Monthly Sunday Gene-X (月刊サンデーGENE-X Gekkan Sandē Jenekkusu?), often abbreviated as Sunday GX (サンデーGX?), is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan.
Like many other manga magazines, it's an "anthology magazine" with each issue featuring new chapters of several manga series. The series are also published in book form as Sunday GX Comics.
Monthly magazine[]
The magazine's title, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, refers to its mission as a manga magazine for Generation X. The first issue was published on July 19, 2000 and new issues are published on the 19th day of each month — not necessarily on a Sunday. The title uses the word "Sunday" more as a trademark or genre name, shared with its sister magazines Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Young Sunday. [1]
The first year when the magazine was actually published on a Sunday two months in a row was in 2006. This is because 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday, the following occurrence of which is 2017. In such years, the 19th is a Sunday three times: February 19, March 19 and November 19. [2]
The magazine is not limited to Japanese productions; a Korean comic series, Blade of the Phantom Mask, was also serialized in translated and flipped form, perhaps helped by current interest as a Japanese-Korean anime movie. If one of their manga series has such a tie-in, an anime TV series or movie version being aired or screened around the same time, editors like to emphasize this in an act of cross promotion.
Sunday GX comics books[]
Shogakukan also publishes manga series previously featured in Sunday GX as paperback tankōbon (compilation volumes) under the imprint Sunday GX Comics (GENEX Comics). While in English the term "comics" also includes single chapters and comic strips, "comics (コミック komikku?)" primarily means "manga tankōbon" in Japanese.
Series[]
Current[]
| Series Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ai Kagi (あいカギ?) | Sukune Inugami | |
| Black Lagoon (ブラック・ラグーン?) | Rei Hiroe | |
| Doctor and Daughter (ドクター＆ドーター?) | Youkihi | |
| Jormungand (ヨルムンガンド?) | Keitaro Takahashi | |
| JyaJya (ジャジャ?) | Eno Akira | |
| MARCH STORY | Hyung Min Kim, Yang Kyung-il | |
| Kamen Bowler (仮面ボウラー?) | Takeshi Wakasa | |
| Koi Neko (コイネコ?) | Mashima Etsuya | |
| Kamisama Dolls (神様ドォルズ?) | Hajime Yamamura | |
| REC (manga) (レック?) | Hanamizawa Q-taro | |
| Seigi Keikan Monju (正義警官モンジュ?) | Miyashita Hiroki | |
| Sei Moesu no Hakobune (聖モエスの方舟?) | Nariko Enomoto | |
| Tetsukko na 3 Shimai (鉄娘な3姉妹?) | Seiji Matsuyama | |
| Tsuri Chichi Nagisa (釣りチチ渚?) | Masaki Satou | |
| Westwood Vibrato | Youn In-wan, Kim Sun Hee | |
| Wilderness (manga) (ワイルダネス?) | Akihiro Ito | |
| Hamada Britney no Manga de Wakaru Moe Business (浜田ブリトニーの
漫画でわかる萌えビジネス』浜田ブリトニー?) |
Britney Hamada | |
| Yaoyorozu Toushinden Kami-gakari (八百万討神伝 神GAKARI?) | Kei Kusunoki |
Former[]
| Series Title | Author | Premiered | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asuka @ Miraikei (アスカ＠未来系?) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | ||
| Angel Koukou (エンジェル高校?) | Sukune Inugami | ||
| Binbō Shimai Monogatari (貧乏姉妹物語?) | Izumi Kazuto | ||
| Spiritual Paradise (スピリチュアルぱらだいす?) | Kouji Onodera | ||
| Yamagata Scream (山形スクリーム?) | Imatani Tecchu | ||
| Rubbers 7 (ラバーズ7?) | Sukune Inugami | ||
| Mel Kano (メルカノ。?) | Towa Oshima | ||
| Purofaira Menko (プロファイラーめんこ?) | Mao Onoda | ||
| Dareka ga Kakkou to Naku (誰かがカッコゥと啼く?) | Tatsuhiko Ida | ||
| Shin Hoero Pen (新吼えろペン?) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | ||
| Subarashii Sekai (素晴らしい世界?) | Inio Asano | ||
| Rabuma Unten (ラブマウンテン?) | Tomuo Fujina | ||
| Hikari no Machi (ひかりのまち?) | Inio Asano | ||
| Hoero Pen (吼えろペン?) | Kazuhiko Shimamoto | ||
| Code-E | Ichirō Sakaki, Yumiko Harao | ||
| Bijo de Yajuu (美女で野獣?) | Tatsuhiko Ida | ||
| Sleeping Planet (眠れる惑星?) | Youkihi | ||
| Welcome to River City (薬多江町へようこそ?) | Youkihi | ||
| Kyoukai Sensen (境界戦線?) | Hajime Yamamura | ||
| Girls Saurus DX (ガールズザウルスDX?) | Kei Kusunoki | ||
| Grimal (ぐりまる?) | Hiroyuki Kaidō, Tomizawa Yoshihiko | ||
| Prizona 6 (ぷりぞな6?) | Ryunosuke Kingetsu, KOJINO | ||
| Hoshikuzu Bangaichi (星屑番外地?) | Tatsuhiko Ida | ||
| Blade of the Phantom Mask (新暗行御史?) | Youn In-wan, Yang Kyung-il | ||
| Yarujene | Tomuo Fujina | ||
| Trafficker (トラフィッカー?) | Yasunori Mitsunaga | ||
| Sekai Uniform (世界ユニ・フォーム?) | Nariko Enomoto | ||
| RahXephon (ラーゼフォン?) | Yutaka Izubuchi, Takeaki Momose | ||
| FACTORY Z | Shigeo Makino, Takashi Hirotsugu | ||
| FADE OUT | Ikeda Takashi | ||
| The Sleeper (ザ・スリーパー?) | Fujihiko Hosono | ||
| Wake up! | Tokihiko Matsuura | ||
| Iron Man (鉄人?) | Toshihiko Tahagi, Takayuki Otiai | ||
| Dandelion (ダンデライオン?) | Takayuki Otiai | ||
| Advent (アドベント?) | Yumiko Harao | ||
| Destruction Princess (デスプリ?) | Hebisaku Yoshida | ||
| Let It Be!! (レットイットビー！！?) | Mari Koizumi | ||
| King of Cats (ネコの王?) | Toshihiro Ono | ||
| Psycho Trader Chinami (サイコトレーダーちなみ?) | Akihiro Kimura | ||
| Konohana Watashi Desu (この花はわたしです。?) | Masahiko Kokuki, Yuka Jukuni | ||
| Shibuya Gadiangaruzu (渋谷ガーディアンガールズ?) | Mari Koizumi | ||
| Shishi Boshi ki Girusutein (獣星記ギルステイン?) | Naoyuki Sakai, Hisao Tamaki | ||
| Tenshi Dake ga Tsubasa (天使だけが翼を持っている?) | Reiji Hagihara |
Circulation[]
- 2004 - 39,167
- 2005 - 39,000
- 2006 - 35,167
- 2007 - 30,583
- 2008 - 30,000
- 2009 - 27,667
- 2010 - 26,000
References and notes[]
- ↑ "月刊サンデーGX(ジェネックス) HPへようこそ". Editors's diary (in Japanese). Shogakukan. 2000-06-07. Retrieved 2006-08-08.
- ↑ There are also three non-consecutive "Sunday the 19th" in leap years starting on Wednesday.
External links[]
- Official website (Japanese)
- Sunday GX Comics at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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