| Type | Kabushiki kaisha |
|---|---|
| Industry | Books, Magazines, Manga |
| Founded | August 1992 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Osamu Harada (president) |
| Revenue | 10 million yen[1] |
| Website | ichijinsha.co.jp |
Ichijinsha (株式会社一迅社 Kabushiki kaisha Ichijinsha) is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA which main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a public company and moved from merely editing to now being a publishing company. In December 2001, a publishing company was formed named Issaisha which started the shōjo manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum. In March 2005, Studio DNA and Issaisha merged into the current Ichijinsha company.[1]
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The four-panel comic strip magazine Manga 4koma Kings Palette (まんが4コマKINGSぱれっと manga yonkoma KINGS paretto) started as a special edition of Comic Rex.
Monthly Comic Zero Sum (月刊コミックZERO-SUM Gekkan Komikku Zero Samu) is a monthly shōjo manga (targeted towards girls) magazine published by Ichijinsha. It contains over six-hundred pages and has a variety of genres. Well-known manga include Saiyuki Reload, Amatsuki, 07 Ghost and Loveless. Some manga chapters have furigana next to kanji in the speech bubbles, which caters to the attention of readers of all ages.
Serialized manga: