Publisher A
Japanese: アスキー・メディアワークス
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Dengekiya
Dengeki Online
Mahou no Island - ASCII Media Works's subsidiary company which manages a cellular phone novel site.
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Kadokawa Group Holdings merged ASCII (アスキー) and MediaWorks (メディアワークス) to create
"ASCII Media Works". The merger was done on April 1st, 2008.
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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: アルファポリス
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Japanese: あおば出版
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Japanese: 朝日新聞社
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Official Site 1
Official Site 2
Asahi Comic Online - Asahi Shimbun's comic site
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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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Japanese: 飛鳥新社
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Publisher B
Japanese: バンダイビジュアル
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On April 1st, 2011, Emotion was merged into Bandai Visual. With the merger Bandai Visual took over the publication of the comic imprint Emotion Comics, and took over the handling of the web comic publication on the web manga magazine site "Web Comic Gekkin" and the mobile comic site "Shuu 2 Comic Gekkin".
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Japanese: Bbmfマガジン (ビービーエムエフマガジン)
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The name of the company used to be Green Arrow Shuppansha (グリーンアロー出版社). In April 2009 its name was changed to Bbmf Magazine.
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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.
Additional Resources:
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: ブライト出版
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Publishes bl manga tankoubon and bl manga anthologies.
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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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Japanese: 白夜書房
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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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A company that edits manga magazines. It edited Shinchosha's manga magazine Comic Bunch and Raijin Comics, and currently edits Comic Bunch's succession manga magazines Monthly Comic@Bunch and Monthly Comic Zenon.
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: コスミック出版
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Japanese: シュベール出版
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A publisher of adult manga. It got bankrupt on April 10th, 2003. A subsidiary company of Leed who specialized in the publication of adult manga. The company was integrated into Leed in April 2003.
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Publisher D
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: アース・スターエンターテイメント
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Movies, music planning and production. Footage and music planning, production, selling, purchasing and copyrighting. Training and management of entertainment talents and artists. Export and distribution of copyrighted movies. Photo book publishing business, etc. The company was established on June 5th, 2006.
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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: イースト・プレス
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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: エモーション
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Bandai Namco's subsidiary company which used to handle web comic publication on the web manga magazine site "Web Comic Gekkin" and the mobile comic site "Shuu 2 Comic Gekkin". On April 1st, 2011, the company was merged into Bandai Visual, which took over the handling of "Web Comic Gekkin" and "Shuu 2 Comic Gekkin".
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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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Started publishing the digital manga magazine Age Premium on August 9th, 2011.
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Japanese: 富士美出版
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S2COMIX - Bishoujo comic comprehensive information site.
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Part of the Tatsumi Group.
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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: ジーウォーク
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Publishes adult manga magazines and adult manga anthologies. It also publishes the adult digital comic magazine Plum DX.
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Japanese: ジービー
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Publishes manga and books on Japanese culture and art.
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Japanese: ジーオーティー
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Publishes adult men's magazines and photobooks.
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Japanese: 学研パブリッシング
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The company was established on 1946 as "Gakushuu Kenkyuusha" (学習研究社, abbreviated as Gakken). On October 1st, 2009 the company was reorganized, and its name was changed to "Gakken Publishing" (学研パブリッシング).
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Gakken Holdings
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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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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Official Site (english)
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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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From ANS:
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: ホビージャパン
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Japanese: ホーム社 (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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Japanese: ジュネット
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June-NET site was run/owned by Magazine Magazine. In 2008 the June-NET publishing company who runs/owns the site got established. It publishes BL(boys love) related material (BL magazines and mooks, BL manga and novels). Magazine Magazine, Sun Shuppan and June-NET are owned by Sun Shuppan Group.
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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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Kill Time Communication's Blog
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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.
Kodansha International - Kodansha's subsidiary company.
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Started the digital literary magazine BOX-AiR in cooperation with the digital book "AiR" (エア) and STARCHILD on February 4th, 2011.
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Japanese: 講談社インターナショナル
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Kodansha's subsidiary company that was founded in 1963. It dealt with the publication of english translated Japanese books. The company closed down at the end of April 2011.
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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: 久保書店
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Shares the same website as Amatoriasha.
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Japanese: 黒田出版興文社
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Japanese: 京都アニメーション
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Animation production company that was established in 1981.
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Publisher L
Japanese: リーフ出版
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On April 9th, 2007 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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Publisher M
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: マッグガーデン
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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 was run/owned by Magazine Magazine, before June-NET took over in 2008.
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It formerly published the WOoooo gravure and manga magazines, which are currently being published by Sun Shuppan. Magazine Magazine, Sun Shuppan and June-NET are owned by Sun Shuppan Group.
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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: メディエイション
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Japanese: メディアックス
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Mostly publishes adult and BL manga. It also publishes some general targeted manga. Started the adult web manga magazine Comic Situation Play on June 14th, 2010.
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Japanese: ミリオン出版
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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: マイウェイ出版
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Publisher N
Japanese: 日本文芸社
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Japanese: 日東書院本社
Japanese: ノース・スターズ・ピクチャーズ
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The company was established on July 28th, 2004 by Coamix for copyright management and anime production.
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Publisher O
Japanese: オーバーラップ
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Established on March 1st, 2012. The company engages in anime, game, publication, and music planning and production.
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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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Japanese: オークス
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In March 2010, the publisher started the publication of the adult digital manga magazine Comic XO ZETU! (a renewal of Comic XO magazine), and started the publication of another two adult digital manga magazines in July 2010; the Karyou Gakuen Shotoubu magazine which was turned into a digital magazine, and Karyou Sakura Gumi Etsu magazine.
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Japanese: 宙(おおぞら)出版
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Japanese: 桜桃書房
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Publisher P
Japanese: PHP研究所
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Japanese: パラダイム
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Publishes novels based on bishoujo games.
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Japanese: ぺんぎん書房
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Penguin Shobo Declares Bankruptcy, Comic Seed To Cease Publication:
The following excerpt was posted on the blog of Kizuki Akira, author of the manga "Yoiko no Mirai!" currently running in Comic Seed, a free online monthly manga anthology published by Penguin Shobo:
Regarding the Bankruptcy of Penguin Shobo and My Future
I received permission to make a public announcement today: as some of you are undoubtedly aware, Penguin Shobo, the publisher for whom I write, has declared bankruptcy.
It came as a surprise to everyone: I myself only found out about it last weekend.
As a result, Comic Seed will cease publication after this month's issue. Staff are still working hard without pay, but there are currently no prospects of the magazine starting back up again.
Comic Seed is slated to go offline within the next 2 to 3 days. Comic Seed itself was profitable, but regrettably it ended up being taken down along with its parent company, Penguin Shobo.
The following notice also appeared on Comic Seed's website:
Notice of Suspension of Publication
We apologize for the abrupt news, but due to the liquidation of Penguin Shobo Publishing, Comic Seed will cease publication. Effective Thursday, November 3rd, all content will be erased from this site, and Comic Seed will no longer be available for viewing. We thank the support that you, the readers, have given us for over 3 years since our inception.
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Japanese: ピクト・プレス
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Japanese: ポプラ社
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Japanese: プランタン出版
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Japanese: ライスリバー
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Japanese: 林檎プロモーション
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Japanese: ソフトバンククリエイティブ
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Japanese: 彩文館出版
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Japanese: 三和出版
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Japanese: スコラマガジン
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Scholar Magazine is the publisher of a male-oriented magazine called Scholar, which has nothing to do with the publisher Scholar.
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Japanese: 星海社
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Japanese: セブン新社
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Japanese: 嶋中書店
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Established on 17/4/1985.
Dissolution of the company started on January 10, 2007.
Publications:
Shimanaka Bunko Series
Island Comics Primo Series
Island Comics Primo SPECIAL Series
Island Comics Primo Select Series
Miscellaneous books, historical books and translation of books.
From ANS (01/20/2007):
Japanese publishing house Shimanaka has announced putting steps in motion to begin the dissolution of the company as of January 10th. Degrading sales are cited as the reason. Shimanaka was known for printing its "Island Comics Primo" masterpiece series of manga reprints by authors including Shotaro Shotaro Ishinomori, Fujiko F Fujio, Reiji Matstumoto, Monkey Punch, Go Nagai and others.
Japanese: 新潮社
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Japanese: 新紀元社
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Japanese: 心交社
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Publishes the BL digital manga magazine moca*cute.
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Japanese: 新風舎 (Shinpuusha, Singpoosha)
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Japanese: 新書館
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Started the publication of the digital full color ecchi manga magazine Koi☆Hime (Koi-hime) on March 3rd, 2009.
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Japanese: 祥伝社
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Japanese: 小学館
Shogakukan Inc
Address: Hitotsubashi 2-3-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
101-8001
Tel： 03-3230-5211
Founded: 1922年
President: Ouga Masahiro (相賀昌宏)
Publisher: magazines, fiction, non-fiction, manga, dictionary
Media: TV - ShoPro Entertainment; Film - Shogakukan Productions Co.,Ltd.; DVD - Shogakukan DVD Book
Awards: Shogakukan Manga Awards
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Shueisha: Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States.
Shueisha/Hakusensha/President-sha/Sodensha: Hitotsubashi Group of publishers that formed from Shogakukan.
S-book.com: Online book, magazine, DVD retailer
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Shogakukan Online - Shogakukan English site.
Comics - Shagakukan manga news site.
MangaTengoku - Official Manga Portal.
Netkun - Magazines for young kids. Work books and comics, with games and fun crafty projects that gets increasingly complex and more mature with the appropriate school year level.
Gagaga-Lululu - 2 lines of light novels. Gagaga: Shounen light novels; Lululu: Shoujo light novels.
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Japanese: 少年画報社
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Japanese: 集英社
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s-manga.net - Shueisha's flash website for manga, includes previews of upcoming manga and magazine.
Comics - Shueisha's manga news site.
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Japanese: 主婦と生活社
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Japanese: 主婦の友社
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Japanese: 創美社
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Printing by Shueisha.
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Japanese: 綜合図書
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Part of the Tatsumi Group.
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Japanese: ソニー・マガジンズ
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Japanese anime production company We've Inc. has announced that it will purchase Sony Magazine's division that's responsible for publishing magazine and books. The price of the acquisition has not been announced.
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Japanese: 蒼竜社
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S2COMIX - Bishoujo comic comprehensive information site.
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Japanese: スクエアエニックス
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GanGan Online - Free web magazine that serializes manga and light novels. The magazine started in October 2008.
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Japanese: サン出版
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Magazine Magazine, Sun Shuppan and June-NET are owned by Sun Shuppan Group.
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Japanese: ティーアイネット
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Japanese: 大誠社
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Japanese: 大洋図書
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Publishes the light novel guide book "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!".
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Japanese: 竹書房
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Comics - Take Shobo manga page.
Kinda Main - Main site for Take Shobo's Kinda series of magazine.
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Japanese: 辰巳出版
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S2COMIX - Bishoujo comic comprehensive information site.
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Part of the Tatsumi Group.
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Japanese: 桃園書房
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Went bankrupted in mid-2007:
Shinbunka reports that Touen Shobo (Toen Shobo) has closed its business on August 31st. According to the report, Touen Shobo notified their lenders regarding an adjustment of their debts on August 24th.
Toen Shobo has been making many changes to their books and magazines in recently years, and has sold many properties to keep their financial results stable. Later Toen Shobo proposed a "reconstruction plan" that involved getting rid of the division in charge of publishing adult contents, reducing employees and employment costs, disposing bad inventories, cutting down the debt by 90%, etc. Some magazines were also sold to other publishers. In early August, rumors began circulating on the web that the publisher is bankrupt.
Japanese: 徳間書店
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Japanese: 東京漫画社
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Publishes general books and comics, and boy's love comics.
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Japanese: 東京三世社
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Publishes adult magazines for males.
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Japanese: 冬水社
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Japanese: 潮出版社
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They have two imprints, Kibo Comics and Usio Manga Shuppansha Bunkyo.
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Japanese: ビジュアルアーツ
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Visual novels publishing company. Started publishing light novels under the light novel label "VA Bunko" on October 2008.
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Japanese: 若生出版
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Publishes men's magazines that consist of: monthly true story (jitsuwa) magazines, monthly manga magazines and monthly gravure magazines. The publisher also edits and issues adult oriented tankoubons.
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They have a couple of trend/fashion magazines and one manga magazine (Mahoromatic and some seinen softcore hentai series were based off of Wani Books manga).
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Men's Corner - Men's manga magazines (also non-manga magazines).
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Japanese: 吉本興業株式会社
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Yoshimoto Kogyo created Yoshimoto Books, which handles the publication of Comic Yoshimoto.
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Japanese: 雄出版
