Kodansha Publishing Company - Attack on Titan
Kodansha Ltd. is a Japanese publishing house founded in 1938 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It is owned and operated by the Noma family and was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909. Kodansha has published and owns the rights to many famous Japanese manga, such as Attack on Titan and Fairy Tail. The company publishes manga magazines, literary journals, novels, light novels, children's books, textbooks, and dictionaries. In 1994, Kodansha received the Japan Foundation Special Prize. It is Japan's largest publishing house, which has now expanded globally, with a branch in the United States.
Kodansha abroad
Kodansha International operated until April 2011. This subsidiary primarily exported English-translated books from Japan to North America and sold them locally. After the company dissolved, Kodansha's public relations department explained that due to the strong Japanese yen, exporting a complete set of books was becoming difficult due to the cost. Kodansha USA then took over the books published by the company.
Kodansha USA is an American publishing house and a subsidiary of the Japanese company Kodansha. The company publishes books related to Japan and manga. Kodansha Comics has created an iPhone app where users can purchase digital versions of their favorite comics. Most manga are priced at $4.99 per book. This is about half the price of regular books. They are also launching a two-week subscription service, which will cost $2.99 per book.
In 2016, Kodansha Comics announced a new "Attack on Titan" app in a press release. This app offers special content based on the manga series. The app includes interesting features such as a catalog of all manga chapters and volumes. Spin-off series are also included. The latest manga chapters, free anime books, news feeds, exclusive interviews, and videos are also available in the app.
Relationships with other companies
In addition to media publishing, Kodansha also owns various broadcasting companies. It holds shares in Japan Cultural Broadcasting and Kodansha . Kodansha has a complex relationship with NHK, Nippon Hoso Kyokai. Many of Kodansha's manga and novels have been adapted into anime on NHK, such as Cardcaptor Sakura and the children's show From Okaasan to Issho . However, the two companies clashed, with the October 2000 issue of Gendai accusing NHK of broadcasting footage used in a report on dynamite fishing in Indonesia. NHK then sued Kodansha to publish a retraction and pay 4 million yen in damages. Kodansha reached a settlement that provided only a partial retraction and no compensation.
Publishing works
This is a list of magazines and books published by Kodansha.
Shonen Manga Magazines
- Weekly Shonen Magazine
- Monthly Shonen Magazine
- Shonen Sirius
- Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
- Charger pouch
Seinen Magazine Manga produced by Kodansha
- Morning
- Morning 2
- Afternoon
- Evening
- Weekly Shonen Magazine since
Literary magazines produced by Kodansha
- Gunzo, monthly literary magazine
- Mephisto, a literary magazine dedicated to detective novels and mysteries
- Nihongo Daijiten Japanese Dictionary
Books and manga published by Kodansha
- Kamen Ride Eve -Masked Rider Gaia-
- Heisei Kamen Rider saga novels
- Kodansha MOOK Kamen Rider Series
- Kamen Rider (manga)
- Kamen Rider Black (manga)
- Kamen Rider Spirits
- Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki (manga)
- The Men Who Created Kamen Rider
- The Masters of the Battle of Ganbaride
Editor-in-Chief of Attack on Titan
Shintaro Kawakubo, Kodansha editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of Attack on Titan, started working at Kodansha in 2006, where he was sent to the editorial department of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine . After a month, he was already handling the manga, Attack on Titan written by Hajime Isayama .
In an interview with one of Dentsu 's Wakamon staff, he stated that he has always loved manga since elementary school. On his way home from school, he would always stop at the grocery store and read all the manga on display. His parents would pick him up because it was often late when he got home. He was also interested in novels, but his priority was manga.
“In August 2006, Mr. Isayama arrived at the office with his manga, Attack on Titan . Since I received his phone call, I was allowed to check his manga. It was only my first year, so it was the job of first-year workers to answer the calls. The characters and setting in his script varied from what is known now, but I felt a budding passion after reading the script.” Kawakubo’s interview continues, “I gave Mr. Isayama my business card and told him I wanted to support him. I simply thought the man was a genius.” Shortly after, the manga received the Magazine Grand Prix for a Job Well Done Award from Shukan Shonen Magazine None.
The manga was released in 2009. It was the first time Isayama and Kawakubo had published a manga series. Kawakubo said, "It was like we were learning how to create manga together. Even when we had two different opinions, we worked together to find a good solution."
