Coamix Co., Ltd. is a Japanese manga and

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production company headquartered in the in Kichijōji, Musashino,

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.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

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until 2010 and then with

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until Coamix began self-publishing in 2020. The company was founded on June 4, 2000, by former ''

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'' editor-in-chief Nobuhiko Horie (who currently serves as the company's CEO), along with

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, and Ryuji Tsugihara, and

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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 site

Zizoya Official site

Cafe Zenon Official site

Silent Manga Audition Official site
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