DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

and

manhua () are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled ' ...

with offices in the

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and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont,

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. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the publishing business after taking over most of

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's manga and manhua titles. DrMaster's Publications Inc. went out of business around 2009 and its offices in Fremont are gone. The building was later occupied by Sunesys Telecommunications.

Manga

* '' 888'' * '' Freaks'' * ''

Cosplay Koromo-chan DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of manga and manhua with offices in the United States, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont, California. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the p ...

'' * '' Dark Edge'' * ''

High School Girls is a Japanese manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's '' Weekly Manga Action'' magazine from 2001, and then subsequently '' Comic High!'' from 2004. It was adapted in 2006 into an anime televisi ...

'' * '' Hinadori Girl'' * '' Imperfect Hero'' * ''

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Infinite Ryvius is a 26 episode drama/sci-fi series produced by Sunrise. The character and mecha designs in ''RYVIUS'' were created by Hisashi Hirai, who later went on to act as the character designer for ''Gundam SEED''. The series is also noted for its ...

'' * '' Iron Wok Jan'' * '' Maniac Road'' * '' Pretty Maniacs'' * '' Premature Priest'' * '' Red Prowling Devil'' * ''

Junk Force The Junk Force ( vi, Lực Lượng Hải Thuyền) officially the Coastal Force was a naval security unit of the Republic of Vietnam, composed of civilians trained by the Navy and working in conjunction with the Republic of Vietnam National Polic ...

'' *'' Junk: Record of the Last Hero'' * ''

Onegai Twins is an anime television series scripted by Yōsuke Kuroda and produced by Bandai Visual, which was later adapted into a light novel and one-volume manga series. It centers on a family of three teenagers in high school all living together ...

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Tori Koro (aka. Tricolo) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hai Ran. The manga was serialised in Hobunsha's ''Manga Time Kirara'' until 2005, when it was discontinued. Media Works's ''Dengeki Daioh'' started to serialised the manga in Ju ...

'' * ''

Stellvia , also known as ''Stellvia of the Universe'', is an anime series set in space. As a prelude to the series, the Earth of year 2167 AD is shown to be devastated by a powerful electromagnetic shockwave. This is caused by a nearby star, H ...

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Stray Little Devil is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotaro Mori. The manga was originally serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao!, and was later published into five bound volumes by MediaWorks from January 2005 to March 2007. DrMaster Publicat ...

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Tsukihime is a Japanese adult visual novel created by the dōjin circle Type-Moon, who first released it at the Winter Comiket in December 2000. In 2003, it was adapted into both an anime television series, ''Lunar Legend Tsukihime'', animated b ...

'': Lunar Legend

Manhua

* '' Chronicles of the Vampire Hunter: Claws of Darkness'' * ''

Four Constables, The 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...

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King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of ''The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main plat ...

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Real Fake Princess ''Real/Fake Princess'' ( zh, t=真假公主, p=Zhen Jia Gong Zhu) is a historical romance manhua comic series written and illustrated by Yi Huan. It was published in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics and distributed in the United States by DrMaster. Cha ...

'' * '' SNK vs Capcom'' * '' Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword'' * ''

Divine Melody ''Divine Melody'' ( zh, t=仙曲, p=Xiān qǔ) is a Taiwanese manhua comic series written by Yi Huan. It is published in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics and was distributed in English in 2009 by DrMaster. Plot ''Divine Melody'' is the story of Cai S ...

'' * '' Feng Shui Academy''

Novels

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RahXephon is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His li ...

References

External links

DrMaster English website
Manga distributors Manhua distributors Comic book publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Fremont, California Publishing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area {{comics-company-stub