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Core Magazine Co. Ltd. (株式会社コアマガジン) is a Japanese publishing company focused on adult material, such as adult magazines and hentai manga. It also publishes yaoi titles, such as Kirepapa.[3] The company was established in 1985 as Shōnen Shuppansha (株式会社少年出版社) by Byakuya Shobo [ja].

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Core Magazine
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
Founded1985 (1985)
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Japan
Key people
Shinichi Nakazawa (CEO)
ProductsMagazines, manga, light novels
Revenue5.9 billion yen (as of 2008)[1]
OwnerByakuya-Shobo Co., Ltd.[2]
Number of employees
134 (as of April 1, 2010)
Websitewww.cmz.jp
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Core Magazine owns a bookstore chain "Core Books" (コアブックス).[4]

History

In July 2002, a special issue of Bubka magazine featured unauthorized childhood photos of several female idols, including Norika Fujiwara, Kyoko Fukada, and Natsumi Abe. A suit was started against Core Magazine for privacy violation.[5]

In 2009, it was the top ero-manga publisher in Japan, with 76 titles, beating Akane Shinsha, which only had 65.[6]

In July 2013, the head editor, Akira Ota, and the two staff members were arrested for having their manga shown partially uncensored.[7][8] They pled guilty in December 2013 and apologized for their irresponsibility.[9]

In September 2017, Komiflo announced in collaboration with Core Magazine that its titles would be available for streaming.[10] Starting with Hotmilk, this expanded to include MegaStore in 2018.

Magazines published

  • Comic Zero EX (コミック0EX), a monthly magazine, which replaced Comic Mega Plus (コミックメガプラス) in 2007.[11]
  • Comic Hotmilk (コミックホットミルク)
  • Comic Mega GOLD (コミックメガGOLD), bakunyū manga magazine
  • Comic MegaMilk (コミック メガミルク), a monthly magazine, which replaced Comic Zero EX (コミック0EX) in 2010
  • Comic MegaStore (コミックメガストア)
  • drap, yaoi magazine
  • Comic Nyan2 Club GOLD (コミックニャン2倶楽部GOLD)
  • Gekiga Madmax (劇画ﾏｯﾄﾞﾏｯｸｽ)
  • Manga Bangaichi (漫画ばんがいち)
Video games (eroge) magazines
  • MegaStore (メガストア)
  • G-type
  • Voice-type
Tabloid magazines
  • Jitsuwa Bunka Taboo (実話BUNKAタブー);[12] originally a spin-off magazine of Bubka.
Formerly published
  • Bubka (ブブカ); publishing transferred to parent company Byakuya Shobo in September 2012,[13][12] switched format from being a shukanshi to an idol-focused magazine following the change of publisher.

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