Magazine Magazine
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Magazine Magazine (in Japanese マガジン・マガジン) or Magazine Magazine Publishing Co., Ltd. is a Japanese publisher of Yaoi publications and literature. It also started publishing puzzle books and mooks (physically similar to a magazine but intended to remain on bookstore shelves for longer periods than traditional magazines, a popular format in Japan), making puzzles and mooks their main business.
Notably it published the gay manga magazine Sabu, [1] It also launched the magazines June[2] in 1978 and Allan in 1980 and Both magazines initially specialized in shōnen-ai, which the publisher described as "halfway between tanbi literature and pornography", [3] and also published articles on homosexuality, literary fiction, illustrations, and amateur yaoi works;[4]. The success of June was such that the term June-mono or more simply June began to compete with the term shōnen-ai to describe works depicting male homosexuality.[5]
History[edit]
The company was established in 1972 by Nobuyuki Miyasaka, the editor of Tokyo Sanseisha Co., Ltd. It was known as Sun Publishing Co., Ltd. (in Japanese 株式会社サン出版) (currently Magazine Magazine) in Honshiocho, Shinjuku-ku. In 1975, it moved head office to Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku. In 1977 established Koyusha Publishing Co., Ltd., Sun Production Co., Ltd., and Sun Vision Co., Ltd. as subsidiaries due to business expansion. In 1985, it cpompleted a new office building in Saneicho, Shinjuku-ku. Headquarters were relocated there.
In 1991, operations were merged and name changed to Magazine Magazine Co., Ltd. Koyusha Publishing Co., Ltd., Sun Production Co., Ltd., and Sun Vision Co., Ltd. were integrated and the company name was changed to Sun Publishing Co., Ltd. (second generation corporation). In 1994, a newly built annex to Sun Magazine Building at 13-6 Araki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, also expanded in 1996. A newly built Sun Magazine Building II was added at 13-7 Araki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, and relocated its head office there.
The 2008-established Junet Co., Ltd. (in Japanese ジュネット株式会社) was integrated in Sun Publishing Co., Ltd. (2nd generation corporation) in 2013 and Genet Co., Ltd. integrated into Magazine Magazine Co., Ltd. and in 2017, the comic sales business of Magazine Magazine Co., Ltd. was inherited by Genet Co., Ltd. through an absorption-type split.
Magazines and publications[edit]
(Selective)
- JUNE (1978-1996） - Boys love magazine - First published as COMIC JUN
- 別冊JUNE（1996-1997）
- 小説JUNE（1982-2004）- Novel JUNE DX
- ロマンJUNE- Romantic JUNE - novel special edition
- コミックJUNE- Comic JUNE（1995, 1998-2013）
- SABU - さぶ (1974-2002) - gay magazine
- Boy'sピアス（1997-2018）- Boy's earrings
- Boy's Love - Boy'sピアス禁断（2013-2019）- Boy's earrings forbidden
- S&Mコレクター
- S&Mアブハンター※のちに - later named『SM奇譚』
- 小説官能読切
- シネマLOOK
- シネマアングル - cinema
- ガール＆ガール - girl & girl
- おちゃっぴ - (Sept. 1986 to Oct/Nov 1997) - teen magazine
- 写真少年 - Photo boy
- マガジンWOoooo！ (1992-2007) - WOooo! magazine
- MAGAZINE BANG (マガジン・バン) - Idol magazine
- The SUGAR (1983-1996) ※アイドル雑誌
- Street SUGAR (ストリート・シュガー) (1997-2017)
- Don't! (1986-2010)
- TOP SPEED (トップ・スピード)（1999年-2004年[17]）
- SEXY LOOK（1983年-2001年[18]）
- Exciter（エキサイター）(-2013）EX Magazine
- BugBug - Adult game magazine
- BugBug攻略idol
- Comic Amour（コミックアムール）（1990-2017）- Ladies comic magazine
- キラリ！ (1998-2014）- Glitter! - fashion magazine for men
- RUDO（ルード）（2010-2018）
- サッカーai（2011-2016）- Soccer-ai
Bibliography[edit]
- McLelland, Mark (2000). Male Homosexuality in Modern Japan: Cultural Myths and Social Realities. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. ISBN 0-7007-1425-1. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ Welker 2015, p. 61.
- ↑ Welker 2015, p. 59–60.
- ↑ Welker 2015, p. 59.
- ↑ Welker 2015, p. 60-62.
- ↑ Welker 2015, p. 62.
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