Melody (magazine)

Melody
Cover of the August 2007 issue, featuring Tomo Matsumoto's one-shot Seifuku
CategoriesShōjo manga/Josei manga
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FrequencyBi-monthly
Circulation
  • 36,500[7]
  • (as of February 2021)
First issueSeptember 1997
CompanyHakusensha
CountryJapan
Based inChiyoda-ku, Tokyo
LanguageJapanese
Websitemelody-web.com

Melody (Japanese: メロディ, Hepburn: Merodi), stylized as MELODY, is a Japanese shōjo/josei[1][2][3][4][5][6] manga magazine published on the 28th of even-numbered months[1][2] by Hakusensha since August 28, 1997 (cover date September 1997).[8]

Melody's primary demographic is older women; the publisher reported in 2021 that its readership was 50.8% OLs, 20.4% housewives, and 11.8% university students. Its last reported circulation was 36,500 in 2021,[7] down from 39,200 in 2016.[9]

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  7. ^ a b "媒体資料 - メロディ". Hakusensha (in Japanese). February 2, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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