Core Magazine

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].

Core Magazine

Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Founded	1985 (1985)
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Shinichi Nakazawa (CEO)
Products	Magazines, manga, light novels
Revenue	5.9 billion yen (as of 2008)[1]
Owner	Byakuya-Shobo Co., Ltd.[2]
Number of employees	134 (as of April 1, 2010)
Website	www.coremagazine.co.jp

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

Formerly published

• Bubka (ブブカ); publishing transferred to parent company Byakuya Shobo in September 2012,^[12] switched format from being a shuukanshi to an idol-focused magazine during the handover.

See also

• Tokyo portal
• Companies portal

• La Satanica—Japanese manga anthology

References

1. "Information at the company's official website" (in Japanese). Core Magazine. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
2. Tsuzuki, Kyoichi. "Galleries of Obsession". ART iT. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
3. Aoki, Deb. "Readers' Choice: Yaoi Manga". About.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
4. ご利用ガイド : コアブックス, コアマガジン直営オンライン書店/女性向けオンライン書店 (in Japanese). Core Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
5. "Court rules on Bubka appeal case". Tokyograph. October 16, 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
6. "Mangaoh Club's adult comics list". Momotato. February 24, 2010. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
7. Loo, Egan (July 25, 2013). "Core Magazine's Head Editor, 2 More Arrested for 'Obscene' Manga, Photos". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
8. Betsy, Gomez (July 26, 2013). "Japanese Editor Arrested for Distributing Obscene Images". Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
9. Betsy, Gomez (December 20, 2013). "Core Magazine Pleads Guilty in Japanese Obscenity Case". Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
10. Komiflo [@komiflo] (September 5, 2017). "【新雑誌情報】Komifloにコアマガジン「コミックホットミルク」の参入が決定！近日中に2017年1月号から最新号までを連続公開予定です♡また今後の最新号は発売日の数日後を目処に継続配信予定！是非お見逃しなく♪" (Tweet). Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via Twitter.
11. "Comic Mega Plus to be Replaced by Comic 0 EX". ComiPress. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
12. "Announcement regarding change of Bubka publisher on the official website" (in Japanese). Core Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-25.

External links

• Official Core Magazine website (in Japanese)