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CoroCoro regularly promotes toys and video games related to manga franchises, releasing stories and articles featuring them. Pokémon owes its big success in Japan to this in a way; [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]] was sold exclusively through the magazine at first. This in turn helped CoroCoro's sales as well. Throughout its history, CoroCoro has held many [[illustration contests]] for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | CoroCoro regularly promotes toys and video games related to manga franchises, releasing stories and articles featuring them. Pokémon owes its big success in Japan to this in a way; [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pocket Monsters Blue]] was sold exclusively through the magazine at first. This in turn helped CoroCoro's sales as well. Throughout its history, CoroCoro has held many [[illustration contests]] for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | ||
The magazine has two bi-monthly sisters: ''Bessatsu CoroCoro'' and ''CoroCoro Ichiban!''. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The magazine was launched in 1977, aiming at young elementary-school age boys, younger than the age for {{wp|shōnen}} readers, which is about teenager age, but then became one of the most popular magazines in Japan. CoroCoro is now currently a monthly manga magazine, along with its three sister publications, ''Bessatsu CoroCoro'' and ''CoroCoro Ichiban!'', which are only released every two months; and ''CoroCoro G'', which is released twice a year. It is known as a source for Pokémon news, as many announcements pertaining to both the {{pkmn|anime}} and {{pkmn|games}} come to fans by way of the magazine. It also showcases [[Pokémon manga]], having released [[Pokémon Adventures]] since the {{ | [[File:Corodragon.png|150px|right|thumb|CoroCoro's dragon mascot]] | ||
The magazine was launched in 1977, aiming at young elementary-school age boys, younger than the age for {{wp|shōnen}} readers, which is about teenager age, but then became one of the most popular magazines in Japan. CoroCoro is now currently a monthly manga magazine, along with its three sister publications, ''Bessatsu CoroCoro'' and ''CoroCoro Ichiban!'', which are only released every two months; and ''CoroCoro G'', which is released twice a year. It is known as a source for Pokémon news, as many announcements pertaining to both the {{pkmn|anime}} and {{pkmn|games}} come to fans by way of the magazine. It also showcases [[Pokémon manga]], having released [[Pokémon Adventures]] since the {{MangaArc|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}. In addition to Pokémon, other popular CoroCoro comics include {{wp|Doraemon}}, {{smw|Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong}}, {{wk|Kirby}}, and {{wp|Beyblade}}. | |||
==Other series== | ==Other series== | ||
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===2000s=== | ===2000s=== | ||
* Battle B-Daman | *Duel Masters | ||
* Beyblade | *Battle B-Daman | ||
* Bomberman Jetters | *Beyblade | ||
* Crash B-Daman | *Bomberman Jetters | ||
* Croket! | *Crash B-Daman | ||
* Denjyarasu Jiisan | *Croket! | ||
* Inazuma Eleven | *Dorabase | ||
* Jak x Daxter ~Itachi de Waruika!!~ | *Grandpa Danger|Denjyarasu Jiisan | ||
* Mushiking | *Hidemaru the soccer boy | ||
* Rockman EXE | *Inazuma Eleven | ||
* Ratchet | *Jak x Daxter ~Itachi de Waruika!!~ | ||
* Ryusei no Rockman | *Keshikasu-kun | ||
* Sonic! Dash & Spin | *Kiyohara-kun | ||
* I'm Galileo! | *Mushiking|FF7AC | ||
* Kirby of the Stars | *Keshikasu-kun | ||
*MegaMan NT Warrior|Rockman EXE | |||
*Ratchet & Clank – Gagaga! Ginga no Gakeppuchi Densetsu | |||
*Ryusei no Rockman | |||
*Sonic! Dash & Spin | |||
*I'm Galileo! | |||
*Kirby of the Stars | |||
*Sap-kun | |||
*Tamagotchi | |||
===2010s=== | |||
*Baku Tech! Bakugan | |||
*B-Daman Crossfire|Cross Fight B-daman | |||
*Little Battlers Experience|Danball Senki | |||
*Grandpa Danger|Denjyarasu Jiisan Jya! | |||
*Future Card Buddyfight | |||
*Metal Fight Beyblade Explosion | |||
*Metal Fight Beyblade 4D | |||
*Metal Fight Beyblade Zero-G | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://corocoro.tv/ Official CoroCoro site] (Japanese) | * [http://corocoro.tv/ Official CoroCoro site] (Japanese) | ||
* {{wp|CoroCoro Comic|Wikipedia article}} (English) | * {{wp|CoroCoro Comic|Wikipedia article}} (English) | ||
{{Project Mass Media notice}} | |||
[[Category:Magazines]] | [[Category:Magazines]] | ||
[[de:CoroCoro Comics]] | [[de:CoroCoro Comics]] | ||
[[es:CoroCoro Comic]] | |||
[[fr:CoroCoro Comics]] | [[fr:CoroCoro Comics]] | ||
[[it:CoroCoro]] | [[it:CoroCoro]] | ||
[[ja:コロコロコミック]] | [[ja:コロコロコミック]] | ||
[[zh:COROCORO]] | |||