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Ichijinsha
株式会社一迅社
Type Kabushiki kaisha Industry Books, Magazines, Manga Founded August 1992 Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Key people Osamu Harada (president) Revenue 10 million yen[1] Website ichijinsha.co.jp Ichijinsha (株式会社一迅社 Kabushiki kaisha 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 which 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 female-aimed manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company.[1]
Contents
Magazines published
Chara Mel
Comic Rex
Main article: Comic RexComic Yuri Hime
Main article: Comic Yuri HimeComic Yuri Hime S
Main article: Comic Yuri Hime SManga 4-koma Kings Palette
The four-panel comic strip magazine Manga 4koma Kings Palette (まんが4コマKINGSぱれっと manga yonkoma KINGS paretto) started as a special edition of Comic Rex.
Monthly Comic Zero Sum
Monthly Comic Zero Sum (月刊コミックZERO-SUM Gekkan Komikku Zero Samu) is a monthly manga magazine published by Ichijinsha, targeted toward women of all ages.[2] It contains over six hundred pages and has a variety of genres. Well-known manga include Saiyuki Reload, Amatsuki, 07 Ghost and Loveless. Some manga chapters have furigana next to kanji in the speech bubbles, which caters to the attention of readers of all ages.
Serialized manga:
- #000000 ~ultra black~
- +C Sword and Cornett
- 07 Ghost
- Amatsuki
- Di[e]ce
- Dolls
- Hatenkō Yugi
- Gemeinschaft
- Karneval
- Landreaall
- Loveless
- Magical x Miracle
- Saiyuki Reload
- Tousei Gensou Hakubutsushi
- Vampire Doll
- Weiß Side B (transferred to Zero Sum WARD after the February 2006 issue)
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
- Zion
References
- ^ a b "Ichijinsha company information at the company's official website" (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. http://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/company/index.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ http://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/ad/ (Japanese)
External links
- Ichijinsha's official website (Japanese)
- Monthly Comic Zero Sum (Japanese)
Categories:- Book publishing companies of Japan
- Companies based in Tokyo
- Magazine companies of Japan
- Manga distributors
- Publishing companies established in 1992
- 1992 establishments in Japan
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