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Shonen Magazine, Shonen Sunday Mark 50th Anniversary (Updated)

The 50th anniversary issues of both Detective Conan (Shonen Sunday). This is the first time, to ANN staff's knowledge, that Shonen Magazine ever mentioned Shonen Sunday's name on its cover. (Both magazines debuted on March 17, 1959 so strictly speaking, the 50th anniversary will be next year.)

In a unique t event in Tokyo on Wednesday, the two magazines announced the projects that will commemorate the anniversary. The Doraemon's Motoo Abiko) appeared at the event.

This week's Shonen Magazine issue also Yuko Ogura has appeared the most times on the magazine's cover of any idol.

Shonen Sunday offers its readers a sticker collection featuring the cover images of the first issue, the current issue, and every decade anniversary issue in between. The current issue's history feature describes the unusual highlights of the past five decades, such as the time when the magazine offered three collie dogs and 12 Shiba dogs for free in a 1964 giveaway contest. To mark this year's anniversary, the magazine is giving away a 24-carat, 60-gram (about 2-ounce) gold figure of Lum from Urusei Yatsura. The magazine values the figure at over 200,000 yen (US$2,000). 500 runners-up will get two silver versions, eight bronze ones, and 490 clear ones.

Source: Muhyojo, ITmedia

Update: UNIQLO spelling corrected. Thanks, fighterholic.