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| Parent company | Hitotsubashi Group |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 1, 1973 |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Headquarters location | 〒101-0063 Chiyoda, Tokyo Kanda-Awajichō 2-2-2 |
| Key people | Kazuhiko Torishima (president and CEO) |
| Publication types | Magazines, manga, picture books, light novels, other type of books and drama CDs |
| No. of employees | 91 (January 2010) |
| Official website | www |
Hakusensha, Inc. (株式会社白泉社 Kabushiki-gaisha Hakusensha) is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
The company mainly publishes manga magazines and is involved in series' productions in their games, original video animation, music, and their animated TV series.
Hakusensha was founded on December 1, 1973 by Shueisha. It is now a separate company although still a part of the Hitotsubashi Group with Shueisha and Shogakukan as one of the major members of the keiretsu.
After setting up the company for five months, the firm published their first magazine, a shōjo manga magazine titled Hana to Yume (花とゆめ). In November that year, they moved from Tōkyō-to, Chiyoda-ku, Kanda-Jinbōchō Ichi-chōme (東京都千代田区神田神保町1丁目) to Kanda-Jinbōchō San-chōme (神田神保町3丁目).
In 1975, the firm changed the frequency of their magazine from monthly to semi-monthly; in March, they created their first imprint, Hana to Yume Comics (花とゆめコミックス). In July 1976, they published their second manga magazine, a shōjo manga magazine named Hana to Yume LaLa (花とゆめ LaLa) as a sister magazine to Hana to Yume that is published bi-monthly. In April 1977, they set up a publication editing department and in July, they began publishing a seasonal magazine titled Bessatsu Hana to Yume (別冊花とゆめ).
In March 1981, they moved to Nishi-Kanda San-chōme (西神田3丁目). In September, they branched out from their usual shōjo manga magazines to a shōnen genre by publishing Shōnen Jets (少年ジェッツ). With that, the company released their series in Shōnen Jets under a new imprint, Jets Comics (ジェッツコミックス) in July 1982. As of January 2009, the magazine was defunct but the imprint is used to publish their seinen manga series serializing in Young Animal and Young Animal Arashi as well as certain series serializing in Melody.
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