CoroCoro Comic

CoroCoro Comic, founded on May 15, 1977, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Its primary audience is boys in elementary school. Several of its properties, like Doraemon and the Pokémon video game series, have become cultural phenomena in Japan. CoroCoro Comic is published on the 15th of each month or earlier if the 15th falls on a weekend.

The magazine debuted in 1977 as a supplement to Doraemon, one of Japan's most popular manga. Doraemon had previously been serialized in six Shogakukan magazines, with the intended demographic being students in the sixth through eighth grades. It compiled Doraemon stories from several magazines.

CoroCoro promotes toys and video games related to their manga series on a regular basis, publishing tales and articles about them. Pocket Monsters/Pokémon's huge popularity in Japan can be attributed to this in some ways. The Game Boy game Pocket Monsters Blue was first distributed solely through the magazine, which aided CoroCoro's sales as well.

CoroCoro is also a good place to find out about new Pokémon games and movies. Tariji Sasaki, the cover designer for CoroCoro Comics, was named the longest-running cover designer for a children's magazine by Guinness World Records on November 20, 2020.

Founded: 1977
Publisher: Shogakukan
Circulation: 333,333

Website: https://corocoro.jp/