Shueisha
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Shueisha Jimbocho Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
is a major publisher in
Japan, headquartered in
Tokyo. The company was founded in
1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher
Shogakukan. The following year Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Shueisha's
Jump Comics division is a large publisher of
manga.
Shueisha later founded
Hakusensha, which has gone on to become another of Japan's most successful publishers.
is one of the many
imprints operated by Shueisha.
Shueisha publishes the
Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and organizes the
Tezuka Award in Japan.
Shonen Jump, begun in
1968, is the world's most popular and most successful Japanese manga magazine.
Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns
Viz Media, which publishes manga from both companies in the
United States.
The name "Shueisha" comes from the phrase
Eichi ga tsudou (英知が集う, loosely translated as "Assemble knowledge"). The
on-yomi of the
kanji 集 is
shū.
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Beet the Vandel Buster)
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Video Girl Ai)
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*DNA²
*Elfen Lied
*GUNNM
(a.k.a. Battle Angel Alita)
*Hikaru no Go
*Hokuto no Ken
(a.k.a. Fist of the North Star)
*Hōshin Engi (Soul Hunter
)
*Hunter × Hunter
*Ichigo 100%
*I"s
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
*Katekyo Hitman Reborn
(Reborn!)
*Kinnikuman (the toy line was released in North America as M.U.S.C.L.E.)
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