Petit Flower

Petit Flower (プチフラワー, Puchifurawā) was a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Founded in 1980, the magazine ceased publication in March 2002, when it was replaced by the magazine Flowers.

Petit Flower
プチフラワー
CategoriesManga (shōjo)
First issue1980
Final issueMarch 2002
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

History

Shogakukan began publishing Petit Flower as a regular magazine in 1980 following the success of Flower Comic, a one-off special issue of the manga magazine Bessatsu Shōjo Comic.[1] The magazine targeted a readership of girls in their late teens.[2] The magazine was initially edited by Junya Yamamoto, who was also the editor of Bessatsu Shōjo Comic;[2] consequently, the artists published in Petit Flower typically were given limited editorial support but a significant degree of editorial freedom.[3]

The magazine published works by several of Shogakukan's most notable female manga artists, such as Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya. It is credited with launching the careers of Reiko Okano[4] and Keiko Nishi.[3] Petit Flower folded in March 2002, and was replaced the following month with the magazine Flowers.[2]

Serializations and one-shots

Notes
  1. Began serialization in Sho-Comi in 1976.
  2. Continued serialization in Flowers.

References
  1. Toku 2015, p. 200.
  2. Brient, Hervé. "Hagio Moto, une artiste au cœur du manga moderne". du9 (in French). Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  3. Fasulo, Fausto (Fall 2019). "Keiko Nishi: Parcous de combatantes". Atom. Custom Publishing France (11): 68–69. ISSN 2552-9900.
  4. Toku 2015, p. 226.

Bibliography
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