Magazine Z
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese seinen
mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha
, aimed at teenage males and above, but particularly at hardcore anime
and manga
fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the magazine.
It was announced in September 2008 that Magazine Z would be discontinued. The last issue shipped on January 26, 2009.
Seinen
is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...
mixed-media magazine published by Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
, aimed at teenage males and above, but particularly at hardcore 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....
and 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...
fans, featuring articles as well as manga tied into popular franchises. Original manga were also featured in the magazine.
It was announced in September 2008 that Magazine Z would be discontinued. The last issue shipped on January 26, 2009.
Manga artists and series serialized in Magazine Z
- Yuu WataseYuu Wataseis a female Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" , Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...
- Sakura Taisen (manga commissioned by Sega Enterprises)
- Kia AsamiyaKia Asamiyais the pen-name of Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of both Batman and Star Wars...
- Batman: Child of DreamsBatman: Child of DreamsBatman: Child of Dreams is a manga series written and illustrated by Kia Asamiya, published in Kodansha's Magazine Z. The series follows Batman as he travels to Tokyo on the trail of a lethal drug that allows the person who ingests it to shapeshift into anyone they desire.Child of Dreams was...
(manga commissioned by DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
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- Batman: Child of Dreams
- Takuya Fujima
- Deus VitaeDeus VitaeDeus Vitae, or is a manga series created by .-Plot:In 2068, Leave, a powerful android, is created by the Brain Computer and raised by the human scientist Fenrir to be the new root of mankind; the "Goddess", deciding that the previous human beings are no longer useful, wipes them out and creates...
- Free Collars KingdomFree Collars Kingdomis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujima Takuya. The individual chapters were serialized in Magazine Z, and compiled into three tankōbon volumes released by Kodansha from February 2003 to March 2004. Set in Ikebukuro, Japan, the series revolves around the struggle of two stray...
- Deus Vitae
- Kyu Hayashida
- Maken X Another
- Toshitsugu Iida
- Wolf's RainWolf's Rainis an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by Bones Studio. The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno. It focuses on the journey of four lone wolves...
(created by Keiko NobumotoKeiko Nobumotois a Japanese screenwriter. She is best known for having written the screenplay for Cowboy Bebop and having created Wolf's Rain.-Filmography :*Wolf's Rain *Tokyo Godfathers...
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- Wolf's Rain
- Shinya Kaneko
- CuldceptCuldceptis a turn-based strategy video game. It has drawn comparisons to other modern strategy titles, and also shares features with non-video games Monopoly and Magic: The Gathering. The first installment to reach North America was the expanded port of Culdcept Second released for the Sony PlayStation 2,...
- Culdcept
- Katsu AkiKatsu Aki, pen name , is a Japanese manga artist best known for his works The Vision of Escaflowne, Futari Ecchi, and Psychic Academy. Mine Yoshizaki is one of Aki's former assistants.-Manga creations:...
- Psychic AcademyPsychic Academyis a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Katsu Aki. It was published by Kodansha in Magazine Z between 1999 and 2003. An anime ONA adaptation was produced by E.G. Films in 2002...
- Psychic Academy
- Asuka Katsura
- Le Portrait de Petit CossetteLe Portrait de Petit Cossetteis an original video animation produced by Aniplex. It spanned 3 episode OVA series and ran in 2004. It was licensed for North American distribution by Geneon and released as Le Portrait de Petite Cossette. Fuse TV has broadcast the anime as part of their Anime Explosion Weekend on December 15, 2007...
- Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
- Yuuichi Kumakura
- King of Bandit JingKing of Bandit Jing, also known as King of Bandit Jing, is a seven volume manga series by Yuichi Kumakura about the adventures of the bandit Jing and his partner Kir. The manga was adapted into a 13 episode anime series produced by Aniplex and directed by Hiroshi Watanabe as well as a Game Boy game released in 2000...
- King of Bandit Jing
- Asato Mifune
- Yukei Seikyo Kukla (story by Koji Tazawa)
- Haruhiko MikimotoHaruhiko Mikimotois a Japanese anime character designer, illustrator and manga artist. Mostly active during the 1980s, during that decade he rose to promience and is considered one of the top character designers of his time....
- Baby BirthBaby BirthBaby Birth is a two volumes manga series written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Haruhiko Mikimoto.- Story :Hizuru Oborozuki is a student of the TIAA, a prestigious Arts school in Tokyo, and the local ace of ice skating, though she doesn't train much; Takuya Hijo is a young composer who has...
(story by Sukehiro Tomita)
- Baby Birth
- Kenichi MuraedaKenichi Muraedais a Japanese manga artist. He created the manga series Kamen Rider Spirits.-Works:* "Koujirou" * "Oretachi no Field" * "Red" * "Kamoshika!" * "Kamen Rider Spirits"* "Muraeda Kenichi Tanpenshuu"...
- Kamen Rider SpiritsKamen Rider Spiritsis an ongoing manga adaptation of the popular Kamen Rider franchise by Kenichi Muraeda. The focus of the story is on the original ten Kamen Riders with shifting focus on main characters...
(story and concept by Shotaro IshinomoriShotaro Ishinomoriwas a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...
)
- Kamen Rider Spirits
- Chiaki Ogishima
- Heat Guy JHeat Guy Jis a 26 episode science fiction anime series created by Escaflowne director Kazuki Akane and Satelight.Heat Guy J was licensed and distributed in the U.S. in 2003 by Pioneer . It is set for re-release by Funimation Entertainment in the fall of 2009. The first 13 episodes of the show also was...
(created by Kazuki AkaneKazuki Akaneis a Japanese director of Japanese animation. Until the early 2000s, he was a staff member of the anime studio Sunrise, where he collaborated with Shoji Kawamori to direct his most famous work, The Vision of Escaflowne...
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- Heat Guy J
- Atsushi Soga
- Turn A GundamTurn A Gundamis a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and on the anime satellite television network, Animax, which was created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration...
(story by Yoshiyuki TominoYoshiyuki Tominois a Japanese mecha anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art...
)
- Turn A Gundam
- Hajime UedaHajime Uedais a Japanese manga artist who created a two-volume adaptation of the Japanese animated OVA series FLCL, and the original manga Q·Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl. He started his career as a dōjinshi artist, gaining a reputation for his quirky and unique style of art. He also does some costume...
- FLCLFLCLis an original video animation series written by Yōji Enokido, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records....
- Q·Ko-chan: The Earth Invader Girl
- FLCL
- Warabino Kugeko
- Heroic AgeHeroic Age (anime)is a science fiction anime directed by Toshimasa Suzuki. It is produced by XEBEC and airs on Japanese television networks. The series first aired on April 1, 2007 and ended on September 30, 2007, with 26 episodes....
- Heroic Age
- Go NagaiGo Nagai, better known by the penname , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z in the 1970s. In 2005, he became a...
- Demon Lord DanteDemon Lord Danteis the title of several horror-themed manga series written by Go Nagai as well as an anime series.During 1971, Go Nagai wrote the original Demon Lord Dante manga, which was published in Kodansha's Bokura Magazine. After its original run in 1971 from January to June, Go Nagai went on to author the...
- Mazinger AngelsMazinger Angels-Releases outside of Japan:The manga was also released in Hong Kong and Taiwan by d/visual taipei and in Italy by d/visual.-Toys:Besides the manga, a series of toys from the Soul of Chogokin line from Bandai have been released. The main robots from Mazinger Angels are available as part of the GX...
- Demon Lord Dante
- Tohiro Konno
- PugyuruPugyuruis a Japanese four-panel comic strip by Tohiro Konno. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Monthly Magazine Z in June, 2001. Pugyuru was adapted into an anime series that was broadcast on April 12, 2004 on the television station Kids Station...
- Pugyuru
- Narumi KakinouchiNarumi Kakinouchiis a female Japanese manga artist, animator, director, character designer, and an animation director. Some of her work has appeared in the adult manga magazine Lemon People....
- Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki JikenboYakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbois a series that consist of the TV anime, manga and light novels created by Yoshiki Tanaka and illustrated by Narumi Kakinouchi. Two Drama CDs had also been released prior to the anime adaptation with different seiyū from the CD and the TV version....
(story by Yoshiki TanakaYoshiki TanakaDr. Yoshiki Tanaka is a Japanese novelist. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and took his doctorate degree in Japanese Language and Literature in the Graduate School of Gakushūin University in Tokyo....
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- Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo
- Momotarou Miyano
- RD Senno ChosashitsuReal Driveis an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow. Real Drive is produced in collaboration with broadcaster Nippon Television , and premiered in Japan on NTV on 8 April 2008.-Storyline and setting:...
- RD Senno Chosashitsu
- Eishi Ozeki
- Sky GirlsSky Girlsbegan as a single episode OVA anime by Konami, directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki and animated by J.C.Staff. The 30 minute episode was released in Japan on August 25, 2006. A television adaptation of Sky Girls started on July 5, 2007, and ended on January 11, 2008.-Story:The Weapon Of Raid Machines ,...
- Sky Girls
- Yūjiro Izumi
- PopotanPopotanis a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002 and subsequently re-released on DVD-ROM and for the PlayStation 2 with certain scenes removed...
- Popotan
- Kenji Ishikawa/Kouji Tazawa
- Metroid (manga commissioned by NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
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- Metroid (manga commissioned by Nintendo
- Yoshitomo Akihito
- CompanionCompanionCompanion may refer to:* A friend or acquaintance you associate yourself with* Companion , a nurse assistant or similar professional who assists a patient one-on-one* Companion , an architectural feature of ships...
- Companion
External links
- Official Magazine Z Website (in Japanese)