Draft:Kodansha Advanced Media

Kodansha Advanced Media, LLC
Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	December 4, 2014; 10 years ago
Defunct	July 1, 2019
Fate	Merged into Kodansha USA Publishing
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States
Key people	Hiroaki Morita (president and CEO); Alvin Lu (general manager)
Products	Digital manga distribution
Owner	Kodansha; Digital Garage (19%)
Parent	Kodansha
Website	kodanshacomics.com

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Declined by Kovcszaln6 9 days ago. Last edited by Kovcszaln6 9 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Interviews don't contribute towards notability. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 15:55, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Kodansha Advanced Media

Kodansha Advanced Media, LLC was an American distribution company, based in San Francisco, and established on December 4, 2014. The company was a subsidiary of Kodansha, and a sister company of Kodansha USA Publishing. Kodansha Advanced Media handled the digital distribution of Kodansha Comics manga, as well as digital distribution of select Vertical titles. Kodansha Advanced Media also maintained the Kodansha Comics website.^[3]

Kodansha Advanced Media was established in 2014 with funding from Kodansha USA Publishing in order to handle the digital distribution of Kodansha Comics' manga titles in English. In February 2015, Kodansha and Digital Garage announced a joint venture to distribute manga digitally in North America, establishing a Japanese-based joint venture company to invest in digital distribution services, and using Kodansha Advanced Media to distribute manga via websites and smartphone apps.^[2] Kodansha Advanced Media is also responsible for handling film releases and events,^[2] and in 2015, were responsible for releasing an app for Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches for English-speaking audiences.^[4]

In response to piracy, Kodansha Advanced Media simul-translated and simul-published Kodansha Comics titles,^[5] as well as released certain titles on digital platforms prior to physical printing.^[6] In December 2015, Kodansha Advanced Media announced that they had made Kodansha Comics titles available in North American public libraries digitally through OverDrive.^[7]

References

^ Certificate of Merger (201433910077), State of California Secretary of State, June 27, 2019, retrieved January 26, 2020
^ ^a ^b ^c Ressler, Karen (February 21, 2015). "Kodansha Teams With Digital Garage for N. American Digital Manga Distribution". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ "Kodansha Advanced Media LLC Terms of Use". Kodansha Comics. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 17, 2015). "Crunchyroll, Anime Expo to Host Yamada-Kun & the 7 Witches Creator Miki Yoshikawa". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ Aoki, Deb (September 15, 2015). "Interview: Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ Aoki, Deb (September 15, 2015). "Interview: Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga Part II". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
^ Ressler, Karen (December 2, 2015). "Kodansha Comics to Offer Manga eBooks in N. American Public Libraries". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

External links

Official website
Kodansha Comics at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Vertical, Inc. page

Category:American subsidiaries of foreign companies Category:Publishing companies established in 2008 Category:Kodansha Category:Manga distributors Category:Publishing companies of the United States Category:American companies established in 2008

[1] Certificate of Merger (201433910077), State of California Secretary of State, June 27, 2019, retrieved January 26, 2020

[digital-joint-2] Ressler, Karen (February 21, 2015). "Kodansha Teams With Digital Garage for N. American Digital Manga Distribution". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[3] "Kodansha Advanced Media LLC Terms of Use". Kodansha Comics. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[4] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 17, 2015). "Crunchyroll, Anime Expo to Host Yamada-Kun & the 7 Witches Creator Miki Yoshikawa". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[5] Aoki, Deb (September 15, 2015). "Interview: Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[6] Aoki, Deb (September 15, 2015). "Interview: Kodansha Advanced Media on the Future of Manga Part II". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[7] Ressler, Karen (December 2, 2015). "Kodansha Comics to Offer Manga eBooks in N. American Public Libraries". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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