For Mrs.

Japanese manga magazine

*For Mrs.*
Categories	Josei manga^[1]
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	150,000^[2] (Oct. 2009 – Sept. 2010)
First issue	December 1986; 37 years ago (1986-12)
Company	Akita Shoten
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
Website	akitashoten.co.jp/formrs

For Mrs. (Japanese: フォアミセス, Hepburn: Foa Misesu) is a monthly Japanese josei manga magazine published by Akita Shoten on the third of each month.^[3] First issued in December 1986, it is aimed at adult women and tends to feature stories on child-rearing and families.^[4]^[5]^[6] A spin-off magazine, For Mrs. Special, launched in August 1994 and is published quarterly by Akita Shoten.^[4]^[7]

Serializations

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Inochi no Utsuwa by Kimiko Uehara (1991–present)^[8]
With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child by Keiko Tobe (2000–2010)^[9]

Circulation

For Mrs. had a circulation of 150,000 from 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010.^[2]

References

^ JMPAマガジンデータ : 【女性】女性向けコミック誌 [JMPA Magazine Data: (Women) Comic Magazines for Women]. Japan Magazine Publishers Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Loo, Egan (17 January 2011). "2010 Japanese Manga Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ フォアミセス. Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b 企業情報 [Company Profile]. Akita Shoten (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 September 2020. December 1986: First issue of For Mrs. / August 1994: First issue of For Mrs. Special.
^ 本日4月3日（金）発売「フォアミセス」2020年5月号の特別付録は48ページにも及ぶ≪ライフデザイン手帳≫!!. PR Times (in Japanese). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020. For Mrs. magazine overview: A monthly manga magazine for women, first published in December 1986.
^ Ingulsrud, John E.; Allen, Kate (3 February 2010). Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse. Lexington Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7391-3507-5. Retrieved 20 September 2020. In contrast, the fujin or 'women's' manga, such as For Mrs., tend to focus on childrearing, family-member relations, and other family-centered themes.
^ for Mrs.スペシャル. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Main event of Summer: Ballet Manga ～Leap above the beauty～". Kyoto International Manga Museum. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020. Since 1991, [Kimiko Uehara's] manga Inochi no Utsuwa (Life Vessel), featuring a gynaecologist as the protagonist, continues to be serialized in For Mrs. today.
^ 戸部けいこ「光とともに」の遺稿、フォアミセスに掲載. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2020.