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Manga distributors

  • Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics began with the profits of a chain of Portland comic shops. Mike Richardson launched it in 1986.
  • ShogakukanJapanese publishing company
  • KodanshaKodansha, Japan's largest publisher, began as a spin-off of a public speaking society. Seiji Noma founded it in 1909.
  • Kadokawa ShotenKadokawa Shoten, the publisher behind Cowboy Bebop manga, lost its company status in 2013.
  • Viz MediaViz Media slipped manga into art books and called them graphic novels so bookstores would carry them.
  • HakusenshaHakusensha began in 1973 as a Shueisha company built around one magazine for young women.
  • Central Park MediaUrotsukidoji became the first animated film to receive an NC-17 rating. Central Park Media released it in 1992.
  • Studio ProteusWhen Eclipse Comics stopped paying in 1994, shared translation rights saved Studio Proteus.
  • TokyopopIn 2002, Tokyopop stopped flipping manga pages to read left to right. Keeping the Japanese layout sped up its releases.
  • Glénat ÉditionsA student named Jacques Glénat started a comics fanzine in 1969. By 1972 it was a publishing house in Grenoble.

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