, formerly is a Japanese

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and

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company 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 us ...

History

It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in

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. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd. Media Factory was possibly the first anime distributor to ask for sites to not link to fansub of any anime licensed by the company. On October 12, 2011, Media Factory was purchased by

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for ¥8,000,000,000. Media Factory also has a monthly

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 ...

magazine, '' Monthly Comic Alive'', and its own

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imprint, ''

MF Bunko J is a publishing label affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Media Factory. It was established in July 2002 and is a light novel label that is aimed at young adult males with a focus on visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is ...

''. Media Factory also holds the license for the distribution of ''

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'' in Japan. Media Factory ceased being a

kabushiki gaisha A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", " joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' ...

, as well as retired the ''Pokémon'' anime series on October 1, 2013, when it was merged with eight other companies to become a brand company of Kadokawa Corporation. It had a record label, Pikachu Records, that produced ''Pokémon'' CDs and ''Pokémon'' soundtracks in Japan from 1997 to 2012. Most ''Pokémon'' albums in Japan came from Pikachu Records during this period. It was retired when Media Factory was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation. On August 17, 2021 the website for Media Factory was officially closed with a notice directing readers to Kadokawa's website for future products and services.

Magazines

* '' Comic Cune'' * ''

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'' * '' Monthly Comic Alive'' * '' Monthly Comic Flapper'' * ''

Monthly Comic Gene is a monthly Japanese List of manga magazines, manga magazine published by Media Factory since June 15, 2011. It is marketed as a shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine for Shōjo manga, female readers. It was originally to be published in Apr ...

Light novel imprints

* ''Fleur Bunko Bleu Line'' * ''Fleur Bunko Rouge Line'' * ''MF Books'' * ''MF Bunko DA VINCI'' * ''MF Bunko DA VINCI MEW'' * ''

Anime series

The following anime and manga titles are associated with Kadokawa Corporation / Media Factory * ''

Absolute Duo is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime telev ...

'' (Manga, TV) * '' Akane Maniax'' (OAV) * '' Area 88'' (TV, manga) * ''

Aquarion Evol is the sequel to the 2005 anime series ''Genesis of Aquarion''. It was originally announced on February 25, 2011, by the production staff. It aired on TV Tokyo from January to June, 2012 and its premiere featured an hour-long special that ...

'' (manga) * ''

ATASHIn'CHI is a Japanese comedy manga series by Eiko Kera, and an anime adaptation that was produced from 2002 to 2009. It is an episode-based animated sitcom of the daily experiences of a family of four (the Tachibana family). An anime sequel called ...

'' (movie) * '' Baka and Test'' (TV) * ''

Brave 10 ''Brave 10'' (stylized as ''BRAVE10'') is a manga series by Kairi Shimotsuki, serialized in Media Factory's '' Comic Flapper'' from 2006 to 2010. The series was resumed on June 15, 2011 and retitled ''Brave 10 Spiral'', better known as ''Brav ...

'' (TV) * ''

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'' (TV) * ''

Candy Boy is an eight-minute original net animation produced by Anime International Company, and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa. Since November 22, 2007, the ONA is available through streaming on the Cho! animelo audiovisual website and the Nico N ...

'' (manga) * ''

Dance in the Vampire Bund is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nozomu Tamaki. The manga was serialized in Media Factory's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Monthly Comic Flapper'' between 2005 and 2012, and is licensed for publication in English by ...

'' (manga) * ''

Danball Senki , or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, ...

'' (TV) * ''

D-Frag! , also known as ''D-Fragments'', is a comedic manga series by Tomoya Haruno that began serialization in Media Factory's '' Monthly Comic Alive'' in July 2008. It has been collected in sixteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of October 2021. A 12-epis ...

'' (TV) * '' Divergence Eve'' (TV) * ''

Dokkoida?! ''Dokkoida?!'', known in Japan as is a comedic Japanese light novel series about a boy, , who is hired by a preteen space alien girl, Tanpopo, to try out an experimental new suit developed by the intergalactic toy company that she works f ...

'' (TV) * ''

Fantastic Children is a Japanese anime television series created by Takashi Nakamura and produced by Nippon Animation. It first aired in Japan across TV Tokyo between October 4, 2004 and March 28, 2005, totaling 26 episodes. There was an extended ending specia ...

'' (TV) * '' Gad Guard'' (TV) * ''

Gankutsuou ''Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gonzo. An adaptation of the 1844 novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas, the 24-episode series aired on Japanese television between Oc ...

'' (TV) * ''

Gate Keepers is a Tactical role-playing game developed by Entertainment Software Publishing and published by Kadokawa Shoten for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into a manga series written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and drawn by Keiji Gotoh and a ...

'' (TV) * '' Genshiken'' (TV) * '' Gift ~eternal rainbow~'' (TV) * '' Ginga Reppuu Baxinger'' (TV) * '' Ginga Senpuu Braiger'' (TV) * '' Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger'' (TV) * '' Gravion'' (TV) * '' Green Green'' (OVA) * ''

High School DxD is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The story centers on Issei Hyodo, a perverted high school student from Kuoh Academy who desires to be a harem king and is killed by ...

'' (TV) ** ''

High School DxD New The second season of ''High School DxD'', titled was produced by TNK and directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa. The second season adapts the third and fourth volumes of the light novels, with its episodes split between two arcs: and . The season ran f ...

'' (TV) ** '' High School DxD BorN'' (TV) * ''

Ikki Tousen , also known as ''Battle Vixens'' in North America, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūji Shiozaki. Loosely based on the classic 14th century Chinese novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', the series revol ...

'' (TV) * ''

Kage Kara Mamoru! is a Japanese series of light novels written by Achi Taro. The light novels had ended in March 2008 with the release of Volume 12, but as of July 2009, a new series entitled has started serialization. It features manga and anime adaptations. ...

'' (TV) * ''

Kamisama Kazoku is an anime series based on a series of light novels by Yoshikazu Kuwashima, which premiered May 18, 2006 in Japan across the anime satellite television network Animax. The original light novel series has concluded with eight volumes; howev ...

'' (TV) * ''

Kanokon is a Japanese light novel series by Katsumi Nishino, with illustrations by Koin. The first novel was released by Media Factory on October 31, 2005 under its MF Bunko J imprint, and it published 15 volumes until December 24, 2010. A manga ...

'' (TV, OAV) * ''

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien , or ''Kiminozo'' for short, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Âge and released on August 3, 2001, for Windows. It was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2. The gameplay in ''Kimi ga Nozomu Eien'' follows a branching ...

'' (TV) * ''

Kujibiki Unbalance is a three-episode original video animation spin-off of ''Genshiken'' series, as well as a series of three light novels by ''Genshiken'' anime collaborator Michiko Yokote. Within the world of ''Genshiken'', however, ''Kujibiki Unbalance'' i ...

'' (OAV) * '' Kurau: Phantom Memory'' (TV) * ''

Made in Abyss is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akihito Tsukushi. It has been serialized online in Takeshobo's digital publication ''Web Comic Gamma'' since October 2012, and has been collected into eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. Th ...

'' (TV) * ''

Mai, the Psychic Girl is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuya Kudō and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from March 1985 to April 1986, with its chapters collected in six '' ...

'' (manga) * ''

Maria Holic is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of ''Dazzle''. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Alive'' on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. Th ...

'' (TV) * ''

Mouse A mouse ( : mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus' ...

'' (TV) * '' Najica Blitz Tactics'' (TV, manga) * '' No Game No Life'' (TV, manga) * ''

Overlord An overlord in the English feudal system was a lord of a manor who had subinfeudated a particular manor, estate or fee, to a tenant. The tenant thenceforth owed to the overlord one of a variety of services, usually military service or ser ...

'' * '' Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo'' (TV) * '' Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet'' (ONA) ** '' Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars'' (Movie) * ''

Plawres Sanshiro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirō Gyū. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1982 to 1985. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from 1983 to 1984. Overview ...

'' (TV) * ''Pokémon'' films * '' Pokémon: The First Movie'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: The Movie 2000'' (movie) * '' Pokémon 3: The Movie'' (movie) * ''

Pokémon 4Ever ''Pokémon 4Ever – Celebi: Voice of the Forest'' is a 2001 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and based on the television series ''Pokémon''. The fourth official ''Pokémon'' film, it was released in Japan on July 7, 2001. The f ...

'' (movie) * ''

Pokémon Heroes ''Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias'' is a 2002 Japanese animated fantasy film, the fifth in the ''Pokémon'' series, the first to use digital ink and paint, the last to receive a North American theatrical release until '' Pokémon the Movie: I C ...

'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Jirachi—Wish Maker'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'' (movie) * ''

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea ''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', is a 2006 Japanese animated fantasy film, the ninth in the ''Pokémon'' film series, and the fourth and last to be set in the ''Advanced Generation'' series. Directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written b ...

'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life'' (movie) * '' Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions'' (movie) * '' Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom'' (movie) * ''

Prince of Stride is a Japanese multimedia series by ASCII Media Works. The project was unveiled in April 2012 in '' Dengeki Girl's Style''. It spawned into Light novel, otome game adaptation developed by Kadokawa Games and Vridge for the PlayStation Vita. ...

'' (TV) * '' Project A-ko'' (movie) ** '' Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group'' (OAV) ** '' Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody'' (OAV) ** '' Project A-ko 4: Final'' (OAV) ** '' A-Ko The Versus'' (OAV) * '' Pugyuru'' (TV) * ''

Queen's Blade is a Japanese series of visual combat books published by Hobby Japan inspired by the licensed works from Firelight Game Company's '' Lost Worlds''. The overall plot of the game revolves around a tournament called the Queen's Blad ...

'' (TV, OAV) * ''

RahXephon is a Japanese anime television series created and directed by Yutaka Izubuchi. The series follows 17-year-old Ayato Kamina, his ability to control a mecha known as the RahXephon, and his inner journey to find a place in the world. His l ...

'' (TV, OAV, movie) * '' Reign: The Conqueror'' (TV) * ''

School Rumble is a Japanese ''shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes b ...

'' (TV) * '' Shura no Toki'' (TV) * '' Soul Eater'' (TV) * '' Sousei no Aquarion'' (TV) * '' Strawberry Panic!'' (TV) - Sponsor, DVD sales * ''

Tenbatsu Angel Rabbie is an anime OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the ...

'' (OAV) * ''

The World of Narue is a Japanese manga series by Tomohiro Marukawa. The series follows Kazuto Izuka, an alien girl named Narue Nanase and the trials and tribulations of the young couple as they get to know each other. The title is taken from A. E. van Vogt's ''T ...

'' (TV) * ''

Translucent In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions ...

'' (manga) * ''

Twin Spica is a Japanese Seinen manga, ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma. The "realistic, Slice of life story, slice-of-life science fiction series" tells the story of a group of Japanese high school students training to b ...

'' (TV, manga) * '' UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie'' (TV) ** ''

UFO Princess Valkyrie 2 is a Japanese manga series created by Kaishaku. The series was adapted into a 32-episode anime series and one specially released OVA episode by TNK. Seasons 1 and 2 were broadcast in Japan on Kids Station between 2002 and 2004. The anime ...

'' (TV) ** '' UFO Princess Valkyrie Deluxe'' (OAV) * ''

Unbreakable Machine-Doll is a Japanese light novel series written by Reiji Kaitō and illustrated by Ruroo. Media Factory has published seventeen volumes under their MF Bunko J imprint from November 2009 to July 2017. A manga adaptation by Hakaru Takagi began ser ...

'' (TV) * '' Vandread'' (TV) ** '' Vandread Taidouhen'' (OAV) ** '' Vandread: The Second Stage'' (TV) * ''

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a Japanese anime television series directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, with screenplay written by Masaki Tsuzuki and produced by Seven Arcs. It forms part of the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series. The Japanese Association of Independ ...

'' (TV) * ''

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid is a Japanese manga series written by Masaki Tsuzuki and illustrated by Takuya Fujima. It is part of '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' franchise, taking place four years after the events of '' Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS''. The seri ...

'' (TV) * '' Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya'' (TV) * ''

Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

'' (TV) * ''

Slayers is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. The novels have been serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' since 1989, before being published into individual volumes. They follow th ...

'' (TV) * ''

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "Af ...

'' (TV) * ''

Wandaba Style , shortened to ''Wandaba Style'' in the English language release, is a Japanese anime television series animated by TNK. It originally aired from April 5, 2003 to June 21, 2003. The series was released in English by ADV Films and 3 volumes of ...

'' (TV) * '' Zaion: I Wish You Were Here'' (TV) * '' Zero no Tsukaima'' (Manga, TV)

Music artists

* '' MYTH & ROID'' (2015–present) * ''

Konomi Suzuki is a Japanese singer from Osaka Prefecture who is signed to MAGES. and KADOKAWA. After winning the Animax All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix in 2011, she made her debut in 2012 with the release of her first single "Choir Jail", which peaked at 34 o ...

'' (2012–2017, 2020–present) * ''

Masayoshi Ōishi is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter from Uwajima, Ehime. His professional music career began in 2001 as vocalist of the band Sound Schedule. Following the band's disbandment in 2006, he began a solo career, releasing his debut single " ...

'' (2014–present) * ''

OxT OxT () is a Japanese musical group signed to Pony Canyon and Kadokawa. It consists of vocalist/guitarist Masayoshi Ōishi and guitarist , known professionally as Tom Hack (stylized as Tom-H@ck). The unit debuted in 2013, after the two had previ ...

'' (2015–present) * '' nonoc'' (2018–present) * '' Riko Azuna'' (2018–present) * '' Mayu Maeshima'' (2021–present) * '' Kashitaro Ito'' (2020–present) * '' Luminous Witches'' (2020–present) * '' Yuka Iguchi'' (2022–present) * '' BAD TOWN REVERSAL'' (2022–present) * '' sajou no hana'' (2022–present) * '' konoco'' (2022–present) * '' Teary Planet'' (2022–present) * ''

Mai Mizuhashi , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, costume designer and model from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Originally a member of a music group, Mizuhashi found fame posting videos on the Japanese website Niconico. ...

'' (2006–2011) * '' Asuka Ōkura'' (2013)

References

External links

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