Bōken Ō
Cover of the inaugural February 1949 issue of Bōken Ō | |
| Categories | Shōnen manga |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 1949-02 |
| Final issue | 1983 |
| Company | Akita Shoten |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
Bōken Ō (冒険王, "Adventure King") was a monthly magazine for youth published by Akita Shoten between 1949 and 1983. It was among the first generation of children's comic magazines after World War II in Japan and was initially focused on publishing illustrated prose and emonogatari and then shifted to manga.