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Gangan Comics
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', '' Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and '' Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immoral Guild
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taichi Kawazoe. It has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' since June 2017, with its chapters collected into 15 volumes as of March 2025. An anime television series adaptation by TNK (company), TNK aired from October to December 2022. Plot Kikuru Madan, the strongest hunter in the Mebuki Town Guild, is worried that he is wasting his youth hunting monsters. He plans on retiring from his current line of work in order to pursue college and relationships, but the guild receptionist, Enome, convinces him to go on a quest with a new martial artist named Hitamu Kyan. However, Hitamu proves to be unskilled in fighting monsters and is attracting them instead with her mana, which causes them to latch onto her in erotic ways. Kikuru decides to put his retirement on hold to train her and the others who join the party so that they can succeed him. Characters ; : :Kikuru is a 20-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enix
was a Japanese multimedia publisher who handled and oversaw video games, manga, guidebooks, and merchandise. It was founded in 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as Eidansha Boshu Service Center, initially as a tabloid publisher and later attempting to branch into real estate management. Beginning in 1982, Enix began publishing video games. Notable early collaborators were designers Yuji Horii and Koichi Nakamura, artist Akira Toriyama, and composer Koichi Sugiyama. Horii, Nakamura, Toriyama, and Sugiyama would all work on the 1986 role playing video game '' Dragon Quest'' for the Family Computer; one of the earliest successful RPGs for consoles, it spawned a franchise of the same name which remained Enix's best-known product. They would gain notoriety as a publisher for several studios and their properties including tri-Ace, Tose, Chunsoft and Quintet. It also founded the '' Gangan Comics'' imprint family, and created international subsidiaries or partnerships related to te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Eater (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, each consisting of a weapon meister and at least one human that can transform into a weapon. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigami, the personification of death, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. The manga was preceded by three separate one-shots published by Square Enix in 2003; the first two published in two '' Gangan Powered'' special editions and the last one in '' Gangan Wing''. ''Soul Eater'' was regularly serialized in Square Enix's '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' magazine from May 2004 to August 2013. Its chapters were collected in 25 volumes. A 51-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Bones was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2008 to March 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy Lost Stranger
''Final Fantasy Lost Stranger'' is a Japanese manga series written by Hazuki Minase and illustrated by Itsuki Kameya. It began serialization in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' in July 2017. The series features an original story set in the world of ''Final Fantasy''. Synopsis The series focuses on Square Enix employee Shogo Sasaki, who has been a fan of ''Final Fantasy'' since his childhood and dreams of one day making his own game in the franchise. One day, he and his sister Yuko were killed in a collision with a truck. They later woke up in another world reminiscent of that of ''Final Fantasy''. Publication Written by Hazuki Minase and illustrated by Itsuki Kameya, ''Final Fantasy Lost Stranger'' was first announced during the 30th anniversary event of the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise on January 31, 2017. The series was announced to be the first manga of the franchise to have an original story not connected to previous games. It began serial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classroom For Heroes
is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Shin Araki and illustrated by Haruyuki Morisawa. Shueisha have published fifteen volumes since January 2015 under their Dash X Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Takashi Minakuchi titled ''Eiyū Kyōshitsu: Honoo no Empress'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Ultra Jump'' between February and August 2015 and was collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume. A second manga adaptation with art by Koara Kishida titled as the light novel has been serialized via Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' since September 2016. It has been collected in twenty ''tankōbon'' volumes. The light novel is licensed by Yen Press. The second manga is licensed digitally in North America by Comikey under the title ''Hero Classroom''. An anime television series adaptation by Actas aired from July to September 2023. Plot A long time ago, a hero defeated a demon lord who was terrorizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Gangan Wing
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', '' Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit'', '' Nabari no Ou'', '' Inu x Boku SS'', '' The Case Study of Vanitas'' and ''Soul Eater''. The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as , and , which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting any or in the magazine name and inserting directly after the word ''Gangan''. Anthologies ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' (since 1991) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages. ''Shōnen Gangan'' was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Shōnen Jump
was a shōnen manga magazine which was published monthly in Japan by Shueisha from 1970 to 2007 under the '' Jump'' line of magazines. It was the sister magazine to ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. History The ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' magazine started as a spin-off issue of ''Weekly Jump'' called ''Bessatsu Shōnen Jump''. The second spin-off issue was called ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'', which caught on and became its own separate independent manga magazine. Shōnen manga magazines in Japan in the 1980s focused on bishōjo characters, and ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' stood out due to the many product and toy tie-ins it had during that period and into the 1990s. An off-shoot, ''Hobby's Jump'', was published for 16 issues from 1983 to 1988. Another spin-off ''Go!Go! Jump'' was a collaboration between its sister magazine ''Weekly Jump'' and ''Monthly Jump''; it was published in 2005 and was only published once. On 22 February 2007, Shueisha announced that ''Monthly Jump'' would cease publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Shōnen Magazine
is a monthly shōnen manga magazine published in Japan by Kodansha. It was launched in 1964 under the name . In 1969 it was retitled as and its publication frequency increased from quarterly to monthly. After suspension in 1974 it started publishing again, in 1975 it was renamed as current magazine title. It had a supplement magazine called ''Shōnen Magazine R'', which launched in 2015. The magazine originally published a new issue once every two months, until it became a digital-only magazine in October 2019 with a monthly schedule. In January 2023, ''Shōnen Magazine R'' ceased publication. In February 2023, a new web publication called ''Getsu Maga Kichi'' (''Monthly Magazine Base'') replaced ''Shōnen Magazine R''. __TOC__ Manga series Currently running manga series Completed series 1970s *'' Spider-Man: The Manga'' (writers Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai, illustrator Ryoichi Ikegami) (January 1970 – September 1971) 1980s * ( Kei Sadayasu) (February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
