Sylph (magazine)

Sylph
Cover of the first issue of Sylph featuring characters from Majina!. Illustration by J-ta Yamada.
CategoriesShōjo manga[1]
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherASCII Media Works
First issueDecember 9, 2006
Final issueJuly 22, 2017[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
WebsiteSylph

Sylph (シルフ, Shirufu) is a defunct Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and was 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.

  1. ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. pp. 334–335. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ^ Crystalyn Hodgkins (2017-06-22). "Sylph Manga Magazine Ceases Publication, New 'Pixiv Sylph' Online Magazine Launches This Summer". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-08-11.