Hakusensha

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Hakusensha, Inc.
株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ白泉社はくせんしゃ
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedDecember 1, 1973; 50 years ago (1973-12-01)
FounderShueisha
HeadquartersJapan
Number of locations
〒101-0063
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Kanda-Awajichō 2-2-2
Key people
Kazuhiko Torishima (Advisor, former president and representative director)
ProductsMagazines, manga, picture books, light novels, other type of books and drama CDs
OwnerHitotsubashi Group
Number of employees
91 (January 2010)[1]
Websitewww.hakusensha.co.jp

Hakusensha, Inc. (株式会社かぶしきがいしゃ白泉社はくせんしゃ, Kabushiki-gaisha Hakusensha) is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.[1]

The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series.

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hitotsubashi Group.

History[edit]

Hakusensha was founded on December 1, 1973, by Shueisha. It is now a separate company although still a part of the Hitotsubashi Group with Shueisha and Shogakukan as one of the major members of the keiretsu.

Hakusensha's headquarters

After setting up the company for five months, the firm published their first magazine, a shōjo manga magazine titled Hana to Yume (花はなとゆめ). In November that year, they moved from Tōkyō-to, Chiyoda-ku, Kanda-Jinbōchō Ichi-chōme (東京とうきょう都と千代田ちよだ区く神田神保かんだじんぼう町まち1丁目ちょうめ) to Kanda-Jinbōchō San-chōme (神田かんだ神保じんぼう町まち3丁目ちょうめ).

In 1975, the firm changed the frequency of their magazine from monthly to semi-monthly; in March, they created their first imprint, Hana to Yume Comics (花はなとゆめコミックス). In July 1976, they published their second manga magazine, a shōjo manga magazine named Hana to Yume LaLa (花はなとゆめ LaLa) as a sister magazine to Hana to Yume that is published bi-monthly. In April 1977, they set up a publication editing department and in July, they began publishing a seasonal magazine titled Bessatsu Hana to Yume (別冊べっさつ花はなとゆめ).

In March 1981, they moved to Nishi-Kanda San-chōme (西神田にしかんだ3丁目ちょうめ). In September, they branched out from their usual shōjo manga magazines to a shōnen genre by publishing Shōnen Jets (少年しょうねんジェッツ). With that, the company released their series in Shōnen Jets under a new imprint, Jets Comics (ジェッツコミックス) in July 1982. As of January 2009, the magazine was defunct but the imprint is used to publish their seinen manga series serializing in Young Animal and Young Animal Arashi as well as certain series serializing in Melody.

Three years later on August, they published a new magazine, specialising under the josei genre, Silky that is published on even-numbered months. With that, they created an imprint for Silky's series to be published under Ladies' Comics (レディースコミックス). In March 1989, they started publishing a seinen manga magazine called Animal House. Three years after Animal House, they published Moe, a monthly magazine for picture books targeted toward shōjo readers. In May that year, Animal House was renamed to Young Animal and was then published semi-monthly since.

In March 1994, they created another imprint, Hakusensha Bunko (白泉社はくせんしゃ文庫ぶんこ). This imprint is for publishing manga in the bunkoban format. Moreover, in December 1995, they started publishing another magazine that was published seasonally, Shōsetsu HanaMaru (小説しょうせつ花はな丸まる) which is targeted toward josei readers.

In January 1996, they created an imprint for Shōsetsu HanaMaru (小説しょうせつ花はな丸まる), HanaMaru Comics (花はな丸まるコミックス). In July that year, they created HanaMaru Bunko (花はな丸文まるぶん庫こ). In September, they published Melody which publishes on odd-numbered months. On the same month, they moved to Kanda-Awajichō Ni-chōme・Hakusensha Biru (神田淡路かんだあわじ町まち2丁目ちょうめ・白泉社はくせんしゃビル), their present location.

In April 1996, they published LaLa DX on odd-numbered months. The company also began selling their drama CDs under Hakusensha CD Collection (白泉社はくせんしゃCDコレクション), abbreviated as HCD.

In June 2001, they published Candy; as of January 2009, the magazine has been discontinued. In May 2005, they changed their special publication of Young Animal Arashi into a monthly publication. In July 2006, Bessatsu Hana to Yume was made a monthly publication. HanaMaru Black (花はな丸まるBLACK), a magazine targeted at readers of yaoi genre started its publication in May 2008.

Le Paradis, a manga anthology published triannually published its first issue on October 29, 2008.[2][3]

Source:[4]

Media mix[edit]

Besides publishing, the company releases drama CDs of series under their magazines: Hana to Yume Series (花はなとゆめシリーズ), Bessatsu Hana to Yume Series (別冊べっさつ花はなとゆめシリーズ), LaLa Series (LaLaシリーズ), Young Animal Series (ヤングアニマルシリーズ) and HanaMaru Series (花はな丸まるシリーズ).

Moreover, they are involved in the productions of games, TV drama, theatrical movies, musicals, radio shows, TV animation and original video animation.

Series under the company can be read through mobile phones in Japan using the following service portals: Hakusensha e-Comics (白泉社はくせんしゃe-コミックス) and Hakusensha HanaMaru Bunko (白泉社はくせんしゃ花はな丸文まるぶん庫こ). Hakusensha e-Comics was started in September 2005 and is operated by Hakusensha and CharaWeb.[5] This service is available in two variations and customers will have to pay 315 yen and 512 yen respectively to access this service every month.[5]

Source:[6]

Sony PlayStation Portable manga distribution service[edit]

It was announced at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show press conference that Hakusensha and 11 other publishing companies in Japan (such as Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, Square Enix, publishers associated with Kadokawa Shoten, Bandai Visual and Futabasha) would provide nearly 100 titles of manga to supply the service in PlayStation Store. Hakusensha has yet to provide details of the supplied titles for the service.

This service is only available for Japanese PlayStation Portable consoles and will start in December 2009.[7][8]

Publications[edit]

Manga magazines[edit]

Source:[4][9]

Other publications[edit]

Source:[4][9]

Imprints[edit]

Hakusensha publishes their books and manga under these imprints.[10]

  • Hana to Yume Comics
  • Young Animal Comics (formerly known as Jets Comics until June 2016)[11]
  • Hakusensha Ladies Comics
  • HanaMaru Comics
  • Hakusensha Bunko
  • HanaMaru Bunko
  • HanaMaru Novels
  • HanaMaru Black

Awards[edit]

Hakusensha organizes contests to offer aspiring manga artist a professional debut as well to be affiliated with their magazines.

These contests or awards are Hakusensha Athena Shinjin Taishō (白泉社はくせんしゃアテナ新人しんじん大賞たいしょう, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards), Hana to Yume Mangaka Course (HMC), LaLa Mangaka Scout Course (LMS), LaLa Manga Grand Prix (LMG), and Big Challenge Awards (BC).[12]

Radio show[edit]

There was a radio show hosted by voice actor Takehito Koyasu and Atsushi Kisaichi called Koyasu☆Kisaichi no HanaYume Check ni LaLa Shimasho (子安こやす☆私市きさいちの花はなゆめチックにLaLaしましょ) that was broadcast by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. The show ended in March 2002. It was compiled into two CDs and is sold under Hakusensha's drama CD imprint, Hakusensha CD Collection (HCD).[13][14]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "白泉社はくせんしゃ 会社かいしゃ案あん – Profile" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  2. ^ "Hakusensha to Launch Rakuen Anthology in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  3. ^ 新あたらしい恋愛れんあいアンソロ｢楽園らくえん｣、執筆しっぴつ陣じんがエクスペリメンタル (in Japanese). Comic Natalie. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  4. ^ a b c "白泉社はくせんしゃ 会社かいしゃ案内あんない – History" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  5. ^ a b "携帯けいたいコミック配信はいしんサイト｢白泉社はくせんしゃe-コミックス｣をオープン" (in Japanese). ITMedia Inc. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  6. ^ "白泉社はくせんしゃ 会社かいしゃ案内あんない – Media Mix" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  7. ^ "Japan's Sony PSP Manga Distribution Service Detailed". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  8. ^ "PSP｢プレイステーション・ポータブル｣向むけコミックコンテンツ配信はいしん PlayStationStoreにて2009年ねん12月開始かいし 配信はいしん開始かいし時じより国内こくない主要しゅよう出版しゅっぱん社しゃ11社しゃによるタイトルラインアップを提供ていきょう" (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  9. ^ a b "白泉社はくせんしゃ 会社かいしゃ案内あんない – Magazines" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  10. ^ "白泉社はくせんしゃ 会社かいしゃ案内あんない – Books" (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  11. ^ ジェッツコミックスが名称めいしょう変更へんこう！「ベルセルク」38巻かん発売はつばい＆全巻ぜんかんリニューアル. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2016-04-08. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  12. ^ 白泉社はくせんしゃ 投稿とうこう作品さくひん募集ぼしゅう中ちゅう!! (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  13. ^ "Amazon.co.jp: 花はなゆめチックにLaLaしましょ: ドラマ, 子安こやす武人たけひと, 私市きさいち淳あつし: 音楽おんがく" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  14. ^ "Amazon.co.jp: HCD 子安こやす☆私市きさいちの花はなゆめチックにLaLaしましょII: ラジオ・サントラ, 子安こやす武人たけひと, 私市きさいち淳あつし: 音楽おんがく" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-05.

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