# Monthly Shōnen Ace

Monthly Shōnen Ace (月刊少年エース, Gekkan Shōnen Ēsu) is a monthly shōnen manga magazine in Japan published by Kadokawa Shoten, started in 1994. Unlike the big shōnen weeklies with circulation figures in the millions, Ace is aimed at a less mainstream audience, and has a particular emphasis on anime tie-ins.
An online version of the magazine, titled Shōnen Ace Plus was launched in June 2019.

## Manga artists and series featured in Shōnen Ace

* Imaru Adachi
** Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took In a High School Runaway (ongoing)
* Natsume Akatsuki
** Kemono Michi
* Katsu Aki
** The Vision of Escaflowne (shōnen version; shōjo version was serialized in Asuka Fantasy DX)
* Sae Amatsu
** Guardian Hearts
* Keiichi Arawi
** Nichijou (ongoing)
* Clamp
** Angelic Layer
* Nishiwaki Datto
** Fate/stay night
* Sakae Esuno
** Hanako and the Terror of Allegory
** Future Diary
** Big Order
** Reign of the Seven Spellblades manga adaptation
* Kamui Fujiwara
** Kerberos Panzer Cop (story by Mamoru Oshii, previously ran in Combat Comic and Amazing Comics)
* Masaru Gotsubo
** Samurai Champloo
* Ryūsuke Hamamoto
** Petit Eva (original work by Gainax & khara inc.)
* Yuichi Hasegawa
** Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
* Ikumi Hino
** Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
* Masahiro Ikeno
** Banished from the Heroes' Party (ongoing)
** Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Outside Story
* Sekihiko Inui
** Ratman
* Yūji Iwahara
** Chikyu Misaki
** Koudelka
* Sōsuke Kaise
** Grenadier
* Kaishaku
** Kannazuki no Miko
** Steel Angel Kurumi (originally featured in Monthly Shonen Ace Dash/A' DASH, later moved to Monthly Ace Next; now discontinued)
* Mario Kaneda
** Girls Bravo
** Saving Life
* Masato Kanetsuki
** Sword Art Online: Unital Ring (created by Reki Kawahara) (ongoing)
* Karuna Kanzaki
** Armed Girl's Machiavellism (written by Yūya Kurokami)
* Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou
** Eureka Seven
** Deadman Wonderland
** Smokin' Parade
* Ranmaru Kotone
** The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
* Masami Kurumada
** B't X
* Tomohiro Marukawa
** The World of Narue
* Sankichi Meguro
** Ghost Talker's Daydream (written by Saki Okuse)
* Haruhiko Mikimoto
** Macross 7: Trash
** Macross The First
* Suu Minazuki
** Judas
** Heaven's Lost Property
** Plunderer
* Seijuro Miz
** Mushi-Uta
* Masato Natsumoto
** Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (story by Ryo Mizuno)
* Kenji Oiwa
** Welcome to the N.H.K. (created by Tatsuhiko Takimoto)
* Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
** Neon Genesis Evangelion (moved to Young Ace in 2009)
* Kei Sanbe
** Kamiyadori
* Hajime Segawa
** Ga-Rei
** Tokyo ESP
* Monako Serasai
** Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel
* Yū Shimizu
** The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (ongoing)
* Tatsuya Shingyoji
** The King of Fighters '94
* Kumiko Suekane
** Blood+
* Yukiru Sugisaki
** Brain Powerd (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
* Shou Tajima
** Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (story by Eiji Otsuka; moved to Young Ace in 2009)
* Yoshiki Takaya
** Bio Booster Armor Guyver (moved to Young Ace in 2009, continued here after Monthly Shōnen Captain's cancelation)
* Kitsune Tennouji
** Eden's Bowy (pulled from Comptiq in 1994)
* Yasunari Toda
** Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R (story by Tomohiro Chiba, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate)
* Meguru Ueno
** My First Girlfriend Is a Gal (ongoing)
* Tetsuto Uesu
** Shinmai Maō no Testament
* Housui Yamazaki
** Mail
* Kagami Yoshimizu
** Lucky Star (cameo strips only)
* Mine Yoshizaki
** Sgt. Frog (ongoing)
* Kumichi Yoshizuki
** Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies (written by Norie Yamada)

## Circulation

| Year / Period | Monthly circulation | Magazine sales | Sales revenue (est.) | Issue price |
| September 2003 to August 2004 | 59,167 | 710,004 | ¥394,762,224 | ¥556 |
| September 2004 to August 2005 | 68,917 | 827,004 | ¥459,814,224 | ¥556 |
| September 2005 to August 2006 | 80,833 | 969,996 | ¥539,317,776 | ¥556 |
| September 2006 to December 2007 | 91,666 | 1,466,656 | ¥815,460,736 | ¥556 |
| January 2008 to September 2008 | 80,834 | 727,506 | ¥404,493,336 | ¥556 |
| October 2008 to September 2009 | 83,334 | 1,000,008 | ¥556,004,448 | ¥556 |
| October 2009 to September 2010 | 75,084 | 901,008 | ¥514,475,568 | ¥571 |
| October 2010 to September 2011 | 66,500 | 798,000 | ¥472,416,000 | ¥592 |
| October 2011 to September 2012 | 60,417 | 725,004 | ¥432,827,388 | ¥597 |
| October 2012 to September 2013 | 75,000 | 900,000 | ¥537,300,000 | ¥597 |
| October 2013 to September 2014 | 75,000 | 900,000 | ¥537,300,000 | ¥597 |
| October 2014 to September 2015 | 100,000 | 1,200,000 | ¥715,200,000 | ¥597 |
| October 2015 to September 2016 | 100,000 | 1,200,000 | ¥716,400,000 | ¥597 |
| October 2016 to September 2017 | 100,000 | 1,200,000 | ¥716,400,000 | ¥597 |
| 2004 to September 2017 | 80,031 | 13,525,186 | ¥7,812,171,700 ($75,384,595) | ¥578 |