Akita Shoten

The head office of Akita Shoten

Akita Shoten (秋田書店) is a Japanese publishing company established on August 10, 1948 in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its main editorial target has always been teenagers (shōnen and shōjo), and it currently publishes mostly manga. The current president is Sadami Akita.

Magazines

Male oriented manga magazines

• Weekly Shōnen Champion (週刊少年チャンピオン, Shūkan Shōnen Chanpion) - each Thursday
• Monthly Shonen Champion (月刊少年チャンピオン, Gekkan Shōnen Chanpion) - the sixth of each month
• Champion Red (チャンピオンRED, Chanpion Reddo) - the nineteenth of each month
• Champion Red Ichigo (チャンピオンREDいちご, Chanpion Reddo Ichigo) - the fifth of every even month
• Young Champion (ヤングチャンピオン, Yangu Chanpion) - each second and forth Tuesday of the month
• Young Champion Retsu (ヤングチャンピオン烈, Yangu Chanpion Retsu) - the third Monday of every even month
• Play Comic (プレイコミック, Purei Comikku) - each second and forth Thursday of the month
• Golf Comic (GOLFコミック, Gorufu Komikku) - the first of every month

Female oriented manga magazines

• Princess (プリンセス, Purinsesu)
• Princess Gold (プリンセスGOLD, Purinsesu GOLD)
• Petit Princess (プチプリンセス, Puchi Purinsesu) - the fifteenth of every even month
• Mystery Bonita (ミステリーボニータ, Misutarī Bonīta) - the sixth of every month
• Suspiria Mystery (サスペリアミステリー, Sasuperia Misutarī) - the twenty-fourth of every odd month
• Elegance Eve (Eleganceイブ, Eregansu Ibu) - the twenty-sixth of every month
• for Mrs. (フォアミセス, Foa Misesu) - the third of every month
• for Mrs. Special (for Mrs. スペシャル, for Mrs. Supesharu)
• Love Max (恋愛 MAX, Rabu Makkusu) - the sixth of every odd month
• Love Cherry Pink (恋愛チェリーピンク, Ren'ai Cherī Pinku) - the sixth of every even month
• Desir SP (デジールSP, Dejīru Supesharu) - the twenty-eighth of every even month
• Hitomi (ひとみ, Hitomi) - stopped

Other magazines

• Family Computer Champion (ファミコンチャンピオン, Famikon Chanpion) - stopped

External links

• Official Akita Shoten site (Japanese)