Boy's Life

**Boy's Life** (*ボーイズライフ, Boizuraifu*) is a Japan monthly magazine formerly published by Shogakukan Publishing House. It is a general magazine (with some manga) that focuses on reading materials for boys of junior high school age and above and was published from April 1963 to the August 1969.

## Description

Boy's Life was founded in March 1963 as a replacement for the closure of three magazines, including Junior High School Friends. At the time of its inception, the target age was 13 to 17 years old The founding editor-in-chief was Konishi Yunosuke, who later founded Big Comics and many other magazines.

It was a magazine that focused on reading materials, and the only manga that appeared in the first issue (April 1, 1963, list price 150 yen) was "Zashikiwarashi" by Sanpei Shiratsuchi. Selling items are non-fiction such as novels and war memoirs, as well as explanations of aliens, androids, mysterious creatures and the Earth cavity theory, the Vietnam War, tribes by adventurous overseas interviews by editors. ・There were also many photo features such as secret places. The novel is based on Jiro Ikushima's "Don't Look Back, Run!" (November 1966 to December 1967) and Haruhiko Oyabu's The Bloody Beast (January 1968 to January 1969), which stimulated the sense of adventure among the young people in the readership.

It ceased publication with the August 1969 issue (issued on August 1, 1969, at a list price of 180 yen) and was absorbed into the Weekly Post

In 1967 (Showa 42), Shogakukan bought the magazine "Monthly Manga Garo" published in the desire for "Kamui Den" of Sanpei Shiratsuchi, and proposed to Katsuichi Nagai, the editor-in-chief of Monthly Manga Garo at the time, the idea of merging with "Boy's Life" to create a new magazine, and it failed 。 However, this concept led to the launch of Big Comics in April 1968, and the first issue featured Sanpei Shiratsuchi's short story "Wild Dog" in color. "Wild Dog" was scheduled to be published in the September 1963 issue of Boy's Life as the sixth installment of the Sanpei Theater, but was postponed because "the protagonist commits suicide."

## Manga

* "Sanpei Theater", Sanpei Shiratsuchi, 5 times in total / April 1963 - August 1963
* "Vacation full of dreams", Katsumi Masuko, 1 time / June 1963 issue
* "Vacation Route", Masuko Katsumi, 1 time / August 1963 issue
* "One-Eyed Monkey", Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 19 times in total / September 1963 - March 1965
* "Merry Companion", Katsumi Masuko, 7 times / September 1963 - March 1964
* "Supermen", Shotaro Ishimori, 2 issues / November 1963, December 1963
* "Shirt Number 0", Hiroo Terada, 8 times in total / April 1964 - November 1964
* "Kogarashi Ippei", Osamu Kishimoto, 8 times in total / April 1964 - November 1964
* Funky Boys, Katsumi Masuko, 8 issues / August 1964 - March 1965
* "007 Series", Saito Utaka, 33 times in total / December 1964 - August 1967
* Koryo, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, 11 issues / April 1965 - February 1966
* 1 of 1, Kenji Morita, 4 times / April 1965 - July 1965
* "Professor Messing around", Fujio Akatsuka, 6 times / July 1965 - December 1965
* "Thriller Professor", Fujio Akatsuka, 5 issues / January 1966 - March 1966, April 1967, August 1967
* "Akanbe Akanbo", Tsutsudajiro, 1 time / March 1966 issue
* "Obake no Q Taro", Fujio Fujiko, 1 time / March 1966 issue
* "Aunt Q's Otobokeh Play", Fujio Fujiko, 9 issues / April 1966 - December 1966
* "Osomatsu-kun", Fujio Akatsuka, 9 issues / April 1966 - December 1966
* "Hakudo Sanpei Theater", Shiratsuchi Sanpei, 8 times in total / January 1967 - August 1967 issue \*All republished
* "Challenge Bastard", Saito Utaka, 17 times in total / September 1967 - January 1969 issue
* The Man Called Z, Masaaki Sato, 13 issues / September 1967 - September 1968
* "Mizuki Shigeru Yokai Theater", Shigeru Mizuki, 1 time / September 1967 issue
* Song of the Soul, Kazuhiko Miyatani, 1 time / December 1967 issue
* The Sword of the Sea, Tsuyoshi Kojima, 4 times / May 1968 - August 1968
* "Phoenix Joe" (Phoenix Joe), Kazuhiko Miyatani, 1 time / October 1968 issue
* "Detective Run of the Duke of Zbe", Shinohara Tohru, 11 times in total / October 1968 - August 1969
* Matt Helm Series, based on Donald Hamilton and Hitoshi Kimura, 5 issues / November 1968 - March 1969
* Gun Point of Betrayal, Ken Tsukikage, 1 time / February 1969 issue
* "Karasu" and Saito Takaka, 6 times in total / March 1969 - August 1969
* Gunman Series: Silent Song of Vengeance, Ken Tsukikage, 4 issues / April 1969 - July 1969