LaLa

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Japanese manga magazine

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Field	Value
logo	LaLa manga magazine.png
image_file	LaLa cover.jpg
image_caption	Cover of April 2008 issue featuring ja by Tōko Mizuno
editor	Ikushū Ichikawa
editor_title	Editor-in-chief
frequency	Monthly
circulation
category	ja manga
company	Hakusensha
firstdate
country	Japan
based	Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
language	Japanese
website
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About

LaLa is the second ja manga magazine Hakusensha published. Manga serialized in LaLa are collected into ja under the label "Hana to Yume Comics", along with manga serialized in Hana to Yume. Fanbooks and illustration books for its series are published under the label "Hana to Yume Comics Special".

Readers of the magazine are 97% female, while the other 3% are male readers. Its age demographic consists of 4% percent for under-13 readers, 23.4% for readers aged 13–17, 20% for readers aged 18–20, 13% for readers aged 21–23, while the remaining 29.7% of the readers are aged 24 years old and up. Readers aged 24 and up are the demographic of the highest percentage.

History

LaLa began its publication in July 1976 as a sister magazine to Hana to Yume. It was originally titled and published bi-monthly. The magazine's first issue featured Ryoko Yamagishi's and was priced at 290 yen. The magazine's first editor-in-chief was Nobumasa Konagai. The current editor-in-chief is Ikushū Ichikawa.

In September 1977, the magazine changed its frequency and became a monthly magazine. It then became its own independent magazine.

In 1985, Hakusensha started irregularly publishing special publications of LaLa under different titles. It started with LaLa Deluxe, published seasonally. LaLa Deluxe later became the magazine's sister magazine LaLa DX.

Since the publication of LaLa Deluxe, various special or supplement issues have been published. was the first supplemental issue for LaLa. It was first published in Summer 1982 and ended in Spring 1984.{{cite web | title= 国立国会図書館 NDL-OPAC(書誌詳細表示 ) - 別冊LaLa : 別冊ララ | url= https://opac.ndl.go.jp/recordid/000000038662/jpn | language= ja | publisher= National Diet Library | access-date= January 29, 2010}} succeeded Bessatsu LaLa: Bessatsu RaRa and was published bi-monthly from 1984 to 1985.{{cite web | title= 国立国会図書館 NDL-OPAC(書誌詳細表示 ) - 別冊LaLa | url= https://opac.ndl.go.jp/recordid/000000041143/jpn | language= ja | publisher= National Diet Library | access-date= January 29, 2010}}

My LaLa, a special edited compilation of the magazine, was published from Autumn 1984 to Spring 1985.{{cite web | title= 国立国会図書館 NDL-OPAC(書誌詳細表示 ) - My LaLa | url= https://opac.ndl.go.jp/recordid/000000041494/jpn | language= ja | publisher= National Diet Library | access-date= January 29, 2010}} was published from Summer 1985 to June 1986, for a total of five issues.{{cite web | title= 国立国会図書館 NDL-OPAC(書誌詳細表示 ) - Wendy : Lalaスペシャル | url= https://opac.ndl.go.jp/recordid/000000042796/jpn | language= ja | publisher= National Diet Library | access-date= January 29, 2010}}

then replaced LaLa Special Wendy. The first issue of LaLa Special Cindy was published from Summer 1986 to Autumn 1986. It was later revived for two issues, which were published from the Autumn to the Winter 1987 issues.{{cite web | title= 国立国会図書館 NDL-OPAC(書誌詳細表示 ) - Cindy : Lalaスペシャル | url= https://opac.ndl.go.jp/recordid/000000045699/jpn | language= ja | publisher= National Diet Library | access-date= January 29, 2010}}

Since 2004, special or supplemental issues of LaLa have been published as LaLa Special, which serializes LaLas side stories of the related series, as well as featuring various manga artists' one-shots.

Television commercials

The magazine had a series of commercials directed by Shō Yanagisawa called .{{cite web |script-title = ja:イー･スピリットキャスティング受賞作品集キャスティング・広告制作・ホームページ制作・キャンペーン |url = http://www.e-spirit.jp/sakuhin/award.html |language = ja |publisher = E-Spirit |access-date = January 28, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100419141948/http://e-spirit.jp/sakuhin/award.html |archive-date = April 19, 2010 | script-title=ja:アサツーディ・ケイ、第12回｢アジア太平洋広告祭(アド・フェスト2009)｣でフィルム部門グランプリを受賞 | url=https://www.adk.jp/313.html | language= ja | publisher= Asatsu-DK Inc. | access-date= April 22, 2015}} and also won two silver medals in the same event. The series was also named as one of the "Gold Stars" in the 2nd Ad Stars 2009 Busan International Advertising Festival.{{cite web |title = Busan Ad Stars, On Track to International Renown |url = http://www.adobomagazine.com/global/module.php?LM=news.level1&id=1251943100658 |publisher = Adobo/Sanserif, Inc. |access-date = January 28, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091004221231/http://www.adobomagazine.com/global/module.php?LM=news.level1&id=1251943100658 |archive-date = October 4, 2009

Serializations

Current

Natsume's Book of Friends (2005–present)
School Babysitters (2009–present)
Snow White with the Red Hair (2011–present)
Tales of the Tendo Family (2017–present)
The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess (2018–present)
Together Forever (2020–present)
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring (2022–present)

Past

1976–1989

Wata no Kunihoshi (1978–1987)
Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi (1980–1984)
Cipher (1984–1990)
Sakura no Sono (1985–1986)
Hanasakeru Seishōnen (1987–1994)
Mikan Enikki (1988–1995)
Moon Child (1989–1993)

1990–1999

Eight Clouds Rising (1992–2002)
From Far Away (1993–2003)
Jyu-Oh-Sei (1993–2003)
Kaguyahime (1994–2005)
Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances (1996–2005)
Okojo-san (1996–2005)
Land of the Blindfolded (1998–2004)
Omukae desu (1999–2002)
Captive Hearts (1999–2002)
Venus in Love (1999–2004)

2000–2009

Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time (2000–2013)
The Recipe for Gertrude (2001–2003)
Millennium Snow (2001–2002)
MeruPuri (2002–2004)
Pearl Pink (2002–2004)
Ouran High School Host Club (2002–2010)
Demon Sacred (2003–2007)
Beauty is the Beast (2002–2004)
La Corda d'Oro (2004–2011)
Palette of 12 Secret Colors (2004–2008)
Me & My Brothers (2004–2009)
Vampire Knight (2004–2013)
Zig Zag (2004–2008)
Maid Sama! (2005–2013)
Wanted (2005)
Two Flowers for the Dragon (2005–2009)
Ballad of a Shinigami (2005)
Penguin Revolution (2005–2007)
My Darling! Miss Bancho (2006–2009)
Flower in a Storm (2006–2010)
Faster than a Kiss (2007–2012)
The Secret Notes of Lady Kanoko (2007–2009)
Library War (2007–2014)
Eensy Weensy Monster (2007)
Chotto Edo Made (2008–2011)
Koi Dano Ai Dano (2009–2016)

2010–2019

Last Game (2011–2016)
Meteor Prince (2013–2014)
Kawaii Tanuki mo Raku ja nai (2017–2022)
Reverse X Rebirth (2019–2021)

2020–present

Mechanical Marie (2020–2023)
Koi Dano Ai Dano: Kimi wa Boku no Taiyō da (2023–2025)
Mechanical Marie+ (2025)

References

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