Punainen jättiläinen
Encyclopedia
Punainen jättiläinen is a Finnish
small publisher of Japan
ese manga
and Korea
n manwha. It was founded in April 2005 by its CEO, Antti Grönlund. However, the publisher was acquired by Tammi
in 2009. Nowadays, Punainen jättiläinen works together with Sangatsu Manga
under facilities of Tammi publishing company.
Punainen jättiläinen is known from their typically large-format, bookstore-oriented releases. The only exceptions this far are Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&!, which are in small-format and sold at magazine stands, as is typical for manga published in Finland.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
small publisher of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n manwha. It was founded in April 2005 by its CEO, Antti Grönlund. However, the publisher was acquired by Tammi
Tammi (publishing company)
Tammi is a Finnish publishing company established in 1943 by an initiative of Väinö Tanner, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. In 1996, the company was bought by the Bonnier Group, and it is currently the third largest book publisher in Finland....
in 2009. Nowadays, Punainen jättiläinen works together with Sangatsu Manga
Sangatsu Manga
Sangatsu Manga is a major manga publisher in Finland. It's a division of Kolibri Kustannus, a company most known for making children's books. In 2004 it became the first Finnish publisher to sell manga in convenience stores and supermarkets, which triggered the current wave of manga publishing in...
under facilities of Tammi publishing company.
Punainen jättiläinen is known from their typically large-format, bookstore-oriented releases. The only exceptions this far are Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&!, which are in small-format and sold at magazine stands, as is typical for manga published in Finland.
Releases
- RagnarökRagnarok (manhwa)is a manhwa created by Lee Myung-jin and published by Daiwon C.I. in South Korea. There are currently 10 volumes in circulation, published in English in North America by Tokyopop from May 21, 2002 to April 6, 2004....
(June 2005) - Les BijouxLes BijouxLes Bijoux Les Bijoux Les Bijoux ((레비쥬, Re Bijyu) is a Korean manhwa that is written by Jo Eun-ha and illustrated by Park Sang-sun. It was originally published in Korea by Daiwon C.I...
(January 2006) - Kill Me, Kiss MeKill Me, Kiss MeKill Me, Kiss Me is a Korean manhwa originally created by Korean author Lee Young-you revolving around two identical cousins of different gender who end up switching places for about one week's time. K2 was first released in Korea published by Daiwon C.I...
(April 2006) - Princess AiPrincess Aiis a manga co-created by Courtney Love, Ai Yazawa, Misaho Kujiradou, and DJ Milky , and is published in English by Tokyopop.The story deals with an amnesiac girl named Ai who was torn from her homeland, and awakens in present-day Tokyo...
(June 2006) - Gunnm (November 2006)
- Azumanga DaiohAzumanga Daiohis a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes...
(August 2007) - Hideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter DHideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter DHideyuki Kikuchi's Vampire Hunter D, known simply as in Japan, is a manga adaptation of the Vampire Hunter D novel series by acclaimed horror writer, Hideyuki Kikuchi....
(November 2007) - Yotsuba&!Yotsuba&!is an ongoing Japanese comedy manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of Azumanga Daioh. It is published in Japan by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks, in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh and collected in ten tankōbon volumes...
(April 2008) - Black LagoonBlack Lagoonis a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006, to June 24, 2006, totaling twelve episodes. A second season, subtitled "The Second Barrage", ran for twelve...
(October 2009) - Princess PrincessPrincess PrincessPrincess Princess may refer to:*Princess Princess - Japanese girl rock band*Princess Princess - Anime and manga series*Princess-Princess , a character from the webcomic Sluggy Freelance...
(December 2009) - Eerie QueerieEerie Queerie, titled Ghost! in the original Japanese, is a four-volume shōnen-ai manga by Shuri Shiozu, published in English by Tokyopop. The series centers around Mitsuo Shiozu, a lonely high school student who has the psychic ability to see "spirits" who can use him to interact and communicate with the...
(May 2010) - Ginga Nagareboshi Gin (May 2010)
- PlanetesPlanetesis a Japanese hard science fiction manga by Makoto Yukimura. It was adapted as a 26-episode television anime by Sunrise, which was broadcast on NHK from October 2003 through April 2004...
(April 2011) - K-On!K-On!is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat...
(July 2011)