AlphaPolis

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AlphaPolis Inc.
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryPublishing
FoundedAugust 25, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-08-25)
Headquarters
Shibuya[1]
,
Japan
¥2.20 billion[2]
¥1.39 billion[2] (2022)
Websitealphapolis.co.jp

AlphaPolis Co. Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社アルファポリス, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Arufaporisu) is a Japanese publishing company located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.[3]

AlphaPolis is a publisher of light novels and manga.,[4] particularly for online readers.[5] The company is the publisher for several light novel series, including A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, New Saga, and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. They are most notable as the publisher of Gate, which has sold 6 million copies.[6] Gate received an anime adaptation that aired beginning on from July 4, 2015 until March 26, 2016. Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy also received an anime adaptation that aired beginning on July 7, 2021.

History

AlphaPolis was launched as a publisher of online content in August, 2000.[2]

In 2010, AlphaPolis acquired the rights to publish Gate, which began as a web novel on Arcadia. The company then began publishing a manga adaptation in July 2011. Several volumes (11,[7] 12,[8] 13,[9] and 14[10]) placed in the Oricon ranking for top 50 manga volume sales.

In 2013, AlphaPolis acquired the rights to publish Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, which began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. The novel series went on to sell 2 million copies.[11] AlphaPolis began publishing a manga adaptation in 2015. The book received an anime adaptation beginning in September 2021.

A Playthrough of a Dude's VRMMO Life is another series that began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and was later turned into an AlphaPolis light novel publication in 2014, and manga adaptation also in 2014. The manga placed several volumes (3,[10] 5[12]) on the Oricon bestseller list. An anime adaptation was announced in February 2023.[13]

The Technoroid anime received a manga adaptation via AlphaPolis beginning in January 2023[14]

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange[15] and has been since October 2014.

AlphaPolis released the Alpha Manga app in August, 2021 [16] to read AlphaPolis manga on iPhone and Android phones. Several of the AlphaManga titles were subsequently made available through Crunchyroll.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c "Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "AlphaPolis Company Overview and News". Forbes. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  4. ^ ""ラノベ異世界モノ"は児童書市場も席巻? 出版社が続々と児童書ジャンル参入のワケ" ["Light novels from another world" take the children's book market by storm? Why publishers are entering the children's book genre one after another] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "＜マザーズ＞アルファPが高い　ネット小説の書籍化「大コケリスク回避に強み" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "『ゲート』シリーズが累計600万部を突破 門の向こう側の「特地」を舞台にした異世界×自衛隊ファンタジー" [The "Gate" series has sold over 6 million copies. [Its a] different world x Self-Defense Forces fantasy set in the "special area" on the other side of the gate.]. ラノベニュースオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  7. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 1–7". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  8. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 18–24". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, June 25-July 1". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 17–23". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  11. ^ "月が導く異世界道中".
  12. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 24–30". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  13. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn. "A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life Novels Get TV Anime". Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  14. ^ Loo, Egan (October 29, 2022). "Technoroid Overmind Anime Unveils More Cast, Manga, Rescheduled January Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  15. ^ "AlphaPolis".
  16. ^ Mateo, Alex. "AlphaPolis Launches Alpha Manga App for Smartphones". Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  17. ^ "Gate, Tsukimichi and More Alpha Manga Series Now on Crunchyroll". Retrieved March 1, 2023.


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