Champion Red

Champion Red
CategoriesSeinen manga (2004–present)
Shōnen manga (2002–2003)
FrequencyMonthly
First issueAugust 19, 2002
CompanyAkita Shoten
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitehttp://www.akitashoten.co.jp/red
Champion Red Ichigo
CategoriesSeinen manga
FrequencyBimonthly
First issueDecember 2006
Final issueAugust 2014
CompanyAkita Shoten
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Champion Red (チャンピオンRED（レッド）, Chanpion Reddo) is a monthly Japanese seinen manga magazine published on the 19th of each month by Akita Shoten since August 19, 2002 (cover date October 2002), initially published as a shōnen magazine. Since 2015, the magazine slogan is "High Quality & High End Seinen Comic Magazine!" (ハイクオリティ&ハイエンド青年コミック誌！, Hai kuoriti to hai endo seinen comikku-shi!).

Champion Red Ichigo (チャンピオンRED（レッド）いちご, Chanpion Reddo Ichigo; lit. 'Champion Red Strawberry') was a special manga edition of Champion Red that ceased publication in 2014.

Current serializations

There are currently 19 manga titles being serialized in Champion Red. Out of them Saint Seiya: Dark Wing and Garagarapon are published on an irregular basis and Jinrouki Winvurga is on indefinite hiatus.

Series Title Author(s) Premiered
Baki Gaiden Doppo - Hitori Nomi Kui Aruki (バキ外伝 神歩〜独り飲み喰い歩き〜) Keisuke Itagaki, Kenji Hamaoka [ja], Taakaki Hayashi May 19, 2026
Baki Gaiden: Shin Chiharu (バキ外伝 真・チハル) Keisuke Itagaki, Tomokazu Omatsu June 19, 2026
Dead Tube (デッドチューブ, Deddo Chūbu) Mikoto Yamaguchi, Touta Kitakawa May 19, 2014
Death Machine in Fairyland (おとぎの国のデスマシーン, Otogi no Kuni no Death Machine) Chisato Hazama November 19, 2025
Five years after the dungeon appeared, I dare to challenge at the age of 15. (ダンジョンが現れて5年、15歳でダンジョンに挑むことにした。, Dungeon ga Arawarete Gonen, Juugosai de Dungeon ni Idomu Koto ni Shita.) Ta-chan, Keita Kano February 19, 2024
Franken Fran Frantic (フランケン・ふらん Frantic) Katsuhisa Kigitsu February 19, 2019
Fuan no Tane* (不安の種＊ アスタリスク) Masaaki Nakoyama February 19, 2019
Garagarapon (ガラガラポン) Yousuke Takahashi, Mimori November 17, 2023
Jinrouki Winvurga (人狼機ウィンヴルガ) Shirō Tsunashima August 19, 2016
Kougakureki Nanmin (高学歴難民) Kyouko Abe, Bull June 19, 2025
La Magnifique Grande Scène (絢爛たるグランドセーヌ, Kenrantaru Grande Seene) Cuvie July 19, 2013
Marry or Die: Women of Defeated Countries (妻か死か～敗戦国の女たち～, Tsuma ka Shi ka ~Haisen Koku no Onnatachi~) Kiraku Kishima, Tohokô, XPierrot April 19, 2024
Ninja Slayer - Kyoto Heru on Asu (ニンジャスレイヤー キョート・ヘル・オン・アース) Yuki Yogo April 19, 2018
Saint Seiya: Meiō Iden – Dark Wing (聖闘士星矢 冥王異伝 ダークウィング, Seinto Seiya Meiō Iden Dāku Uingu) Masami Kurumada, Kenji Saitō, Shinshū Ueda December 19, 2020
Shinju no Nectar (神呪のネクタール) Hiroyuki Yoshino, Kenetsu Satô July 19, 2016
Shiranai Sekai de Rippa na Mesu Doragon to shite Ikimasu! (しらない世界でりっぱな♀ドラゴンとして生きます！) Kintaro Miyano July 21, 2026
Succubus & Hitman (サキュバス&ヒットマン) Makoto Fugami, Seigo Takiya February 19, 2020
Todoroki Daimaru no Kikai Taikendan (轟大丸の奇怪体験談) Kakuya Inayama February 19, 2025
Tōranki Fukushima Katsuchiyo Ichidaiki (冬嵐記 福島勝千代一代記) Enju, Ibuki Kosaka, Roro Kamijō September 19, 2025

Past serializations

Champion Red

Champion Red Ichigo

References

  1. ↑ Thompson (May 2, 2013). "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Franken Fran". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 8, 2020. seinen magazine Champion RED, the only manga magazine so full of gore and kink that this manga might not always have been the sickest thing in it.
  2. ↑ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 3, 2014). "Champion Red Ichigo Manga Magazine to End Publication". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "秋田書店".
  4. ↑ チャンピオンRed 2002年12月号.
  5. ↑ "Four Manga Based on the Same Novel".
  6. ↑ "チャンピオンRed 2017年8月号".
  7. ↑ "Champion Red Ichigo". www.akitashoten.co.jp. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "マツリセイシロウのRED新連載、男の娘のお姫様を描く". Mynavi News (in Japanese). January 19, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ "チャンピオンRED 2014 表示号数3". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ "チャンピオンRED 2014年7月号" (in Japanese). Akita Shoten. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "チャンピオンRED 2014 表示号数7". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ "肉体の宴 カガクなヤツら最終巻2月20日発売です！". 29utage.blog66.fc2.com. Retrieved August 31, 2016.