Akita Shoten

Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社秋田書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Akita Shoten) is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita on 10 August 1948. Its main editorial target has always been teenagers (shōnen and shōjo), but also publishes several seinen magazines, and it currently publishes mostly manga. As of 2020, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi.

Shōnen magazines

 * – Bimonthly (the 12th of month)
 * – Monthly (the 19th of month)
 * – Monthly (the 6th of month)
 * – Weekly (each Thursday)


 * Web
 * – Weekly web comics (Tuesday and Thursday)

Seinen magazines

 * – Monthly (the 1st of every month)
 * – Semimonthly (each 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month)
 * – Bimonthly (the 3rd Monday of month)


 * Ended
 * – Semimonthly (each 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month), defunct (July 2014)
 * – Bimonthly (the 5th of month) spinoff of Champion Red, defunct (August 2014)

Female-oriented manga magazines

 * – Monthly (the sixth of every month)
 * – the sixth of every month
 * – the twenty-sixth of every month
 * – Monthly (the third of every month)
 * – Quarterly
 * – the sixth of every odd month
 * – the sixth of every even month
 * – the twenty-eighth of every even month; spinoff of Hitomi


 * Web
 * – Monthly (the first of every month, digital only)


 * Ended
 * – defunct (1991)
 * - defunct 2007; spin-off of Desir SP in 2004
 * – the twenty-fourth of every odd month, defunct (August 2012)
 * – defunct since 2019

Other magazines

 * Ended
 * - defunct (June 1971)
 * – defunct (1983)
 * – defunct (1989)