Flowers (magazine)

Flowers
フラワーズ

Categories	Josei manga[1][2]
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	33,000[2] (July-September, 2016)
First issue	27 April 2002
Company	Shogakukan
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	Flowers

Flowers (フラワーズ) is a Japanese monthly josei manga magazine published by Shogakukan and issued on the 28th of every month.

History

Flowers originally started out under the name Petit Flower (プチフラワー Puchifurawā) which was also published by Shogakukan. Petit Flower was founded in 1980 as a quarterly magazine, and became defunct in May 2002. In April, 2004 it was re-launched into its present form. Before ceasing publication, Petit Flower published a number of works by Moto Hagio, including Marginal and A Cruel God Reigns.

Currently Running Manga Series

Series Title	Author	Premiered
Umimachi Diary (海街diary)	Akimi Yoshida	April 2007
Kaze Hikaru (風光る)	Taeko Watanabe	2002
7 Seeds (7SEEDS)	Yumi Tamura	2002
Yume no Mahiru (夢の真昼)	Akemi Yoshimura	February 2007

Past Series

• Akatsuki no Aria
• Anywhere But Here
• Barbara Ikai
• Dakatsu
• Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden^[3]
• Fuwa Fuwa Police
• Ice Forest
• Iguana Girl
• Lega no 13
• Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko
• Madame G no Yakata
• Piano Doctor
• Sansukumi
• Shirokuma Cafe
• Shitsuren Chocolatier
• Short Merehen

Other

• Ane no Kekkon by Keiko Nishi^[4]
• Otoko no Isshō by Keiko Nishi^[5]
• Sayonara Sorcier by Hozumi^[6]
• Shiki no Zenjitsu by Hozumi^[7]

References

1. Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
2. "Women's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
3. "Fushigi Yuugi's Yuu Watase to Start New Original Work". Anime News Network. June 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
4. "Ane no Kekkon vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 25, 2014.
5. "Otoko no Issho vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 20, 2015.
6. "Sayonara Sorcier vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved December 27, 2014.
7. "Shiki no Zenjitsu vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 23, 2014.

External links

• Official Flowers website (Japanese)
• Flowers (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia