CoroCoro Comic: Difference between revisions

|image_caption = ''Monthly CoroCoro Comic'' (September 1983 issue)▼

|based = Tokyo▼

|frequency = Monthly▼

|circulation = 1,000,000<br><small>(November, December 2017)</small><ref>[https://corocoro-news.jp/event/2126] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416222415/https://corocoro-news.jp/event/2126 |date=April 16, 2019 }}, CoroCoroNews</ref>▼

|category = [[Children's anime and manga|Children]] {{small|(elementary school boys)}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|title=CoroCoro's 40th Anniversary Celebrates New Generation of Pokémon, Doraemon, and More|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-07-07/corocoro-40th-anniversary-celebrates-new-generation-of-pokemon-doraemon-and-more/.118367|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=April 2, 2020|date=July 7, 2017|quote=If you've ever been a kid in Japan, you've probably heard of ''CoroCoro Comic'', the biggest manga magazine aimed at elementary schoolboys.}}</p><p>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Evan|title=Legends of Corocoro 10 Comic Series Debuts in May|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-03-11/legends-of-corocoro-10-comic-series-debuts-in-may|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2020|date=March 11, 2007|quote=[''CoroCoro Comic''] has long been viewed as one of Japan's most popular manga magazines for younger children.}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊コロコロコミック|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/magazines/series/018000|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|access-date=February 12, 2020|language=ja|quote=いつの時代も、子供たちの遊びをリードする雑誌、それがコロコロコミックです。(A magazine that always leads children's play, that's ''CoroCoro Comic''.)}}</p><p>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=CoroCoro Comic Page Shows Infantile Trump Using 20 Fidget Spinners|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-08-29/corocoro-comic-page-shows-infantile-trump-using-20-fidget-spinners/.120648|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 12, 2020|date=August 29, 2017|quote=The children's manga magazine ''CoroCoro Comic'' runs some of the tamest manga the industry has to offer.}}</p><p>{{cite web|script-title=ja:大人が楽しめる！最新コロコロ漫画が ぶっ飛び過ぎな件|url=https://okmusic.jp/news/108767|website=OKMusic|publisher=Japan Music Network|access-date=February 12, 2020|date=February 22, 2016|quote=「コロコロコミック」は、モチロン子供向け漫画雑誌です。 しかし、たまには子供向け漫画を読んでみても、いいかもしれませんよ。(''CoroCoro Comic'' is a comic magazine for children. But sometimes it might be nice to read comics for children.)}}</p></ref>▼

|company = [[Shogakukan]]▼

|country = [[Japan]]▼

|language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]▼

{{nihongo|'''''CoroCoro Comic'''''|コロコロコミック|KoroKoro Komikku}} is a Japanese monthly [[manga magazine]] published by [[Shogakukan]],;<ref>{{cite book|last = Schodt|first = Frederik L.|title = Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga|publisher = Stone Bridge Press|year = 1996|pages = 83|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Loug6sbKTvEC|isbn = 1-880656-23-X}}</ref> established on May 15, 1977. Its main target is [[elementary school]]-aged boys, younger than the readers of [[shōnen manga|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 [[Japanese sound symbolism|phenomime]] {{nihongo3||ころころ|korokoro}} which means "rolling" and also represents something spherical, fat, or small, because children supposedly like such things. The magazine is [[Paper size|A5]]-sized, about 6&nbsp;cm ({{frac|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{{nbsp}}million copies as of April 2017, making it one of the [[List of best-selling comic series|best-selling comic]]/[[List of Japanese manga magazines by circulation|manga magazines]].<ref name="animeanime">{{cite news|script-title=ja:コロコロ×スカイツリーのコラボビジュアル公開、カフェメニューも明らかに|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2017/05/04/33737.html|work=AnimeAnime.jp|date=May 4, 2017|language=ja}}</ref>▼

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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-11-20/coro-coro-comics-cover-designer-sets-guinness-world-record/.166479|title = Coro Coro Comics Cover Designer Sets Guinness World Record}}</ref>|publisher = [[Anime News Network]]▼

|date =November 20, 2020|access-date =March 8, 2023}}</ref> ''CoroCoro Aniki'' ended publication in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-14/shogakukan-coro-coro-aniki-magazine-ends-publication/.170591|title = Shogakukan's Coro Coro Aniki Magazine Ends Publication}}</ref>|publisher = [[Anime News Network]]▼

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