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Ichijinsha
is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a public company and moved from merely editing to now being a publishing company. In December 2001, a publishing company was formed named Issaisha which started the shōjo manga magazine '' Monthly Comic Zero Sum''. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company. In October 2016, Ichijinsha was acquired by Kodansha and became its wholly owned subsidiary. Magazines published *''Febri'' (formerly ''Chara''☆''Mel'') *'' Comic Rex'' *'' Monthly Comic Zero Sum'' *''Comic Yuri Hime'' *''gateau'' *''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE Plus+'', renewal of ''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE'' Defunct magazines *''Comic Yuri Hime S'' *'' Waai!'' *'' Waai! Mahalo'' *'' ...
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Waai!
is a Japanese manga magazine which was published by Ichijinsha from April 24, 2010 to February 25, 2014, for 16 issues. The manga in ''Waai!'' focus on male characters who engage in cross-dressing, willingly or due to circumstance; the magazine also includes articles, interviews, and reviews. Its sister magazine was published for 6 issues from April 25, 2012 to December 25, 2013, and only contains manga. The main magazine started as a special issue of the publisher's '' Monthly Comic Rex'', before getting spun out as a separate publication. The creation of the magazine was pushed for by its editor-in-chief, Toshinaga Hijikata, a cross-dresser and writer of books about cross-dressing, who aimed to create a magazine with wider appeal than the more sexual cross-dressing magazines that came before it. Manga featured in the magazines include one-shots and series, which often combine the cross-dressing conceit with themes of gay male romance and societal rules of femininity; among ...
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Ichijinsha
is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a public company and moved from merely editing to now being a publishing company. In December 2001, a publishing company was formed named Issaisha which started the shōjo manga magazine '' Monthly Comic Zero Sum''. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company. In October 2016, Ichijinsha was acquired by Kodansha and became its wholly owned subsidiary. Magazines published *''Febri'' (formerly ''Chara''☆''Mel'') *'' Comic Rex'' *'' Monthly Comic Zero Sum'' *''Comic Yuri Hime'' *''gateau'' *''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE Plus+'', renewal of ''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE'' Defunct magazines *''Comic Yuri Hime S'' *'' Waai!'' *'' Waai! Mahalo'' *'' ...
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Monthly Comic Zero Sum
is a ''josei'' manga magazine published by Ichijinsha is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga ... and launched since March 28, 2002 (the May 2002 issue). Its volumes usually contain over 600 pages and tackles a variety of genres, with well-known manga like '' Saiyuki Reload'', '' Amatsuki'', '' 07-Ghost'' and '' Loveless'' often making appearances in its pages. A special ''shōjo'' manga edition called was published starting in August 2003. It ceased publication in May 2015. Serialized manga ''Monthly Comic Zero Sum'' *''Ransetsuki'' *''Shōnen Hakaryūdo'' *''#000000 ~ultra black~'' *''+C Sword and Cornett'' *'' 07-Ghost'' *''Ada Senki'' *''Ai Ni Toshi no Sanante'' *''Absorb Ability'' *''Sai no Kami'' *'' Amatsuki'' *''Are you Alice?'' *'' Ayaka: Muzzle Flash Back' ...
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Comic Yuri Hime S
was a quarterly '' yuri'' manga magazine published by Ichijinsha. The first issue was published on June 18, 2007. It was the sister magazine of ''Comic Yuri Hime is a Japanese manga anthology magazine published by Ichijinsha. It began as a quarterly publication in July 2005, but was issued bimonthly on odd months from January 2011 to December 2016, when it became monthly. Kanako Umezawa has served as ''C ...''. The contributors were mostly '' shōnen'' and '' seinen'' manga authors. The magazine is aimed at male readers, and included '' moe'' elements. In 2010 it was merged with ''Comic Yuri Hime''. Serialized manga *'' Cassiopeia Dolce'' *'' Honey Crush'' *'' Flower Flower'' *'' Konohana Kitan'' *'' Konohana Link'' *'' Marriage Black'' *'' Minus Literacy'' *'' Nanami to Misuzu'' *'' Otomeiro StayTune'' *'' Otome Kikan Gretel'' (discontinued) *'' Wife and Wife'' *'' YuruYuri'' References External links ''Comic Yuri Hime S official website Readership data for ''Comic Yuri ...
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Comic Rex
is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Ichijinsha. The first issue was sold on December 9, 2005, and is sold monthly on the ninth. Manga collected into bound volumes which were serialized in this magazine are published under Ichijinsha's imprint. The four-panel comic strip magazine ''Manga 4koma Kings Palette'' started as a special edition of ''Comic Rex'' before becoming an independent magazine, as did the cross-dressing-themed manga magazine ''Waai!''. Serialized titles *'' 30-sai no Hoken Taiiku'' *''Appli-Trap'' *''Arknights: Operators!'' *''Black Sweep Sisters'' *''Boku ga Josō shite Hīte mitara Baresō na Ken'' *'' Bus Gamer'' *''Cylcia=Code'' *''Cynthia the Mission'' *''Dear Emily...'' *''Eden*'' *''Engaged to the Unidentified'' *''Eru Eru Sister'' *'' Etrian Odyssey II: Snow Girl'' *''Kaii Ikasama Hakuran Tei'' *''Gakuen Tengoku Paradoxia'' *''Gau Gau Wāta'' *''Gene Cha!'' *'' Generation Witch'' *''Gunjin Shōjo, Ōritsu Mahō Gakuen ni Sennyū Suru Koto ...
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Comic Yuri Hime
is a Japanese manga anthology magazine published by Ichijinsha. It began as a quarterly publication in July 2005, but was issued bimonthly on odd months from January 2011 to December 2016, when it became monthly. Kanako Umezawa has served as ''Comic Yuri Hime's'' Editor-in-Chief since 2017. It is the successor to '' Yuri Shimai'' and features manga with the same yuri (lesbian) themes. ''Comic Yuri Hime'' was financially dependent upon '' Monthly Comic Zero Sum'', but from 2008 on the magazine has become independent. To celebrate this, the eleventh volume, released on January 18, 2008, included an extra called ''Petit Yuri Hime'', a collaboration of artists from ''Comic Yuri Hime'', '' Comic Yuri Hime S'' and ''Yuri Hime: Wildrose''. ''Comic Yuri Hime S'' was ''Comic Yuri Hime'' male-targeted sister magazine. Serialized works Yuri Hime @ Pixiv ''Yurihime @ Pixiv'' is official Pixiv Pixiv is a Japanese Virtual community, online community for artists. It was first launc ...
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Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Evening'', ''Weekly Young Magazine'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Weekly Gendai, Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary, ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, ''Yūben,'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged wi ...
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Manga Distributors
This article lists distributors of manga in various markets worldwide. Chinese Traditional Chinese *Daran Comics (defunct) (Taiwan) *Kadokawa Comics Taiwan (Taiwan) *Tong Li Comics (Taiwan) *Ever Glory Publishing (Taiwan) *Sharp Point Publishing (Taiwan) *King Comics Hong Kong (Hong Kong) *Culturecom Comics (Hong Kong) *Sparkle Roll, Jade Dynasty (Hong Kong) *Jonesky (Hong Kong) *Kwong's Creations Co Ltd *Rightman Publishing Ltd Simplified Chinese *Chuang Yi, ChuangYi Publishing (Singapore) *WitiComics (Hong Kong) Czech *Crew (comics), CREW Dutch * Glénat (publisher), Glenat * Kana (publisher), Kana * Xtra (publisher), Xtra English *ADV Manga (defunct) *Aurora Publishing (United States), Aurora Publishing (defunct) *Blast Books *Broccoli Books (defunct) *Chuang Yi (defunct) *CMX (comics), CMX (defunct) *ComicsOne (defunct) *CPM Manga (defunct) *Cross Infinite World *Dark Horse Comics *Del Rey Manga (defunct) *Denpa (company), Denpa *DH Publishing *Digital Manga *DramaQ ...
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Book Publishing Companies In Tokyo
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, sheet music, puzzles, or removable content like paper dolls ...
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Japanese Companies Established In 1992
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Magazine Publishing Companies In Tokyo
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally financed by advertising, newsagent's shop, purchase price, prepaid subscription business model, subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. They are categorised by their frequency of publication (i.e., as weeklies, monthlies, quarterlies, etc.), their target audiences (e.g., women's and trade magazines), their subjects of focus (e.g., popular science and religious), and their tones or approach (e.g., works of satire or humor). Appearance on the cover of print magazines has historically been understood to convey a place of honor or distinction to an individual or event. Term origin and definition Origin The etymology of the word "magazine" suggests derivation from the Arabic language, Arabic (), the broken plural of () meaning "depot, s ...
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