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CoroCoro First print

The first print of the CoroCoro comic on May 15th, 1977 with Doraemon singing poorly.

Template:Nihongo is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, established on May 15, 1977. Its main demograph is geared torwards elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. Several of its properties, like Doraemon and the Pokémon series of games, have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.

The name comes from the phenomime, korokoro (ころころ?) which means "rolling" and also represents something spherical, fat, or small, because children supposedly like such things. The magazine is A5-sized, about 6 cm (2¼ in) thick, and each issue is 750 pages long. CoroCoro Comic is released monthly with new issues on the 15th of each month (or earlier if the 15th falls on a weekend).

Currently the magazine has three active sister magazines: Bessatsu CoroCoro, CoroCoro Ichiban! and CoroCoro Aniki. Bessetsu was published bi-monthly, while Ichiban and Aniki were published monthly (formerly bi-monthly) and quarterly respectively.

Manga series currently being serialized

Note: Please be advice that the following list is incompleted

Manga titles currently serialized in Monthly CoroCoro Comic

(As of January 2016)

  • Super Mario-kun (Manga by Yukio Sawada, based on Mario franchise by Nintendo.) (Since November 1990)
  • Pocket Monsters (Manga by Kousaku Anakuba, based on Pokémon frachinse by The Pokémon Company) (Since September 1996, co-serialized with Bessetsu CoroCoro)
  • Fujiko F. Fujio Masterpiece Theater Doraemon (Manga by Fujiko F. Fujio, rerun of Doraemon manga) (Since April 2002)
  • Keshikasu-kun (Manga by Noriyuki Murase) (Since June 2004, co-serialized with Bessetsu CoroCoro)
  • Kirby of The Stars! More Pupupu Hour! (Manga by Asami Taniguchi, based on Kirby series by Nintendo.) (Since December 2006)
  • Mysterious Joker (Manga by Hideyasu Takahashi) (Since April 2007)
  • Grandpa Danger Ja (Manga by Kazutoshi Soyama, continuation of the manga series Grandpa Danger.) (Since April 2010)
  • Duel Masters VS (Manga by Shigenobu Matsumoto, based on Dual Masters franchise by Takara Tomy.) (Since April 2011)
  • Liar! Gokuo-kun (Since October 2011)
  • Zo-Zo-Zo Zombie-kun (Manga by Yasunari Nagatoshi) (Since December 2012)
  • Yo-kai Watch (Manga by Noriyuki Konishi, based on Yo-kai Watch by Level-5.) (Since January 2013)
  • Pyaha Funassyi (Manga by Maeda-kun, based on the character Funassy.) (Co-serializes with Bessatsu since March 2014)
  • 100% Pascal-sensei (Manga by Yuuji Nagai) (Since February 2015)
  • Beyblade Burst (Manga by Hiro Morita, based on Beyblade franchise by Takara Tomy.) (Since August 2015)
  • Metman -Star of the Baseball- (Manga by Shintaro Mugiwara) (Since September 2015)
  • Future Card Buddyfight (Manga by Mitsuhisa Tamura, based on Future Card Buddyfight by Bushiroad.) (Since December 2013)
  • Extreme Racer Hashitaro (Manga by Atsushi Ohba) (Since January 2016)

Manga titles currently serialized in Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic

(As of December 2015)

  • Super Mario-kun (Manga by Yukio Sawada, based on Mario franchise by Nintendo) (Since February 1991)
  • Pocket Monsters (Manga by Kousaku Anakuba, based on Pokémon frachinse by The Pokémon Company.) (Since September 1996, co-serialized with CoroCoro Comic)
  • Keshikasu-kun (Manga by Noriyuki Murase) (Since August 2004, co-serialized with CoroCoro Comic)
  • Grandpa Danger Ja (Manga by Kazutoshi Soyama, continuation of the manga series Grandpa Danger.) (Since June 2010)
  • Duel Masters VS (Manga by Shigenobu Matsumoto, based on Dual Masters franchise by Takara Tomy.) (Since June 2011)
  • Lapis Lazuli (Manga by Naoki Sakura) (Since October 2012)
  • Yo-kai Watch (Manga by Noriyuki Konishi, based on Yo-kai Watch by Level-5.) (Since January 2013)
  • 4 Koma: Yo-Kai Watch GeraGera Comic Theater (Manga by Kokonasu☆Runba, based on Yo-kai Watch by Level-5.) (Since October 2014)
  • Pyaha Funassyi (Manga by Maeda-kun, based on the character Funassy.) (Since Feburary 2014)
  • Really!! Majime-kun! (Manga by Shinnosuke Tsuchida) (Since June 2013)
  • Momoiro tokiden Momotaro-kun (Manga by Ryo Takamisaki) (Since April 2014)
  • irby of The Stars! More Pupupu Hour! (Manga by Asami Taniguchi, based on Kirby series by Nintendo.) (Since June 2014)
  • Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (Since April 2015)
  • Mushiking: The King of Beetles (Manga by Junnosuke Ishii) (Since August 2015)
  • Boku no Kerogon (Manga by Hideki Gotou, based on Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle by Konami.) (Since June 2015)

Manga titles currently serialized in CoroCoro Ichiban

(As of January 2016)

  • Gari-Gari-kun (Manga by Kokaeru) (Since May 2005)
  • Super Refreshing TV Life: Oha Suta Boy (Manga by Pyokotan, based on Oha Suta by TV Tokyo.) (Since November 2005)
  • Tsurupika Hagemaru (Since July 2009)
  • Pokémon 4-koma Gag Picture book (Manga by Takahiro Yamashita, based on Pokémon frachinse by The Pokémon Company.) (Since November 2009)
  • Detective Conan Special (Manga by Masaru Ohta and Kurota Katsuhiro, based on Detetive Conan by Gosho Aoyama) (Since May 2011, moved from Shogaku Years)
  • Super Mario-kun Theater (Manga by Yukio Sawada, based on Mario franchise by Nintendo.) (Since April 2013)
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf manga (Manga by Ryohei Ohsaki, based on Animal Crossing: New Leaf by Nintendo.) (Since July 2013)
  • Pokémon Adventure X and Y (Manga by Satoshi Yamamoto, based on Pokémon frachinse by The Pokémon Company.) (Since December 2013)
  • Yo-kai Watch (Manga by Noriyuki Konishi, based on Yo-kai Watch by Level-5.) (Since January 2014)
  • Pocchi - Waiwai Misaki e (Manga by Tenya Yabuno) (Since July 2014)
  • Yo-Kai Watch: 4 Koma Dajare Club! (Manga by Santa Harukaze, based on Yo-kai Watch by Level-5.) (Since April 2015)

Manga titles currently serialized in CoroCoro Aniki

(As of December 2015)

  • Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go! Return Racers (Manga by Tetsuhiro Koshita) (Since October 2014)
  • Dual Masters Baoden Gachi (Manga by Masato Fujisaki, based on Dual Masters franchise by Takara Tomy.) (Since October 2014)
  • Future Card Buddyfight! Dark Game Side Story (Manga by Masanori Yoshida, based on Future Card Buddyfight by Bushiroad.) (Since October 2014)
  • Kattobase! Kiyohara-kun (Manga by Junji Kawai) (Since October 2014)
  • Dangerous Salaryman Jya (Manga by Kazutoshi Soyama) (Since October 2014)
  • CoroCoro Genesis (Manga by Shinbo Nomura) (Since October 2014)
  • Hyper Dash! Yonkuro (Manga by Hiroyuki Takei, original work by Zaurus Tokuda) (SInce March 2015)
  • Paper-Ship of Y (Manga by Eichi Tsuwabuki, original work by Shin Kibayashi) (Since March 2015)
  • 198x Memories (Manga by Kazurou Inoue) (Since November 2015)
  • Dead. TV (Manga by Kazuya Kaneda) (Since November 2015)

Gallery

Trivia

  • There is a parody of CoroCoro Comic in the Doraemon anime called GoroGoro (ゴロゴロ) Comic. Nobita owns many GoroGoro issues and they are usually read by him or Doraemon. GoroGoro issues are always just background props in the anime.
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