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Mag Garden
is a Japanese publishing company that focuses on manga-related publications and is also involved in the development of anime and live-action adaptations. It was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka along with former manga artists of Enix (now Square Enix). The company performed a merger with Production I.G on December 1, 2007 to form the new company IG Port, becoming one of IG Port's subsidiaries alongside Signal.MD and Wit Studio. History Mag Garden was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka, who previously worked as an editor from Enix (now Square Enix) before leaving. It started out as a spin-out, spin-out company from Enix's manga publishing division before the company merged with Square (video game company), Square. The Square-Enix merger resulted in an uprising with some of the manga artist staff. Fearing their manga being dropped out of publication and tired of the harsh treatment, they left Square Enix to help create Mag Garden, where they would also continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabushiki Gaisha
A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", " joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' in Japan refers to any joint-stock company regardless of country of origin or incorporation; however, outside Japan the term refers specifically to joint-stock companies incorporated in Japan. Usage in language In Latin script, ''kabushiki kaisha'', with a , is often used, but the original Japanese pronunciation is ''kabushiki gaisha'', with a , owing to rendaku. A ''kabushiki gaisha'' must include "" in its name (Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act). In a company name, "" can be used as a prefix (e.g. , '' kabushiki gaisha Dentsū'', a style called , ''mae-kabu'') or as a suffix (e.g. , '' Toyota Jidōsha kabushiki gaisha'', a style called , ''ato-kabu''). Many Japanese companies translate the phrase "" in their name as "Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Azuma
is a Japanese manga artist, who is the creator of the now completed manga ''Elemental Gelade'', which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, and its ongoing spinoff manga ''Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky''. She is also recognized for creating the manga adaptation of the video game '' Star Ocean: The Second Story'', which was later adapted into an anime entitled ''Star Ocean EX''. Before her career as a manga artist took off, she started out working as an assistant to Kozue Amano, creator of ''Aria''. Works *Manga **Enix (now Square Enix) *** ''Night Walker!'' (ナイトウォーカー!) (1995–1996, ''Monthly Shōnen GagOh!'') *** ''Get!'' ( GET!) (1999, ''Monthly Shōnen Gangan'') *** ''Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo'' ( ヴァンパイア セイヴァー 〜魂の迷い子〜) (1997–2001, ''Monthly Gangan Wing'') *** '' Star Ocean: The Second Story'' ( スターオーシャン セカンドストーリー) (1999– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) * Jade Dynasty (Hong Kong) *Jonesky (Hong Kong) * Kwong's Creations Co Ltd * Rightman Publishing Ltd Simplified Chinese * ChuangYi Publishing (Singapore) * WitiComics (Hong Kong) Czech *CREW Dutch * Glenat * Kana * Xtra English *ADV Manga (defunct) * Aurora Publishing (online series delisted) * Blast Books * Broccoli Books (defunct) *Chuang Yi (defunct) * CMX (defunct) *ComicsOne (defunct) *CPM Manga (defunct) *Cross Infinite World *Dark Horse Comics *Del Rey Manga (defunct) * Denpa *DH Publishing *Digital Manga *DramaQueen *Drawn & Quarterly *DrMaster *eigoMANGA *Go! Comi *J-Novel Club *Kaiten Books *Kodansha Comics *Madman Entertainment *Netcomics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mag Garden
is a Japanese publishing company that focuses on manga-related publications and is also involved in the development of anime and live-action adaptations. It was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka along with former manga artists of Enix (now Square Enix). The company performed a merger with Production I.G on December 1, 2007 to form the new company IG Port, becoming one of IG Port's subsidiaries alongside Signal.MD and Wit Studio. History Mag Garden was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka, who previously worked as an editor from Enix (now Square Enix) before leaving. It started out as a spin-out, spin-out company from Enix's manga publishing division before the company merged with Square (video game company), Square. The Square-Enix merger resulted in an uprising with some of the manga artist staff. Fearing their manga being dropped out of publication and tired of the harsh treatment, they left Square Enix to help create Mag Garden, where they would also continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Comic Blade
was a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Mag Garden. It was first published in February 2002 and was sold on the 30 of each month until July 2014. It restarted in September 2014 as a free online magazine titled ''Online Magazine Comic Blade'', which is updated on the 5, 15, 25 and 30 of each month. The manga series are published in tankōbon under the imprint. Serialized manga * ''13 Game'' (Misaki Ishikawa) * ''A Girls'' (Masahiro Itabashi; art by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi) * ''Akumagari'' (Seiuchirou Todono) * '' Amanchu!'' (Kozue Amano) * ''Amadeus Code'' (Mayumi Azuma & Tatsurou Nakanishi) * ''Ame no Murakumono'' (Penguin Gunsō; art by Rusui Kazaniwa) * ''Anime no Jikan'' (Toto Aoi) * ''Ar tonelico -arpeggio-'' (ayamegumu) * ''Ar tonelico II'' (ayamegumu) * ''Ares'' (Narumi Seto) * ''Aria'' (Kozue Amano) * '' Atelier Rorona: Watashi no Takaramono'' (Houki Kusano) * ''B.B. Girls'' (Kumichou) * ''Babelheim no Shōnin'' (Shouichi Furumi) * ''Bacchon Girls'' (Toshiko Machida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Blade Zebel
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; '' fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Blade Gunz
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; '' fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Blade Brownie
was a special Japanese spin-off magazine of ''Monthly Comic Blade'' published by Mag Garden that would feature both shōnen manga and shōjo manga, aiming at both boys and girls. The first issue was released on December 10, 2008. The release of the second issue, however, was postponed for unknown reasons. Serialized Manga * '' 404 Not Found'' ( Aya Sakamaki) * '' Akumagari ~Uriel Gaiden~'' ( Seiuchirou Todono) * '' docca'' ( Yoshitomo Watanabe) * '' Ima, Naguri ni Yukimasu'' (Moyamu Fujino) * '' Kagerou Nostalgia ~ Shin Shou'' ( Satomi Kubo) ''(from Monthly Comic Blade)'' * '' Boukyaku no Cradle (Amnesia:Cradle)'' (Moyamu Fujino) * ''Kodoku'' ( Min Chishima, art by Machiko Mutou) * '' Kodoku Gaiden'' ( Machiko Mutou) * '' Kyoraku Legion'' (Rin Asano is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid- Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Blade Masamune
was a bi-monthly Japanese shōnen manga magazine, published by Mag Garden that contains manga and information about those series. It began in December 2002, and ceased publication on June 15, 2007, to be revamped as a new magazine called ''Comic Blade Avarus''. List of serialized titles *'' 01'' ( Megumi Sumikawa) *''Asatte no Houkou'' (J-ta Yamada) *'' Archaic Chain'' *''Assassins'' ( Shou Satogane) *'' Cocoon'' ( Kenjirō Takeshita) *'' Death God 4'' ( Shou Satogane) *''Dragon Sister!'' ( nini) *'' Erementar Gerad -Aozora no Senki-'' (Mayumi Azuma) *'' Gun Dolls'' ( Kenjirou) *'' Harukaze Bitter★Bop'' ( Court Betten) *'' Ignite Wedge'' ( Yoshisada Tsutsumi) *'' Magica'' *'' Maid cafe curio'' *'' Monochrome Factor'' ( Kaili Sorano) *'' Neko Rahmen'' (Kenji Sonishi) *'' Omisoreshimashita'' *'' Puchi-Hound'' ( nekoneko) *'' Purism×Egoist'' *''Puzzle+'' ( Manami Sugano) *'' Sketchbook'' ( Totan Kobako) *''Tactics'' ( Kazuko Higashiyama, art by Sakura Kinoshita is a Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Comic Beat's
Web most often refers to: * Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal * World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to: Computing * WEB, a literate programming system created by Donald Knuth * GNOME Web, a Web browser * Web.com, a web-design company * Webs (web hosting), a Web hosting and website building service Engineering * Web (manufacturing), continuous sheets of material passed over rollers ** Web, a roll of paper in offset printing * Web, the vertical element of an I-beam or a rail profile * Web, the interior beams of a truss Films * ''Web'' (2013 film), a documentary * ''Webs'' (film), a 2003 science-fiction movie * ''The Web'' (film), a 1947 film noir * Charlotte's Web (2006 film) Literature * ''Web'' (comics), a MLJ comicbook character (created 1942) * ''Web'' (novel), by John Wyndham (1979) * The Web (series), a science fiction series (1997–1999) * World English Bible, a public-domain Bible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden (magazine)
is a free manga and light novel web magazine published by Mag Garden and formerly distributed by Yahoo! Comics Japan (Now MAGCOMI). It was launched on September 18, 2009, under the name , about a year after on October 8, 2010, the name was changed to EDEN. ''EDEN'' (short for Everybody Delightful Entertainment Network) distributes original manga and light novel content, while ''Blade Comic Archive'' redistributes selected works published from ''Monthly Comic Blade'' to be viewed online for a limited time. The development of the web magazine also led Mag Garden to collaborate on a joint project with Toei Animation. Currently it is distributed on Mag Gardens free manga site called MAGCOMI, and functions as a label. Serialized media Manga * ''Ashi Tsuma Monogatari'' (Julie Okamoto) * ''Captain Yamada'' (Kenji Sonishi) * ''Cha no Namida ~Larmes de the'~'' (Kaeru Minamo) * ''Chiku-Chiku Nui-Nui'' (Yamato Hazaki) * ''Domino'' (Note Tono) * ''Dounimo Kounimo'' (Naoko Kusaka) * ''Fuki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monthly Comic Garden
is a Japanese manga magazine published by Mag Garden. It was first published on September 1, 2014, replacing the defunct ''Comic Blade''. Series *''Amadeus Code'' *''Amber Days and Golden Nights'' (ongoing) *''The Ancient Magus' Bride'' (ongoing) *''Chichi Kogusa'' *''Dora Kuma'' *'' The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún'' *'' Grisaia no Kajitsu ~L'oiseau bleu~'' *''Kitsune to Tanuki to Iinazuke'' (ongoing) *''Kohaku no Yume de Yoimashō'' (Kei Sugimura, Nodoka Yoda, Masoho Murano) (ongoing) *''Kuroa Chimera'' (Kairi Sorano) *''Laughing Under the Clouds'' (Kemuri Karakara) *''M3 the dark metal'' *''Mars Red'' *''Night of the Living Cat'' *''Peacemaker Kurogane'' (Nanae Chrono) (ongoing) *''Princess Lucia'' *'' Psycho-Pass: Kanshikan Shinya Kogami'' *''Psycho-Pass 2'' *''Rain'' *''Rengoku ni Warau'' (Kemuri Karakara) *''The Rolling Girls'' *''Shiina-kun no Torikemo Hyakka'' *''Shūten unknown'' (Shiho Sugiura) *'' Sketchbook'' *'' Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
