CoroCoro Comic

***CoroCoro Comic*** (コロコロコミック, *KoroKoro Komikku*) is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, established on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school-aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. Several of its properties, like *Doraemon* and the *Pokémon* series of games, have gone on to be cultural phenomena in Japan.

The name comes from a phenomime *korokoro* (ころころ) which means "rolling" and also represents something spherical, fat, or small, because children supposedly like such things. The magazine is A5-sized, about 6 cm (2+1⁄4 in) thick, and each issue is 750 pages long. *CoroCoro Comic* is released monthly with new issues on the 15th of each month (or earlier if the 15th falls on a weekend).

*CoroCoro Comic* sold 400 million copies as of April 2017, making it one of the best-selling comic/manga magazines. The magazine has three sisters: *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* (別冊コロコロコミック), *CoroCoro Ichiban!* (コロコロイチバン) and *CoroCoro Aniki* (コロコロアニキ). *Bessatsu* and *Ichiban!* are published bi-monthly, while *Aniki*, which targeted an older audience, was released quarterly.

On November 20, 2020, CoroCoro Comic cover designer Tariji Sasaki was recognized by *Guinness World Records* as the longest-running cover designer for a children's magazine.

*CoroCoro Aniki* ended publication in March 2021

## Manga

### 1960s

* *Kaibutsu-kun*
* *Doraemon*

### 1980s

* *Bikkuriman*
* *Oyaji-chan*
* *Dash! Yonkuro*
* *Ganbare, Kickers!*
* *Honō no Dōkyūji: Dodge Danpei*
* *Perman*

### 1990s

* *Saru Get You*
* *Crash Bandicoot*
* *Donkey Kong*
* *Duel Masters*
* *Honō no Tōkyūji: Dodge Danpei*
* *Kirby of the Stars: The Story of Dedede Who Lives in Pupupu* (May 1994-November 1996)
* *Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!*
* *Ore wa Otoko da! Kunio-kun* (manga based on the *Kunio-kun* series)
* *Pokémon Blue* (Japan)
* *Spyro The Dragon*
* *Super B-Daman*
* *Mach GoGoGo (Speed Racer)*
* *Super Mario-kun*
* *Tamagotchi*
* *Wataru*
* *Zoids*

### 2000s

* *Duel Masters*
* *Battle B-Daman*
* *Beyblade*
* *Bomberman Jetters*
* *Crash B-Daman*
* *Croket!*
* *Dorabase*
* *Denjyarasu Jiisan (Grandpa Danger)*
* *Hidemaru the Soccer Boy [ja]* - Adapted into the anime *Forza! Hidemaru*
* *Inazuma Eleven*
* *Jak x Daxter ~Itachi de Waruika!!~*
* *Keshikasu-kun*
* *Kiyohara-kun*
* *FF7AC*
* *Keshikasu-kun*
* *Rockman EXE*
* *Solar Boy Django*
* *Pokémon Diamond and Pearl*
* *Ratchet & Clank – Gagaga! Ginga no Gakeppuchi Densetsu*
* *Shooting Star Rockman*
* *Sonic! Dash & Spin*
* *I'm Galileo!*
* *Kirby of the Stars*
* *Pokémon Platinum*
* *Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver*
* *Pokémon Colosseum*
* *Sap-kun*
* *Tamagotchi*
* *Mysterious Joker*

### 2010s

* *Baku Tech! Bakugan*
* *Cross Fight B-daman*
* *Danball Senki*
* *Denjyarasu Jiisan Jya!*
* *Future Card Buddyfight*
* *Hero Bank*
* *Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin*
* *Metal Fight Beyblade Explosion*
* *Metal Fight Beyblade 4D*
* *Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G*
* *Pokémon Black and White*
* *Pokémon Black and White 2*
* *Pokémon X and Y*
* *Kamiwaza Wanda*
* *Splatoon*
* *Minions*
* *Rich Police Cash!*

### 2020s

* *Doraemon*
* *Schau Lof*
* *Hagemaru Reboot*
* *Makycu N-Zoch*
* *Zip Zap*
* *Pokémon*
* *Black Channel*