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Kanji name: 芳文社 
Foundation date: 1950-07-10 
Official website:
漫画の殿堂・芳文社 (Japanese) 
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Schoolgirl Comedy Anime Love Lab's 1st TV Ad Aired (May 17, 2013)
Yuyushiki Schoolgirl Anime's ACE Promo Streamed (Mar 30, 2013)
Love Lab TV Anime's Staff, July Premiere, Visual Revealed (Mar 23, 2013)
Hidamari Sketch's Graduation Episode Promo Streamed (Mar 8, 2013)
Hidamari Sketch Gets New Anime of Sae & Hiro's Graduation (Mar 3, 2013)
Yuyushiki Anime's Staff, Designs Unveiled (Dec 9, 2012)
Anime on Demand to Stream Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb (Sep 28, 2012)
New Madoka Magica Manga Slated for Fall (Aug 11, 2012)
Weekend Wrapup: 6/5 - 12/5 (May 13, 2012)
Madoka Magica Anime Gets Its Own Dedicated Magazine (Apr 23, 2012)
Crying Freeman's Ikegami Makes 3-Part Female Ninja Manga (Apr 20, 2012)
A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Ending Posted (Feb 23, 2012)
Sentai Filmworks Licenses K-ON!! Anime Season 2 (Feb 20, 2012)
A-Channel + smile Video Anime's Textless Opening Posted (Feb 16, 2012)
Gyo, Minori Scramble, Naoko-san Anime's Promos Streamed (Feb 2, 2012)
Acchi Kocchi/Place to Place Comedy Anime's Promo Streamed (Jan 27, 2012)
K-ON! Film Sells 1 Million+ Tickets by 5th Week (Jan 6, 2012)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 26-January 1 (Jan 5, 2012)
Gyo, Minori Scramble, Naoko-san Anime's Ads Streamed (Jan 2, 2012)
Foxy Lady's Tachibana to Launch New Manga (Dec 26, 2011)
Journalist: K-ON! Film Earns 194 Million Yen in 2nd Weekend (Dec 12, 2011)
Acchi Kocchi School Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime (Dec 7, 2011)
Journalist: K-ON! Film Earns 316 Million Yen in 2 Days (Dec 5, 2011)
TBS Web Staffer for K-ON!: No Current Plans for 3rd Season (Dec 5, 2011)
Please Kill Me Baby/Kill Me Baby! Promo Video Streamed (Dec 2, 2011)
Sentai Filmworks to Dub Dream Eater Merry for Blu-ray (Nov 27, 2011)
GA's Kiyuduki to Resume Shoulder a Coffin, Kuro Manga (Nov 22, 2011)
Manga Time Kirara Miracle Magazine Goes Monthly (Nov 17, 2011)
Houbunsha, Ume Aoki to Start Manga Time Kirara Carino Mag (Nov 9, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 24-30 (Nov 2, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 10-16 (Oct 19, 2011)
Morita-san wa Mukuchi's Sano Launches Mura Doll Manga (Oct 17, 2011)
Baby, Please Kill Me! Anime's Staff, Premiere Time Revealed (Sep 27, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 12-18 (Sep 21, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 29-September 4 (Sep 7, 2011)
K-ON! Anime Film's Full Trailer Streamed (Sep 5, 2011)
Highschool of the Dead Released Monday on DVD/Blu-Ray (Aug 28, 2011)
Naoko-san, Minori Scramble!, Gyo Anime Releases Slated (Aug 23, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 8-14 (Aug 17, 2011)
Hidamari Sketch/Sunshine Sketch Anime Gets 4th Season (Aug 13, 2011)
Hidamari Sketch/Madoka Magica's Aoki Draws New Manga (Aug 13, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 25-31 (Aug 3, 2011)
Gokicha/Cockroach Girls Manga Serialized in Magazine (Jul 28, 2011)
Baby, Please Kill Me! 4-Panel Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime (Jul 26, 2011)
K-ON! Anime Film's 2nd Teaser Trailer Streamed (Jul 4, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 13-19 (Jun 22, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 30-June 5 (Jun 8, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 16-22 (May 25, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 9-15 (May 18, 2011)
2 Viz Manga Nominated for Great Teen Graphic Novels (May 2, 2011)
K-ON! Anime Film's 1st Teaser Trailer Streamed (Apr 29, 2011)
DMP Adds Koi ni Tsuite Boys-Love Novel (Apr 25, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 4-10 (Apr 13, 2011)
Hidamari Sketch Gets New Special Edition (Mar 26, 2011)
Japanese Publishers' JManga.com Portal Now in Beta (Mar 25, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 14-20 (Mar 23, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 7-13 (Mar 16, 2011)
Sofuteni, A Channel, Norageki Promos Streamed (Mar 15, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 28-March 6 (Mar 14, 2011)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 7-13 (Feb 16, 2011)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Dream Eater Merry Anime (Feb 10, 2011)
K-On! Manga Relaunches in Manga Times Kirara This Spring (Feb 7, 2011)
Steins;Gate, 30-sai, Gosick, Merry Promos Streamed (Dec 29, 2010)
A Channel, Tono to Issho, Zombie, Level E Promos Streamed (Dec 28, 2010)
Yumekui Merry, Tailenders Anime Promo Videos Streamed (Dec 25, 2010)
A Channel 4-Panel School Manga's Anime Confirmed (Oct 26, 2010)
K-ON!! Gets New Side-Story Episode Green-Lit (Oct 14, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 4-10 (Oct 13, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 27-October 3 (Oct 6, 2010)
Mariko Hihara Self-Publishes Boys-Love Novel in U.S. (Oct 2, 2010)
K-ON! Tops Bakemonogatari as #1 TV Anime in BD Sales (Sep 21, 2010)
Minori Scramble! Manga Gets Anime by ufotable (Sep 10, 2010)
Animator: Work Scheduled on Title Called A Channel (Aug 31, 2010)
Colorful, Koe de Oshigoto, Yumekui Merry Promos Streamed (Aug 18, 2010)
Hidamari Sketch's 3rd Special Edition Dated for October (Aug 7, 2010)
K-On! Manga's Last Installment Listed for September (Aug 7, 2010)
K-On!! T-Shirts, Tie-In Goods Bring in 1.8 Billion Yen (Aug 5, 2010)
Bandai Ent. Adds My-Otome 0~S.ifr~, Sora Kake Girl (Jul 31, 2010)
Yumekui Merry Action Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime (Jul 22, 2010)
Bandai Entertainment Adds K-On! TV Anime Series (Jul 1, 2010)
U.S., Japanese Publishers Unite Against Manga Scan Sites (Jun 8, 2010)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2010 (Jun 2, 2010)
K-On!! Puts 1st Anime Band at #1 on Weekly Singles Chart (May 3, 2010)
Osaka Lists 8 Boys-Love Mags Designated as 'Harmful' (Apr 28, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 29-April 4 (Apr 7, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 22-28 (Apr 7, 2010)
Yen Press Adds Haruhi-Chan, K-On! Manga, Bungaku Shoujo (Feb 3, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 21-27 (Dec 30, 2009)
K-On! Anime's 2nd Season Officially Announced (Dec 30, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 14-20 (Dec 23, 2009)
Comic Gear Mag Stops Publication in January (Dec 22, 2009)
Sentai Adds Hidamari Sketch, Glass Mask, Neo Angelique Abyss (Oct 29, 2009)
Hatsune Miku Virtual Idol, K-On! Head to Singapore (Oct 13, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 24-30 (Sep 3, 2009)
3 K-On! Image CDs Debut on Same Day, Rank in Top 10 (Aug 31, 2009)
GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class OVA DVD Listed (Aug 10, 2009)
K-On! Album to Feature New Manga Strips, Sheet Music (Aug 3, 2009)
K-ON! Extra Episode Green-Lit for 7th BD/DVD Volume (Jul 21, 2009)
Juné Manga, 801 Media Lists New Boys-Love Manga, Dates (Jul 13, 2009)
K-On! Gets Non-4-Panel Flashback Manga Special (Jun 24, 2009)
Doujin Work's Hiroyuki to Oversee New Comic Gear Mag (Jun 11, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (May 20, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10 (May 13, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (May 6, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 7-13 (Apr 15, 2009)
New Hidamari Sketch Special Reportedly Announced (Apr 5, 2009)
K-ON!! Anime Promo Video Streamed (Feb 17, 2009)
Kanamemo Four-Panel Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit (Jan 17, 2009)
Houbunsha to Launch Tsubomi Yuri Manga Anthology (Jan 5, 2009)
K-ON! Four-Panel School Comedy Manga to Get Anime (Dec 6, 2008)
GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class Anime Reportedly Leaked (Update 2) (Dec 3, 2008)
Amazon Lists New Manga from Aurora, Udon, Yen Press (Nov 13, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 28-November 3 (Nov 6, 2008)
Deux Press Announces New Boys-Love Manga Titles (Oct 1, 2008)
Yen Adds Hero Tales, Wakaba-Soh, Spice & Wolf Novels (Update 2) (Sep 28, 2008)
Manga Mag Artist Keizo Tsukamoto Earns Guinness Record (Aug 20, 2008)
G4 Presents: Comic-Con '08 - Yen Press (Jul 27, 2008)
Hiroyuki to End Doujin Work Manga in Japan in February (Jan 12, 2008)
Hidamari Sketch x 365 Sequel's Promo Video Streamed (Dec 11, 2007)
Hidamari Sketch's Second Season Announced (Nov 18, 2007)
Blu, Boysenberry, Deux, DMP, Yen Announce Boys-Love Titles (Oct 29, 2007)
Tori Koro Printing Error (Sep 27, 2005)
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1 Nen 777 Kumi (manga) : Publisher 
100% Miracle Innocence (manga) : Publisher 
A Channel (manga) : Publisher 
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A-Channel + smile (OAV) : Production 
Acchi Kocchi (manga) : Publisher 
After I Win (manga) : Publisher 
Aizawake no Etcetera (manga) : Publisher 
Akuma-sama Help (manga) : Publisher 
Almost Crying (manga) : Publisher 
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Aquarium (manga by Hiro) : Publisher 
Archeologic (manga) : Publisher 
At Home Romance (manga) : Publisher 
Aya no Kisetsu (manga) : Publisher 
Baby, Please Kill Me! (manga) : Publisher 
Barefoot Waltz (manga) : Publisher 
Because I'm a Boy! (manga) : Publisher 
Café Dream (manga) : Publisher 
Cafe Sweet Coco Magic (manga) : Publisher 
Can't Win With You! (manga) : Publisher 
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Cat Cafe (manga) : Publisher 
A Century of Temptation (manga) : Publisher 
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Cute Beast (manga) : Publisher 
Datte Aishiteru (manga) : Publisher 
Dead or LIVE! (manga) : Publisher 
Deflower the Boss (manga) : Publisher 
Dojin Work (TV) : 製作 
Don't Blame Me (manga) : Publisher 
Doujin Work (manga) : Publisher 
Dream Eater Merry (TV) : Production Cooperation 
Dry Heat (manga) : Publisher 
Ebisu-san to Hotei-san (manga) : Publisher 
Ededen (manga) : Publisher 
Exotic and Delicious Fate (manga) : Publisher 
Fake Fur (manga) : Publisher 
Felice (manga) : Publisher 
Fuwa-Choco (manga) : Publisher 
GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class (manga) : Publisher 
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Glass Sky (manga) : Publisher 
Glee Green Island (manga) : Publisher 
Good Game (manga) : Publisher 
Great Place High School (manga) : Publisher 
Great Place High School: Student Council (manga) : Publisher 
Gu-Pan! (manga) : Publisher 
Hanarebi no Rakuen (manga) : Publisher 
Happiness Recommended (manga) : Publisher 
Hidamari Sketch (TV) : Production 
Hidamari Sketch × 365 (TV) : Production 
Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb (TV) : Production 
Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (special) : Production Cooperation 
Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (TV) : Production Cooperation 
Hidamari Sketch × SP (special) : Production 
Himitsu (manga) : Publisher 
Ichiroh! (manga) : Publisher 
If he becomes in the first grade of elementary school (manga) : Publisher 
Ikinari Neko Kick (manga) : Publisher 
Ikoku Shōjo to Sumire no Hanataba (manga) : Publisher 
(The) Incredible Kintaro (manga) : Publisher 
Intriguing Secrets (manga) : Publisher 
Inu mo Arukeba Koi o Suru (manga) : Publisher 
Invisible Love (manga) : Publisher 
Irokoi (manga) : Publisher 
(The) Isle of TOKKOU (manga) : Publisher 
Itsukasei Metsubō Syndrome (manga) : Publisher 
Jotei (manga) : Publisher 
Jungle Taitei (manga) : Publisher 
Junior Escort (manga) : Publisher 
K-ON! (manga) : Publisher 
K-ON! College (manga) : Publisher 
K-ON! High School (manga) : Publisher 
Kage Muchahime (manga) : Publisher 
Kami-sama no Iutōri! (manga) : Publisher 
Kanamemo (manga) : Publisher 
Kanban Musume wa Sashiosae (manga) : Publisher 
Karuki Sensen (manga) : Publisher 
Kasei Robo Daikessen! (manga) : Publisher 
Katatsumuri-chan (manga) : Publisher 
Kawaiiya (manga) : Publisher 
Kill Me Baby (TV) : Production Cooperation 
Kimi to Boku o Tsunagumono (manga) : Publisher 
Kin-iro Mosaic (manga) : Publisher 
Kira Kira Kira (manga) : Publisher 
Kiss Meguru Sekai (manga) : Publisher 
Kitsune-san ni Bakasaretai! (manga) : Publisher 
Kobo, the Li'l Rascal (manga) : Publisher 
Kochira Sekai Seifuku Dōkōkai!!! (manga) : Publisher 
Kodomo Smile! (manga) : Publisher 
Kono Kutsu Shirimasen ka? (manga) : Publisher 
Koto Yui Juggling (manga) : Publisher 
Kotoha no Ōji-sama (manga) : Publisher 
Kurogane Katyusha (manga) : Publisher 
Kuroyome (manga) : Publisher 
Kusuri no Majyoramu (manga) : Publisher 
Kyōdai Hajimemashita! (manga) : Publisher 
Kyōkai Senjō no Limbo (manga) : Publisher 
Kyōmei suru Echo (manga) : Publisher 
(The) Last Uniform (manga) : Publisher 
(The) Last Waltz (manga) : Publisher 
Laugh Under the Sun (manga) : Publisher 
Love Bus Stop (manga) : Publisher 
Love Lab (manga by R. Miyahara) : Publisher 
Love Lab (TV) : Production 
Love Quest (manga) : Publisher 
LR Shōjo Tantei Dan (manga) : Publisher 
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[Manga Time Family] : Publisher 
[Manga Time Kirara] : Publisher 
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Marble Inspire (manga) : Publisher 
Marusa no Megami (manga) : Publisher 
Minori Scramble! (manga) : Publisher 
(The) Moon and the Sandals (manga) : Publisher 
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Mr. Flower Bride (manga) : Publisher 
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Mr. Tiger and Mr. Wolf (manga) : Publisher 
My Bad! (manga) : Publisher 
Negai Kanae Tamae (manga) : Publisher 
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Night Cap (manga) : Publisher 
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Ōeyama Ryū Goshinjutsu Dōjō (manga) : Publisher 
OK Fantasista! (manga) : Publisher 
Ōkami no Te Kashimasu! (manga) : Publisher 
Omamo Ringo-san (manga) : Publisher 
Onegai Kami-sama! (manga) : Publisher 
Oninagi (manga) : Publisher 
Only Serious About You (manga) : Publisher 
Onmitsu Shōjo (manga) : Publisher 
Onsen Wakusei (manga) : Publisher 
Oshiokii! (manga) : Publisher 
Otome Ōji: Joshikō Manken Host Club (manga) : Publisher 
Otona no Mondai (manga) : Publisher 
Oyuya e Yōkoso (manga) : Publisher 
Physical Attraction (manga) : Publisher 
Picnic (manga) : Publisher 
Place to Place (TV) : Production Cooperation 
Pocha-Pocha Swimming Club (manga) : Publisher 
Poison Cherry Drive (manga) : Publisher 
Prince Charming (manga) : Publisher 
Psycho Staff (manga) : Publisher 
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica - The Innocent Malice (manga) : Publisher 
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (manga) : Publisher 
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (TV) : Production 
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings : Production 
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal : Production 
Puella Magi Oriko Magica (manga) : Publisher 
R18! (manga) : Publisher 
Raika Days (manga) : Publisher 
Range of Love (manga) : Publisher 
Rose of the Rhine (manga) : Publisher 
Rup Salad (manga) : Publisher 
S.S. ASTRO: Asashio Sogo Teachers' ROom (manga) : Publisher 
Sakura Ricetto (manga) : Publisher 
Sanbun no Ichi. (manga) : Publisher 
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Satsuki Bare! (manga) : Publisher 
Seinaru Megumi (manga) : Publisher 
Shards of Affection (manga) : Publisher 
Shimai no Hōteishiki (manga) : Publisher 
Shiratama! (manga) : Publisher 
Shitsuji Shōjo to Ojō-sama (manga) : Publisher 
Shōjo Café (manga) : Publisher 
Shōjo Sosū (manga) : Publisher 
Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro (manga) : Publisher 
Sisterism (manga) : Publisher 
Solfege (manga) : Publisher 
Sono Toki Heart wa Nusumareta (manga) : Publisher 
Sore de mo Yappari Kimi ga Suki (manga) : Publisher 
SP Miyako Kenzan (manga) : Publisher 
Spring Fever (manga) : Publisher 
Start With a Happy Ending (manga) : Publisher 
Strange Mansion (manga) : Publisher 
SunFlower Kindergarten Story AIKO de SHO! (manga) : Publisher 
Sunny Side Up (manga) : Publisher 
Sunshine Sketch (manga) : Publisher 
Suzunari! (manga) : Publisher 
Sweet Home (manga by A. Yamabuki) : Publisher 
Sweet Revolution (manga) : Publisher 
Take Me To Heaven (manga) : Publisher 
Tale of the Waning Moon (manga) : Publisher 
Tantei Ao Neko (manga) : Publisher 
Temperature Rising (manga) : Publisher 
Ten Yori Takaku (manga) : Publisher 
Tena on S-string (manga) : Publisher 
Thirsty for Love (manga) : Publisher 
Thunderbolt Boys Excite (manga) : Publisher 
Tomcats (manga) : Publisher 
Tori Koro (manga) : Publisher 
[Tsubomi] : Publisher 
U:V (manga) : Publisher 
Ujigami-sama to Issho (manga) : Publisher 
Ura Girls! (manga) : Publisher 
Uraban! Ura Izumi Kōtō Gakkō Suisōgakubu (manga) : Publisher 
Usa x Kame Combo! (manga) : Publisher 
Wasabi a la Mode!! (manga) : Publisher 
We Are Colorful Honeys! (manga) : Publisher 
Welcome to Wakaba-soh (manga) : Publisher 
When a Man Loves a Man (manga) : Publisher 
White Brand (manga) : Publisher 
With Liz (manga) : Publisher 
Yarashii Ashinaga Oji-san (manga) : Publisher 
Yumekui Merry (manga) : Publisher 
Yuyushiki (manga) : Publisher 
Yuyushiki (TV) : Production 
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Zombie Romanticism (manga) : Publisher 

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