Morning (magazine)

Morning
Cover of the May 2014 issue of Weekly Morning featuring Cooking Papa, published by Kodansha on May 15, 2014
Editor-in-ChiefToshihiro Miura
Former editors
  • Yoshiyuki Kurihara
  • Kohei Furukawa
CategoriesSeinen manga
Frequency
  • Biweekly (1982–1986)
  • Weekly (1986–present)
Circulation
  • 65,528
  • (April – June 2026)
First issueAugust 1982
CompanyKodansha
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitemorning.kodansha.co.jp

Morning (Japanese: モーニング, Hepburn: Mōningu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha, with new issues released every Thursday. It debuted in August 1982 as Comic Morning (コミックモーニング, Komikku Mōningu), with the cover date of September 9, 1982. Originally published biweekly, it moved to a weekly publication in April 1986. The magazine later rebranded as Morning in November 1991, while still maintaining its weekly publication tradition. Manga titles serialized in the magazine are published in tankōbon volumes under the "Morning KC" label. Many series contain topics aimed at adult, often middle-aged readers, such as food, sports, comedies, and workplace dramas. Nevertheless, Morning maintains a greater diversity of stories and art styles compared to other magazines.

Morning has had a number of special issues and sister magazines, including Monthly Afternoon in 1986, and Evening in 2001. The digital edition of the magazine, titled Weekly D Morning (週刊Dモーニング, Shūkan D Mōningu), was launched for mobile devices in May 2013. A spin-off magazine titled Monthly Morning Two (月刊モーニングtwo, Gekkan Mōningu Two) was launched (formerly bimonthly) in 2006, featuring stories like Saint Young Men, under the supervision of editor-in-chief Eijiro Shimada, who was simultaneously deputy editor-in-chief of Morning. Morning Two switched exclusively to digital release in August 2022, and publishes weekly every Thursday.

Currently running manga series

Title Author / Artist Premiered
Catch Me at the Ballpark! Tatsurō Suga 2020
Cooking Papa Tochi Ueyama 1985
Danmitsu Tooru Seino 2024
Dekin no Mogura Natsumi Eguchi 2021
Giant Killing Masaya Tsunamoto 2007
Gurazeni: Dai League-hen Yūji Moritaka (story) and Keiji Adachi (art) 2021
Kosaku Shima Kenshi Hirokane 1983
Last Samurai Standing Shogo Imamura (story) and Katsumi Tatsuzawa (art) 2022
Longing for Home Yoshihiro Yamada 2019
The Long Summer of August 31st Ikkado Ito 2023
Nikaidō Jigoku Golf Nobuyuki Fukumoto 2023
OL Shinkaron Risu Akizuki 1989
Police in a Pod Miko Yasu 2017
Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Gōden Hamada (story) and Takeshi Seshimo (art) 2022
Shōwa no Gurazeni Kawa 2021
Solo Camping for Two Yudai Debata 2023
Toripan Torino Nanko 2005
Totonō Oto: Mō Hitotsu no Piano no Mori Makoto Isshiki 2024
What Did You Eat Yesterday? Fumi Yoshinaga 2007
Yotaka Futatabi Fuyuki Izumida 2025

Past serializations

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Circulation

Year / Period Weekly circulation Magazine sales (est.)
1986 to 1987 700,000 72,800,000
1988 900,000 46,800,000
1989 900,000 46,800,000
1990 1,000,000 52,000,000
1991 1,200,000 62,400,000
1992 1,170,000 60,840,000
1993 1,000,000 52,000,000
1994 910,000 47,320,000
1995 800,000 41,600,000
1996 720,000 37,440,000
1997 660,000 34,320,000
1998 650,000 33,800,000
1999 700,000 36,400,000
2000 700,000 36,400,000
2001 730,000 37,960,000
2002 700,000 36,400,000
2003 660,000 34,320,000
September 2003 to August 2004 584,167 30,376,684
September 2004 to August 2005 462,979 24,074,908
September 2005 to August 2006 437,232 22,736,064
September 2006 to August 2007 413,300 21,491,600
October 2007 to September 2008 395,722 20,577,544
October 2008 to September 2009 364,398 18,948,696
October 2009 to September 2010 340,209 17,690,868
October 2010 to September 2011 323,173 16,804,996
October 2011 to September 2012 307,771 16,004,092
October 2012 to September 2013 296,967 15,442,284
October 2013 to September 2014 280,742 14,598,584
October 2014 to September 2015 259,705 13,504,660
October 2015 to September 2016 232,804 12,105,808
October 2016 to September 2017 209,800 10,909,600
October 2017 to September 2018 190,130 9,886,760
October 2018 to September 2019 169,833 8,831,316
October 2019 to September 2020 154,195 8,018,140
October 2020 to September 2021 140,028 7,281,456
October 2021 to September 2022 116,313 6,048,276
October 2022 to September 2023 92,669 4,818,788
October 2023 to September 2024 78,704 4,092,608
October 2024 to September 2025 70,888 3,686,176
1986 to September 2025 425,565 1,077,529,908

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