is a Japanese

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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

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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

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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 ...

''. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company. In October 2016, Ichijinsha was acquired by

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), Eveni ...

and became its wholly owned subsidiary.

Magazines published

*''Febri'' (formerly ''Chara''☆''Mel'') *''

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 Ichijinsh ...

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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 ''C ...

'' *''gateau'' *''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE Plus+'', renewal of ''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE''

Defunct magazines

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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 q ...

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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 ...

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Waai! Mahalo 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 ...

'' *''Comic Zeru-Sum Zoukan WARD'' *''Manga Palette Lite'' *''Niconico Yuri Hime'' (web magazine, jointly with

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) *''Manga 4-Koma Palette'' **The four-panel

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magazine started as a special edition of ''Comic Rex''.

Web magazines

*''Zero Sum Online'' *''comic POOL'' (jointly with

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) *''Yurihime@Pixiv'' *''LOVEBITES'' (jointly with Seymour) *''Manga 4-koma Palette Online''

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