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is a Japanese manga anthology. It is marketed to ''seinen'' public (young adults), edited by Coamix and published monthly by North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten since 2010. The collected editions of their titles are published under the ''Zenon Comics'' imprint. Coamix discontinued its ''Weekly Comic Bunch'', a magazine published by Shinchosha, due to its poor sales, and was planning a new magazine. After starting a partnership with North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten, the first issue of ''Monthly Comic Zenon'' was published on October 25, 2010. ==Overview== After the drop of Shinchosha's ''Weekly Comic Bunch'' circulation numbers, Coamix, which edited the magazine, announced ''Bunch''s discontinuation. Coamix marked August 27, 2010 as the day of ''Bunch''s last release, and started to consider to launch a new magazine. In October 2010, Coamix announced a partnership with North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten, saying the first issue of a magazine called ''Monthly Comic Zenon'' would be published on October 25, 2010. Although a sequel magazine to ''Weekly Comic Bunch'', ''Monthly Comics @ Bunch'', started to be published on ''Comic Bunch'' website, many of the manga artists from ''Bunch'' have been moved to ''Zenon''.〔 The magazine's name is based on —the Japanese name of bodhisattva Guanyin—, specifically the part, which means to "hear the voice of the world wide". The "Z" from "Zenon" was chosen with the meaning of "ultimate" since it is the last letter from alphabet. In order to approaching the readers, ''Monthly Comic Zenon'' was not released only as an imprint version.〔 The website "Zenon Land" was launched, publishing the ''Zenon''s manga series only for smartphones. A YouTube channel was created to disclose ''Zenon''-related media. Also, "Cafe Zenon", a ''kissaten'' decorated with manga motifs, in Kichijōji, a neighborhood in the city of Musashino, Tokyo, was inaugurated on November 11, 2009. To expand its range the magazine also promoves a "silent manga" international contest since 2013; as it aimed to receive works from all the world, no dialogues were necessary. Open for professional and amateurs, the focus of the judgment was the works performance through art rather than exposition. The judges were manga authors Tsukasa Hojo (''City Hunter'') and Tetsuo Hara (''Fist of the North Star''), then editor-in-chef Nobuhiko Horie and the magazine editorial team. The best five received prize awards while the top three had their works published in the magazine; ''Nobo and Her?'' by Molico Ross, for example, is serialized since the June 2012 issue. In another action to expand its public, Coamix and The Silent Manga Audition Committee made ''Ikusa no Ko: Legend of Oda Nobunaga'', ''Nobo and Her?'', and ''Arte'' available in English. They are planning to translate all the series and publish on their site based on its demand—which is based on the readers' vote.〔 After a certain amount of chapters are serialized in the magazine they are collected into ''tankōbon'' format and published under the ''Zenon Comics'' imprint. Parallel to this label, there is ''Zenon Comics DX'' that only publishes titles former released by other publishers such as Tetsuo Hara's ''Cyber Blue'' (''Weekly Shōnen Jump'') and ''Kōkenryoku Ōryō Sōsakan Nakabō Rintarō'' (''Bart 3230''). This two titles composed ''Zenon Comics DX'' first line-up, while ''Zenon Comics'' one had ''Angel Heart: 2nd Season'', ''Cat's Eye'', ''Concierge Platinum'', and ''Waraenu Warashi: 108 no Karma''. Both imprints released its first titles on March 22, 2011. The ''Zenon Comics'' level also publishes manga released on ''Zenon''s sister magazine, . Published online since October 25, 2012, it is the home of series such as ''Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo Aji''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monthly Comic Zenon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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