, formerly , is a Japanese

publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

and division of

Kadokawa Future Publishing is the publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation, publishing manga, novels, light novels, magazines, tabletop role-playing games and other type of content with eight different publishing brand companies that previously merged with it. The company u ...

founded on January 30, 1987, as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on

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s and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

artbooks. Enterbrain is based in

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, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 million yen. Enterbrain's current president is Hirokazu Hamamura.

Enterbrain publications

* '' B's LOG'': Magazine focused on female gamers. * ''TECH Win DVD'': A magazine aimed specifically to PC users. It comes with two CD-ROMs worth of goodies and information. * ''Tech Gian'': A

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magazine focused on adult video games. * '' Magi-Cu'': A seinen visual entertainment manga magazine based on female game characters. * '' Comic Beam'': Comic Beam was formerly known as ASCII Comic. It is a seinen

manga magazine are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics an ...

filled with original

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

. * '' Harta'' (formerly ''Fellows!''): A periodical seinen manga magazine consisting of original manga stories. * : a 2000 monthly magazine focused on

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machines. It was started by former staff of (bi)monthly

magazine from 1986 which was published by '' Shinseisha'', Ltd. Arcadia also has game hints and advice for the latest arcade games as well as high score reports from Japanese arcades. * ''Sarabure'': A

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magazine. * ''Famitsu Connect!On'': Magazine focused on online video games. * ''Logout Tabletalk RPG Series'': Tabletop role-playing games. * ''biohazard Kaitai Shinsho'': a series of guides for the Resident Evil franchise.

Enterbrain software

* '' RPG Maker'': a role-playing game creation tool * '' Fighter Maker'': a fighting games creation tool * '' Sim RPG Maker'': a tactical RPG games creation tool * ''Shooter Maker'': a shoot-'em-up games creation tool * ''IG Maker'': creates platformer, adventure, and shoot-'em-up games. Also supports creation of games for the Xbox 360 console.

Tabletop role-playing games

* '' Alshard'' * '' Alshard GAIA'' * '' Blade of Arcana'' * : a Japanese superhero role-playing game set in modern Japan and includes elements of Japanese mythology such as yokais. * '' Night Wizard!'' * ''Star Legend'' * '' Tenra War'' * ''Terra the Gunslinger'' * '' Tokyo NOVA''

Video games

* '' Panzer Front'' (1999) * '' Tear Ring Saga'' (2001) * '' Palette'' (2001) * '' Galerians: Ash'' (2002) * '' Berwick Saga'' (2005) * '' KimiKiss'' (2006) *
The Magician's Academy
(2007) * '' Amagami'' (2009) * '' Earth Seeker'' (2011) * '' Photo Kano'' (2012)

Light novels

Enterbrain releases

light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...

s under their Famitsu Bunko imprint, which was established in 1998 and is aimed at young adult males. They also publishes B's-LOG Bunko and B's-LOG Bunko Alice imprint focusing on girls and KCG Bunko focused on teens. Enterbrain also publishes stand-alone series without any imprint such as '' Yōjo Senki'' or ''

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''.

Anime

''Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army'' (2012) – short anime and audio drama. ''Busou Chuugakusei'' is the first venture in Enterbrain's XXolution project, a multimedia initiative that will span manga, novels, anime, illustrations, scripts, music, and other fields.

References

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