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is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Mag Garden
. It was first published in February 2002 and is sold on the thirtieth of each month. The manga series are published in tankōbon under the imprint
.
Mag Garden
is a Japanese publishing company that focuses on manga-related publications and is also involved in the development of anime and live-action adaptations. It was founded on June 5, 2001 by Yoshihiro Hosaka along with former manga artists of Enix...
. It was first published in February 2002 and is sold on the thirtieth of each month. The manga series are published in tankōbon under the imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
.
Serialized manga
- A Girls (Masahiro Itabashi; art by Hiroyuki TamakoshiHiroyuki Tamakoshiis a Japanese manga artist. His manga are mostly of the comedy ecchi boy's harem romance theme. Most of his work has appeared in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, with Boys Be... and Gacha Gacha his best-known titles.-Works:...
) - Akumagari (Seiuchirou Todono)
- Amanchu! (Kozue AmanoKozue Amanois a female Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of Aria, which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and an OVA....
) - Ame no Murakumono (Penguin Gunsō; art by Rusui Kazaniwa)
- Ar tonelico -arpeggio- (ayamegumu)
- Ar tonelico II (ayamegumu)
- Ares (Narumi Seto)
- AriaARIA (manga)is a utopian science fantasy manga by Kozue Amano. The series was originally titled when it was published by Enix in the magazine Monthly Stencil, being retitled when it moved to Mag Garden's magazine Comic Blade. Aqua was serialized in Stencil from 2001 to 2002 and collected in two tankōbon volumes...
(Kozue AmanoKozue Amanois a female Japanese manga artist. She is widely known as the creator of Aria, which proved to be a best-selling hit, and was adapted into an anime television series consisting of 3 seasons and an OVA....
) - Atelier Rorona: Watashi no Takaramono (Houki Kusano)
- Babelheim no Shōnin (Shouichi Furumi)
- Bacchon Girls (Toshiko Machida)
- BaggataWay (Iroha Kohinata)
- Banana no Nana (Kakashi Oniyazu)
- Beyond the BeyondBeyond the Beyond (manga)is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitomo Watanabe. The story is about Futaba Kudo, a young boy who is pulled into a strange world when he rescues a girl named Kiara, a powerful girl whom many people wish to capture or kill. Futaba pledges to protect Kiara from her pursuers...
(Yoshitomo Watanabe) - Binchō-tan (Takahiko Ekusa)
- The Birth of Walküre (Hiroshi Fuji)
- Corpse Party: Another Child (Team Gris Gris; art by Shunsuke Ogata)
- Crown (Tatsurō Nakanishi)
- Cry Eye (Akira Sorano)
- Dance Dance Dance! (Yuzuka Morita)
- Datenshi Kanan (Yui Hara)
- Desert CoralDesert Coralis a manga series by Wataru Murayama. Desert Coral has been published in six languages: Japanese, Thai, English, German, Spanish, and French. Currently, there are five volumes in Japanese, four volumes in Thai, three volumes in English, and five volumes in German, Spanish, and French...
(Wataru MurayamaWataru Murayamais a female Japanese manga writer. In the west she is mostly known for writing the manga Desert Coral.-Profile:In the past she worked for Mag Garden|Comic Blade up until September 2006. Following that she became pregnant in September 2006, and the change in her condition caused Junkyard Magnets...
) - Drc2 (Shin Itou; art by Makoto Fuugetsu)
- Dragon Sister!Dragon Sister!is a Japanese manga adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Nini. It was published in Comic Blade Masamune and was licensed by Tokyopop.-Volume list:-Reception:...
-Sangokushi Hyakka Ryōran- (Nini) (from Comic Blade Masamune) - Dream Gold ~Knights in the Dark City~ (Tatsurō Nakanishi)
- E (Shinri Ōshiro; art by Sana Kirigaoka)
- Elemental GeladeElemental Geladeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mayumi Azuma. The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living weapons"....
(Mayumi AzumaMayumi Azumais a Japanese manga artist who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode television anime series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky...
) - Eleven Soul (Seiuchirou Todono)
- Esprit (Taishi Tsutsui)
- Fatalizer (Ritz Kobayashi)
- Farial Garden (Minene SakuranoMinene Sakuranois the pen name of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.Sakurano made her debut in 1995 with her story Mother Doll, which tied for first place in the 1st Enix 21st Century Manga Prize contest, sharing the prize with Yasaka Mamiko's Kaze no Daidōzoku...
) - Fukashigi Philia (Taishi Tsutsui)
- Gadget (Hiroyuki Etoh)
- Gamerz HeavenGamerz Heavenis a manga by Maki Murakami, author of the popular manga Gravitation. The story is about young gamer Kaito Suzuki, who one day discovers a video game that transports the player to a different dimension....
(Maki MurakamiMaki Murakamiis a Japanese manga artist most famous for the boys love manga Gravitation, which, in addition to the Gravitation novel, is published by in the U.S. by Tokyopop. Gravitation was the first BL to have broken into mainstream leading way for the overwhelming popularity of yaoi/shounen-ai today...
) - Ghost Hound: Another SideGhost Houndis an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow, noted for being the creator of the Ghost in the Shell series. The original concept and design was first developed by Shirow in 1987...
(adaptation; art by Kanata Asahi) - The Glory of Walküre (Hiroshi Fuji) (from Comic Blade Masamune)
- Glory Road (Tatsurō Nakanishi; art by Sora Hiiragi)
- The Good Witch of the West (Noriko OgiwaraNoriko Ogiwarais a Japanese fantasy writer.-Biography:Noriko Ogiwara was born in 1959. Having read C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia at a very early age, she decided to become a fantasy writer....
; art by Haruhiko Momokawa) - Gyakusatsu Mahō Shōjo Belial Strawberry (AKIRA; art by Sachi Kurafuji)
- Hakobune HakushoAnimal Academy: Hakobune Hakushois a Japanese manga series illustrated and written by Moyamu Fujino. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Comic Blade on October 30, 2005, published by Mag Garden. It was first released in North America on May 12, 2009 by Tokyopop.-Plot:Neko Fukuta is trying to...
(Moyamu FujinoMoyamu FujinoMoyamu Fujino is a female Japanese manga artist.-Works:*Ano Himita Sakura*Hakobune Hakusho*Hitosaki no Hana*Ima, Naguri ni Yukimasu*Boukyaku no Cradle*Kenja no Nagaki Fuzai - The First King Adventure...
) - Hirameki Hatsume-chan (Daioki)
- -Hitogatana- (Onigunsou)
- Hoshi no Dai Circus (Minene SakuranoMinene Sakuranois the pen name of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.Sakurano made her debut in 1995 with her story Mother Doll, which tied for first place in the 1st Enix 21st Century Manga Prize contest, sharing the prize with Yasaka Mamiko's Kaze no Daidōzoku...
) - Hoshi no Ue de Meguru (Yuusu Kurahashi)
- Hoshi no Witch (Yui Hara)
- Igazukin (Kanoka Tana) (from Comic Blade Masamune)
- Jagan Tantei Nekuro-san no Jikenbo (AKIRA; art by Sakura KinoshitaSakura Kinoshitais a Japanese manga artist. She's most famous for two of her works: Matantei Loki Ragnarok and Tactics .One of her characters in Loki has a very similar name to her Tactics co-author's .-References:...
) - Jinki: Extend (Sirou Tunasima)
- Junkyard Magnetic (Wataru MurayamaWataru Murayamais a female Japanese manga writer. In the west she is mostly known for writing the manga Desert Coral.-Profile:In the past she worked for Mag Garden|Comic Blade up until September 2006. Following that she became pregnant in September 2006, and the change in her condition caused Junkyard Magnets...
) - Kagerou Nostalgia ~ Shin Shou (Satomi Kubo)
- Kyoraku Legion (Rin Asano) (from Comic Blade Brownie)
- Kyou, Curry! (Yae Shimano)
- Lost Seven (Kazuki NakashimaKazuki Nakashimais a Japanese playwright and anime writer. He has written scripts for Re: Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagann and Oh! Edo Rocket. He was also responsible for the series composition of Gurren Lagann and he wrote the play that was the basis for the anime Oh! Edo Rocket...
; art by Ko Yasung) - Mahō Kabushikigaisha (Anri Sakano)
- Mahō Shōjo Pretty Bell (KAKERU)
- Mahō no Silver Bullet (Michihiro Matsuoka, Aotoki Kurobeni)
- Mamotte Shugogetten Retrouvailles (Minene SakuranoMinene Sakuranois the pen name of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.Sakurano made her debut in 1995 with her story Mother Doll, which tied for first place in the 1st Enix 21st Century Manga Prize contest, sharing the prize with Yasaka Mamiko's Kaze no Daidōzoku...
) - Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-Bu (Noriyuki Matsumoto)
- Mizunohe Monogatari (Miwa Mayuki)
- More Starlight to Your HeartMore Starlight To Your Heartis a shōjo manga by Hiro Matsuba. It takes place in Heian period in Japan and follows the adventures of Akane, the daughter of a high-ranked official, who enters the imperial court as a servant in order to be closer to her beloved Aogi....
(Hiro Matsuba) - Mortal METAL Shibagane (Junichi SatoJunichi Satois an anime director.-TV anime:*Queen Millennia *Patalliro! *Bemubemu Hunter Kotengu Tenmaru...
, Shoji KawamoriShoji Kawamoriis a Japanese anime creator, screenwriter and mechanical designer, having created or co-created such notable series as The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Maiden Arjuna, Genesis of Aquarion, Macross 7, and Macross Frontier. He is currently executive director at the...
, and SatelightSatelightis a Japanese animation studio.-History:The studio was founded on December 1995, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, their first project being Bit the Cupid, the world's first fully digitally-animated television series. The name Satelight consists of S for Sapporo, A for Animate, T for Technology and E for...
; art by Ryuuichi Sadamatsu) - Mother Keeper (Kaili Sorano)
- MUZZLE-LOADER ~Wellber no Monogatari~ (BOYAKASHA; art by Naruse Takami)
- Naki Shōjo no Tame no PavaneNaki Shōjo no Tame no Pavaneis a Japanese manga series illustrated and written by Koge Donbo. The manga started serialization in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Comic Blade on July 30, 2008, published by Mag Garden...
(Koge-Donbo*Koge-Donbo, is a Japanese manga artist. Koge-Donbo* started her career soon after college as a doujinshi artist. She got the idea of a unique pen-name, Koge-Donbo* from Akira Toriyama's pet cat. She made her first official US appearance at Otakon 2004 in Baltimore, MD as a Guest of Honor...
) - Neko RahmenNeko Rahmen, also known as Neko Ramen, is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga created by Kenji Sonishi. The comedy centers around a cat and his encounters while running a ramen shop....
(Kenji Sonishi) (from Comic Blade Masamune) - New Paradise (Sakura KinoshitaSakura Kinoshitais a Japanese manga artist. She's most famous for two of her works: Matantei Loki Ragnarok and Tactics .One of her characters in Loki has a very similar name to her Tactics co-author's .-References:...
) - Otogi-Jūshi AkazukinOtogi-Jushi Akazukinis an anime OVA as well as an anime television series.-Story:Long, long ago, there existed a world of magic and science. But having both powers was making people conceited and lazy. So God split the world in to the world of science, Elde, and the world of magic, Phandavale. One day in Fandavale, a...
(Shogo Kumasaka; art by Hiiro Yuki) - Otogizōshi (Narumi Seto)
- Paka RUN (Nanae Chrono; art by Takamasa Nakabayashi)
- Paradox Blue (Tatsurō Nakanishi; art by Nini)
- Peace Maker Kurogane (Nanae Chrono)
- Pontera (Sankaku Head)
- Puchi-Hound (nekoneko) (from Comic Blade Masamune)
- Princess Lucia (Kouji SeoKouji Seois a Japanese manga creator. He debuted in 1996 with the one-shot "Half & Half" in Fresh magazine. His two hits, Suzuka and Cross Over, both mixed the genres of sports with high school romance. Suzuka focused on track and field while Cross Over used basketball...
) - R² [rise R to the second power] (Maki Hakoda)
- Rain (Takumi Yoshino; art by Megumi Sumikawa)
- Rui-Rui (Makutsu)
- Rurigaki Yoruko no Yuigon (Miki Miyashita)
- Saint OctoberSaint Octoberis a Japanese anime television series created by Konami Digital Entertainment and animated by Studio Comet. It was also adapted into a manga series by Kiira, which was serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Blade published by Mag Garden in August 2006. The anime series premiered on Chiba...
(Shogo Kumasaka; art by Kiira~☆) - Sengoku Youko (Satoshi Mizukami)
- Senki Senki MomotamaSenki Senki Momotamais a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nanae Chrono. The manga has been serialized in Comic Blade by Mag Garden since December 2005, with individual chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes as of August 25, 2009. The manga is based on the Japanese folklore Momotaro which...
(Nanae Chrono) - Shindou Gekijou Get Wild (Daisuke Shindou)
- Shirayuki PaniMix! (Izumi KiriharaIzumi Kiriharais a female Japanese manga author. She is notable for being the author and illustrator for the manga series Hitohira which is the first of her works to be adapted into a television anime series.-Works:*Chocolate: maid cafe "curio"*Hitohira...
) (from Comic Blade Masamune) - Shikigami×Shoujo (Hiroshi Kubota) (from Comic Blade Masamune)
- SketchbookSketchbook (manga)is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Totan Kobako. First serialized in the April 2002 issue of Comic Blade, the individual chapters are collected and published by Mag Garden. Chapters have also appeared in Comic Blade Masamune. An anime adaptation, under the title Sketchbook ~full...
(Totan KobakoTotan Kobakois the pen name of a Japanese manga creator from Fukuoka, Japan. Kobako is notable for the creation of Sketchbook which was adapted into a 13 episodes anime series by the studio Hal Film Maker and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The author’s gender is currently undisclosed.-External links:...
) - Sorejaa Yoshida-kun! (Natsuki Yoshimura)
- SoftenniSoftenniis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Ryō Azuchi. Beginning serialization in Mag Garden's Comic Blade in 2008, Softenni consists of five volumes as of 2011...
(Ryo Azuchi) - Soukou Akki Muramasa: Makai-henFull Metal Daemon: Muramasais a Japanese visual novel developed by Nitroplus for the PC. It was released on October 30, 2009.-Plot:Tsurugi - a set of armour crafted by special smiths who infuse their souls into them at their completion...
(Nitro+ and Midori Gotou; art by Ganjii) - Steins;Gate: Bōkan no RebellionSteins;Gateis a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and was released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360. This is the two companies' second time collaborating together after Chaos;Head. A port to the Windows operating system on the PC was released on August 26, 2010 and a port for Sony's...
(Kenji Mizuta) - Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Sweets HoneySteins;Gateis a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and was released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360. This is the two companies' second time collaborating together after Chaos;Head. A port to the Windows operating system on the PC was released on August 26, 2010 and a port for Sony's...
(Taishi Tsutsui) - Stigmata (Ko Yasung)
- Suashi no Meteorite (Masahisa Konishi)
- Sumikko no Sora-san (Kanoka Tana)
- Tabi to Michizure (Kanoka Tana)
- Takeru ~SUSANOH: Sword of the Devil~ (Kazuki NakashimaKazuki Nakashimais a Japanese playwright and anime writer. He has written scripts for Re: Cutie Honey, Gurren Lagann and Oh! Edo Rocket. He was also responsible for the series composition of Gurren Lagann and he wrote the play that was the basis for the anime Oh! Edo Rocket...
; art by Kemuri Karakara) - Tales of SymphoniaTales of Symphoniais a video game first released for the Nintendo GameCube and later for the PlayStation 2 in Japan. It debuted in Japan on August 29, 2003, selling 953,000 copies, in Canada and the United States on July 13, 2004, and in Europe on November 19, 2004. The game received a Japanese-only PlayStation 2...
(Hitoshi Ichimura) - Tengai RetrogicalTengai Retrogicalis an ongoing manga written and illustrated by Rin Asano. The manga was licensed in the US by ADV Manga. As of March 2009, Mag Garden has released 7 bound volumes of the manga.- Volume listing :...
(Rin Asano) - The First King AdventureThe First King Adventureis and adventure manga written by Moyamu Fujino. It is translated into English by ADV Manga and was first published in 2002 by the Mag Garden corporation. The story follows the trials of Prince Varumu in his journey to create pacts with various spirit masters....
(Moyamu Fujimo) - The Innocent (Avi AradAvi AradAvi Arad is an Israeli-American businessman. He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s, and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment, a Marvel director, chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios....
and Junichi FujisakuJunichi Fujisakuis the chief game director and game writer for Production I.G's Game Production Department. He is a graduate of Production I.G's think-tank "Oshii Academy", used to train the next generation of staff for the company.-Works:...
; art by Ko Yasung) - The Mythical Detective Loki RagnarokThe Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarokis a manga by Sakura Kinoshita published from August 1999 to October 2004. A television anime based upon the manga series ran for 26 episodes from April 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 in Japan....
(Sakura KinoshitaSakura Kinoshitais a Japanese manga artist. She's most famous for two of her works: Matantei Loki Ragnarok and Tactics .One of her characters in Loki has a very similar name to her Tactics co-author's .-References:...
) - Sky Crawlers: Innocent AcesThe Sky Crawlersis a Japanese novel series by Hiroshi Mori. First published by Chuōkōron-shinsha in June 2001 and spanning five books, it follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period. The series is unlike...
(Yuho Ueji) - Tokumu Kikoutai Kuchikura (Yoshiki Sakurai and Production I.G; art by Youichirou Hinata)
- Toraneko Folklore (Mayumi AzumaMayumi Azumais a Japanese manga artist who is the creator of the now completed manga Elemental Gelade, which finished with eighteen volumes and was adapted into a 26-episode television anime series, and its ongoing spinoff manga Elemental Gelade: Flag of Blue Sky...
) - Tsubakiiro Ballad (Hamao Sumeragi)
- Tsubura na Wakusei (Naoya Kaneko)
- Uchū Roshin Muumo (Munekichi)
- Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~ (Akira Katsuragi)
- Vaizard (Michihiro Yoshida)
- W Change!! (Hiro Matsuba)
- Wan Pagu! (Ryo Mitsuya)
- Your and My SecretYour and My Secret, also known as My Barbaric Girlfriend, is a manga by Ai Morinaga. Your and My Secret is a gender-bender manga. Male lead Akira Uehara is overlooked because he doesn't open his mouth. Female lead Nanako Momoi is looked over until she opens her mouth...
(Ai MorinagaAi Morinagais a Japanese manga artist.- Manga Works :*Kirara no Hoshi* My Heavenly Hockey Club* Maniattemasu* Strawberry chan no Karei na Seikatsu * The Tale of Yamada Family Special Edition...
) - Zodiac Game (Shinjirou)