Hakusensha

Hakusensha, Inc. (株式会社白泉社, Kabushiki-gaisha Hakusensha) is a Japanese publishing company that is a subsidiary of the Hitotsubashi Group (which also owns Shogakukan and Shueisha). It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series.

Hakusensha was founded on December 1, 1973 by Shueisha, but is now a separate company although still a part of the Hitotsubashi Group together with Shueisha and Shogakukan as one of the major members of the keiretsu.

After setting up the company for 5 months, the firm published their first magazine, a shōjo manga magazine titled as Hana to Yume (花とゆめ) and 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).

Manga magazines

 * Shōjo manga magazines
 * - monthly: released on the 5th and 20th of every month
 * - quarterly: released on the 25th of January, April, July, and October)
 * - monthly: released on the 24th of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 10th of even months
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 28th of even months


 * Seinen manga magazine
 * - monthly: released on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 9th of odd-numbered months


 * Web manga
 * - Young Animal spin-off; monthly: released on the 29th of every month


 * Anthology
 * - tri-annual: released three times a year on February, June, and October

Apps

 * - Hakusensha's comprehensive entertainment app and web manga distribution site
 * - Hakusensha's manga blog app?