Ciao (magazine)

Ciao
July 2006 issue cover featuring characters from Kirarin Revolution, Oshare Majo: Love and Berry, Gokujō!! Mecha Mote Iinchō, Koisuru Purin! and Tamagotchi
CategoriesShōjo manga[1][2]
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation480,000[2]
(July–September, 2016)
First issue1977
CompanyShogakukan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
WebsiteCiao Land

Ciao (ちゃお, Chao) is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The magazine launched in 1977 and always comes with a free gift which used to always be paper crafts, but now varies every month. The magazine's competitors are Ribon and Nakayoshi. Manga published in Ciao are released under the Ciao Comics imprint.

  1. ^ Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. xxiii-xxiv. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  2. ^ a b "Girl's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2016.

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