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, newsp ...

focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA whose main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a

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and moved from merely editing to now being a publishing company. In December 2001, a publishing company was formed named Issaisha which started the shōjo

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Monthly Comic Zero Sum is a ''josei'' manga magazine published by Ichijinsha and launched in March 2002. Its volumes usually contain over 600 pages and tackles a variety of genres, with well-known manga like ''Saiyuki Reload'', ''Amatsuki'', ''07-Ghost'' and '' Love ...

''. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company. In October 2016, Ichijinsha was acquired by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

and became its wholly owned subsidiary.

Magazines published

*''Febri'' (formerly ''Chara''☆''Mel'') *''

Comic Rex is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Ichijinsha. The first issue was sold on December 9, 2005, and is sold monthly on the ninth. Manga collected into bound volumes which were serialized in this magazine are published under Ichijinsh ...

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Comic Yuri Hime is a manga anthology magazine published in Japan by Ichijinsha. It began as a quarterly publication in July 2005, but was issued bimonthly on odd months from January 2011 to December 2016, when it became monthly. Kanako Umezawa has served as ''Co ...

'' *''gateau'' *''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE Plus+'', renewal of ''THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! MAGAZINE''

Defunct magazines

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Comic Yuri Hime S was a quarterly ''yuri'' manga magazine published by Ichijinsha. The first issue was published on June 18, 2007. It was the sister magazine of ''Comic Yuri Hime''. The contributors were mostly '' shōnen'' and ''seinen'' manga authors. The magazi ...

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Waai! is a Japanese manga magazine which was published by Ichijinsha from April 24, 2010 to February 25, 2014, for 16 issues. The manga in ''Waai!'' focus on male characters who engage in cross-dressing, willingly or due to circumstance; the magazin ...

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Waai! Mahalo is a Japanese manga magazine which was published by Ichijinsha from April 24, 2010 to February 25, 2014, for 16 issues. The manga in ''Waai!'' focus on male characters who engage in cross-dressing, willingly or due to circumstance; the magazin ...

'' *''Comic Zeru-Sum Zoukan WARD'' *''Manga Palette Lite'' *''Niconico Yuri Hime'' (web magazine, jointly with NicoNico Douga) *''Manga 4-Koma Palette'' **The four-panel

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magazine started as a special edition of ''Comic Rex''.

Web magazines

*''Zero Sum Online'' *''comic POOL'' (jointly with

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) *''Yurihime@Pixiv'' *''LOVEBITES'' (jointly with Seymour) *''Manga 4-koma Palette Online''

References

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