Shōgaku Sannensei

**Shōgaku** **Sannensei** (*小学三年生, Elementary Third Grade*) is a general magazine for third-grade elementary school students founded in 1925 by *Shogakukan*.

## Synopsis

There are sister magazines, "Ichinensei" (First Grade) and "Learning Kindergarten". It was established in 1925 as "Seugaku Sannensei", one of the grade magazines that Shogakukan had been publishing sequentially from 1922, together with "Seugaku Ichinensei" and "Seugaku Ninensei". In 1941, due to the wartime system, the magazine was renamed "Kokumin Sannensei", and from 1942 to 1945 it was published as "Friend of a Good Child" integrated with its sister magazines "First Grade" and "Second Grade", and in 1946 it was republished again as "Third Grade of Elementary School".

Until the 2011 academic year, readers automatically moved up one year to the next level (discontinued after the March 2012 issue), but the system of the second-grade editorial department was not moved up, and the next year they edited magazines for the same grade.

Since many readers stop reading grade magazines in the middle of the year, while readers who start reading the grade magazine from the middle are limited, the circulation tends to be less than that of "first graders".

From fiscal 1997 to fiscal 2009, the price was in the 500-yen range, but from fiscal 2010 onwards, the price was greatly increased to 680 yen along with other grade magazines.

After that, due to sluggish circulation, it was decided to suspend publication with the combined February/March 2017 issue released in December 2016 the only remaining magazine will be "First Grade."

## History

* 1925 (Taisho 14) - Founded as "Seugaku Sannensei" together with "Seugaku Ichinensei" and "Seugaku Ninensei".
* 1928 (Showa 3) - The "Study Mark" (later upgraded to the symbol mark of children's books), which is the symbol mark of learning magazines, is established.
* 1941 - The elementary school was renamed Kokumin School. At the same time, the name of the magazine was changed to "Kokumin Sannensei" (Kokumin Third Grade.)
* 1942 (Showa 17) - Due to wartime control, it was merged with "Ichinensei" and "Ninensei" to become "Friend of Good Children".
* 1946 (Showa 21) - Republished again as "Sannensei", "Ichinensei" and "Ninensei" were separated.
* 2016 (Heisei 28) - Ceased publication with the combined issue of February and March 2017. The only remaining billboard magazine was "Ichinensei."

## Series Published

### 1970s

* *Goodbye Ultra Brothers* (April 1975-March 1976)

### 1980s

* *Game Center Arashi* (April 1982-June 1983)
* *Famicom Manga* (November 1985-December 1987)
* *Super Mario Bros.* (February 1986 one-shot)

### 1990s

* *Super Mario-kun* (December 1990-December 2000)
* *Sonic the Hedgehog* (April 1992-August 1993)
* *Naisho no Kokkonatsu* (April 1992-September 1993)
* *Otenba Peach-hime* (June 1992-December 1994)
* *Kirby of the Stars* (October 1992-December 2000)
* *Wedding Peach: Young Love* (1994-1996)
* *Magic Cat Chakra-kun* (January 1995-December 2000)
* *Tottemo! Puyo Puyo* (May 1995-March 2000)
* *Cutie Honey Flash* (March 1997-February 1998)

### 2000s

* *Tottoko Hamtaro*
* *Furby Paradise* (April-December 2000)
* *Battle Story Rockman EXE* (September 2001?-April 2004)
* *The Legendary Starfy* (March 2002?-December 2002)
* *Pokémon Colosseum: Snatcher Leo* (January 2003-March 2003)
* *Mirakuru! Panzo* (2004-???)
* *Shutsudou!! Pokemon Ranger* (March 2006-February 2007)
* *Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness* (January-February 2007)
* *Naisho no Tsubomi: Mebae* (2007)
* *Stitch!* (Tsukirino, Yumi) October 2008-March 2011

### 2010s

* *Inazuma Eleven: Special* (2010-2012)
* *Pocket Monsters BW: Good Partners* (March 2011-June 2013)

## Issues published

* List of Shōgaku Sannensei 1980s Issues
* List of Shōgaku Sannensei 1990s Issues
* List of Shōgaku Sannensei 2000s Issues