''Sabaku no Maō'' by [[Tetsuji Fukushima]] (1949-1956)
* ''Sabaku no Maō'' by [[Tetsuji Fukushima]] (1949-1956)
* [[Age of Adventure]] by [[Osamu Tezuka]] (1951-1953)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-13 |title=Adventure/Manga King |url=http://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=1687 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Tezuka In English |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''[[Age of Adventure]]'' by [[Osamu Tezuka]] (1951-1953)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-13 |title=Adventure/Manga King |url=http://tezukainenglish.com/wp/?page_id=1687 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Tezuka In English |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Byakkō Kamen'' by [[Tomohika Oka]] (1951-1954)<ref name=":1" />
* ''Byakkō Kamen'' by [[Tomohika Oka]] (1951-1954)<ref name=":1" />
* ''Igaguri-kun'' by [[Eiichi Fukui]] (1952-1954)
* ''Igaguri-kun'' by [[Eiichi Fukui]] (1952-1954)
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* ''Chikyu no Akuma'' by Osamu Tezuka (1954)<ref name=":0" />
* ''Chikyu no Akuma'' by Osamu Tezuka (1954)<ref name=":0" />
* [[Lost World (manga)|''Lost World'']] by Osamu Tezuka (1955)
* [[Lost World (manga)|''Lost World'']] by Osamu Tezuka (1955)
* ''Majin Garon'' by Osamu Tezuka (1959-1962)
* ''[[Yuuyake Banchō]]'' by [[Ikki Kajiwara]] and Toshio Shoji
* ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]
* ''Rival no Hata'' by [[Jirō Tsunoda]] (1968)
* ''[[Dororo]]'' by Osamu Tezuka (1969)
* ''[[Dororo]]'' by Osamu Tezuka (1969)
* ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'' by [[Leiji Matsumoto]] (1974-1975)
* ''Niji wo yobu Ken'' by Jirō Tsunoda and [[Ikki Kajiwara]] (1969-1970)
* ''Submarine Super 99'' by [[Leiji Matsumoto]] (1970-1972)
* ''Thunder Daiō'' by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]] (1971-1972)
* ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'' by Leiji Matsumoto (1974-1975)
* ''[[Getter Robo G]]'' by [[Go Nagai]] and [[Ken Ishikawa]] (1975-1976)


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 21:55, 7 March 2023

Bōken Ō
Cover of the inaugural February 1949 issue of Bōken Ō
CategoriesShōnen manga
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1949-02
Final issue1983
CompanyAkita Shoten
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Bōken Ō (冒険王, "Adventure King") was a monthly magazine for youth published by Akita Shoten between 1949 and 1983. It was among the first generation of children's comic magazines after World War II in Japan and was initially focused on publishing illustrated prose and emonogatari and then shifted to manga.[1][2]

History

[edit]

The magazine was initially founded under the title Shōnen Shōjo Bōkenō (少年少女冒険王) and was eventually renamed Bōken Ō. Nobumichi Akutsu acted as chief editor of the magazine for decades and worked extensively with Osamu Tezuka.[1]

The magazine initially published some of the biggest hits of emonogatari during its peak, among them the science fiction series Sabaku no Maō by Tetsuji Fukushima. The magazine's editor gave Fukushima American comics as a reference for the series.[3] In the early 1950s, it shifted more and more towards manga. The judo manga Igaguri-kun by Eiichi Fukui, serialized between 1952 and 1954, became the top selling manga series at the time, brought Bōken Ō to a circulation of 300.000 per month and fueled a surge in judo manga.[4] In 1952, in response to the magazine's success, Manga Ō (漫画王, "Manga King") was established as a sister magazine to Bōken Ō.[1]

From the 1960s on, the magazine had a focus on manga adaptations of tokusatsu films and news about anime. After its cancellation, the magazine turned into a magazine reporting about anime.

Legacy

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Animation director Hayao Miyazaki read the magazine in his childhood and was inspired by works like Sabaku no Maō[3] and Tezuka's Taiheiyō X Ten (Point).[1]

Features

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Among the series featured in the magazine were:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Manga Pioneer Osamu Tezuka's Editor Passes Away at 84". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. ^ a b Holmberg, Ryan (2011-11-17). "Emonogatari in the Age of Comics, 1948-1957 - Page 2 of 5". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. ^ a b "The Roots of Gekiga". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  4. ^ Holmberg, Ryan (2015-01-05). "The Fukui Ei'ichi Incident and the Prehistory of Komaga-Gekiga - Page 2 of 5". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  5. ^ "Adventure/Manga King". Tezuka In English. 2014-06-13. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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