is a Japanese

publishing company Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, news ...

headquartered in

Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile< ...

. It was founded by Teio Akita on 10 August 1948. As of 2020, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi.

Magazines

Male-oriented manga magazines

''Shōnen'' magazines

* – Bimonthly (the 12th of month) * – Monthly (the 6th of month) * – Weekly (each Thursday) * – Weekly web comics (Tuesday and Thursday) Defunct: * ''

Bōken Ō ''Bōken Ō'' (冒険王, "Adventure King") was a monthly magazine for youth published by Akita Shoten between 1949 and 1983. It was among the first generation of children's comic magazines after World War II and was initially focused on publish ...

'' - monthly from 1949-1983 * ''Manga Ō''

''Seinen'' magazines

* – Monthly (the 19th of month) * – Bimonthly (the 5th of month), defunct * – Monthly (the 1st of every month) * – Semimonthly (each 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month) * – Semimonthly (each 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month) * – Bimonthly (the 3rd Monday of month)

Female-oriented manga magazines

* – Monthly (the sixth of every month) * – defunct * – Monthly (the first of every month, digital only) * – the sixth of every month * – the twenty-fourth of every odd month * – the twenty-sixth of every month * – Monthly (the third of every month) * – Quarterly * – the sixth of every odd month * – the sixth of every even month * – the twenty-eighth of every even month * – defunct

Other magazines

* – defunct

References

External links

* * Book publishing companies in Tokyo Comic book publishing companies in Tokyo Chiyoda, Tokyo Japanese companies established in 1948 Magazine publishing companies in Tokyo Manga distributors Publishing companies established in 1948 {{publish-company-stub