Suspiria Mystery (サスペリアミステリー), formerly Suspiria (サスペリア) was a bimonthly horror and mystery manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. It was named after the 1977 horror film Suspiria. It had a sister magazine Gakuen Mystery (学園ミステリー) and the special issues Horror Suspiria DX (ホラーサスペリアDX) and ZOKZOK (ゾクゾク).[1] Manga serialized in Suspiria were originally published in the Horror Comics imprint, and later in the Suspiria Mystery Comics imprint.

History

The magazine was founded in 1987 during a boom in horror magazines aimed at girls in Japan which was started by the magazine Gekkan Halloween.

Although it was a horror magazine, its most popular works focused on the mystery and suspense angle, specially the popular Vampire Princess Miyu that attracted readers from outside the horror genre, these circumstances caused the magazine to shift to mostly feature mystery series and novel adaptations by the end of the horror boom in the 90s, its name was changed to Suspiria Mystery in 2001 to better match the content.

In 2006 it became a bimonthly magazine and works such as Quilt and Hengen Taima Yako Karura Mau were moved to other magazines to completely renew it as a mystery magazine. It came back to a monthly schedule in 2010.

The magazine was discontinued in the special October of 2012 issue, which was actually released in August, bringing to a close its 25-year history since its first publication.[2]

References

  1. ^ "くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：ホラー系". www.kudan.jp. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  2. ^ "サスペリアミステリー詳細｜秋田書店". web.archive.org. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiria_(magazine)
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