ASCII Media Works

ASCII Media Works (アスキー・メディアワークス), formerly ASCII Media Works, Inc. (株式会社アスキー・メディアワークス), is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It originally formed on April 1, 2008, as a result of a merger between ASCII Corporation and MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII.[2][3] Despite this, the former president and CEO of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the first president and CEO of ASCII Media Works.[4] It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013.

The company specializes in publishing of books, entertainment and computer magazines, manga, and video games. ASCII Media Works is known for their Dengeki (電撃) brand magazines and book imprints which include such well-known magazines as

Publishing imprints

Light novels

Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫) is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience established in June 1993. The editors in charge of this imprint have a reputation for welcoming new authors, and hold a yearly contest, the Dengeki Novel Prize, to discover new talent. The eighth volume of Kino's Journey, originally published in October 2006, was Dengeki Bunko's 1000th published novel. In April 2007, three films based on separate light novel series published by Dengeki Bunko were produced; the three titles were Kino's Journey, Shakugan no Shana, and Inukami!.

Aside from the main Dengeki Bunko imprint, there is the sub-imprint Dengeki Game Bunko (電撃ゲーム文庫) established in 1994 when it was originally related with tabletop role-playing games. The imprint stopped production in September 1997 but was later restarted in December 1999 as a computer game and light novel publisher. The imprint succeeded the previous publishing imprint Dengeki G's Bunko.

There is also the light novel imprint Dengeki no Shin Bungei (電撃の新文芸) that focuses on the publication of web novel works in paper format. The label started in January 17, 2019, with the re-release of Boogiepop and Others and is aimed at male audience.

B-Prince Bunko
B-Prince Bunko (B-PRINCE文庫) is a yaoi light novel imprint established in 2008.[11] The imprint held a contest in 2010 to give amateur authors a chance to make a professional debut.[12]

Jewel Books
A light novel imprint that is aimed at adult women, and contains adult drawings. The label started on June 25, 2014, with the release of two light novel volumes.

Manga

Dengeki Comics
Dengeki Comics (電撃コミックス) is a manga publishing imprint aimed at a male audience. Aside from the main Dengeki Comics imprint, there is the related Dengeki Comics EX imprint which publishes a lesser number of manga volumes. A large amount of the manga published under Dengeki Comics was originally serialized in the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh.

Sylph Comics
Sylph Comics (シルフコミックス) is a manga publishing imprint aimed at a female audience. The manga that are published under this imprint were originally serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Sylph. The first bound volumes were published under this imprint starting on March 21, 2008.

Novels

Mahō no Island Bunko
Mahō no Island Bunko (魔法のiらんど文庫) is a novel imprint established on October 25, 2007, which publishes new works on the mobile phone-accessible service Mahō no Island operated by the company of the same name, which is a subsidiary of ASCII Media Works. Mahō no Island Bunko publishes general novels.[13]

Media Works Bunko
Media Works Bunko (メディアワークス文庫) is a publishing imprint established on December 16, 2009, aimed at a general audience for mainstream novels. Winners of the Media Works Bunko Prize in the Dengeki Novel Prize are published on this imprint, along with winning 500,000 yen.[14]

parent	Kadokawa Future Publishing
foundation	April 1, 2008
predecessor	ASCII Corporation MediaWorks
location	Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
products	Books, magazines, manga, video games
type	Division
industry	Computing, IT
subsid	Dengeki Bunko
revenue	¥493,500,000 (2013)‡R1R‡
num employees	364‡R1R‡

History

Magazines published

Publishing imprints

Light novels

Manga

Novels

Contests

Video games

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