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Kodansha Comics (講談社コミックス, Kōdansha Komikkusu), also just known as KC, is an imprint of Kodansha started in 1967. The imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing of the same name (established in 2009) is responsible for the localization and publication of Kodansha manga.
Strictly speaking, it is a label that includes Weekly Shōnen Magazine (『週刊少年マガジン』), Monthly Shōnen Magazine (『月刊少年マガジン』), Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine (『別冊少年マガジン』), and their supplementary issues, as well as short stories by authors published in these magazines. It also includes other magazines such as Comic Bonbon (『 コミックスボンボン』), Nakayoshi (『なかよし』) , and shōjo works that published by sublabels such as Kodansha Comics Bonbon (『講談社コミックスボンボン 』) and Kodansha Comics Nakayoshi (『講談社コミックスなかよし 』).
Since 2014, many titles are also distributed via the mobile app and web site Manga Box.
Kodansha Comics USA branch later began to acquire series that were previously published by Tokyopop, after their licenses were made to expire by Kodansha. Although bearing the Kodansha name, Kodansha Comics USA was not intended to be the sole distributor of Kodansha titles, with Del Rey Manga publishing many of Kodansha's titles until the company was shut down in 2010. After the shut down of Del Rey Manga on October 4, 2010, Kodansha Comics USA gradually began to publish some Del Rey Manga titles, with Random House acting as the distributor for the imprint.
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Kodansha Comics section of Kodansha USA
講談社コミックス- BizarreBooks.jp - Kodansha Comics list