Banzai! (magazine)
# Banzai! (magazine)

Banzai!, officially stylized BANZAI!, is a discontinued shōnen manga anthology that was published in Germany by Carlsen Verlag, from November 2001 to December 2005. It debuted in November 2001 as a German language adaptation of the popular Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump, published by Shueisha. In addition to various series from Weekly Shōnen Jump, the magazine serialized some original German manga-influenced comics, including Crewman 3. Issues also included educational articles to teach readers Japanese and columns with news updates on anime and manga series. Series published in the magazine were also published in tankōbon volumes under the Banzai! präsentiert and the highly popular series under the Best of Banzai! label. The name Banzai! came from the transliteration of 10,000 years, a traditional Japanese exclamation.

Banzai! was the first German manga magazine aimed at boys. Banzai! initially circulated with 130,000 copies per period.

The magazine was discontinued in December 2005 due to Shueisha declining to renew Carlsen Verlag's license for the adaptation. The German division of Tokyopop was able to acquire the license to publish other tankōbon volumes of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine. The already published manga volumes from Banzai! remain under the Banzai! präsentiert line.

## Series

### Manga

| Title | Author | First Issue | Last Issue |
| - | - | - | - |
| DNA² | Masakazu Katsura | November 2001 | March 2003 |
| Hunter × Hunter (Hunter X Hunter) | Yoshihiro Togashi | November 2001 | December 2005 |
| Naruto | Masashi Kishimoto | November 2001 | December 2005 |
| Sand Land (Sandland) | Akira Toriyama | November 2001 | May 2002 |
| One Piece – Rogue Town | Eiichiro Oda | December 2001 | September 2002 |
| Shaman King | Hiroyuki Takei | December 2001 | December 2005 |
| Neko Majin | Akira Toriyama | June 2002 | August 2002 |
| Dr. Slump (Dr. Slump – Neues aus Pinguinhausen) | Akira Toriyama | July 2002 | January 2003 |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | Kazuki Takahashi | September 2002 | January 2005 |
| One Piece Red | Eiichiro Oda | April 2003 | August 2003 |
| Hikaru no Go (Hikaru No Go) | Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata | November 2003 | December 2005 |
| Neko Majin Z | Akira Toriyama | April 2004 | June 2004 |
| I"s | Masakazu Katsura | February 2005 | May 2005 |
| Black Cat | Kentaro Yabuki | June 2005 | August 2005 |

### Original works

In addition to manga series, Banzai! included chapters from a few original German language manga-influenced comics.

| Title | Author | First Issue | Last Issue |
| - | - | - | - |
| Halloweens | Isabel Kreitz | November 2001 | November 2002 |
| Crewman 3 | Robert Labs | January 2003 | October 2003 |
| Hakuchi One | Michael Rühle | December 2004 | December 2005 |
| Die Gabe | David Füleki | December 2005 | December 2005 |
