Comic Zenon

Monthly Comic Zenon

Cover of the February 2013 issue of Monthly Comic Zenon, published by Tokuma Shoten on December 25, 2012
Editor-in-chef	Ken Hanada
Categories	Seinen manga
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	North Stars Pictures (Issuance) Tokuma Shoten (Release)
First issue	October 25, 2010 (December issue)
Company	Coamix
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	www.comic-zenon.jp

Monthly Comic Zenon (Japanese: 月刊コミックゼノン, Hepburn: Gekkan Komikku Zenon) 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. It was produced as a replacement for Weekly Comic Bunch, Coamix's previous manga anthology. The collected editions of their titles are published under the Zenon Comics imprint.

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, stating that the new magazine Monthly Comic Zenon would debut on October 25, 2010. At the same time Shinchosha launched Monthly Comics @ Bunch, a replacement for Weekly Comic Bunch, but edited without Coamix's involvement. As a result, many of the manga artists from Bunch have been moved to Zenon.

The magazine's name is based on "Kanzeon Bosatsu" (観世音菩薩)—the Japanese name of bodhisattva Guanyin—, specifically the "Zeon" (世音) part, which means to "hear the voice of the worldwide". The "Z" from "Zenon" was chosen with the meaning of "ultimate" since it is the last letter from alphabet.

In order to approach more readers, Monthly Comic Zenon is published in both, print and digital editions. 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.