ASCII Media Works

ASCII Media Works
legal form	Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
founding	April 1, 2008
resolution	October 1, 2013
Reason for dissolution	Integration in parent company
Seat	Shinjuku
management	Kiyoshi Takano
Number of employees	349
sales	494 million yen (2009)
Branch	publishing company
Website	asciimw.jp

ASCII Media Works ( Japanese ア ス キ ー ・ メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス Asukī Media Wākusu ) is an imprint for books , mangas , video games and magazines from the Japanese publisher Kadokawa .

history

The company KK ASCII Media Works ( 株式会社 ア ス キ ー ・ メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス Kabushiki kaisha Asukī Media Wākusu , English ASCII Media Works, Inc. ) was created on April 1, 2008 from the merger of the subculture publisher Media Works with the IT publisher ASCII . The company's president was Kiyoshi Takano, who previously headed ASCII.

In 2013, the parent company, Kadokawa Group Holdings, was renamed Kadokawa and on October 1, 2013, the group's eight publishers, including ASCII Media Works, were dissolved as independent companies and continued as Kadokawa brands (Imprints).

program

The publisher sells a number of magazines and books under the name Dengeki ( 電 撃 ), such as the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh , the games magazine Dengeki G's Magazine and the imprint Dengeki Bunko . The company also publishes magazines on IT topics, light novels , computer games, sells toy characters and is involved in the production of animes .

Magazines

Current

• Dengeki Arcade Card Game
• Dengeki Bunko Magazine
• Dengeki Daioh
• Dengeki G's Magazine
• Dengeki Hime
• Dengeki Hobby Magazine
• Dengeki Layers
• Dengeki Maoh
• Dengeki Nintendo DS
• Dengeki PlayStation
• Figure Maniacs Otome Gumi
• Hoshi Navi
• MacPeople
• Macpower
• ASCII Dot PC
• ASCII.technologies
• Weekly ASCII
• Monthly Business ASCII
• Sylph

Discontinued

• Dengeki Daioh Genesis (2010-2012)
• Network Magazine
• Unix Magazine

Web links

Commons : ASCII Media Works  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Dengeki.com (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} AMW 会 社 案 内, AMW Company Information. ASCII Media Works, accessed November 25, 2009 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Dengeki Daioh Genesis Magazine Ceases Publication. Anime News Network, November 19, 2012