Monthly Magazine Z

Monthly Magazine Z
was a Japanese seinen mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha, aimed at adult males, but particularly at hardcore anime and manga fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the magazine.
It was announced in September 2008 that Magazine Z would be discontinued. The last issue shipped on January 26, 2009.
Manga artists and series serialized in Magazine Z
Hideaki Nishikawa
Apocrypha Getter Robot Dash (2008 to 2009)
Yuu Watase
Sakura Taisen (2005 to 2009) (manga commissioned by Sega Enterprises)
Kia Asamiya
Batman: Child of Dreams (2000 to 2001) (manga commissioned by DC Comics)
Hoshi Itsuki
Kurau Phantom Memory (2005)
Skies of Arcadia (2000 to 2002)
Baku Yumemakura/Sei Itoh
Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu (2004 to ???)
Momotarō Miyano/Masamune Shirow
RD Sennou Chousashitsu (2008 to 2009)
Takuya Fujima
Deus Vitae (1999 to 2002)
Free Collars Kingdom (2002 to 2003)
Q Hayashida
Maken X Another (1999 to 2001)
Nishikawa Shinji
Chouseishin Gransazer (2003 to 2004)
Toshitsugu Iida
Wolf's Rain (2003 to 2004) (created by Keiko Nobumoto)
Shinya Kaneko
Culdcept (1999 to 2007)
Yōsuke Kuroda/Ichiro Inui
Bujingai: Zanou Densetsu (2004 to 2005)
Takahiro Seguchi
Ai wa Kagerou (2004 to 2006)
Itoh Shi
Puppet Revolution (2002)
Katsu Aki
Psychic Academy (1999-2003)
Asuka Katsura
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette (2004)
Yuuichi Kumakura
King of Bandit Jing (1999 to 2005)
Asato Mifune
Yukei Seikyo Kukla (story by Koji Tazawa)
Satoru Akahori/Ryuusei Deguchi
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi (2001 to 2002)
Yuuna Takanagi/Tooru Zekuu
Shikigami no Shiro (2003 to 2004)
Shikigami no Shiro: Nejireta Shiro-hen (2004 to 2008)
Nozomu Tamaki
Hakodate Youjin Buraichou Himegami (2007 to 2009)
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Baby Birth (2001 to 2002) (story by Sukehiro Tomita)
Kenichi Muraeda
Kamen Rider Spirits (2001 to 2009) (story and concept by Shotaro Ishinomori)
Yuushi Kanoe
Ayakashi (2007 to 2008)
Sasaki Yoshioka
Placebo
Ran Satomi/Maki Ebishi
Doll Star: Kotodama Tsukai Ihon (2008 to 2009)
Sung-gyu Lee/Kyoichi Nanatsuki
Void (2010)
Auto Taguchi
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season
Chiaki Ogishima
Heat Guy J (2003) (created by Kazuki Akane)
Aikawa Shou/Jinguuji Hajime
Karakuri Kiden: Hiwou Senki (1999 to 2001)
Atsushi Soga
Turn A Gundam (1999 to 2002) (story by Yoshiyuki Tomino)
Junji Ito
Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu (2008 to 2009)
Mimi Natto/Tokumo Sora
Ism/i (2007 to 2009)
Hajime Ueda
FLCL (2000 to 2001)
Q·Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl (2003-2004)
Yatate Hajime/Yoshiyuki Tomino/Masatsugu Iwase
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002 to 2004)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004 to 2006)
Warabino Kugeko
Heroic Age (2007 to 2008)
Yoshihiko Tomizawa/Hiroyuki Kaidō
Kikinosuke Gomen (2006 to 2007)
Go Nagai
Amon: The Darkside of the Devilman (1999 to 2004) (art by Yu Kinutani)
Demon Lord Dante (2003 to 2004)
Devilman Mokushiroku: Strange Days (2005)
Kikoushi Enma (2006)
Mazinger Angels (2004 to 2006)
Mazinger Angel Z (2007 to 2008)
Satanikus Enma Kerberos (2007 to 2009)
Satoshi Urushihara
Vampire Master Dark Crimson (2000)
You Higuri/George Iida
Night Head Genesis (2006 to 2008)
Takashige Hiroshi/Soga Atsushi
Midori no Ou (2003 to 2009)
Tohiro Konno
Pugyuru (2001 to 2009)
Narumi Kakinouchi
Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo (2004 to 2009) (story by Yoshiki Tanaka)
Tomo Umino
Aoi Sora no Neosphere (2005 to 2006)
Yuu Kinutaki/Mimi Natto
The Tales from the Far East (2006 to 2007)
Momotarou Miyano
RD Senno Chosashitsu (2008 to 2009)
Eishi Ozeki
Sky Girls (2007)
Kyoichi Nanatsuki/Takayuki Takashi
8 Man Infinity (2005 - 2007)
Masato Hisa
Jabberwocky (2006 to 2009)
Kakinouchi Narumi/Hirano Toshiki
Fuun Sanshimai Lin³ (1999 to 2001)
Shaolin Sisters: Reborn (2001 to 2003)
Katsuhiro Otomo/Yuu Kinutani
Steamboy (2005 to 2006)
Ogishima Chiaki
The Legend of Mikazuchi (1999 to 2002)
Takeaki Momose
Magikano (2003 to 2008)
Hitoshi Ariga
The Big O (1999 to 2001)
Mimimi ~The Tale of a Cat and a Robot~ (2002)
Kaihou Norimitsu/Ishiwatari Daisuke
Guilty Gear Xtra (2002 to 2003)
Masato Hisa
Grateful Dead (2003 to 2004)
Yūjiro Izumi
Popotan (2003 to 2004)
Takumi Kobayashi/Masahiro Sonoda
Afureko (2007 to 2008)
Tow Ubukata/Kiriko Yumeji
Le Chevalier D'Eon (2005 to 2008)
Hikaru Nikaidou
Atomic Nekokabutsu (2005 to 2007)
Kenji Ishikawa/Kouji Tazawa
Metroid (2002 to 2004) (manga commissioned by Nintendo)
Yoshitomo Akihito
Companion (2006 to 2008)
Unknown authors;
Kitty Kitty Fancia (1999 to 2001)
Wild Arms Flower Thieves'' (1999 to 2001)
References
External links
Official Magazine Z Website (in Japanese)
1999 establishments in Japan
2009 establishments in Japan
Defunct magazines published in Japan
Kodansha magazines
Magazines established in 1999
Magazines disestablished in 2009
Magazines published in Tokyo
Monthly manga magazines published in Japan
Seinen manga magazines