Publisher A
Japanese: 茜新社
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There is another yaoi line called Ovis NOVELS, Akane Shinsha publishes yaoi novels under this line.
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Anthology: According to the publisher, the following are male oriented manga anthologies.
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Japanese: 曙出版
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Japanese: 秋田書店
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They also have full phonebooks for individual series like Shueisha.
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Japanese: アルケミスト
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Note that Alchemist is not actually a publisher of manga magazines (nor do they publish manga tankoubons). The simply started their own online light novel magazine.
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Japanese: あおば出版
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Japanese: 朝日新聞社
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In 2007, Asahi Sonorama was dissolved, and Asahi Shimbun took over the publication of Asahi Sonorama's manga magazines and light novels.
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Japanese: 朝日ソノラマ
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The magazine part of Asahi Publishing.
In 2007, Asahi Sonorama was dissolved, and Asahi Shimbun took over the publication of Asahi Sonorama's manga magazines and light novels.
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Publisher B
Japanese: ビブロス
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B-Boy WEB - Biblos' manga/magazine site, defunct after Biblos' bankruptcy, and was later revived by Libre Publishing.
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Publishers "Hekitensha," "Biblos" and "Highland" File for Bankruptcy
- Translated by Neuroretardant
Hekitensha, a publishing company which dealt primarily with joint publications and self-financed works, had ceased operations around the middle of last month, and filed for bankruptcy on the 31st of March. This started off a chain reaction which resulted in two other publishers filing for bankruptcy protection effective April 5th in Tokyo District Court: Biblos, an affiliate company that handled Boy's Love publications and which Hiroaki Yamamoto, president of Hekitensha, was the CEO of, and Highland, a creditor company which also dealt with Boy's Love material. There is no word yet on what will happen to other affiliate companies of Hekitensha, such as the e-book publisher Bibloport.
Each company will hold a creditors' meeting on the 6th and 13th of April, respectively. At this time, whether or not publications, magazines, and editorial staff from each company will be passed on to other companies is not clear. We will keep you posted about any updates to the situation.
Source: Ultimatum
Additional links:
- Shinbunka
- Bunka Tsuushin
- Mainichi News
- Yomiuri Online
Addendum:
The bankruptcy filing of Biblos came as a shock to many, as it had been in the spotlight frequently last year, holding the first annual National Otaku Exams in July 2005, then debuting a new magazine titled "Otaku Elite," which featured Democratic Party of Japan representative Yukio Hatoyama (Wiki ) on the inaugural cover and included preview questions for the second Otaku Exams.
According to a company spokesman, the company had deficits in the range of 2 billion yen ($17 million US); also, apparently the publishing arm of the company was actually profitable, but due to other factors such as the struggling performances of affiliate companies, cash flows had been limited for some time.
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Yamane Ayano, who has several series published under the label, talks about the bankruptcy. [ Translation of the Story ]
Anime News Network has contact several US publishers regarding the bankruptcy:
We contacted Tokyopop, Be Beautiful (Central Park Media), Kitty Media and Digital Manga Publishing regarding how the Biblos bankruptcy would affect their publishing.Tokyopop informed us that it is currently too early for them to comment on the situation as they only received word of the bankruptcy earlier today.
Stephanie Shalovsky of Central Park Media stated, "We are sorry to hear the news, they were great people to work with. We're not certain what is going to happen with Biblos, but hopefully we're going to be able to work with them in the future. In the meantime there's no impact on our release schedule and what we're going to be doing." CPM publishes several Biblos titles, including Kizuna, under their Be Beautiful label.
Similarly, Frank Pannone, Managing Editor at Kitty Media stated, "Biblos was the leader in Yaoi romance and the licensor of our best-selling Yaoi properties, Level C and Skyscrapers of Oz. This will not effect the publishing of any titles that have been announced. The titles that we have already published will remain in print at least until the contracts expire. And then we will look into whatever options there are to renew." ...But, I'm Your Teacher and the sixth and final volume of Level C have already been printed and are due to be released this month, I Can't Stop Loving You is due out in July and October.
Rachel Livingston of Digital Manga Publishing informed us, "Titles already released we will continue reprinting. For ongoing titles like Our Kingdom (currently at volume 6 in Japan), we're not entirely sure of the status of those, but we're going to strive to pick them up regardless of who has them even if we have to deal with the original authors or other publishers."
MangaCast has posted some additional information on the Biblos Bankruptcy. Zakzak also reports that following the bankruptcy is a potential rush to grab former titles/personnel/editorial staff/etc.
According to Yomiuri Online, due to the recent bankruptcy of Hetensha, the publication of works from over 250 authors has been halted. Currently there is the possibility that the publishing fees (several hundred thousand yens) will not be returned to the authors, resulting in the authors feeling "cheated."
Libre Publishing has picked up the Be x Boy line after Biblos' bankruptcy.
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Japanese: BROCCOLI
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On November 27, 2003 Jive acquired a 51.7 percent share of Broccoli Co., Ltd. which operates animated character shops and distributes character goods and trading cards to agents.
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Japanese: ぶんか社
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Mostly josei manga (housewives, horror stories).
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Publisher C
Japanese: クロエ出版
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Japanese: 中央公論新社
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Japanese: コアミックス
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Japanese: コアマガジン
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Bishoujo manga magazines are pornographic manga magazines (seijin manga magazines), even though the publisher is listing them as bishoujo manga magazines.
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Japanese: 大都社
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Japanese: デジマ
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Digima ceased operation after suspending its free manga magazine Comic Gumbo: "the first free weekly manga magazine in Japan. It reportedly sustained losses of 200 million yen (about US$2 million)." From ANN:
According to the Teikoku Databank market research firm, the manga startup company Digima ceased operations the same day it published the last issue of Comic Gumbo, the first free weekly manga magazine in Japan. It reportedly sustained losses of 200 million yen (about US$2 million). Digima had just been established as a company in August of 2006. It attempted to reach its target audience of 20- to 34-year-old students and businessmen by initially distributing 100,000 magazine copies every week, primarily near train and subway stations and at Internet and manga cafés in the Tokyo area. Its website is still active, although some features are reportedly disabled.
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Japanese: ドリームメーカー
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Publisher E
Japanese: イーグルパブリシング
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Released two moe-related products on 6/23/2006.
From the Moe Weapons Development Committee comes the Moe Moe Weapons Encylopedia. Over 50 different weapons will be introduced to readers by beautiful girls drawn by 17 different artists. [ Sample ]
From the Moe Arms Development Committee comes the Moe Moe Arms Encyclopedia. Also drawn by many artists, the Arms Encyclopedia will feature many firearms, including AK-47, Beretta M92, Colt M1911, and more. [ Sample ]
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Japanese: 英知出版
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With the bankruptcy of its parent company "TK Partners", its business was stopped on March 30th, 2007.
Japanese: エンターブレイン
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Absorbed by the Kadokawa Holdings group. Prints quite a few video game magazines. i.e. Famitsu
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Publisher F
Japanese: フレックスコミックス
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FlexComix Blood - Flex Comix's online free web comic magazine. serializes shounen manga.
FlexComix Blood Official Blog
FlexComix Flare - Flex Comix's online free web comic magazine. serializes shoujo manga.
FlexComix Flare Official Blog
FlexComix Next - Flex Comix's online free web comic magazine. serializes seinen manga.
FlexComix Next Official Blog
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A manga production company that creates original manga for the web, mobile phones and print collections for worldwide distribution.
The publisher has three free web comic magazines: FlexComix Blood, which serializes shounen manga, FlexComix Flare, which serializes shoujo manga, and FlexComix Next, which serializes seinen manga.
Flex Comix's manga is serialized online on the free web magazines FlexComix Blood, FlexComix Flare, and FlexComix Next before being published in tankoubon form under their comic imprint Flex Comix. Many manga series that used to be serialized in Shounen Blood and the online webzine Web★Blood have moved to FlexComix Blood.
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Japanese: フォックス出版 (FOX出版)
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Japanese: フランス書院
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Japanese: フロム出版
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Japanese: Frontier Works Inc.
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Japanese: 富士見書房
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Japanese: 古川書房
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Japanese: ふゅーじょんぷろだくと
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Japanese: 双葉社
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Japanese: 二見書房
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Publisher G
Japanese: 学習研究社
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E-animedia - Gakken's manga magazine site.
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Japanese: 幻冬舎
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Gentosha-Comics - Gentosha's comic site.
Gentosha EN - English version of Gentosha website.
Web Comic GENZO - Gentosha's free web manga magazine.
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Japanese: グリーンアロー出版社
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Publisher H
Japanese: 白泉社
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Japanese: ハーレクイン・エンタープライズ
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Japanese: ハーヴェスト出版
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Japanese: 早川書房
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Japanese: 平和出版
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Heiwa Shuppan Declares Bankruptcy:
It's being reported widely in Japan that Heiwa Shuppan has gone bankrupt as of December 5th. The publisher is well known for it's adult manga and pachinko magazines. Supporting the notion, several hentai manga titles distributed online through LEED publishing's V.Wave have been discontinued on the same date. You can view a list of those titles at the link.
The company was established in December, 1965 and maintains a capital of 10 million Yen, headed by President Kenji Fujiwara. Staff includes: 24 employees at last count. Debt is about one billion Yen. Magazines published also include some car tuning rags such as "Drift Machine And Super Tuning". Comic related magazines included "T.A.T.u Art Catalog" and "Hanshin Yuushou Special".
A 2 billion 142 million Yen annual turnover was last announced for the fiscal period ending in September, 2004. It's said the company's debt load rose from the purchase of a five story corporate headquarters building in November,1995. Struggling also with establishing a hit property, the headquarters building was sold on November 7th this year along with the copyrights etc. of several magazines. Although the funds raised through those efforts was applied to fight the debt, inactive sales continued. Bankruptcy procedures are now underway and relations are being persued with related companies to continue business.
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Japanese: ヒット出版社
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Japanese: HobbyJAPAN Co.,Ltd.
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Japanese: HOME-SHA
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Home-Sha mainly publishes non-fiction, but they also release some collections and anthologies.
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Japanese: 芳文社
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Kirara - A list of Houbunsha's publications.
web HANAOTO - Yaoi.
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Japanese: 一迅社
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Japanese: 一水社
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Publisher J
Japanese: 実業之日本社
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Japanese: ジャイブ
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Broccoli Official Homepage - On November 27, 2003 Jive acquired a 51.7 percent share of Broccoli Co., Ltd. which operates animated character shops and distributes character goods and trading cards to agents.
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Jive Ltd. is part of the Takara group of companies (in which Konami has invested).
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Publisher K
Japanese: 角川書店
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Japanese: 海王社
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Japanese: 笠倉出版社
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Japanese: 河出書房新社
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Kawade Shobo Shinsha English Page
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No phonebooks.
Japanese: キルタイムコミュニケーション
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Publishes adult novels and manga.
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Japanese: 近代映画社
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Movies, acting/actors.
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Japanese: 講談社
Kodansha Company, Limited
Address: Otowa 2-12-21 Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan
12-8001
Tel: 03-3945-1111
Founded: 11/1909
President: Nomura Sachiko
Publisher - Kodanasha (Magazines, Encyclopedias, fiction, non-fiction, manga...), Koubunsha (magazines, manga, novels, art books...)
Internet - MouRa news/ent portal; MiChao! Online Manga Portal
Film/Music - King Records
News Media - Nikkan Gendai {tabloid} (Tokyo/Osaka/Sapporo/Nagoya)
Partners:
Disney - Advertising at Tokyo Disneyland/Publish Montly Disneyland Magazine
Random House - Random House Kodansha (Joint Venture publishing)
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Kodansha Comic Plus (KC+) - Comic portal website.
KodanClub - Kodansha's English manga/magazine website.
Kodansha Ad Station - Magazine information.
Kodansha Book Club - Official Manga Shop.
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Manga Released in North America:
ADV Manga
Cromartie High School
CPM Press
Weather Woman
Dark Horse
3 X 3 Eyes
Akira
Blade of the Immortal (aka: Mugen no Jyuunin)
Cannon God eXaXXion
Chronowar
Club 9 (aka: Heba! Haroo-chan)
EDEN
Endou Hiroki Shorts Collection
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2 ~Man-Machine Interface~
Gunsmith Cats Dark Horse
Gunsmith Cats Revised
Gunsmith Cats: Burst
Legend of Mother Sarah
Oh My Goddess!
Oh My Goddess! ~Adventures of the Mini-Goddess~
Ohikkoshi
Seraphic Feather
Shadow Star (aka: Naru Taru)
Space Pinchy
Spirit of Wonder
What's Michael
You're Under Arrest
Del Rey
A Perfect Day for Love Letters (aka: Koifumi-biyori)
Air Gear
Basilisk
ES ~Eternal Sabbath~
Free Collars Kingdom
Gacha Gacha
Genshiken
Ghost Hunt
Gundam SEED
GuruGuru Pon-chan
KageTora
Kitchen Princess
Kouga Ninja Scrolls (Basilisk Novel)
Kurogane
Love Roma
Mahou Sensei Negima!
Mamotte!! Lolipop
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
Mobile Gundam Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Mushishi
Nodame Cantabile
Othello
Parasyte (WideBan)
Pastel Del Rey
Q-ko-chan
School Rumble
Shugo Chara
Sugar Sugar Rune
Suzuka
Tsubasa
Wallflower
XXXHolic
Digital Manga
EduManga Series
TOKYOPOP
A.I. Love You (aka: A.I. ga Tomaranai)
Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade
Baby Birth
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
Blame!
Boys Be (aka: Boys Be… Second Season)
Cardcaptor Sakura
Chobits
Clover
Confidential Confessions
Confidential Confessions: Deai
Culdcept
Dead End (aka: The End)
Deus Vitae
Dragon Head
Dragon Voice
Dream Saga
Et Cetera
FLCL
GetBackers
Girl Got Game (aka: POWER!!)
GTO
Harlem Beat
Heat Guy J
Heaven!!
Ice Blade
Initial D
Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts (aka: Otona ni Nuts)
Jing: King of Bandits
Jing: King Of Bandits ~Twilight Tales~
Juline
Kamichama Karin
KamiKaze
Kindaichi Case Files, the
Kirara Princess
Life
Love Hina
Love Hina (novel)
Magic Knight Rayearth
MARS
MARS: Horse With No Name
Metroid
Mink (Cyber-Idol Mink)
Miracle Girls
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: The Last Outpost
Mobile Suit Gundam: Blue Destiny
Parasyte
Peach Girl
Peach Girl: Change of Heart
Peach Girl: Sae’s Story
Petite Cossette
Pixie Pop (aka: Gokkun Pucho)
Planetes
Psychic Academy
Rose Hip Rose
Rave Master
Rebound (Harlem Beat vol. 12+)
Remote
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon Stars
Sailor Moon SuperS
Saint Tail
Sakura Taisen
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Shaolin Sisters
Shaolin Sisters: Reborn
Shonan Junai Gumi!
Smuggler
STONe
Telepathic Wanderers (aka: Nanase)
Tokyo Mew Mew
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode
Tramps like Us (aka: Kimi wa Pet)
Ultra Cute (aka: UruKyu)
Voices of a Distant Star
Warriors of Tao
Zodiac P.I. (aka: Junikyu de Tsukamaete)
Viz Media
Adolf
BeyBlade
Big O
Flowers and Bees
Phoenix
Vagabond
Wolf’s Rain
Japanese: コーエー
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Video game publisher and developer.
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Japanese: 小池書院
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Mostly manga written by Kazuo Koike (Lone Wolf, Crying Freeman), manga artists vary.
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Japanese: 光彩書房
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Japanese: 黒田出版興文社
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Publisher L
Japanese: リーフ出版
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On April 9th, Leaf Shuppan posted an official statement on its homepage announcing that it has filed for bankruptcy on the 9th of April.
According to Icarus Blog:
Yuuhi Publishing, described as a "major publisher of BL novels," has fired off its entire staff without warning...
*Yuuhi publishes BL novels under the imprints "Leaf" and "Ai."
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Japanese: リイド社
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Famous for its long running manga, Golgo 13, as well as many other seinen manga.
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Japanese: リブレ出版
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Libre Publishing has picked up the Be x Boy line after Biblos' bankruptcy.
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Japanese: メディアワークス
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Was renamed from MediaWorks to ASCII Media Works.
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A relatively new publisher compared to its competitors. A lot of ADV's manga was licensed from Mag Garden.
In July 2007, Production I.G. announced that it will acquire manga publisher Mag Garden on December 1st, 2007 through a stock swap.
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Japanese: マガジン・マガジン
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June Comics - June is run/owned by Magazine Magazine.
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Both Magazine Magazine and Sun Shuppan are owned by Sun Publishing Corporation.
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Japanese: メディアファクトリー
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Japanese: メディアボーイ
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Japanese: モエールパブリッシング
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Japanese: ムービック
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Anime, game and character entertainment enterprise.
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Japanese: モビーダ・エンターテインメント
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In charge of editorial and publication of Shounen Blood.
Japanese: マイウェイ出版
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Japanese: 日本文芸社
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Japanese: 日東書院本社
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Japanese: オークラ出版
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Publishes yaoi manga and novels for young women, also prints doujinshi.
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