MediaWorks (publisher)

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MediaWorks, Inc.
SuccessorASCII Media Works
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo
Number of locations
Japan
Websitewww.mediaworks.co.jp

MediaWorks, Inc. (株式会社メディアワークス, Kabushiki-gaisha MediaWākusu) was a Japanese

Character Parfait—but each one was a special edition version of another magazine. MediaWorks ran yearly contests for original novel and manga submissions, such as the light novel Dengeki Novel Prize
contest.

In addition to publishing printed material, MediaWorks had been involved with the production of other media. They had developed and published visual novels for popular Japanese media franchises where many different forms of media are published for a given series. Such well-known series included Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Shakugan no Shana, and Strawberry Marshmallow. MediaWorks had also been involved in the production of anime television and original video animation series.

History

In 1992,

media mix
" Japanese series where many different forms of media are published for a given series. Citing differences in the interests of business direction, Tsuguhiko resigned from Kadokawa Shoten to start MediaWorks on October 15, 1992, with a large contingent from Kadokawa Shoten employees joining him.

In 1993, due to an influence from the

ASCII on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works.[1][2]

Magazines published

Main articles: List of magazines published by MediaWorks and List of discontinued magazines published by MediaWorks

Publishing imprints

Dengeki Bunko
Dengeki Bunko (電撃文庫) is a light novel label aimed at a male audience established in June 1993. The editors in charge of this label have a reputation for welcoming new authors, and hold a yearly contest, the Dengeki Novel Prize, to discover new talent. The eighth volume of Kino's Journey, originally published in October 2006, was Dengeki Bunko's one-thousandth published novel. In April 2007, three movies based on separate light novel series published by Dengeki Bunko were produced; the three titles were Kino's Journey, Shakugan no Shana, and Inukami!.
Dengeki Comics
Dengeki Comics (電撃コミックス, Dengeki Komikkusu) is a manga publishing label aimed at a male audience. Aside from the main Dengeki Comics label, there is the related Dengeki Comics EX label which publishes a lesser number of manga volumes. A large amount of the manga published under Dengeki Comics was originally serialized in the magazine Dengeki Daioh.

Dengeki G's Bunko
Dengeki G's Bunko (電撃G's文庫) was a publishing label originally established in 1997 as a light novel label aimed at a male audience—the light novels were based on bishōjo games. The label was run by three men: Mizuhito Akiyama, Hideyuki Kurata, and Masanori Date. As of 2003, the label has been suspended and has been succeeded by Dengeki Game Bunko.

Dengeki Game Bunko
Dengeki Game Bunko (電撃ゲーム文庫, Dengeki Gēmu Bunko) is a publishing label established in 1994 when it was originally related with
computer game and light novel
publisher. The label succeeded the previous publishing label Dengeki G's Bunko.

Sylph Comics
Sylph Comics is a
Comic Sylph. The first bound volumes
were published under this label starting on March 21, 2008.

Contests

Dengeki Comic Grand Prix
The Dengeki Comic Grand Prix (電撃コミックグランプリ, Dengeki Komikku Guran Puri) is an award handed out annually (since 2001) by the
Dengeki Moeoh
Grand Prize division which was held twice with a Grand Prize and Honorable Mentions.
Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō
The Dengeki hp Tanpenshōsetsu Shō (電撃hp短編小説賞) was an award handed out annually between 2000 and 2006 by the Japanese publisher MediaWorks for exceptionally written short stories and novellas. The prize was associated with MediaWorks' now-defunct light novel magazine Dengeki hp. Between the first and fourth contests held, the editorial department of MediaWorks' included the narrowed-down novellas in an issue of Dengeki hp, and the winner was decided from a reader-participation voting poll. This was changed with the fifth though seven contests by the use of a committee to award the prize.
Dengeki Taishō
The Dengeki Taishō (電撃大賞) is an award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works with two divisions: the Dengeki Novel Prize for light novels under Dengeki Bunko, and the Dengeki Illustration Taishō (電撃イラスト大賞) for illustrations. Each division consists of the Grand Prize (one million yen), the Gold Prize (five hundred thousand yen), and the Silver Prize (three hundred thousand yen).[3] The first two rounds also had a game design division called Dengeki Game Design Taishō (電撃ゲームデザイン大賞), and between the third and eleventh rounds there was a manga division called Dengeki Comic Taishō (電撃コミック大賞).

Video games

See also: List of MediaWorks games

MediaWorks had been in the business of developing and producing video games of series that have light novels or manga published by MediaWorks. These games were typically

Allison, Baccano!, Inukami!, and Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Announcement of the merger between ASCII and MediaWorks" (PDF) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "Kadokawa Group to Merge ASCII, MediaWorks Subsidiaries". Anime News Network. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  3. ^ "Dengeki Taishō official website" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  4. ^ "DS Dengeki Bunko's official website" (in Japanese). MediaWorks. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2007-12-21.

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