Shogakukan

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Headquarters of Shogakukan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters of Shogakukan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Shogakukan (小学館 Shōgakukan?) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.

Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi group, one of the biggest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is located at Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the other two companies are located in the same ward.

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[edit] Shogakukan in the US

Shogakukan company, along with Shueisha, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the United States.

Shogakukan's licensing arm in North America was ShoPro Entertainment; it was merged into Viz Media in 2005.

Shogakukan's production arm is Shogakukan Productions Co.,Ltd.

[edit] List of magazines published by Shogakukan

[edit] Manga magazines

[edit] Male oriented manga magazines

[edit] Kodomo manga magazines

[edit] Shōnen manga magazines

[edit] Seinen manga magazines

[edit] Female oriented manga magazines

[edit] Shōjo manga magazines

[edit] Josei manga magazines
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  • Judy

[edit] Fashion magazines

[edit] List of manga published by Shogakukan

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[edit] See Also

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