is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

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Media mix

Besides publishing, the company releases drama CDs of series under its magazines: , , , and .

Moreover, it is involved in the productions of games, TV drama, theatrical movies, musicals, radio shows, TV animation and original video animation.

Series under the company can be read through mobile phones in Japan using the following service portals: and . Hakusensha e-Comics was started in September 2005 and is operated by Hakusensha and CharaWeb. This service is available in two variations and customers will have to pay 315 yen and 512 yen respectively to access this service every month.</small>

Sony PlayStation Portable manga distribution service

It was announced at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show press conference that Hakusensha and 11 other publishing companies in Japan (such as Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, Square Enix, publishers associated with Kadokawa Shoten, Bandai Visual and Futabasha) would provide nearly 100 titles of manga to supply the service in PlayStation Store. Hakusensha has yet to provide details of the supplied titles for the service.

This service is only available for Japanese PlayStation Portable consoles and will start in December 2009.

Publications

Manga magazines

  • Hana to Yume
  • Bessatsu Hana to Yume (defunct)
  • The Hana to Yume
  • Shonen Hana to Yume (defunct)
  • LaLa
  • LaLa DX
  • Ane Lala (defunct)
  • Shōnen Jets (defunct)
  • Melody
  • Silky
  • Young Animal
  • Young Animal Zero
  • Young Animal Arashi (defunct)
  • Young Animal Island
  • HanaMaru Black
  • Le Paradis

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Other publications

  • Shōsetsu HanaMaru
  • Moe
  • Kodomo Moe

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  • Hana to Yume Comics
  • Young Animal Comics (formerly known as Jets Comics until June 2016)
  • Hakusensha Ladies Comics
  • HanaMaru Comics
  • Hakusensha Bunko
  • HanaMaru Bunko
  • HanaMaru Novels
  • HanaMaru Black

Awards

Hakusensha organizes contests to offer aspiring manga artist a professional debut as well to be affiliated with its magazines.

These contests or awards are , Hana to Yume Mangaka Course (HMC), LaLa Mangaka Scout Course (LMS), LaLa Manga Grand Prix (LMG), and Big Challenge Awards (BC).

Radio show

There was a radio show hosted by voice actor Takehito Koyasu and Atsushi Kisaichi called that was broadcast by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. The show ended in March 2002. It was compiled into two CDs and is sold under Hakusensha's drama CD imprint, Hakusensha CD Collection (HCD).

See also

  • List of manga published by Hakusensha

References

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