MediaWorks (publisher)

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MediaWorks, Inc.
株式会社メディアワークス
Type Publishing
Founded October 15, 1992
Headquarters Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Industry Books, Magazines, Manga, Video games
Revenue 3,866,000,000 yen as of September 27, 2007[1]
Website mediaworks.co.jp

MediaWorks, Inc. (株式会社メディアワークス Kabushiki Kaija Media Wākusu?) is a Japanese publishing company known for their Dengeki (電撃? meaning electric shock) brand magazines and book labels. These include such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing label Dengeki Bunko. They mainly cater to the Japanese male otaku crowd, covering such topics as anime, light novels, manga, plastic modelling and visual novels. However, MediaWorks started publishing their first shōjo manga magazine targeted towards girls in December 2006 called Comic Sylph. The company is planned to be merged with ASCII on April 1, 2008; the name after the merger will be ASCII MediaWorks.[1]

In addition to publishing printed material, MediaWorks has been involved with the production of other media. They have developed and published visual novels for popular "media-mix" Japanese series where many different forms of media are published for a given series. Such well-known series include Kashimashi, Shakugan no Shana, and Strawberry Marshmallow. MediaWorks has also been involved in the production of anime television and original video animation series.

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MediaWorks emerged on October 15, 1992 from Kadokawa Shoten, at the time led by president Haruki Kadokawa and his younger brother and vice president Tsuguhiko Kadokawa; Kadokawa Shoten was founded by their father Genyoshi Kadokawa. Citing differences in the interests of business direction, Tsuguhiko resigned to start MediaWorks, with a large contingent from Kadokawa Shoten joining the switch. In 1993, after Haruki was arrested for cocaine smuggling, he lost his presidency at Kadokawa Shoten and soon Tsuguhiko took over his place by holding president positions for the two companies. Kadokawa Shoten was later made the parent company of MediaWorks. Tsuguhiko also became the CEO of Kadokawa Holdings.

Cover of an issue of Dengeki Comic Gao! featuring Inukami!.
Cover of an issue of Dengeki Comic Gao! featuring Inukami!.
Main article: List of magazines published by MediaWorks

Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫?) was established in June 1993 and is a light novel label aimed at a male audience. The editors in charge of this label 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 one-thousandth published novel. In April 2007, three movies based on separate light novel series published by Dengeki Bunko were produced; the three titles were Kino's Journey, Shakugan no Shana, and Inukami!.
Dengeki Comics
Dengeki Comics (電撃コミックス Dengeki Komikkusu?) is a manga publishing label aimed at a male audience. Aside from the main Dengeki Comics label, there is the related Dengeki Comics EX label which publishes a lesser number of manga volumes. A large amount of the manga published under Dengeki Comics was originally serialized in the seinen magazine Dengeki Daioh.

Dengeki G's Bunko
Dengeki G's Bunko (電撃G's文庫?) was a publishing label originally established in 1997 as a light novel label aimed at a male audience — the light novels were based on bishōjo games. The label was run by three men: Mizuhito Akiyama, Hideyuki Kurata, and Masanori Date. As of 2003, the label has been suspended and has been succeeded by Dengeki Game Bunko.

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

Dengeki Comic Grand Prix
The Dengeki Comic Grand Prix (電撃コミックグランプリ Dengeki Komikku Guran Puri?) is is an award handed out annually (since 2001) by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for original one-shot manga. Between the first and fifth contests held, there were two divisions: original, and anthology. This was changed from the sixth contest on to a Daioh/Gao! division which covers seinen manga, and a Sylph division which covers shōjo manga. There are four types of prizes given out each contest: the Grand Prix Prize (one-million yen), the Semi-Grand Prix Prize (five-hundred-thousand yen), the Excellence Prize (two-hundred-thousand yen), and the Honorable Mention (one-hundred-thousand yen). There was also once a Dengeki Moeoh Grand Prize division which was held twice with a Grand Prize and Honerable Mentions.[2]
Dengeki hp Novella Prize
The Dengeki hp Novella Prize (電撃hp短編小説賞 Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō?) is an award handed out annually (since 2000) by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for exceptionally written short stories and novellas. The prize is associated with MediaWorks' light novel magazine Dengeki hp. Between the first and fourth contests held, the editorial department of MediaWorks' included the narrowed-down novellas in an issue of Dengeki hp, and the winner was decided from a reader-participation voting poll. This was changed from the fifth contest on by the use of a committee to award the prize.
Dengeki Novel Prize
The Dengeki Novel Prize (電撃小説大賞 Dengeki Shōsetsu Taishō?) is an award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for their Dengeki Bunko light novel label. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like Kouhei Kadono and Yashichiro Takahashi. Originally called the Dengeki Game Novel Prize, the name was changed in 2003. The Dengeki Novel Prize consists of the Grand Prize (one million yen), the Gold Prize (five hundred thousand yen), and the Silver Prize (three hundred thousand yen). There is also an illustration division. There are over two-thousand submissions annually, and it is considered the largest prize for light novels.[3]

  1. ^ a b Announcement of the merger between ASCII and MediaWorks (Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  2. ^ Dengeki Moeoh Grand Prize winners (Japanese). MediaWorks. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
  3. ^ Home page for the Dengeki Novel Prize (Japanese). MediaWorks. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.


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MediaWorks
Active magazines Dengeki Comic Gao! · Dengeki Daioh · Dengeki G's Magazine · Dengeki Hime · Dengeki Hobby Magazine · Dengeki Maoh · Dengeki Nintendo DS · Dengeki PlayStation
Discontinued magazines Active Japan · Dengeki Adventures · Dengeki AniMaga · Dengeki Dreamcast · Dengeki hp · Dengeki Oh · Dengeki Shōnen
Publishing labels Dengeki Bunko · Dengeki Comics · Dengeki G's Bunko · Dengeki Game Bunko
Contests Dengeki Comic Grand Prix · Dengeki hp Novella Prize · Dengeki Novel Prize
Other Dengeki G's Radio
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