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is a Japan ese Publishing Company known for their brand magazines and book labels. These include such well-known magazines as '' Dengeki Daioh '' and '' Dengeki G's Magazine '', along with MediaWorks' main Light Novel publishing label '' Dengeki Bunko ''. They mainly cater to the Japanese male Otaku crowd, covering such topics as Anime , light novels, Manga , Plastic Model ling and Visual Novel s. However, MediaWorks started publishing their first Shōjo manga magazine targeted towards girls in December 2006 called '' Comic Sylph ''. MediaWorks has twelve magazines that are actively being published as of August 2007, while eight have either been put on Hiatus indefinitely or have been discontinued. In addition to publishing printed material, MediaWorks has been involved with the production of other media. They have developed and published visual novels for popular "media-mix" Japanese series where many different forms of media are published for a given series. Such well-known series include '' Kashimashi '', '' Shakugan No Shana '', and '' Strawberry Marshmallow ''. MediaWorks has also been involved in the production of anime television and Original Video Animation series. HISTORY MediaWorks emerged on October 15 1992 from Kadokawa Shoten , at the time lead by president Haruki Kadokawa and his younger brother and vice president Tsuguhiko Kadokawa ; Kadokawa Shoten was founded by their father Genyoshi Kadokawa . Citing differences in the interests of business direction, Tsuguhiko resigned to start MediaWorks, with a large contingent from Kadokawa Shoten joining the switch. In 1993, after Haruki was arrested for Cocaine Smuggling , he lost his presidency at Kadokawa Shoten and soon Tsuguhiko took over his place by holding president positions for the two companies. Kadokawa Shoten was later made the parent company of MediaWorks. Tsuguhiko also became the CEO of Kadokawa Holdings . MAGAZINES PUBLISHED
PUBLISHING LABELS ;'' Dengeki Bunko '' : was established in June 1993 and is a Light Novel label aimed at a male audience. The editors in charge of this label have a reputation for welcoming new authors, and hold a yearly contest, the '' Dengeki Novel Prize '', to discover new talent. The eighth volume of '' Kino's Journey '', originally published in October 2006, was ''Dengeki Bunko'''s one-thousandth published novel. In April 2007, three movies based on separate light novel series published by ''Dengeki Bunko'' were produced; the three titles were '' Kino's Journey '', '' Shakugan No Shana '', and '' Inukami! ''. ;'' Dengeki Comics '' : is a Manga publishing label aimed at a male audience. Aside from the main ''Dengeki Comics'' label, there is the related ''Dengeki Comics EX'' label which publishes a lesser number of manga volumes. A large amount of the manga published under ''Dengeki Comics'' was originally serialized in the Seinen magazine '' Dengeki Daioh ''. ;''Dengeki G's Bunko'' : was a publishing label originally established in 1997 as a , Hideyuki Kurata , and Masanori Date . As of 2003, the label has been suspended and has been succeeded by ''Dengeki Game Bunko''. ;''Dengeki Game Bunko'' : is a publishing established in 1994 when it was originally related with Tabletop Role-playing Games . The label stopped production in September 1997 but was later restarted in December 1999 as a Computer Game and Light Novel publisher. The label succeeded the previous published label ''Dengeki G's Bunko''. VIDEO GAMES PRODUCED
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