<p>It doesn't apply to all manga. For instance there's manga that are adaptations of other works (anime, video games, light novels) which don't start off as one-shots and have, at the very least, a contractual run. Additionally, there are also manga that are used originally as promotional, as advertisement for a store or an upcoming anime.</p>

<p>The Evangelion manga is an odd-ball, where it was supposed to be an adaptation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, and start a month or two before its TV run as a promotion for the anime, but the TV run was delayed and didn't actually air until a year's worth of manga chapters. Additionally, there's several recent spin-off manga loosely based on the series.</p>

<p>There's a bunch of Gundam manga that were adapted from anime that were never one-shots. Slayers has several manga series that were adapted from the anime and light novels. Cowboy Bebop, Blade of the Immortal, etc.</p>

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Jon Lin
<p>I heard that some popular manga (for example - Naruto, Nurarihyon no Mago, Beelzebub) are published as one-shots during their first try. I want to know if that applies to all manga or not? Would many manga be published as a one-shot first?</p>

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2013-08-20T00:14:11.090Z
I don't know of any comprehensive lists, but it's not surprising that this is a common phenomenon - it allows a publisher to avoid spending excess resources on manga that don't end up succeeding. This doesn't happen for _all_ manga, though (e.g. off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure Gin no Saji [Silver Spoon] didn't start with a one-shot, and there are surely others). Intuitively, it seems that a list of all manga that started with a one-shot would be unmanageably long, so I'm not sure this question is really reasonably scoped.
senshin
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Asking for a list is too broad as there are probably thousands of manga that would be on the list. In general lots of mangaka (especially new ones) choose to do one-shots to judge how popular something will be and because it's easier to get a publisher to devote resources toward a one-shot than a full series.
Logan M
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For reference, I did vote to close (as have 2 other people) based on the second question. However, the question in the first sentence, as well as the general question of why manga are often first produced as one-shots, are both fine questions for this site and if the post were edited to that I'd cancel my close vote and/or vote to reopen.
Logan M
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I don't think this question has to be put on hold. The answer is very specific. Not all manga begin as a oneshot. It is common for mangakas (the authors) to show their editor a few chapters and if the serialization is approved, they get published. Since there are way too many manga to list where it started as a oneshot, just check Myanimelist to see if the series had a oneshot.
krikara
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@krikara: If you think the question can be improved and reopened, you may [edit] (or in your case, suggest an edit) to the question, and if it's acceptable, we'll approve and reopen the question.
Madara's Ghost
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I edited the question to remove the request for a list. It should be more appropriate a question now
Toshinou Kyouko
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Do all published manga originate from one-shots?
# Do all published manga originate from one-shots?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-08-20
I heard that some popular manga (for example - Naruto, Nurarihyon no Mago, Beelzebub) are published as one-shots during their first try. I want to know if that applies to all manga or not? Would many manga be published as a one-shot first?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I don't know of any comprehensive lists, but it's not surprising that this is a common phenomenon - it allows a publisher to avoid spending excess resources on manga that don't end up succeeding. This doesn't happen for _all_ manga, though (e.g. off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure Gin no Saji [Silver Spoon] didn't start with a one-shot, and there are surely others). Intuitively, it seems that a list of all manga that started with a one-shot would be unmanageably long, so I'm not sure this question is really reasonably scoped.  
> **username_2**: Asking for a list is too broad as there are probably thousands of manga that would be on the list. In general lots of mangaka (especially new ones) choose to do one-shots to judge how popular something will be and because it's easier to get a publisher to devote resources toward a one-shot than a full series.  
> **username_2**: For reference, I did vote to close (as have 2 other people) based on the second question. However, the question in the first sentence, as well as the general question of why manga are often first produced as one-shots, are both fine questions for this site and if the post were edited to that I'd cancel my close vote and/or vote to reopen.  
> **username_3**: I don't think this question has to be put on hold. The answer is very specific. Not all manga begin as a oneshot. It is common for mangakas (the authors) to show their editor a few chapters and if the serialization is approved, they get published. Since there are way too many manga to list where it started as a oneshot, just check Myanimelist to see if the series had a oneshot.  
> **username_4**: @krikara: If you think the question can be improved and reopened, you may [edit] (or in your case, suggest an edit) to the question, and if it's acceptable, we'll approve and reopen the question.  
> **username_5**: I edited the question to remove the request for a list. It should be more appropriate a question now  
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### Answer by username_6 on 2013-08-20. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
It doesn't apply to all manga. For instance there's manga that are adaptations of other works (anime, video games, light novels) which don't start off as one-shots and have, at the very least, a contractual run. Additionally, there are also manga that are used originally as promotional, as advertisement for a store or an upcoming anime.

The Evangelion manga is an odd-ball, where it was supposed to be an adaptation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, and start a month or two before its TV run as a promotion for the anime, but the TV run was delayed and didn't actually air until a year's worth of manga chapters. Additionally, there's several recent spin-off manga loosely based on the series.

There's a bunch of Gundam manga that were adapted from anime that were never one-shots. Slayers has several manga series that were adapted from the anime and light novels. Cowboy Bebop, Blade of the Immortal, etc.
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