Margaret (magazine)
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Margaret (Japanese: マーガレット, Hepburn: Māgaretto) is a bi-weekly shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha on the 5th and 20th of every month. Its title was stylized in Latin script between 1988 and 1990. It is published in print in B5 format. As of October 2018, a digital version of each issue is available on the same day as the print edition.
History
Margaret was first launched as a weekly manga magazine in May 1963. It is Shueisha's second-oldest active publication. The magazine was known as Weekly Margaret (週刊マーガレット) from 1963 to 1987, when it was renamed to Margaret in 1988 and moved to a bi-weekly publication schedule, with issues released on the 5th and 20th of each month.
When manga serialized in Margaret are collected into tankōbon volumes, they are published under the Margaret Comics imprint. Series from sister magazine Bessatsu Margaret are also published under the Margaret Comics imprint. Margaret's other sister magazine, The Margaret, was published quarterly until its disbandment in 2023.
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