Akane Shinsha
Industry | Books Magazines Manga |
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Founded | 4 October 1976[1] |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan.[1] |
Key people | Shigeta Shuji (representative director).[1] |
Revenue | 1,000万円 (10 million yen).[1] |
Subsidiaries | , Comic LO, , , , , , , Juicy, , , |
Website | http://www.akaneshinsha.co.jp |
Akane Shinsha (茜新社, meaning "Madder New Company") (AS) is a Japanese publishing company focused on adult material, such as comics[2] (aka manga) books,[3] and magazines.[4] The company was established in October 1976.[1]
In 2009, with 65 titles it ranked 2nd among ero-manga publishers in Japan, surpassed only by Core Magazine with 76, and surpassing (44), (42) and Kill Time Communication (41).[5]
At MangaGamer's panel at the 2011 Otakon, MG announced they are expanding their business into digital distribution of Akane Shinsha's erotic manga.[6][7]
Adaptations[]
Anime[]
Some of the manga created by the company were notable enough to be adapted into anime OAVs. These include:
- Vanilla Series:
- (based on 2009 manga) animation by , produced by Digital Works
- Episode 1 released 10 September 2010
- Episode 2 released 10 December 2010
- (based on 2010 manga, two OVAs in 2011 that are 27 minutes each) produced and distributed by Digital Works
- Episode 1 released 19 August 2011
- Episode 2 released 16 December 2011
- First Love (ファースト ラブ) by (based on April 2011 manga, three OVAs in 2012 that are 27 minutes each) was produced by Digital Works and distributed by
- First Love 香澄 released 16 March 2012
- First Love 千夏 released 15 June 2012
- First Love 真琴 released 19 October 2012
- (based on 2009 manga) animation by , produced by Digital Works
- (based on October 2011 manga ) released 21 September 2012
English manga[]
Digital Manga Inc. has translated and published at least 5 of the works created by Yamatogawa (originally published in the Tenma Comics line) in North America[8] including:
- Aqua Bless
- Boing Boing
- How Good was I?
- Power Play!
- Witchcraft
Artists employed[]
- Ryō Ramiya published at least 5 works under the company:
- Nijiiro Daireikai (匂艶大霊界, June 1990, ISBN 4-7901-0002-2
- Cruceanu Alex (ミルキ-モ-ニング, August 1993, ISBN 4-87182-072-6
- Pretty Afternoon (プリティアフタヌーン, October 1993, ISBN 4-87182-083-1
- Misty Twilight (ミスティートワイライト, November 1993, ISBN 4-87182-086-6
- Silky Midnight (シルキー ミッドナイト, December 1993, ISBN 4-87182-090-4
- Ayato Sasakura publishes under [9] prior to her work illustrating the Shakugan no Shana manga from 2005 to 2011, including:
- Shōjo-ryū kōfuku kakushu-ron (少女流幸福攫取論, 2004, ISBN 4-87182-678-3).
Publications[]
This article is missing information about at least 65 magazine titles published by the company, plus an unknown amount of books and comics.(May 2014) |
Comic Tenma magazine[]
Established in 1998 includes titles:
- Aqua Bless (アクアブレス) by Yamatogawa published 24 February 2007
- Witchcraft by Yamatogawa published 14 March 2008
- translated into English
- (月と太陽19 Moon and Sun) by Syatikamaboko published March 2009
- (たゆたゆ "Boing Boing") by Yamatogawa published 24 April 2009
- (せめ ♥ ちち) by Erect Sawaru (エレクトさわる) published 26 September 2009
- adapted into a 2-episode anime OVA in 2010
- (たいへんよくできました "how good was I?") by Yamatogawa published 18 December 2009
- (会長のいいなり!Student Council President's Slave) by Syatikamaboko published 21 May 2010
- (メイド姉) by Maguro Teikoku (まぐろ帝國 Tuna Empire) published 23 July 2010
- adapted into a 2-episode anime OVA series in 2011
- (イマコシステム) by Midori no Rūpe published 25 September 2010
- First Love (ファースト ラブ) by Akiomi Osuzu published 28 April 2011
- adapted into a 3-episode anime OVA series in 2012
- (純愛メロウ Pure Love Mellow) by Jun published 14 October 2011
- adapted into a 1-episode anime OVA in 2012
- (Powerプレイ!) by Yamatogawa published 24 February 2012
- (先生といっしょ) by Syatikamaboko published 23 March 2012
- (にくまん娘 Hot, Juicy & Cute Girls in Comics) by Warashibe published 10 August 2012
- (姉恋) by Yuzuki N Dash and (ぶるまん) by Blmanian both published 27 April 2012
Comic LO magazine[]
Established in 2002
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Comic Rin magazine[]
Established in 2004 includes titles:
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Comic Sigma magazine[]
Established in 2006 includes titles:
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Opera[]
Tenma Comics[]
Not to be confused with the "" magazine, this line of comics includes several subsidiaries:
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "About Us" corporate profile
- ^ Comics
- ^ Books
- ^ Magazines
- ^
Mangaoh Club’s adult comics listArchive - ^ "MangaGamer announces games, anime, manga at Otakon". Encubed. August 2, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "ディスカバリー DISCOVERY 公式サイト" [Discovery Official Site] (in Japanese). Discovery. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Digital Manga's Project-H Imprint Adds...
- ^ "Ayato Sasakura's works". Retrieved 2008-01-31.[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Animeflv
- "Book list as of April 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- Akane Shinsha at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Akane Shinsha
- 1976 establishments in Japan
- Adult magazine publishing companies
- Book publishing companies in Tokyo
- Comic book publishing companies in Tokyo
- Publishing companies established in 1976
- Hentai companies
- Magazine publishing companies in Tokyo
- Manga distributors