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Encyclopedia > CoroCoro Comic
CoroCoro Comic
Editor
Categories Kodomo
(targeted at kids)
Frequency Monthly
First issue 1977
Company Shogakukan
Country Japan
Language Japanese

CoroCoro Comic (コロコロコミック KoroKoro Komikku?) is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of Shonen manga. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Kodomo (子供) is a Japanese word that means child. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Headquarters of Shogakukan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Shogakukan ) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, nonfiction, childrens DVDs, and other media in Japan. ... This is a listing, by country of publication and target audience, of manga magazines. ... Headquarters of Shogakukan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Shogakukan ) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, nonfiction, childrens DVDs, and other media in Japan. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Shōnen. ...


The name comes from a phenomime korokoro (ころころ) representing something spherical, fat, or small, because children supposedly like such things. The magazine is A5-sized, about 6 cm (2¼ in) thick, and often more than 800 pages in length, so it is pretty korokoro itself. This article describes sound symbolic or mimetic words in the Japanese language. ... Comparison of the most common paper sizes. ...


The magazine has two sisters: Bessatsu CoroCoro anda CoroCoro Ichiban!. Both are bi-monthly.

Contents

History

The magazine was launched in 1977 as a magazine for Doraemon, which is a popular manga in Japan. Before then Doraemon had been serialized on 6 magazines of Shogakukan, each magazine is targeted to students of 6 elementary school grades. It collected stories of Doraemon from these magazines. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Original run April 2, 1979 – Present Episodes Original: (596) Current: 1095 Related works The Doraemons Dorabase Kiteretsu Daihyakka Doraemon ) is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. ...


Tie-ins

CoroCoro regularly promotes toys and video games related to their manga franchises, releasing stories and articles featuring them. Pokémon's big success in Japan owes to this in a way; the Game Boy game Pocket Monsters: Blue was sold exclusively through the magazine at first. Of course, this helped CoroCoro's sales as well. CoroCoro is also often a source of information about upcoming Pokémon games. A teddy bear A toy is an object used in play. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue are the first two installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing video games, first released for the Game Boy in Japan in 1996, later released to the rest of the world in 1998 (North America) and 1999 (Europe and Australia), and...


Other successful tie-ins include:

Kyosho Inferno 1/8-scale buggy A radio controlled car is a powered model car driven from a distance by a hand-held radio transmitter which sends its control information to the cars onboard radio receiver. ... A mini 4wd is a 1:32-sized[1] battery powered race car without remote control. ... Tamiya Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, radio controlled electric and nitro-powered car models, battery- and solar-powered educational models, and sailboat models. ... “NES” redirects here. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) was a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia, and Brazil between 1990 and 1993. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Original run 8 January 2001 – 24 December 2001 No. ... B-Daman, also called Beadman in Korea, is a marble shooting toy produced in Japan by Takara. ... Takara Co. ... For other uses, see Lotte (disambiguation). ...

Manga

1970s

Original run April 2, 1979 – Present Episodes Original: (596) Current: 1095 Related works The Doraemons Dorabase Kiteretsu Daihyakka Doraemon ) is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. ...

1980s

  • Bikkuriman
  • Oyaji-chan
  • Dodge Danpei

1990s

Ape Escape is a platform game for the PlayStation, which launched a video game series of the same name. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ... For the Game Boy game, see Donkey Kong (Game Boy). ... Duel Masters (デュエルマスターズ Dyueru Masutāzu) is a franchise based on a manga, anime and a trading card game. ... Fatal Fury (餓狼伝説: Garou Densetsu, meaning Legend of the Hungry Wolf, in Japan) is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo-Geo system. ... Kirby ) is a fictional character and hero of Nintendos Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. ... Bakusou Kyoudai Lets & Go!! ) is a manga by Tetsuhiro Koshita that appeared in CoroCoro Comic centered around Mini 4WD racing. ... Macross 7 ) is an anime television series. ... Kunio has starred in more than 20 games by Technos. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... Street Fighter II V , pronounced two vee) is an anime series based on the fighting game Street Fighter II. Directed by Gisaburo Sugii, the series first aired in Japan in 1995, from April 10 to November 27, on YTV. As of July 2007 re-runs of the series started to... Super B-Daman is a comic series serialized in Coro Coro Comics, based on Takaras B-Daman toy. ... Speed Racer is the title of an English adaptation of the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go ) which centered around automobile racing. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... The Tamagotchi (たまごっち) is a handheld digital pet created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. ... Spirit Hero Wataru ) is a comedy/adventure Super Robot anime series created by Sunrise first aired from 1988 to 1989 in Japan. ... For the microscopic lifeform, see Zooid. ...

2000s

Battle B-Daman also spelled Battle BDaman, or in full in Japan B-Densetsu! Battle B-Daman (B-伝説 バトルビーダマン), is an anime and manga series by Eiji Inuki that first aired in January 1997 in Japan, replacing Beyblade in its timeslot. ... Original run 8 January 2001 – 24 December 2001 No. ... Bomberman Jetters (ボンバーマン ジェッターズ) is a anime based on the popular video game series Bomberman created by Hudson Soft. ... Bakukyu Hit! Crash B-Daman is the newest form of B-Daman from Japanese toy maker Takara. ... コロッケ! Croket! ---- (more info) Stage 1 : Request (How-to) HOPE THAT SOMEONE CAN TRANSLATE IT Kevinhk 06:14, 15 August 2007 (UTC) A famous japanese manga which also turn into TV ANIME AND VIDEO GAMES Join this translation   ---   Update this information (instructions)   Croket! ) is an adventure manga by mangaka Manav Kashimoto... Jak and Daxter is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2 that is named after its own protagonists. ... Mushiking: King of the Beetles, also called Mushiking: Battle of the Beetles, is a combination of an arcade game and collectible card game developed by Sega. ... MegaMan NT Warrior , RockMan. ... Pokémon Gold & Silver (Japanese title: Golden Boys) is a manga series based on the Pokémon games called Pokémon Gold and Silver. ... This article is about the video games. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Books. ... RyÅ«sei no Rockman , lit. ... Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby , literally Kirby of the Stars), is an anime series based on Nintendos Kirby franchise. ...

External links

  • Official site (Japanese)


 

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