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Hana to Yume
　花とゆめ

Cover of the 17th issue from 2009 of Hana to Yume featuring Mizuho Kusanagi's Yona from Akatsuki no Yona.
Editor Hideyuki Takada
Categories Shōjo manga
Frequency Semi-monthly
Publisher Tetsuya Maeda
First issue May 1974
Company Hakusensha
Country Japan
Based in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Language Japanese
Website http://www.hanayume.com/hanayume/index.html
ISSN 21231

Hana to Yume (花とゆめ?) is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.

The magazine is released on the 5th and 20th of every month. It is often nicknamed as HanaYume (花ゆめ?) among the readers. The magazine is of size B5, roughly the size of a phone book and always comes with furoku or in other words, free supplements such as drama CDs, pencil boards, manga anthologies, stationery and calendars for the New Year issue.

The magazine was ranked 4th by Japanese girls as their favourite manga anthology in a survey conducted by Oricon in 2006.[1][2]

Contents

About

Series' which are serialized in Hana to Yume will be collected into tankōbon under the label, Hana to Yume Comics (花とゆめコミックス?). While series' from related magazines like Bessatsu Hana to Yume, LaLa, LaLa DX and Melody are also published under the same label, certain series from Melody are published under another different label, Jets Comics (ジェッツコミックス?).

The readers are 95% female; with the remaining 5% being male. Its demographic consists of 4% of readers under 13, 62.2% for 13–18 years old, 18.6% for 19–23 years old and those who are 24 and older comprising the remaining 15.2%.[3]

History

Hana to Yume began its publication as a monthly magazine in May 1974 with Kazuko Koyano's illustration as the cover with the price of 280 yen. However, in January 1975, its publication has changed from a monthly to a semi-monthly published magazine. Its current price is 290 yen.

In 1976, 2 years after Hana to Yume was first published, LaLa, which was previously known as Hana to Yume LaLa was created as a sister magazine to Hana to Yume. Even so, later it became its own independent magazine with a sister magazine of its own, LaLa DX.

In year 2006, the sales of Hana to Yume has topped the sales charts at 29,0000 copies while its competitor, Sho-Comi has only 26,0000 copies.[citation needed]

In year 2009, the magazine is celebrating its 35th anniversary and has collaborated with Yahoo! Japan Comic who is currently digitally distributing the magazine's serialized manga. Garasu no Kamen by Suzue Miuchi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e by Hisaya Nakajō are among the 235 titles currently available to be read online.[4] To commemorate the magazine's anniversary, there was an internet radio broadcast streaming at Yahoo! Japan for an hour and a half. Suzue Miuchi was the guest in the 2nd episode of the radio, broadcasted on May 4.[5]

Hana to Yume Guide Book

Hana to Yume Guide Book (花とゆめ GUIDE BOOK?) was published and released together with a set of embossed stickers in the 11th issue of the magazine in 2009 as a furoku to commemorate the magazine's 35th anniversary.

The guide book contain series summaries of titles serializing in the magazine until April 2009 since the magazine published its first issue in May 1974. The guidebook also has well-wishing messages from 22 manga artists, among of them are Rinko Sasaki, Natsuki Takaya, Marimo Ragawa, Saki Hiwatari, Suzue Miuchi, Hisaya Nakajo and Nanpei Yamada whom have been serializing their work in the magazine. There is also a special quiz and section containing a history of the magazine and domestic topics happening in Japan since the publication of their magazine.

Source:[6]

Current serializing titles

Listed alphabetically by romanized title.

  • Akatsuki no Yona - Mizuho Kusanagi
  • Berry Berry - Banri Hidaka
  • Gakuen Alice - Tachibana Higuchi
  • Gekkan no Katoba - Maiko Yamaguchi
  • Hana to Akuma - Hisamu Oto
  • Hoshi wa Utau - Natsuki Takaya
  • Issho ni Ne Yō yo - Takao Shigeru (appears only in odd numbered issues)
  • JiuJiu - Tōya Tobina
  • Kaizoku to Ningyo - Tatsuya Kiuchi
  • Kyō mo Ashita mo - Emura
  • Lovesick - Satoshi Morie
  • Love So Life - Kaede Kōchi
  • Kamada Gyūnyū Hanbai Ten - Takami Konohana
  • Kami-sama Hajimemashita - Julietta Suzuki
  • Monokuro Shōnen Shōjo - Ryōko Fukuyama
  • Ōji to Majo to Himegimi to - Kō Matsuzuki
  • Ore-sama Teacher - Izumi Tsubaki
  • Seiyū-ka! - Maki Minami
  • Skip Beat! - Yoshiki Nakamura
  • Tadaima no Uta - Yūki Fujimoto
  • Yami no Matsuei - Yōko Matsushita (on hiatus since 2003)

Past serializing titles

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Listed alphabetically by romanized title.

A

B

C

  • Chinkonkyoku no Okunoin - Kaori Yuki
  • Cyboy: Kaizō Shōnen - Mai Nishikata

D

F

G

H

I

  • Itsudemo Otenki Kibun - Marimo Ragawa

J

  • Joshi Mōsō Shōkōgun - Ichiha

K

L

M

  • Majyotsuko Momoka - Zirocks
  • M to N no Shōzō - Tachibana Higuchi
  • Meine Liebe - Rei Izawa
  • Michibata no Tenshi - Emura
  • Missing Piece - Hisaya Nakajo
  • Mōsukoshi Ganbarimashō - Maiko Yamaguchi
  • MVP wa Yuzurenai - Yoshiki Nakamura

N

O

  • Ohoshi-sama ni Onegai! - Mao Fujisaki

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

  • Zero Count - Hiromu Mutō

Related magazines

By publisher

By genre

Notes

  1. ^ Chapters 3 and 6 were serialized in the 10th and 19th issue of 2006 while the rest are serialized in The Hana to Yume.

References

  1. ^ "意外！？女のコが一番好きなコミック誌は『週刊少年ジャンプ』！" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 2006-04-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20060410182814/http://news.oricon.co.jp/omr/16844.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  2. ^ "Weekly Shonen Jump Top Anthology with Girls (Updated)". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-04-04/weekly-shonen-jump-top-anthology-with-girls. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  3. ^ "Data" (in Japanese) (PDF). The Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/data_002/pdf/d_hakus_hanat.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  4. ^ "「花とゆめ」創刊35周年記念特集 - Yahoo!コミック". http://comics.yahoo.co.jp/event/hanatoyume35/. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  5. ^ "花とゆめ創刊35周年企画!!". http://hanayume.com/hanayumeyahoo/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  6. ^ "花とゆめ35周年！11号には花ゆめ総ざらいガイドブック付き" (in Japanese). Comic Natalie. http://natalie.mu/comic/news/show/id/16131. Retrieved October 27, 2009. 

External links

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