What this genre is
The era of Manga Shonen and Shonen. Astro Boy and Tetsujin 28-go ran here, and the young artists of Tokiwa-so — Fujiko Fujio, Shotaro Ishinomori, Fujio Akatsuka — grew up in it.
Shonen — about this band: What the weekly boys' magazines built: effort, friendship, victory — and the dark fantasy that came after.
Connections
Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.
↓ Flowed into this
↑ Grew out of this
Key works
A monument of science fiction about robots and humans living together. In 1963 it became Japan's first weekly TV anime series, and the starting point of the media mix.
A giant robot worked by remote control, and the boy Shotaro Kaneda. With Astro Boy, the origin of the giant-robot manga.
A cat-shaped robot from the future, and the gadgets he lends Nobita. The summit of children's manga, loved worldwide as a national character.
Shonen — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1950 Monthly Boys' Magazines（you are here）↓
- 1959 Weekly Shonen Magazines↓
- 1965 Yokai & Horror↓
- 1966 Sports & Guts↓
- 1978 Shonen Rom-Com↓
- 1984 Jump Golden Age↓
- 2003 Mind Games↓
- 2009 Dark Fantasy↓
- 2012 Isekai
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About this entry
Genre boundaries are drawn where the network of manga happens to concentrate, not by decree. Years are approximate. Where opinions differ, this page says so rather than picking a winner.