, formerly , is a Japanese

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and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on 30 January 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 Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

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 is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain on a monthly basis since November 1995. In 2006, it had a circulation of 25,000. Popular manga serialized in ''Comic Beam'' include Kaoru Mori's '' Emma'' about the love story between ...

'': Comic Beam was formerly known as ASCII Comic. It is a seinen manga magazine filled with original

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. * '' Harta'' (formerly ''Fellows!''): A periodical seinen manga magazine consisting of original manga stories. * '' Monthly Arcadia'' (月刊アーカディア): a 2000 monthly magazine focused on

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

magazine ''

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'' (ゲーメスト) 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 horse racing magazine. * ''Famitsu Connect!On'': Magazine focused on online video games. * ''Logout Tabletalk RPG Series'':

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Enterbrain software

* '' RPG Maker'': a role-playing game creation tool * '' Fighter Maker'': a fighting games creation tool * ''

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'': a tactical RPG games creation tool * ': 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) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Galerians: Ash'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2005) * '' KimiKiss'' (2006) *
The Magician's Academy
(2007) * '' Amagami'' (2009) * ''

Earth Seeker ''Earth Seeker'' is an action role-playing game developed by Crafts & Meister and published by Enterbrain. It was released in Japan in 2011 for the Nintendo Wii, and to date, has not been released in any other regions. Gameplay Due to a s ...

'' (2011) * '' Photo Kano'' (2012)

Light novels

Enterbrain releases light novels under their

Famitsu Bunko is a light novel publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company Enterbrain, a division of Kadokawa Future Publishing is the publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation, publishing manga, novels, light novels, magazines, tabletop ...

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 '' Overlord''.

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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