Coamix Co., Ltd. is a Japanese
manga and
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
production company headquartered in the in
Kichijōji,
Musashino,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
.
[事業概要]
." "【住所】〒180-0003 東京都武蔵野市 吉祥寺南町1-9-9 吉祥寺じぞうビル 3F TEL.0422-24-6789" The company was previously partnered with
Shinchosha
is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in Yaraichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.
Books
* Haruki Murakami: '' Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'' (19 ...
until 2010 and then with
Tokuma Shoten
is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, ...
until Coamix began self-publishing in 2020.
The company was founded on June 4, 2000, by former ''
Weekly Shōnen Jump
is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many action scenes and a fair amount of comedy. The chapters of the series that run ...
'' editor-in-chief
Nobuhiko Horie (who currently serves as the company's
CEO), along with
manga artists
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist bef ...
Tsukasa Hojo
is a Japanese manga artist. He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: '' Cat's Eye'', ''City Hunter'' and ' ...
,
Tetsuo Hara
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best-known for creating the post-apocalyptic martial arts series ''Fist of the North Star'' (1983–1988) with writer Buronson, which is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 100 million copies ...
, and
Ryuji Tsugihara, and
voice actor
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Akira Kamiya, among others. The company published the manga anthology ''
Weekly Comic Bunch
is a Japanese manga anthology marketed to a ''seinen'' audience that was edited by Coamix and published weekly by Shinchosha from 2001 throughout 2010 and became monthly since 2011. The collected editions of their titles are published under th ...
'', as well as the
collected editions of their titles under the Bunch Comics imprint, from 2001 to 2010. In 2010, ''
Monthly Comic Zenon
is a Japanese manga anthology. It is marketed to ''seinen'' public (young adult men), edited and published monthly by Coamix. From 2010 to 2020, it was formerly published by North Stars Pictures and Tokuma Shoten. It was produced as a replaceme ...
'' was established to replace ''Bunch'', and is currently under Coamix's responsibility.
Coamix was the parent company of the now-defunct North American manga publisher
Gutsoon! Entertainment, which published ''
Raijin Comics
''Raijin Comics'' is a discontinued manga anthology published from 2002 until 2004 in North America by the now-defunct Gutsoon! Entertainment and largely backed by the Sega Corporation at its inception. The collected volumes of ''Raijin Comics ...
''. A Japanese language edition of ''Raijin Comics'' was published by Coamix in Japan.
In addition to comic production, Coamix and related companies are currently engaged in multiple of related business, such as cafe and dining at their headquarters in Kichijoji. There is also a facility in the historical city of Kyoto in western Japan, which hosts 信長茶寮 (Shincho-sa-ryo), a theme based restaurant, devoted to the historical samurai hero Oda Nobunaga.
Since 2012, Coamix had been organizing "SILENT MANGA AUDITION", an open competition for Japanese style comics, without spoken dialogues. The organizer claims that utilizing graphics only for story telling, is a great test and training for manga creative skills.
The winners of the event have made commercial debuts on Japanese comic magazines, with some gaining future prospects for series production. The event is currently in its 5th round, as of January 2016.
References
External links
Coamix Official siteZizoya Official siteCafe Zenon Official siteSilent Manga Audition Official site
Book publishing companies in Tokyo
Comic book publishing companies in Tokyo
Magazine publishing companies in Tokyo
Musashino, Tokyo
Japanese companies established in 2000
Mass media companies based in Tokyo
Publishing companies established in 2000
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