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Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The fol ...

publishing

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established in July 2000 for publishing

light novel A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

s aimed at teenage boys. In April 2001, the label inherited a strong lineup from the discontinued Super Fantasy Bunko label, in addition to inheriting all of their school life and

slapstick Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such ...

light novel series. The label also administers the

Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award The is an annual award given by Shueisha, Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko imprint (trade name), imprint for the best new light novel of the year. The award was first presented in 2001. Submissions are accepted until October 25 each year, and announced ...

, given out since 2001. Original novel series released under the label include ''

Read or Die is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's '' Super Dash Bunko'' imprint. ''Read or Die'' follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division ...

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Hideyuki Kurata is a Japanese anime screenwriter, light novelist, and manga artist, noted for authoring the series composition of such works as '' Read or Die'', ''Now and Then, Here and There'', '' Kamichu!'', and '' Gun Sword''. He has been a member of Yōsuke K ...

, ''

Happy Seven is an anime series which consists of 13 episodes that began airing in Japan October 2, 2005. The original story was by Hiroyuki Kawasaki. It was directed by Tsutomu Yabuki and produced by Studio Hibari and Trinet Entertainment. Overview Th ...

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Hiroyuki Kawasaki is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Hiroki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: extensive, good fortune, spacious. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . It is written in hi ...

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Ginban Kaleidoscope is a Japanese light novel series written by Rei Kaibara and illustrated by Hiro Suzuhira. A manga adaptation authored by Jun Hasegawa was serialized in Margaret from 2005 to 2006. An anime adaptation of the first arc of the novels aired on T ...

'' by Rei Kaibara, ''

Kure-nai is a Japanese light novel series by Kentarō Katayama, with illustrations by Yamato Yamamoto. A manga adaptation started serialization in the first issue of '' Jump Square'' magazine and had its last chapter published in the June 2012 iss ...

'' by Kentarō Katayama, and ''

Akikan! is a Japanese light novel series about a group of anthropomorphic soda cans who do battle. It was created by Riku Ranjō, with illustrations by Hiro Suzuhira, known for her artistry in ''Shuffle!''. The first novel was released on May 24, 20 ...

'' by Riku Ranjō.

Brief history

was a Shuiesha publishing imprint from March 1991 until April 2001 which published fantasy light novels. Reflecting the height of the age of

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s, from the very beginning their core lineup was original works set in

sword and sorcery Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance, magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of high fantasy, the ...

fantasy worlds. From midway to the later period of the imprint, they began publishing Japanese-style fantasies, science fiction, and mysteries. For a few titles such as ''

Spirit Warrior is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Ogino. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 1985 to 1989, with its chapters collected in 17 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It spawned f ...

'' and ''

Princess Minerva is a role-playing video game developed and published by Riverhillsoft for the NEC PC-9801 in 1992 in Japan only. An original video animation by Group TAC was originally released by Toho in May 1995 in Japan; it was later released also in the Un ...

'', Super Fantasy novelized manga, anime, and computer games. In contrast to their core fantasy label, they established Super Dash Bunko in July 2000 to publish school life and slapstick comedy light novel series. However, in April 2001, the Super Fantasy label was absorbed into the Super Dash label due to difficulties keeping both labels separate. Original series such as and its sequel , both by Riki Ichijō, continued under the new combined label. In November 2014, Shueisha released a new label, Dash X Bunko, as a replacement for the Super Dash Bunko label. Since 2001, the label has administered the

, awarded to the best new light novel of the year. In 2007, Super Dash established the imprint Elite Novels (菁英文庫) in cooperation with

Chingwin Publishing Group Ching Win Publishing Co., Ltd. () is a Taiwanese Publishing Group famous for its large manga selection, established 1964 in Taipei. Though it was initially aimed as general publishing company, it changed its principle to mainly publishing manga, l ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

in order to facilitate publication of their works in Taiwan.

Selected list of Super Fantasy releases

Some series with at least 2 volumes are included below. *''

Arc the Lad is a series of tactical role-playing games created by Toshiro Tsuchida and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Each ''Arc the Lad'' game often features recurring characters and locations, as well as a consistent timeline. Most of the ...

'' novelization, by Sakuramaru Yamada *''

Combustible Campus Guardress is an anime original video animation. The project was created by Satoru Akahori, features the original character designs of Kazushi Hagiwara and Kazuchika Kise is a Japanese director, animator, and character designer. He started working in ...

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Satoru Akahori is a Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is best known for the ''Saber Marionette'', ''Sakura Wars'' and ''Sorcerer Hunters'' series, which comes in anime, novel and manga forms. Works *''Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge'': Series Com ...

*'' Ore-tachi no Kogane Densetsu: Dansu & Gorudo'' by

Oji Hiroi , real name , is an author and video game developer. He co-authored '' Samurai Crusader'' with Ryoichi Ikegami. He also created the '' Far East of Eden'' and ''Sakura Wars'' role-playing video game franchises, and wrote the ''Sakura Wars'' manga. ...

*'' Ore-tachi no Rakuen Densetsu: Dansu & Gorudo'' by Oji Hiroi *''

Outlaw Star is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise and ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Itō. The series takes place in the "Toward Stars Era" universe in which spacecraft are capable of traveling faste ...

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Katsuhiko Chiba Katsuhiko (written: 勝彦, 克彦 or 勝比古) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese sumo wrestler *, Japanese sumo wrestler * Katsuhiko Kinoshita (b ...

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'' by Kō Maisaka *'' Spirit Warrior: Mareiroku'' by Shō Aikawa

References

External links

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