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(formerly MediaWorks) under the ''Dengeki'' brand. Many manga serialized in ''Dengeki Daioh'' were later published in ''

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'' volumes under ASCII Media Works'

Dengeki Comics is a manga publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and is aimed at a male audience. Aside from the main Dengeki Comics label, there is the related Dengeki Comics EX label, which ...

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. The magazine is sold every month on the 27th. A

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section of ''Dengeki Daioh'' called features various

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strips of the manga series published in it. The format is typically a normal drawing on the right side featuring one or sometimes more characters, and a vertical four panel strip on the left featuring characters from the associated series in

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form. Two special editions of the magazine called ''Dengeki Moeoh'' and ''Dengeki Daioh Genesis'' are sold

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In Dengeki Moeoh

*'' Dengeki!! Aegis 5'' *'' Haru no Chū'' *'' Koharubiyori'' *'' Maromayu'' (spinoff of ''

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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu is a Japanese light novel series by Yūsaku Igarashi, with illustrations by Shaa. The series originally started serialization in MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine '' Dengeki hp'' on June 18, 2004. The first novel was released ...

'' *'' Omakase! Sayana no Moerobu'' *'' Shōgakusei Sentai Petarikon'' *'' Tenshi no 3P! no 3P!!'' *'' Tōhō Kōrindō ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia.'' *'' Yumemitari na Hoshimatari na'' *'' Yuriseijin Naoko-san'' *'' Megami-sama no ai ga guigui kuru'' *'' Hatsukoi, Tokimeki Usuihon''

In Dengeki Teioh

*'' Hamuchu'' *'' Iono-sama Fanatics'' *'' Koharubiyori'' *'' Kyōhaku Dog's'' *''

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'' *'' Mattari-san'' *''

Murder Princess is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sekihiko Inui. An anime OVA series based on the manga was later produced by Marvelous Entertainment and animated by Bee Train. The anime had been licensed by ADV Films, but was transferre ...

'' *'' Scape-God'' *''

Shina Dark is a Japanese fantasy and comedy manga series written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and drawn by Yukari Higa. The manga originally started serialized in ASCII Media Works' seinen manga magazine '' Dengeki Teioh'' on January 26, 2006, and ran in th ...

Special editions

;''Dengeki Moeoh'' : is a

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magazine sold on the twenty-sixth of every other month; the magazine is a special edition version of ''Dengeki Daioh''. It first went on sale on March 26, 2002, and was originally published

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. The magazine stopped publication with its sixteenth issue in December 2005 for three months. In March 2006, the magazine started to be published

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