Ki-oon is a French
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) 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 prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
publisher founded in October 2003 by Cécile Pournin and Ahmed Agne. It released its first manga in March 2004, the first volume of ''Element Line''. The name "Ki-oon" comes from an
onomatopoeia
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meaning "having the heart inflated with emotion". With an increase in revenue of 80% in 2009, Ki-oon is in 2010 the most important independent publisher of manga in France.
Published manga
Finished series
*''Alice au royaume de cœur'' (6 volumes)
*''Batipst'' (6 volumes)
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Bamboo Blade
''Bamboo Blade'' (stylized as ''BAMBOO BLADE'') is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' magazine from December 2004 to September 2010. The ...
'' (14 volumes)
*''Blood of Matools'' (6 volumes)
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Boogiepop Dual
, also known as ''Boogiepop Dual: Losers' Circus'', is a manga by Masayuki Takano (author of '' Blood Alone''), an offshoot of the Boogiepop series, a series of young adult novels by Kouhei Kadono. This work suggests that Toka Miyashita is ...
'' (2 volumes)
*''Duds Hunt'' (
one-shot)
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Doubt!!
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. The story follows Ai Maekawa, a teenager who gives herself a total makeover during a school break in a bid to reinvent her image and become popular. It was s ...
'' (4 volumes)
*''Element Line'' (7 volumes)
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Guardian Dog'' (4 volumes)
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Jackals
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'' (7 volumes)
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Kamichu
is a Japanese anime television series, strongly influenced by Shinto, that follows the adventures of teenage goddess Yurie Hitotsubashi and her friends. The title is short for . The series was created by , which is the joint pen name of pro ...
'' (2 volumes)
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Kamisama'' (3 volumes)
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Kashimashi ~girl meets girl~
is a Japanese ''yuri'' manga series written by Satoru Akahori and illustrated by Yukimaru Katsura. The manga was originally serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' between the July 2004 and May 2007 issues, and later published in five bound vo ...
'' (5 volumes)
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Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...
'' (7 volumes)
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L'Île de Hôzuki'' (4 volumes)
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La Mosca'' (7 volumes)
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Lineage Saga
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Science
* Lineage (anthropology), a group that can demonstrate its common descent from an apical ancestor or a direct line of descent from an ancestor
* Lineage (evolution), a temporal sequence of individuals, populati ...
'' (3 volumes)
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Lodoss - La Légende du chevalier héroïque'' (6 volumes)
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Mahoromatic
is a Japanese manga series written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and illustrated by Bow Ditama. The series follows Mahoro, a female android former soldier who, driven by guilt from her actions during her combat days, decides to dedicate the rest ...
'' (8 volumes)
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Manhole
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'' (3 volumes)
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Marie & Elie'' (5 volumes)
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Nui !'' (3 volumes)
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Reset'' (one-shot)
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Role Playing Girl'' (one-shot)
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Shin Megami Tensei If...'' (one-shot)
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Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn'' (9 volumes)
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Slayers - Knight of Aqua Lord
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in ''Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), Dragon Magazine'' since 1989, before being published into in ...
'' (6 volumes)
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Stigma'' (one-shot)
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Stray Little Devil
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotaro Mori. The manga was originally serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao!, and was later published into five bound volumes by MediaWorks from January 2005 to March 2007. DrMaster Publicat ...
'' (5 volumes)
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Tales of Destiny'' (6 volumes) - based on the video game ''
Tales of Destiny''
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Tales of Symphonia
is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003, in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the ''Tales'' series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, ...
'' (6 volumes) - based on the video game ''
Tales of Symphonia
is an action role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003, in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the ''Tales'' series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, ...
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Tsukihime
is a Japanese adult visual novel created by the dōjin circle Type-Moon, who first released it at the Winter Comiket in December 2000. In 2003, it was adapted into both an anime television series, ''Lunar Legend Tsukihime'', animate ...
'' (10 volumes)
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Vampire Chronicles
''The Vampire Chronicles'' is a series of gothic horror novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18 ...
'' (9 volumes)
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Yuma à la conquête du monde'' (2 volumes)
Being released
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A Bride's Story
is a Japanese historical romance manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Mori. It was first serialized in Enterbrain's '' Harta'' (formerly known as ''Fellows!'') magazine from October 2008 to November 2020, after which it transferred ...
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Afterschool Charisma
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kumiko Suekane. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Ikki'' from April 2008 to September 2014, and its chapters were compiled by Shogakukan and released i ...
'' (2 volumes)
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Amanchu!'' (3 volumes)
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Artelier Collection'' (12 volumes)
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Asagiri: Les prêtresses de l'aube'' (4 volumes)
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Bamboo Blade
''Bamboo Blade'' (stylized as ''BAMBOO BLADE'') is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''Young Gangan'' magazine from December 2004 to September 2010. The ...
'' (12 volumes)
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Bitter Virgin
is a ''seinen'' manga presented by Kei Kusunoki and serialized in ''Young Gangan''. Prior to producing this manga, Kusunoki had stopped writing for a period in order to cope with a miscarriage.
''Bitter Virgin'' is the story of high schoo ...
'' (4 volumes)
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Blood Alone'' (6 volumes)
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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi'' (as ''Erased'') (3 volumes)
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Breath of Fire IV
''Breath of Fire IV'' is a role-playing video game developed by Capcom, and is the fourth game in the ''Breath of Fire'' series. It was originally released for the PlayStation home console in Japan and North America in 2000, and Europe in 2001. T ...
'' (4 volumes)
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Candidate for Goddess'' (5 volumes)
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Hell Blade'' (3 volumes)
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Immortal Hounds'' (4 volumes)
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Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...
'' (3 volumes)
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Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare'' (15 volumes)
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Kurokami'' (15 volumes)
*''No Man's Land'' (2 volumes)
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Pandora Hearts
''Pandora Hearts'' (stylized as ''PandoraHearts'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' from May 2006 to March 2015, with its ...
'' (10 volumes)
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Superior'' (9 volumes)
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Tales of the Abyss
is an action role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio as the eighth main title in their '' Tales'' series in celebration of the series' 10th anniversary. Originally released for the PlayStation 2, the game was published by Namco in Japan ...
'' (6 volumes)
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Tsugumi Project
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ippatu. Initially released in July 2019 in France, the series began serialization in Kodansha's ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in January 2021. As of June 2022, the series' individual chapters ...
'' (4 volumes)
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Twelve'' (5 volumes)
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Witch Hunter'' (10 volumes)
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Wolfsmund
is a Japanese historical fiction, historical fantasy comics, fantasy ''seinen manga, seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by . Published by Enterbrain, it's serialized on ''harta (magazine), Fellows!''/''harta (magazine), harta'' (:ja: ...
'' (6 volumes)
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Übel Blatt
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etorouji Shiono. It was serialized in the semi-monthly seinen manga magazine ''Young Gangan'' from December 2004 to 2009, when it was transferred to '' Monthly Big Gangan'' where it con ...
'' (11 tomes sortis (de 0 à 10))
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Tripeace'' (9 volumes)
References
External links
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{{Portal, Anime and manga
Manga distributors
Comic book publishing companies of France
Publishing companies established in 2003
2003 establishments in France
Companies based in Paris