Media Works
| Media Works | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | 1992 |
| resolution | 2008 |
| Seat | Chiyoda |
| Number of employees | 157 |
| sales | 13,943,079,000 yen (FY 2006) |
| Branch | publishing company |
| Website | www.mediaworks.co.jp ( Memento from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) |
KK Media Works ( Japanese 株式会社 メ デ ィ ア ワ ー ク ス , Kabushiki kaisha Media Wākusu ) was a Japanese publisher founded on October 15, 1992 as part of Kadokawa Group Holdings . On April 1, 2008, the company merged with ASCII to become ASCII Media Works , which continued the Media Works publications.
The publisher published a number of magazines on anime , manga and video games , as well as books and light novels . A number of magazines and books were brought out under the name Dengeki ( 電 撃 ), such as the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh , the game magazine Dengeki G's Magazine and the imprint Dengeki Bunko . The company was also involved in the production of anime.
Magazines
- Dengeki Arcade Card Game
- Dengeki Bunko Magazine
- Dengeki Daioh
- Dengeki G's Magazine
- Dengeki Comic Gao!
- Dengeki Hime
- Dengeki Hobby Magazine
- Dengeki Layers
- Dengeki Maoh
- Dengeki Nintendo DS
- Dengeki PlayStation
Events
The company hosted several events. At Dengeki Taishō ( 電 撃 大 賞 ) awards for light novels and illustrations have been given annually since 1994 . The Dengeki Comic Grand Prix ( 電 撃 コ ミ ッ ク グ ラ ン プ リ ) has been awarded for one-shot manga since 2001 and the Dengeki hp Tampen-Shōsetsu-shō ( 電 撃 hp 短 編 小説 賞 ) was awarded annually from 2000 to 2006 for short stories and novels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b MW 会 社 案 内 . Media Works, archived from the original on March 19, 2008 ; Retrieved January 9, 2010 (Japanese).
Web links
- Anime News Network about the publisher