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Foundation date: 2001
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The Great Cleric Anime Reveals Additional Cast, Key Visual for New Arc (Aug 15, 2023)
The Great Cleric Anime's New Promo Video Previews Nasuo☆'s Opening Song (Jul 4, 2023)
The Great Cleric Anime Premieres on July 6 (Jun 15, 2023)
Blue Giant Manga Starts 'New York Arc' in July (May 9, 2023)
Shinichi Ishizuka's Blue Giant Explorer Manga Ends in 4 Chapters (Mar 13, 2023)
The Great Cleric Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff, Visual, July Premiere (Feb 17, 2023)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack' TV Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Theme (Nov 25, 2022)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack' TV Anime Reveals Returning Theme Song Artists (Nov 18, 2022)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack' TV Anime Reveals New Visual, More Cast (Oct 21, 2022)
The Great Cleric Manga/Novels Get TV Anime (Oct 6, 2022)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack' Season Presents 1st Video (Aug 6, 2022)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime's 2nd Season Unveils Title, Cast, Staff, January 2023 Premiere (Jun 30, 2022)
Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist Manga Gets Live-Action Show (Mar 23, 2022)
Live-Action 'Anime Supremacy!' Film's Trailer Reveals Theme Song (Mar 7, 2022)
Live-Action 'Anime Supremacy!' Film's In-Story Anime Reveals Cast (Feb 24, 2022)
Usumaru Furuya's Joshikōsei ni Korosaretai Manga Gets Live-Action Film (Dec 23, 2021)
Toei Streams Trailers for Anime by Fictional Directors from Mizuki Tsujimura's Anime Supremacy Novel (Nov 5, 2021)
Hitomi Takano Launches New Gene Bride Manga (Jun 9, 2021)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime Casts Nana Mizuki (Apr 5, 2021)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime's 2nd Promo Video Unveils April 10 Premiere (Mar 16, 2021)
The Slime Diaries Anime Reveals 2nd Key Visual, April 6 Premiere (Feb 19, 2021)
Akane Kumada Sings The Slime Diaries Anime's Opening Song (Feb 11, 2021)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime Posts 1st Full Promo Video (Jan 19, 2021)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime Reveals Opening Theme Song Artist, Visual (Nov 6, 2020)
'Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro' Anime's Cast, Spring 2021 Premiere Listed (Nov 3, 2020)
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime (Jul 2, 2020)
'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime' Season 2 & The Slime Diaries Anime Delayed Due to COVID-19 (May 27, 2020)
Kodansha Comics, Vertical Release Manga Digitally on InkyPen (Apr 24, 2020)
Kodansha USA Delays Spring, Summer Print Manga Releases (Apr 4, 2020)
Kodansha Comics, Vertical Release Manga Digitally on izneo e-Comics Platform (Mar 27, 2020)
Kodansha USA Announces Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition, Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm, Orient, More Manga for Print (Mar 18, 2020)
Vertical, Kodansha Advanced Media Consolidate Under Kodansha USA (Jan 23, 2020)
Daily Lives of High School Boys' Yasunobu Yamauchi Launches Fantasy Manga (Oct 22, 2019)
Moyoco Anno's Happy Mania Manga Gets Sequel (Aug 8, 2019)
Tohru Fujisawa, Shinsuke Takahashi's Shonan Seven Manga Ends in 3 Chapters (Updated) (May 3, 2019)
Kenta Shinohara's Astra Lost in Space Wins 12th Manga Taisho Awards (Mar 19, 2019)
Kodansha USA Adds The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days, Love in Focus, Witch Hat Atelier Manga (Jul 7, 2018)
Tsutomu Nihei's APOSIMZ Manga Gets U.S. Print Release Next Fall (Nov 19, 2017)
Vertical Licenses Chi's Sweet Adventure Spinoff Manga (Jul 22, 2017)
Vertical Licenses Arakawa Under the Bridge, Imperfect Shojo, Voices of a Distant Star Manga (Feb 21, 2017)
Vertical Licenses Nisioisin's Kubikiri Cycle Novel (Oct 2, 2016)
Kizumonogatari, Attack on Titan Audiobooks' Dates & Casts Revealed (Apr 19, 2016)
Vertical to Release Audio Light Novels in Spring 2016 (Oct 10, 2015)
Live-Action Lychee Light Club Film's Cast Roles Revealed (Aug 26, 2015)
GTO Paradise Lost Manga Goes on Hiatus Until Winter (Jun 7, 2015)
Vertical Adds Kizumonogatari Novel, Seraph of the End Novels, Ninja Slayer Manga (Feb 15, 2015)
Vertical Adds Collection of Satoshi Kon's Short Stories (Jul 5, 2014)
Crunchyroll Adds Moyoco Anno's Insufficient Direction Manga (Apr 17, 2014)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 23-29 (Apr 7, 2014)
Witch Craft Works Manga to Bundle Original Anime DVD (Jan 14, 2014)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, September 29-October 5 (Oct 12, 2013)
Koji Suzuki's Edge Wins Shirley Jackson Book Award (Jul 24, 2013)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 30 - July 6 (Jul 12, 2013)
Summer Wars' Sakuraba Stars in Live-Action Limit Show (May 12, 2013)
Lychee Light Club Horror Manga Gets Live-Action Film (Apr 17, 2013)
Vertical Offers Twin Spica, Drops of God, 7 Billion Needles E-Books (Updated) (Mar 18, 2013)
Summer Wars Manga Listed by Amazon US (Jan 28, 2013)
Publisher Vertical Holds New Marketing Survey (Jan 19, 2013)
Vertical Adds Tezuka's Twin Knight, Kyoko Okazaki's Helter Skelter Manga (Oct 12, 2012)
Vertical Adds Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora Mystery Manga (Sep 29, 2012)
GTO Spinoff Manga GT-R Wraps in October (Sep 24, 2012)
Vertical Adds Gundam: The Origin, Wolfsmund Manga (Jul 29, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 22-28 (Jul 24, 2012)
Vertical Adds Tsutomu Nihei's Knights of Sidonia Manga (Jun 11, 2012)
Parasite Eve Author, I.G Show Tokyo in 2020 in Anime Short (Updated) (Jun 3, 2012)
Vertical Adds Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss Manga (Apr 6, 2012)
Twin Spica Manga "Likely" to Go Out of Print in English (Mar 22, 2012)
Vertical Adds Stan Lee & Tamon Ohta's Heroman, Keiko Suenobu's Limit Manga (Feb 24, 2012)
New Jersey's MangaNEXT to Host Tomo Maeda, Makoto Tateno (Feb 4, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 29-February 4 (Jan 31, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, January 15-21 (Jan 27, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14 (Jan 10, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, December 18-24 (Dec 30, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, December 11-17 (Dec 23, 2011)
Flowers of Evil's Oshimi Launches New Web Manga (Dec 21, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, December 4-10 (Dec 16, 2011)
Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin Puts 3rd Book at #1 (Dec 14, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 23-29 (Nov 4, 2011)
JManga Site Offers No Longer Human, Isaku Natsume's Dash! Manga (Nov 2, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (Nov 1, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 16-22 (Oct 28, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: October 23-29 (Oct 25, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 16-22 (Oct 19, 2011)
Vertical Adds Tezuka's Adolf, Sakuran, 5 cm/s Manga (Oct 14, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 2-8 (Oct 14, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: October 9-15 (Oct 12, 2011)
Vertical Adds Flowers of Evil School Romance Manga (Oct 1, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: September 18-24 (Sep 20, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: September 4-10 (Sep 6, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: Aug. 28-Sept. 3 (Aug 30, 2011)
GTO: Shonan 14 Days Sequel Manga to End in Japan (Aug 29, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 24-30 (Aug 3, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 3-9 (Jul 8, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: June 26-July 2 (Jun 27, 2011)
Parasyte's Iwaaki to Start New Black Jack Manga Series (Jun 14, 2011)
Dororo Manga Omnibus Slated for February 2012 (Jun 10, 2011)
Vertical Adds GTO Prequel, Sequel Manga (May 26, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases for May 2011 (May 5, 2011)
Tezuka's Book of Human Insects Gets Live-Action Show (May 4, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: April 24-30 (Apr 26, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: April 17-23 (Apr 20, 2011)
20th Century Boys, 7 Billion Needles Get Eisner Nods (Apr 7, 2011)
Kodansha International to Shut Down by April (Mar 3, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: Feb. 27 - Mar. 5 (Mar 1, 2011)
Kodansha, Dai Nippon Printing Buy Vertical (Feb 23, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: February 13-19 (Update 2) (Feb 16, 2011)
Toronto Comic Arts Festival to Host Usamaru Furuya (Feb 7, 2011)
Vertical Adds Princess Knight, Drops of God Manga (Jan 27, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases for February 2011 (Jan 15, 2011)
U.S. Librarians Rank Saturn Apartments in Teens' Top 10 (Jan 13, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: January 2-8 (Jan 4, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: December 19-25 (Dec 21, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: December 12-18 (Dec 16, 2010)
Kinokuniya NYC Hosts Event with Kodansha, Vertical (Dec 10, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases Nov. 28-Dec. 4 (Nov 30, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: November 21-27 (Nov 23, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases Oct. 31-Nov. 6 (Nov 2, 2010)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, October 17-23 (Oct 29, 2010)
Manga Aggregator Site Hosts Removed Scans Again (Oct 24, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases October 17-23 (Oct 22, 2010)
Vertical: No Longer Human Manga News Was Premature (Oct 14, 2010)
Vertical Adds Manga by Osamu Tezuka, Usamaru Furuya (Oct 9, 2010)
Dark Horse's Gombos: Another Firm Re-Licensed Tenjho Tenge (Oct 8, 2010)
Vertical Adds Jiro Matsumoto's Velveteen & Mandala Manga (Sep 19, 2010)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 22-28 (Sep 3, 2010)
Guin Saga, Summer Wars, Pluto Win at Japan Sci-Fi Con (Aug 7, 2010)
Vertical Adds Usamaru Furuya's Lychee Light Club Manga (Jul 21, 2010)
Stan Lee, Felipe Smith to Appear at Comic-Con Int'l (Jul 16, 2010)
Translated Manga Scan Aggregator Removes 350+ Series (Jun 18, 2010)
U.S., Japanese Publishers Unite Against Manga Scan Sites (Jun 8, 2010)
Dark Horse's Manga Sales Up 13%, Vertical Also Up 18% (Jun 1, 2010)
Japanese Science Fiction Con's Seiun Nominees Posted (May 8, 2010)
Afro Samurai, Eva: 2.22, Twin Spica Previews Posted (Apr 15, 2010)
Vertical Hints at 'Manga Release Project R' (Apr 3, 2010)
Astro Boy Mag iPhone App Now in UK, AU, Other Nations (Mar 8, 2010)
Osamu Tezuka's Ayako Manga Listed by Amazon (Jan 13, 2010)
Vertical Inc's Ed Chavez Interviewed (Jan 11, 2010)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine on European iPhones in 2010 (Nov 25, 2009)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, November 9-15 (Nov 17, 2009)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, November 2-8 (Nov 10, 2009)
Weekly Astro Boy Magazine on U.S. iPhones This Month (Oct 20, 2009)
Vertical Adds Peepo Choo, Twin Spica, Needle, Chi's Sweet Home (Update 2) (Sep 25, 2009)
Chi's Sweet Home Manga Listed by Amazon.ca (Update 2) (Sep 8, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, July 18-19 (Jul 27, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, July 11-12 (Jul 20, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, July 4-5 (Jul 14, 2009)
Tezuka's Swallowing the Earth & AX Samples Posted (May 28, 2009)
Manga Editor/Translator Ed Chavez Moves to Vertical (May 1, 2009)
Weekly Tezuka Manga Posted on Yappa's iPhone App (Apr 13, 2009)
Manga Nominated for 2009 Eisner Awards (Apr 7, 2009)
Japanese Company Invests in Manga Publisher Vertical (Feb 6, 2009)
Tatsumi's A Drifting Life Manga Preview Posted Online (Feb 5, 2009)
Librarians Honor Sand Chronicles, Real, Uzumaki, Japan Ai (Jan 28, 2009)
Entire Black Jack Manga Chapter Posted Online (Oct 31, 2008)
Vertical Previews Tezuka's Black Jack Manga Online (Jul 8, 2008)
Right Stuf Adds Gakuen Alice, Reissues First Terra e (Jul 4, 2008)
Tezuka's Dororo, Nagai's Sukeban Boy Films on U.S. DVD (Jun 16, 2008)
Manga Listed Among Eisner Award Nominees for 2008 (Apr 14, 2008)
Barefoot Gen's Nakazawa, To Terra's Takemiya Interviewed (Jan 22, 2008)
Library Group Finalizes 'Great Graphic Novels' Nominations (Dec 13, 2007)
Vertical to Publish Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack Manga (Oct 30, 2007)
Abandon the Old in Tokyo Manga Wins Harvey Award (Sep 11, 2007)
Vertical to Print Osamu Tezuka's Dororo Manga in 2008 (Sep 5, 2007)
New York Magazine Continues Manga Previews (Aug 30, 2007)
San Francisco's Tezuka Exhibit Hosts Publishers' Forum (Aug 16, 2007)
New York Mag Excerpts Pages of Tezuka's Apollo's Song (Jul 25, 2007)
Drawn & Quarterly, Vertical Announce New Manga Titles (Jun 13, 2007)
Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards (Apr 19, 2007)
Release List Update (Jun 8, 2006)
2006 Eisner Nominations (Apr 5, 2006)
Vertical Moves to Random House Distribution (Dec 8, 2005)
Convention reports:
Vertical Panel (Oct 11, 2013)
Otakon 2013 - Vertical (Aug 10, 2013)
Anime Expo 2013 - Vertical Manga (Jul 4, 2013)
New York Anime Festival 2009 - Vertical (Sep 25, 2009)
Manga Next 2006 (Oct 9, 2006)
Interest:
Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part VIII) (Dec 24, 2012)
Press Release:
Top Publishers of Japanese Manga & Novels Announce Exciting 2019 Titles (Mar 14, 2019)
Other articles: Show:
This Week in Anime - The Staying Power of the Monogatari Series (Aug 8, 2024)
Spring 2017 Manga Guide: Light Novel Roundup (Jun 2, 2017)
The Mike Toole Show - Ai Am Legend (Aug 23, 2015)
ANNCast - Vertical Vortex (Jan 24, 2014)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Chi's Sweet Home (Feb 28, 2013)
Hey, Answerman! - Translation Mitigation (Feb 22, 2013)
ANNCast - Adjusting the Vertical (Sep 28, 2012)
Astro Toy - Necomimi (Aug 5, 2012)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - I'm Yokai, You're Yokai (Mar 13, 2012)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Stereo Spica (Jan 17, 2012)
Hey, Answerman! - Double Dip (Nov 11, 2011)
ANNCast - The Shojo Must Go On (Sep 2, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! - It's Time to Pay the Price (Jul 8, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! - The Legend(s) Reborn (Jun 3, 2011)
ANNCast - Viewers Like You: We Love the 90s (May 26, 2011)
Shelf Life - Antiques Rogueshow (Apr 11, 2011)
Brain Diving - Lookin' for manga in all the right places (Feb 15, 2011)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Jesus (Oct 14, 2010)
Brain Diving: Becoming a Manga Monkey (Oct 12, 2010)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Firefighter (Sep 30, 2010)
Brain Diving: Manga Futures (Sep 28, 2010)
Shelf Life - Band of Brothers (Jun 28, 2010)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga: Comics Underground Japan (Jun 24, 2010)
ANNCast - Divine Ed-ification (Apr 23, 2010)
Shelf Life - Rah Rah Rahmen (Mar 1, 2010)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Kingdoms' Heart (Mar 6, 2007)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Ode to Nodame (Oct 31, 2006)
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Anime which this company has licensed:
5 Centimeters per Second (manga)
7 Billion Needles (manga)
After the Rain (manga)
Ajin: Demi-Human (manga)
Am I Actually the Strongest? (light novel)
Andromeda Stories (manga)
Apollo's Song (manga)
APOSIMZ (manga)
Arakawa Under the Bridge (manga)
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill (light novel)
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall (light novel)
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (novel)
Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City (light novel)
Ayako (manga)
Bakemonogatari (manga)
Bakemonogatari - Monster Tale (light novel)
Birthday (novel)
Bishōnen Tanteidan (manga)
Black Jack (manga)
Blame! (manga) (2016-)
Blood on the Tracks (manga)
(The) Book of Human Insects (manga)
Buddha (manga)
Cardfight!! Vanguard (manga)
Chi's Sweet Adventures (manga)
Chi's Sweet Home (manga)
CITY (manga)
Daily Lives of High School Boys (manga)
(The) Dark Maidens (novel)
Dark Water (novel)
Devils' Line (manga)
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (manga)
Dororo (manga)
Dream Fossil: The Complete Stories of Satoshi Kon (manga)
(The) Drops of God (manga)
(The) Flowers of Evil (manga)
Flying Witch (manga)
From the New World (manga)
FukuFuku: Kitten Tales (manga)
(The) Garden of Words (manga)
A Girl on the Shore (manga)
Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest (manga)
(The) Gods Lie (manga)
(The) Golden Sheep (manga)
GTO: 14 Days in Shonan (manga)
GTO: The Early Years (manga) (2011)
(The) Guin Saga (novel)
(The) Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi
Hanamonogatari - Flower Tale (light novel)
Haru's Curse (manga)
Helter Skelter (manga)
Helvetica Standard (manga)
Helvetica Standard E (manga)
HeroMan (manga)
Immortal Hounds (manga)
Imperfect Girl (manga)
In Clothes Called Fat (manga)
Insufficient Direction (manga)
Junji Ito's Dissolving Classroom (manga)
Kabukimonogatari - Dandy Tale (light novel)
Katanagatari (light novel)
Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World (manga Iruka Shiomiya)
Kizumonogatari - Wound Tale (light novel)
(The) Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor (manga)
Knights of Sidonia (manga)
Koimonogatari - Love Tale (light novel)
Koyomimonogatari (light novel)
Limit (manga)
Loop (novel)
Lychee Light Club (manga)
Message to Adolf (manga) (2011)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers (manga)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (manga) (2012)
Moteki (manga)
MW (manga)
My Boy (manga, Hitomi Takano)
My Neighbor Seki (manga)
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 (light novel)
Mysterious Girlfriend X (manga)
Nekomonogatari - Cat Tale (Black) (light novel)
Nekomonogatari - Cat Tale [White] (light novel)
Nichijou (manga) (current)
Ninja Slayer (manga)
Nisemonogatari - Fake Tale (light novel)
No Longer Human (manga by Furuya)
Ode to Kirihito (manga)
Onimonogatari - Demon Tale (light novel)
Otorimonogatari - Decoy Tale (light novel)
Owarimonogatari - End Tale (light novel)
Paradise Kiss (manga) (2012)
Peepo Choo (manga)
Pink (manga)
Pop Team Epic (manga)
Pretty Boy Detective Club (light novel)
Princess Knight (manga)
Prophecy (manga)
Ring (novel)
S (Suzuki novel)
Sakuran (manga)
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen (light novel)
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Resurrection at Nineteen (light novel)
(The) Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Scars They Left Behind (light novel)
She and Her Cat (manga)
Sickness Unto Death (manga)
Spiral (novel)
Summer Wars (manga)
To Terra (manga)
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (manga)
Tokyo ESP (manga)
Tropic of the Sea (manga)
Tsukimonogatari (light novel)
(The) Twin Knights (manga)
Twin Spica (manga)
Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist (manga)
Velveteen & Mandala (manga)
(The) Voices of a Distant Star (manga) (2017)
Voices of a Distant Star: Words of Love / Across the Stars (novel)
Weathering With You (manga) (2019 - 2023)
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (manga)
Witchcraft Works (manga)
With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun (manga)
Wolfsmund (manga)
Zaregoto (light novel)
Zoku Owarimonogatari - End Tale [Cont.] (light novel)

Anime with which this company was otherwise involved:
(English version)
Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin (TV) : Distributor (artbook)
Ring (novel) : Publisher

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