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Kodansha USA Publishing Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC is a publishing company based in New York, USA, and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Established in July 2008, Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and manga, ...

. Founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai, in February 2011, the company was bought by

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(46.7%) and

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(46.0%). The company was consolidated into Kodansha USA Publishing in 2020.

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'' ( Kenzo Kitakata) * '' Attack on Titan: Before the Fall'' ( Ryō Suzukaze) * '' Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City'' ( Ryō Kawakami) * '' Attack on Titan: Lost Girls'' (

Hiroshi Seko is a Japanese anime screenwriter. After serving as an episode screenwriter, he was put in charge of all the screenwriting for '' Seraph of the End''. Since then, he has also done screenwriting for many other series, of which notables include ''A ...

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) * '' The Cage'' ( Kenzo Kitakata) * '' The Cat in the Coffin'' ( Mariko Koike) * '' City of Refuge'' ( Kenzo Kitakata) * '' The Crimson Labyrinth'' ( Yusuke Kishi) * ''

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'' ( Koji Suzuki) * ''

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Fumi Nakamura Fumi (ふみ in hiragana or フミ in katakana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings * 史, "history" * 文, "sentence" * 二三, "two, three" * 芙美, "lotus, beauty" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ...

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Tetsuo Takashima Tetsuo Takashima (高嶋哲夫 ''Takashima Tetsuo'', born July 7, 1949) is a contemporary Japanese people, Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical novel, historical fiction, social com ...

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Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, actor, filmmaker, and author. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, he is better known abroad for his work as a filmmaker and actor as well as TV host. With th ...

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Hideo Okuda Hideo (ひでお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hideo Den (田英夫, 1923–2009), Japanese politician and news presenter * Hideo Fujimoto (藤本英雄, 1918–1997), Japanese baseball player * Hid ...

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Yoichi Funado better known by his pseudonym was a Japanese writer of adventure fiction. Biography Funado was born as Kenji Harada on February 8, 1944. During his student days, he traveled to Alaska. He graduated from Waseda University. Funado wrote approxi ...

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Keigo Higashino is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels. He served as the 13th President of Mystery Writers of Japan from 2009 to 2013. Higashino has won major Japanese awards for his books, almost twenty of which have been turned into films a ...

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'' (Koji Suzuki) * '' Parasite Eve'' (

Hideaki Sena is a Japanese pharmacologist and novelist. Sena was a graduate student at Tohoku University when he wrote his prizewinning debut novel, '' Parasite Eve''. Writing career His most famous novel, '' Parasite Eve'', was adapted into a film directe ...

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'' ( Seicho Matsumoto) * '' Promenade of the Gods'' ( Koji Suzuki) * '' The Ring Trilogy'' ( Koji Suzuki) * '' Sayonara, Gangsters'' ( Genichiro Takahashi) * '' Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen'' ( Takaya Kagami) * '' Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: World Resurrection at Nineteen'' ( Takaya Kagami) * ''

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Summer of the Ubume ''The Summer of the Ubume'' (姑獲鳥の夏, ''Ubume no natsu'') is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is Kyogoku’s first novel, and the first entry in his Kyōgōkudō series about atheist onmyōji Akihiko "Kyōgokudō" Chūzenji. It ...

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Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; ''Mōryō no Hako'', which ...

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Kaori Ekuni Kaori Ekuni (江國香織 ''Ekuni Kaori'', born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. Her father is Japanese haiku poet and essayist, Shigeru Ekuni. Works In Japan, she was dubbed the female Murakami. Her numerou ...

) * '' Winter Sleep'' ( Kenzo Kitakata) * ''

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Joh Sasaki is a Japanese writer and journalist; chiefly known for his historical fiction and mystery novels. Biography Joh Sasaki was born in Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan. He spent his early youth in Nakashibetsu City and later ventured to Sapporo where Sas ...

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Non-fiction and miscellaneous

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) * '' Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!'' ( Toshio Okada) * '' Slow Sex Secrets'' (

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) * '' The Toyota Leaders'' ( Masaaki Sato) * ''

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Manga

* '' 5 Centimeters Per Second'' ( Makoto Shinkai, Yukiko Seike) * ''

7 Billion Needles is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by Vertical. It was inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel '' Needle'' by Hal Clement. Plot The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a r ...

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Nobuaki Tadano Nobuaki (written: 信著, 信朗, 信明, 信昭, 信秋, 伸顕, 伸明, 伸彰, 修光 or 陳爾) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese Go player *, Japanese baseball player *, American Imperial Ja ...

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A School Frozen in Time is a Japanese novel series written by Mizuki Tsujimura. It was published by Kodansha in three volumes, from June to August 2004. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, was serialized in Kodansha's ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' fro ...

'' ( Mizuki Tsujimura,

Naoshi Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist, known for his work ''Your Lie in April''. Early life Naoshi Arakawa grew up in the countryside of Japan with an older brother. They used to get manga magazines like ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and ''Monthly Shōnen Maga ...

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'' (Tomoko Boryoku) * '' After the Rain'' ( Jun Mayuzuki) * '' Ajin: Demi-Human'' (Gamon Sakurai) * '' Andromeda Stories'' ( Ryu Mitsuse,

Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese manga artist and the former president of Kyoto Seika University. Career Keiko Takemiya (or Takemiya Keiko) is included in the Year 24 Group, a term coined by academics and critics to refer to a group of female authors in the ea ...

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Shūzō Oshimi is a Japanese manga artist who publishes works primarily for Kodansha. He made his debut with ''Superfly'' in Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Magazine. He is best known for his manga '' Drifting Net Cafe,'' '' The Flowers of Evil'' and ''Happiness''. ...

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Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such ...

) * '' Apollo's Song'' (Osamu Tezuka) * '' Black Jack'' (Osamu Tezuka) * '' Blame!'' ( Tsutomu Nihei) * ''

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'' ( Shuzo Oshimi) * ''

The Book of Human Insects is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It is about Toshiko Tomura, the "Woman of Talent", who is able to leech the abilities out of people, constantly reinventing herself. The manga was originally serialized in Ak ...

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'' (Osamu Tezuka) * '' Cardfight!! Vanguard'' ( Akira Itō) * '' Chi's Sweet Home'' (

Kanata Konami is a Japanese manga artist best known for her cat manga ''Chi's Sweet Home''. Her first manga was published in the magazine Nakayoshi in 1982. Both ''Chi's Sweet Home'' and have been published in English by Vertical Inc. Manga artist Risa ...

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CITY A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

'' (Keiichi Arawi) * ''

Devil's Line is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Ryo Hanada. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Morning Two'' from March 2013 to December 2018. The manga is licensed for English release i ...

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Dissolving Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It was serialized in ''Comic Motto!'' from March 2013 to October 2014 and published in a single volume in December 2014. Publication Written and illustrated by Junji Ito, the ser ...

'' ( Junji Ito) * '' Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro'' ( Nanashi) * '' Dororo'' (Osamu Tezuka) * ''

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Satosi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Universi ...

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The Drops of God is a Japanese manga series about wine. It is created and written by Tadashi Agi, a pseudonym employed by creative team of sister and brother Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, with artwork by Shu Okimoto. The story is told in two parts – the first p ...

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Tadashi Agi is a Japanese manga storywriter, novelist and screenwriter. Under the name Yuma Ando, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for '' shōnen'' for writing ''Kunimitsu no Matsuri''. The pen name "Tadashi Agi" (亜樹直) is shared with hi ...

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Flying Witch is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chihiro Ishizuka. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since August 2012, with its chapters collected in ten ''tankōbon'' volumes as of June 2021. An anime t ...

'' (Chihiro Ishizuka) * '' From the New World'' ( Yusuke Kishi) * '' The Garden of Words'' ( Makoto Shinkai) * ''

A Girl on the Shore is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It is about two junior high school students who enter into a casual sex relationship. The manga was serialized in Ohta Publishing's ''Manga Erotics F'' from 2009 to 2013 and is licensed ...

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Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aki Irie. It started serialization in '' Harta'' before moving to ''Aokishi'' following its establishment in April 2021. As of November 2022, the chapters of the series have been collected ...

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The Gods Lie is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaori Ozaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Monthly Afternoon'' from March to July 2013, with its chapters collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume. It was licensed in North America for ...

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Kaori Ozaki Kaori ( "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer *, musician known as Bonni ...

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The Great Cleric is a Japanese light novel series written by Broccoli Lion. Originally published via the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2015, the series was later acquired by Micro Magazine, who began publishing the series in print wi ...

'' ( Broccoli Lion, Hiiro Akikaze) * '' GTO: 14 Days in Shonan'' ( Tooru Fujisawa) * '' GTO: The Early Years'' ( Tooru Fujisawa) * '' The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi'' ( Kaoru Kurimoto,

Kazuaki Yanagisawa Kazuaki (written: , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese football goalkeeper (J2 League) *, Japanese speed skater *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese scien ...

) * '' Helter Skelter'' ( Kyoko Okazaki) * '' Heroman'' (

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Immortal Hounds is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryō Yasohachi. It is set in an alternate universe where humans are instantly resurrected after death, save for Vectors, who can spread "Resurrection Deficiency Syndrome". It has been ser ...

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In Clothes Called Fat is a Japanese drama '' josei'' manga written and illustrated by Moyoco Anno and serialized on Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha's ''Weekly Josei'' magazine. A compilation volume was released on November 15, 1997. It was published in English by Vertical and ...

'' ( Moyoco Anno) * '' Insufficient Direction'' ( Moyoco Anno) * '' Knights of Sidonia'' ( Tsutomu Nihei) * ''

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Keiko Suenobu is a female Japanese shōjo manga artist from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka. She graduated from the School of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba with a major in sculpture. In 2006, Suenobu's manga series, ''Life'' won the Kodansha Manga Award fo ...

) * '' Lychee Light Club'' ( Usamaru Furuya) * '' Message to Adolf'' (Osamu Tezuka) * '' Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You'' (Taka Aki) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin'' (

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is a Japanese animator, manga artist, and anime director. He is best known for being the character designer and animation director of the original ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' anime, which began in 1979. That same year, he began working as a manga art ...

Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the ''Gundam'' anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Ar ...

Hajime Yatate is a pseudonym for the collective contributions of the Sunrise animation staff. Name "Hajime Yatate" is considered to be named after a quote of Matsuo Bashō's ''Oku no Hosomichi'': Credited series This collective entity is credited as the ...

) * '' Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz - Glory of the Losers'' (

Tomofumi Ogasawara is a Japanese people, Japanese Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita. Career Fujiyama was born in Iga, Mie which is famous for its ''Ninja''. He joined J ...

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) * '' Moteki'' (Mitsuro Kubo) * '' Mysterious Girlfriend X'' ( Riichi Ueshiba) * '' MW'' (Osamu Tezuka) * ''

My Neighbor Seki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takuma Morishige. The series follows a girl named Rumi Yokoi who is constantly distracted by her neighboring classmate, Toshinari Seki, as he indulges in elaborate hobbies and somehow n ...

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My Boy "My Boy" is a popular song from the early 1970s. The music was composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Claude François, and the lyrics were translated from the original version "Parce que je t'aime, mon enfant" (Because I Love You My Child) into E ...

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Hitomi Takano Hitomi may refer to:. People * Hitomi (given name), a feminine Japanese given name * Hitomi (voice actress) (born 1967), Japanese voice actress * Hitomi (singer) (born 1976, as Hitomi Furuya), Japanese singer and songwriter * Hitomi Nabatame (b ...

) * '' Ninja Slayer'' (Bradley Bond, Philip "Ninj@" Morzez) * ''

Nichijou is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', and was also serialized in ''Comptiq'' between the March 2007 ...

'' (Keiichi Arawi) * '' No Longer Human'' ( Usamaru Furuya) * '' Ode to Kirihito'' (Osamu Tezuka) * ''

Paradise Kiss ''Paradise Kiss'', also abbreviated to ''ParaKiss'', is a josei manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It appeared as a serial in the Japanese fashion magazine ''Zipper''. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes. ...

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Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga author. While most of Yazawa's manga is published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of '' Ribon'' and ''Cookie'' (''Nana'' was serialized in the latter), series like ''Paradise Kiss'' have appeared in non-Shueisha magazines s ...

) * '' Peepo Choo'' (

Felipe Smith Felipe Smith (born 1978) is an American comic book writer and artist of Jamaican and Argentine descent. He is the creator, co-designer, and writer of Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider, and the author of '' Peepo Choo'', a manga series debuting in 2009 in ...

) * ''Pink'' (Kyoko Okazaki) * ''

Princess Knight ''Princess Knight'', also known as ''Ribon no Kishi'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. This manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with a blue heart of a boy and a pink ...

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Prophecy In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a ''prophet'') by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or p ...

'' (Tetsuya Tsutsui) * '' Sakuran'' ( Moyoco Anno) * '' Sickness Unto Death'' (Takahiro Seguchi) * '' Summer Wars'' (

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his eighth film '' Mirai''. Life and career Early life and initial work at Toei Anima ...

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Tokyo ESP is a Japanese manga series by Hajime Segawa. It began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine on February 26, 2010, and finished on July 26, 2016. It follows a high school girl named Rinka Urushiba who lives with her fathe ...

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Hajime Segawa is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) i ...

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'' (Satoshi Kon) * '' The Twin Knights'' (Osamu Tezuka) * ''

To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Maybe. It has been serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' since June 2014. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Vertical. A 12-episod ...

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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 ...

'' ( Kou Yaginuma) * '' Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist'' ( Asumiko Nakamura) * '' Velveteen & Mandala'' ( Jiro Matsumoto) * ''

What Did You Eat Yesterday? is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series focuses on the relationship between Shiro Kakei and Kenji Yabuki, a middle-aged gay couple living in Tokyo, Japan. The manga has been serialized ...

'' ( Fumi Yoshinaga) * '' Witchcraft Works'' (Ryu Mizunagi) * ''

Wolfsmund is a Japanese historical fantasy ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by . Published by Enterbrain, it's serialized on '' Fellows!''/'' harta'' ( ja) magazine since 2009, with eight volumes compiling the chapters released. The eighth ...

'' ( Mitsuhisa Kuji)

References

External links

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