Ribon Original (Japanese: RIBONオリジナル, Hepburn: Ribon Orijinaru) was a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha.[1] It was a sister magazine of Ribon, and was published from 1981 until 2006. New and up-and-coming Ribon manga artists often had their first short stories published in this magazine. Established Ribon manga artists who had a decrease in popularity also had short stories or short series in Ribon Original, and side stories to series currently running in Ribon were also in this magazine. Yonkoma manga that are published in Ribon also concurrently ran in Ribon Original.

Ribon Original
The new cover design of Ribon Original, from the 12/2005 issue
CategoriesShōjo manga
FrequencyQuarterly - Bi-monthly
Founded1981
Final issueJune 2006
CompanyShueisha
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Ribon Original was first published quarterly from 1981. It switched to bimonthly in 1994 and remained as such until the magazine was cancelled due to poor sales. The last issue was the June 2006 issue.

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  1. ^ Elvero Pra. Anime and Magna. AnVi OpenSource Knowledge Trust. p. 111. GGKEY:KE93A3N1H10. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Viz Media: Full Moon: Profiles". Viz Media. Archived from the original on 18 October 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ Mateo, Alex (19 August 2019). "ChocoMimi Manga Creator Konami Sonoda Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 19 August 2019.