BRUTUS 1060 - Septiembre 2026 - The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Comedy

BRUTUS 1060 (ブルータス 2026年9月1日号) - The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Comedy is the 1 September 2026 issue of BRUTUS, given over entirely to the routines of Japanese comedians.

In manzai, in conto sketches and in solo stand-up there are as many ways of being funny as there are comedians. To cover them, the magazine gathers the judgement of 127 working comedians, from newcomers to veterans, and asks each of them to point out the routines they come back to again and again. Published by Magazine House.

In this issue

• The main feature: the classic routines, the odd ones and the hilarious ones, chosen by 127 comedians.
• Kotake Seigikan talks to the duo New York about how they build their routines.
• Aikata miman: nine encounters between comedians from different duos, among them Milkboy and Kinzoku Bat, Nippon no Shacho and Long Coat Daddy, Sanshiro and Westland, Kamomentaru and Dow90000, Hanako and Kagaya, Tom Brown and Yarens.
• The costumes and props of famous sketches: Tomochika, Love Letters, Shizuru, Jarujaru and Kuki Kaidan.
• A glossary of comedy, by Akira Ishida (NON STYLE).
• Book in Book: a catalogue of 169 masterly routines picked by 92 comedians.
• Can comedy be learned? With Yoshizumi and Yukio Okada.
• Where to watch routines live, the history of the genre and an interview with the master The Bonchi after 55 years of manzai.
• 112 pages.

Original Japanese edition, without furigana.