List of Gangan Comics manga franchises
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| Parent company | Enix (1991–2003) Square Enix (present) |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Headquarters location | Japan |
| Distribution | Japan |
| Publication types | Manga, Japanese Magazines, Japanese light novels, graphic novels |
| Official website | gangan |
Gangan (ガンガン, Gangan) is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix. It publishes manga in several magazines aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its magazines are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, like Fullmetal Alchemist, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Nabari no Ou, Inu x Boku SS, and Soul Eater.[1] The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such as Gangan Comics (ガンガンコミックス, Gangan Komikkusu), Gangan Comics Joker (ガンガンコミックスJOKER, Gangan Komikkusu Jōkā) and Young Gangan Comics (ヤングガンガンコミックス, Yangu Gangan Komikkusu), which identify the magazine of serialisation. This list contains notable manga franchises published by Gangan.
Manga and anime franchises owned by Square Enix[edit]
| Franchise | Date established and imprint | Total sales of franchise | Content | Author(s) | Total ep(s) and OVA [Note 1] | Ongoing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fullmetal Alchemist[2] | 2001, Monthly Shōnen Gangan[2] | 70,300,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 2 movies, 5 games | Hiromu Arakawa | 119 | No |
| Black Butler[2] | 2006, Monthly GFantasy[2] | 28,000,000 (as of 2019)[3] | 1 manga series, 3 anime series, 2 movies, 1 game | Yana Toboso | 55 | Yes |
| Dragon Quest Retsuden: Roto no Monshō[2] | 2004, Monthly Shōnen Gangan[2] | 20,900,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 movie | Chiaki Kawamata, Junji Koyanagi, Kamui Fujiwara | 21 | No |
| Soul Eater | 2004, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 19,600,000 (as of 2019)[4] | 2 manga series (1 original, 1 spin off), 2 anime series, 3 games | Atsushi Ōkubo | 51 | No |
| A Certain Magical Index | 2007, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 14,000,000 (light novel only, as of 2013)[5] | 6 manga series (3 canon, 3 spin off), 2 light novel series, 3 anime series, 4 spin off anime, 1 movie, 3 games | Various | 74 | No |
| Magical Circle Guru Guru[2] | 1992, Monthly Shōnen Gangan[2] | 13,100,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 anime film, 4 games | Hiroyuki Etō | 83 | No |
| The Irregular at Magic High School | 2008, Monthly GFantasy | 10,000,000 (light novel only, as of 2019)[6] | 7 manga series, 1 light novel, 1 anime series, 1 anime movie, 2 games | Tsutomu Satō | 26 | Yes |
| Violinist of Hameln | 1991, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 6,800,000 (as of 2018)[2] [a] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 movie, 1 game | Michiaki Watanabe | 25 | No |
| Arakawa Under the Bridge | 2004, Young Gangan | 6,400,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 movie, 1 drama series | Hikaru Nakamura | 26 | No |
| Barakamon | 2008, Gangan Online | 6,200,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 spin-off manga series, 2 anime series | Satsuki Yoshino | 24 | No |
| Papuwa | 1991, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 6,000,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 2 games | Ami Shibata | 68 | No |
| Saki[2] | 2006, Young Gangan[2] | 5,700,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 5 manga series, 3 anime series, 2 games, 1 ova | Ritz Kobayashi | 55 | Yes |
| Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun | 2008, Gangan Online | 5,600,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA, 1 audio drama | Izumi Tsubaki | 20 | Yes |
| Pandora Hearts[2] | 2006, Monthly GFantasy[2] | 5,400,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA | Jun Mochizuki | 34 | No |
| Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning[2] | 2006, Young Gangan[2] | 5,200,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 2 manga series, 1 anime | Kyou Shirodaira, Eita Mizuno | 25 | No |
| Inu x Boku SS[2] | 2009, Gangan Joker[2] | 5,100,000 million (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 ova | Cocoa Fujiwara | 13 | No |
| Durarara!! | 2009, Monthly GFantasy | 5,000,000 (light novel only, as of 2014)[7] | 2 manga series, 2 anime series, 2 light novels, 2 games | Ryohgo Narita, Akiyo Satorigi | 65 | Yes |
| Kakegurui | 2014, Gangan Joker | 5,000,000 (as of 2019)[8] | 4 manga series, 2 anime series, 2 TV Dramas, 1 live action movie | Homura Kawamoto, Tōru Naomura | 24 | Yes |
| Working!! | 2004, Young Gangan | 4,500,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 2 manga series, 4 anime series | Karino Takatsu | 53 | No |
| Haré+Guu | 1997, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 3,900,000 (light novel only, as of 2015)[6] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series, 2 OVA | Renjuro Kindaichi | 39 | No |
| Kimi to Boku | 2008, Monthly GFantasy | 3,800,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series | Kiichi Hotta | 26 | Yes |
| Nagasarete Airantō | 2004, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 3,700,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 light novel | Takeshi Fujishiro | 26 | Yes |
| Sekirei | 2004, Young Gangan | 3,400,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 game | Sakurako Gokurakuin | 27 | No |
| Bamboo Blade | 2004, Young Gangan | 3,300,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 4 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 game | Masahiro Totsuka, Aguri Igarashi | 26 | Yes |
| Akame ga Kill! | 2010, Gangan Joker[2] | 3,200,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 3 manga series, 1 anime series | Takahiro, Tetsuya Tashiro | 24 | No |
| Nabari no Ou | 2004, Monthly GFantasy | 3,000,000 (as of 2018)[2] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 game | Yuhki Kamatani | 26 | No |
| Saiyuki | 1997, Monthly GFantasy | 5,084,000 (first 8 volumes)[9] | 4 manga series, 3 anime series, 4 ovas, 1 film, 2 games | Kazuya Minekura | 109 | Yes |
| Space Dandy | 2013, Young Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 game | Masafumi Harada, Park Sung-woo, Red Ice | 26 | No | |
| Hero Tales | 2006, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 270,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 cancelled rpg game | Huang Jin Zhou, Hiromu Arakawa | 26 | No |
| Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne | 2006, Young Gangan | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 OVA, 1 game | Shotaro Suga, Kimitake Yoshioka | 26 | No | |
| Daily Lives of High School Boys | 2009, Gangan Online | 2,300,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 movie | Yasunobu Yamauchi | 19 | No |
| Blast of Tempest | 2013, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1,600,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Kyō Shirodaira, Arihide Sano, Ren Saizaki | 24 | No |
| Corpse Princess | 2005, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 2,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Yoshiichi Akahito | 26 | No |
| Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | 1996, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 novel | Nahoko Uehashi, Kamui Fujiwara | 26 | Yes | |
| Heroman | 2009, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 novel | Stan Lee, Tamon Ohta | 26 | No | |
| High School! Kimengumi | 2001, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 4 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 novel, 1 movie | Motoei Shinzawa | 86 | No | |
| Mamotte Shugogetten | 1996, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 5,292,000 (as of 2016)[9][10] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA | Minene Sakurano | 30 | No |
| The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok | 2002, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 555,000 (first 4 volumes)[9] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | Sakura Kinoshita | 26 | No |
| Ninpen Manmaru | 1995, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 948,000 (first 6 volumes)[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA, 1 Audio Drama | Mikio Igarashi | 20 | No |
| Peacemaker Kurogane | 1999, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 5,000,000 (first 11 volumes)[9] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | Nanae Chrono | 24 | Yes |
| The Comic Artist and His Assistants | 2008, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA, 1 Audio Drama | Hiroyuki | 20 | No |
| Tokyo Underground | 1998, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 3,080,000 (first 9 volumes)[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Akinobu Uraku | 26 | No |
| Twin Signal | 1992, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1,304,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 OVA | Sachi Oshimizu | 3 | No |
| UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie | 2002, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA | Kaishaku | 33 | No | |
| Umineko When They Cry | 2007, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 6,000,000[9] | 4 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA, 2 games | Various | 26 | Yes |
| Aoharu x Machinegun | 2013, Monthly GFantasy | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | NAOE | 12 | Yes | |
| Cuticle Detective Inaba | 2008, Monthly GFantasy | 700,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Mochi | 12 | Yes |
| Dazzle | 1999, Monthly GFantasy | 1,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Minari Endoh | 10 | Yes |
| Devil Survivor 2: The Animation | 1999, Monthly GFantasy | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 light novel | Makoto Uezu, Haruto Shiota | 10 | No | |
| E's | 1997, Monthly GFantasy | 1,900,000 (first 13 volumes)[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 2 light novels | Satoru Yuiga | 26 | No |
| Gestalt | 1997, Monthly GFantasy | 1 manga series, 1 OVA | Yun Kōga | 3 | No | |
| Higurashi When They Cry | 2005, Monthly GFantasy | 10,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 game, 1 light novel, 1 live action movie, 3 OVAs, 2 TV Dramas | Various | 28 | No |
| Hori-san to Miyamura-kun | 2007, Monthly GFantasy | 2,440,000 (first 8 volumes)[9] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | HERO, Daisuke Hagiwara | 3 | Yes |
| Pani Poni | 2009, Monthly GFantasy | 1,256,000 (first 9 volumes)[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 OVA | Hekiru Hikawa | 27 | No |
| Switch | 2002, Monthly GFantasy | 277,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 OVA | Saki Otoh, Tomomi Nakamura | 2 | No |
| Zombie-Loan | 2007, Monthly GFantasy | 1,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Peach-Pit | 13 | No |
| He Is My Master | 2002, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 704,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Mattsu, Asu Tsubaki | 12 | No |
| Doubt | 2007, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 704,000[9] | 3 manga series, 1 live-action film | Yoshiki Tonogai | 0 | No |
| Astro Fighter Sunred | 2005, Young Gangan | 1,600,000[9] | 1 manga series, 2 anime series | Makoto Kubota | 52 | No |
| Black God | 2005, Young Gangan | 1,600,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Lim Dall-young, Park Sung-woo | 24 | No |
| Black God | 2007, Young Gangan | 2 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 ova | Tensai Okamura | 42 | No | |
| Dimension W | 2011, Young Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Tensai Okamura | 13 | No | |
| Black God | 2006, Young Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Yuto | 12 | No | |
| Mononoke | 2007, Young Gangan | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | Ninagawa Yaeko | 12 | No | |
| Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? | 2007, Young Gangan | 3 manga series, 1 anime series, 2 light novel, 1 ova | Fujino Ōmori, Kunieda, Masaya Takamura | 14 | Yes | |
| Sumomomo Momomo | 2004, Young Gangan | 219,8000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 ova | Shinobu Ohtaka | 24 | No |
| Aria the Scarlet Ammo | 2010, Young Gangan | 7,000,000[9] | 2 manga series, 2 anime series, 1 light novel, 1 ova | Shogako Tachibana | 25 | Yes |
| Day Break Illusion | 2013, Gangan Online | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 light novel | sole;viola, Kōki Katō | 14 | No | |
| Chronicles of the Going Home Club | 2011, Gangan Online | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Kuroha | 12 | No | |
| The Morose Mononokean | 2011, Gangan Online | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Kiri Wazawa | 13 | Yes | |
| WataMote | 2011, Gangan Online | 1,960,000 (first 5 volumes)[9][10] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | Nico Tanigawa | 12 | Yes |
| The Witch's Servant and the Demon Lord's Horns | 2014, Monthly Shōnen Gangan | 2 manga series, 1 novel | Mochi | 0 | Yes | |
| Chivalry of a Failed Knight | 2013, Gangan Online | 1,300,000[9][10] | 2 manga series, 1 anime series | Various | 12 | Yes |
| Tanaka-kun is Always Listless | 2014, Gangan Online | 1,500,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 ova | Nozomi Uda | 14 | No |
| Book Girl | 2006, Gangan Joker | 3 manga series, 2 ova, 1 light novel, 1 movie | Mizuki Nomura, Rito Kōsaka, Akira Hiyoshimaru | 4 | No | |
| Dusk Maiden of Amnesia | 2008, Gangan Joker | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Maybe | 13 | No | |
| Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash | 2013, Gangan Joker | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 ova | Mutsumi Okubashi | 13 | Yes | |
| Gugure! Kokkuri-san | 2011, Gangan Joker | 1,740,000 Gugure![9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Midori Endō | 12 | No |
| Natsu no Arashi! | 2006, Gangan Joker | 1 manga series, 2 anime series | Jin Kobayashi | 26 | No | |
| One Week Friends | 2012, Gangan Joker | 1,500,000 [9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 movie | Matcha Hazuki | 12 | No |
| Oreshura | 2011, Gangan Joker | 4 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 light novel | Various | 13 | Yes | |
| My Bride is a Mermaid | 2002, Gangan Joker | 1,600,000 (first 12 volumes)[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series, 1 ova | Tahiko Kimura | 28 | No |
| ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka | 2013, Monthly Big Gangan | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Natsume Ono | No | ||
| Servant × Service | 2011, Monthly Big Gangan | 640,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Natsume Ono | 13 | No |
| Scum's Wish | 2011, Monthly Big Gangan | 1,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Mengo Yokoyari | 12 | No |
| Mahoraba | 2000, Monthly Gangan Wing | 1,694,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Akira Kojima | 26 | No |
| Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle | 2013, Gangan Online | 1,000,000[9] | 1 manga series, 1 anime series | Senri Akatsuki, Itsuki Watanabe, Fumi Tadaura | 12 | Yes |
Square Enix manga with no anime[edit]
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Japanese title of this is Hamerun no Baiorin Hiki, the reference provided uses the Japanese name and provides sales data of 6.8 million
References[edit]
- ^ "2007 profile" (PDF). Square Enix. October 2007. p. 6. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Square, Enix. "Square Enix franchises and businesses". Archived from the original on March 29, 2019.
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- ^ "Soul Eater Perfect Edition". Shonen Gangan. May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
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- ^ a b The Irregular at Magic High School Novel Series Surpasses 10 Million Copies Printed, Crunchyroll. ([1])
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