This is a list of magazines published by the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works

ASCII Media Works

is a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group which formed on April 1, 2008 as a result of a merger between ASCII and MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the president of ASCII Media Works. The company...

. After the merger of ASCII

ASCII (company)

was a publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. The company published Monthly ASCII as the main publication...

 and MediaWorks

MediaWorks (publisher)

was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII...

 on April 1, 2008, the two company's active magazines continued publication. Most of their magazines center around anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

, 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...

, bishōjo game

Bishojo game

A , or , is "a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls". These games are a sub-genre of dating sims targeted towards a male audience....

s, or video games. The majority of ASCII Media Works' magazines carry the title which precedes the title of a given magazine; the Dengeki label is also used on publishing labels, and contests held by the company, making it a well-known trademark for ASCII Media Works. Other magazines center around computers and information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

.

Active

Title	Magazine type	Frequency	First published
ASCII Dot PC	PC Personal computer A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator... , IT Information technology Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...	Monthly	June 2006
ASCII.technologies	PC, IT	Monthly	May 23, 2009
Character Parfait	Video game	Bimonthly	December 15, 2006
Dengeki Arcade Game	Trading card game	Quarterly	November 29, 2006
Dengeki Bunko Magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine is a Japanese light novel magazine published by ASCII Media Works . The magazine succeeded the light novel magazine Dengeki hp, and originally was published as a special edition issue of Dengeki Daioh for the first two issues; the first issue was released on December 10, 2007...	Light novel Light novel A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...	Bimonthly	December 10, 2007
Dengeki Comic Japan	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...	Monthly	December 24, 2010
Dengeki Daioh Dengeki Daioh is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki brand. Many manga serialized in Dengeki Daioh were later published in tankōbon volumes under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comics imprint. The magazine is sold every month on the 27th...	Manga	Monthly	April 18, 1994
Dengeki G's Magazine Dengeki G's Magazine is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games. The "G's" in the title...	Bishōjo game Bishojo game A , or , is "a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls". These games are a sub-genre of dating sims targeted towards a male audience.... , manga	Monthly	December 26, 1992
Dengeki Hime Dengeki Hime is a Japanese magazine published monthly by ASCII Media Works publishing information mainly on adult visual novels. The magazine started as a special issue of the now discontinued Dengeki Oh in 1997, and in 2001 it became its own entity. Originally, it held information on boys love series but...	Bishōjo game, eroge Eroge An or Ero-ga is a Japanese video or computer game that features erotic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. Eroge originated from galge, but unlike galge, they feature erotic/pornographic content.-History:...	Monthly	1997
Dengeki Hobby Magazine Dengeki Hobby Magazine is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works centering around information relating to plastic models. It first went on sale on November 25, 1998...	Plastic model Plastic model thumb|300px||4-year-old boy starts painting a plastic model he has assembled of the South Goodwin LightshipPlastic models, often called scale models, are models manufactured as kits which are assembled by hobbyists, and intended for static display....	Monthly	November 25, 1998
Dengeki Layers	Cosplay Cosplay , short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...	Bimonthly	August 25, 2003
Dengeki Maoh Dengeki Maoh is a Japanese seinen magazine published by ASCII Media Works . It first went on sale on October 27, 2005 and is sold every month on the twenty-seventh. The magazine features information on video games, manga, and light novels...	Light novel, manga, video game	Monthly	December 27, 1992
Dengeki Nintendo DS Dengeki Nintendo DS is a Japanese gaming magazine published by ASCII Media Works . The magazine mainly covers information pertaining to the Nintendo DS, but also carries information on the Wii as well. The magazine was originally named Dengeki Super Nintendo and first went on sale on December 26, 1992...	Video game	Monthly	December 26, 1992
Dengeki PlayStation Dengeki PlayStation is a Japanese gaming magazine published by ASCII Media Works . The magazine originally featured information pertaining to PlayStation video games, but since then has also incorporated information from PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable games...	Video game	Monthly	December 1994
Figure Maniacs Otome Gumi	Figurine Figurine A figurine is a statuette that represents a human, deity or animal. Figurines may be realistic or iconic, depending on the skill and intention of the creator. The earliest were made of stone or clay...	Bimonthly	1999
Hoshi Navi	Astronomy Astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...	Monthly	December 2000
MacPeople	PC, IT	Monthly
Macpower	PC, IT	Monthly	January 19, 1990
Mobile ASCII	Mobile phone Mobile phone A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...	Quarterly	June 29, 2010
Papier*	Girl's fashion	Bimonthly	October 28, 2009
Sylph Sylph (magazine) is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by ASCII Media Works and is sold monthly. The magazine was originally published on December 9, 2006 as a special edition version of MediaWorks' now-defunct Dengeki Comic Gao! under the title as a quarterly publication...	Shōjo manga	Monthly	December 9, 2006
Ubuntu Magazine Japan	Ubuntu Ubuntu (operating system) Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu... , IT	Bimonthly	September 29, 2009
Weekly ASCII	PC, IT	Weekly	April 24, 2006

Special editions

Title	Parent magazine	Magazine type	Frequency	First published
Character Parfait Comic	Character Parfait	Manga	Variable	April 27, 2010
Dengeki 5pb.	ASCII Dot PC	Video game	Variable	December 24, 2010
Dengeki Daioh Genesis	Sylph	Manga	Quarterly	January 19, 2010
Dengeki Festival! Heaven	Dengeki G's Magazine	Shōjo manga	Variable	July 9, 2008
Dengeki G's Festival!	Dengeki G's Magazine	Bishōjo game, eroge	Variable	December 16, 2004
Dengeki G's Festival! Anime	Dengeki G's Magazine	Anime, bishōjo game	Variable	February 9, 2008
Dengeki G's Festival! Comic	Dengeki G's Magazine	Manga	Bimonthly	November 26, 2007
Dengeki G's Festival! Deluxe	Dengeki G's Magazine	Bishōjo game, eroge	Variable	November 30, 2007
Dengeki FPS	Dengeki Girl's Style	Video game	Variable	September 2, 2010
Dengeki Games	Dengeki Nintendo DS	Video game	Monthly	October 13, 2006
Dengeki Girl's Style	Dengeki PlayStation	Otome game Otome game An is a video game that is targeted towards a female market, where one of the main goals, besides the plot goal, is to develop a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several male characters. This genre is most established in Japan. The label includes both visual...	Bimonthly	December 4, 2003
Dengeki Moeoh	Dengeki Daioh	Manga	Bimonthly	March 26, 2002
Dengeki PSP	Dengeki PlayStation	Video game	Variable	December 3, 2004
Dengeki PlayStation 3	Dengeki PlayStation	Video game	Variable	May 15, 2009
i-mode de Asobu!	Dengeki Maoh	Mobile phone Mobile phone A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...	Bimonthly	March 28, 2001
Rekishidama	Dengeki Bunko Magazine	History	Variable	December 6, 2010
Visualboy Brush	ASCII Dot PC	Pop culture males	Quarterly	November 10, 2008

Discontinued

Title	Magazine type	Frequency	Magazine run
Business ASCII	IT business	Monthly	June 18, 1977–January 23, 2010
Network Magazine	PC, IT	Monthly	April 1998–April 29, 2009
Unix Unix Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...  Magazine	PC, IT	Quarterly	November 1986–June 18, 2009

Special editions

Title	Parent magazine	Magazine type	Frequency	Magazine run
CLaCLa	Dengeki Hime	Yaoi Yaoi In careful Japanese enunciation, all three vowels are pronounced separately, for a three-mora word, . The English equivalent is . also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by...  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...  & light novel	Quarterly	October 30, 2007–April 30, 2008
Dengeki Black Maoh	Dengeki Maoh	Light novel, manga, video game	Quarterly	September 19, 2007–June 19, 2010
Dengeki Scale Modeler	Dengeki Hobby Magazine	Scale model Scale model A scale model is a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the original object. Very often the scale model is used as a guide to making the object in...	Bimonthly	July 25, 2007–May 24, 2008

External links

• ASCII Media Works' official website