Shueisha
Japan's largest publisher, home of the Jump manga line.
Shueisha was founded in 1925 as the entertainment publishing arm of Shogakukan, and is Japan's biggest publisher.[1]
Quick Facts
- Romanized name
- Kabushiki gaisha Shūeisha
- Owner
- Hitotsubashi Group (Ōga family)
- Industry
- Publishing
- Founded
- 8 August 1926
- Founder
- Takeo Ōga
- Headquarters
- Hitotsubashi
- Country
- Japan
- Products
- Magazines
- manga
- picture books
- light novels
- educational books
- reference books
- and other books
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Akaruku Tanoshii Shōnen-Shōjo Zasshi was the initial magazine Shueisha put out.[2] Publication of the very popular Margaret magazine, along with its spin-off Bessatsu Margaret, was started by Shueisha in 1963.[3] Akamaru Jump was introduced by Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1974.[4] Viz Media, which releases manga from both Shueisha and Shogakukan in North America, is co-owned by those two companies.[5]
On February 16, 2022, a fully owned subsidiary called Shueisha Games was created, and Shueisha publicly announced this on March 31, 2022.[6] The vertical manga platform Jump Toon was revealed on May 30, 2023, and its official launch occurred on May 29, 2024.[6]
What the cited sources add
The Anime News Network report states that Shueisha Games aims to develop smartphone games with original concepts and character designs from manga creators from Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "【2023年最新】出版社 売上ランキングTOP40 1位は集英社、2位は講談社、3位は？ - ネリマーケ", nerimarketing.net (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "集英社 小史｜基礎づくり", Shueisha (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "集英社 小史｜成長期", Shueisha (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "集英社 小史｜発展期", Shueisha (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "会社案内", Shueisha (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Shueisha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pineda, "Shueisha Establishes 'Shueisha Games' Company", Anime News Network, March 31, 2022; "one piece"; "Manga Publisher Shueisha launches Shueisha Games Subsidiary", gamingindustry247; Dempsey, "Shueisha Announces New JUMP TOON Service for Vertical Manga", Crunchyroll, May 30, 2023 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Pineda, "Shueisha Establishes 'Shueisha Games' Company", Anime News Network, March 31, 2022. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
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