Sylph (magazine)

Sylph

Cover of the first issue of Sylph featuring characters from Majina!. Illustration by J-ta Yamada.
Categories	Shōjo manga
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	ASCII Media Works
First issue	December 9, 2006
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	Sylph

Sylph (シルフ, Shirufu^?) is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and is sold monthly. The magazine was originally published on December 9, 2006 as a special edition version of MediaWorks' now-defunct Dengeki Comic Gao! under the title Comic Sylph (コミックシルフ, Komikku Shirufu^?, normally written as comic SYLPH) as a quarterly publication. On March 21, 2008, with the release of the sixth volume, the magazine was transferred over as a special edition version of ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh. On May 22, 2008, the magazine became independent of Dengeki Daioh and was published as volume one of Sylph as the July 2008 issue as a bimonthly publication. On May 22, 2010, the magazine started to be published monthly. Sylph is one of the few magazines originally published by MediaWorks not under the Dengeki naming line, such as with Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, the first of which being Active Japan in 1995 which has been discontinued since 1998.

Serialized titles

• Anonymous Egao
• Beat Punk Generation
• Chack
• Fujoshissu!
• Jūsha no Gakkō
• Kagayaki no Oka Yōkō no Machi
• Level4
• Lillia and Treize
• Majina!
• Makanai Komusume
• Omamori no Kami-sama
• S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!
• Torikagosō no Kyō mo Nemutai Jūnintachi
• Triple Complex
• Yui, 316 Years Old
• Yūkai no Susume

Special edition

Dengeki Daioh Genesis

Dengeki Daioh Genesis (電撃大王GENESIS^?) is a quarterly shōnen and seinen manga magazine^[1][2] which was first published on January 19, 2010 as a special edition of Dengeki Maoh. The magazine became a special edition of Sylph with the third volume in July 2010. The magazine features only original manga.

References

1. ^ "発売まで3日!　あずまきよひこ先生描き下ろし!　電撃大王GENESIS１号目表紙を大公開!! [To Be Sold In 3 Days! Kiyohiko Azuma Draws for the Occasion! Dengeki Daioh Genesis Issue 1's Front Cover Release]" (in Japanese). http://genesis.dengeki.com/archives/129. Retrieved 2010-02-10. 
2. ^ "電撃大王Genesis 2010 Winter [Dengeki Daioh Genesis 2010 Winter]" (in Japanese). http://www.7netshopping.jp/magazine/detail/-/accd/1200068875/subno/1. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 

External links

• Sylph's official website (Japanese)