Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=351
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"brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-11-03T23:38:15Z", "modified": "2023-04-09T05:40:47Z" }, { "id": 17389, "name": "アイルランドフューシャ奈良書店 [Ireland Fuchsia Nara Publisher]", "year_began": 2014, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-03-06T09:06:58Z", "modified": "2023-03-07T09:30:03Z" }, { "id": 17454, "name": "アスキー [Ascii]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "", "notes": "Became Ascii Media Works in April 2008.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-03-27T02:09:27Z", "modified": "2023-03-28T18:05:12Z" }, { "id": 5384, "name": "アスキー・メディアワークス [Ascii Media Works]", "year_began": 2008, "year_ended": 2013, "country": "jp", "url": "", "notes": "Became a brand of Kadokawa in 2013.", "series_count": 6, "issue_count": 305, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-01-16T05:48:22Z" }, { "id": 15313, "name": "アルファポリス [AlphaPolis]", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.alphapolis.co.jp/", "notes": "Founded August 2000", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 28, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-05-27T09:49:30Z", "modified": "2024-12-30T07:22:15Z" }, { "id": 15739, "name": "アース・スターエンターテイメント [Earth Star Entertainment]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.earthstar.jp/index.html", "notes": "", "series_count": 6, "issue_count": 51, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-12-18T04:27:27Z", "modified": "2026-01-15T06:28:51Z" }, { "id": 16271, "name": "イースト・プレス [East Press]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.eastpress.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 16, "issue_count": 180, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2021-09-12T07:23:02Z", "modified": "2026-02-13T05:53:58Z" }, { "id": 5390, "name": "エンターブレイン [Enterbrain]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": 2009, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/", "notes": "Kadokawa became in charge of distributing books from Enterbrain in September 2009. Enterbrain was later wholly merged into Kadokawa in 2013.", "series_count": 14, "issue_count": 366, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-08-05T11:54:33Z" }, { "id": 15083, "name": "オーバーラップ [Overlap]", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://over-lap.co.jp/lnv/", "notes": "", "series_count": 32, "issue_count": 218, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-02-27T08:49:12Z", "modified": "2026-01-20T03:23:48Z" }, { "id": 17277, "name": "ガレットワークス [Galette Works]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://galetteweb.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-12-27T03:08:09Z", "modified": "2024-02-27T05:57:58Z" }, { "id": 5463, "name": "キルタイムコミュニケーション [Kill Time Communication]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.ktcom.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 18, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-02-11T08:31:49Z" }, { "id": 5448, "name": "クロエ出版 [Chloe Shuppan]", "year_began": 2003, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.shingeki.jp/", "notes": "Also known as Chloe Publishing or Kuroe Publishing.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-05-03T20:47:51Z" }, { "id": 17741, "name": "グラフィック社 [Graphic-sha]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.graphicsha.co.jp/index.html", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-07-27T04:24:12Z", "modified": "2023-07-27T04:44:58Z" }, { "id": 5387, "name": "コアマガジン [Core Magazine]", "year_began": 1985, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.coremagazine.co.jp/", "notes": "Originally known as 少年出版社 [Shōnen Shuppansha].\r\n\r\nFocused on adult sexual material.", "series_count": 11, "issue_count": 695, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-06-11T08:21:33Z" }, { "id": 17968, "name": "サウザンブックス社 [Thousands of Books]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://thousandsofbooks.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-12-18T06:05:54Z", "modified": "2023-12-18T06:05:54Z" }, { "id": 12203, "name": "サンマーク出版 [Sunmark Publishing]", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.sunmark.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-06-20T10:20:46Z", "modified": "2017-06-21T00:44:52Z" }, { "id": 17921, "name": "シュークリーム [ShuCream]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://shu-cream.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-11-25T11:43:46Z", "modified": "2026-02-13T05:52:58Z" }, { "id": 16841, "name": "ジュネット [Junet]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://june-net.com/", "notes": "Boy's love manga publisher. Not to be confused with Juné, the boy's love imprint of US publisher Digital Manga, Inc.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-04-21T13:22:23Z", "modified": "2022-04-23T06:45:22Z" }, { "id": 13817, "name": "ジーオーティー [GOT Corporation]", "year_began": 1996, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.gotbb.jp/", "notes": "Publisher of Erotic Comics", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 163, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-04-03T04:23:46Z", "modified": "2025-11-17T01:53:13Z" }, { "id": 5426, "name": "スクウェア・エニックス [Square Enix]", "year_began": 1991, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.jp.square-enix.com/", "notes": "Was previously simply Enix until they merged with Square to become Square Enix in 2003.", "series_count": 153, "issue_count": 3051, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-08-26T06:31:33Z" }, { "id": 5429, "name": "ソニ- [Sony]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 12, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-09-30T06:54:52Z" }, { "id": 17940, "name": "ソフトバンククリエイティブ [Softbank Creative]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": 2013, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.softbankcr.co.jp/en/index.html", "notes": "Changed its name to SB Creative Corp in 2013.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-12-03T21:22:05Z", "modified": "2024-10-21T05:24:48Z" }, { "id": 15179, "name": "ダイナミックプロダクション [Dynamic Production]", "year_began": 1969, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.dynamicproduction.co.jp/index.html", "notes": "Company founded by Go Nagai (永井豪) and relatives to better manage his affairs.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-03-27T08:43:50Z", "modified": "2020-03-27T10:51:22Z" }, { "id": 15920, "name": "ダイヤモンド社 [Diamond]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.diamond.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2021-03-10T07:44:31Z", "modified": "2021-03-11T03:39:54Z" }, { "id": 18332, "name": "デジタルカタパルト", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://digital-catapult.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-06-05T09:59:26Z", "modified": "2024-06-21T08:24:17Z" }, { "id": 18600, "name": "ドリコム [Drecom]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://drecom.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-12-01T08:08:31Z", "modified": "2024-12-01T08:08:31Z" }, { "id": 11671, "name": "ハーレクイン [Harlequin]", "year_began": 2008, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.harlequin.co.jp/", "notes": "Japanese branch of Canadian romance book publisher.", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 888, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-11-19T07:51:06Z", "modified": "2025-10-13T19:50:49Z" }, { "id": 11958, "name": "パイインターナショナル [PIE International]", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://pie.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-03-15T19:52:39Z", "modified": "2022-12-22T18:44:02Z" }, { "id": 5459, "name": "ヒット出版社 [Hit Shuppansha]", "year_began": 1994, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.hitpub.com/index.html", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 272, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-04-13T18:03:11Z" }, { "id": 5446, "name": "ビブロス [Biblos]", "year_began": 1997, "year_ended": 2006, "country": "jp", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20050208192220/biblos.co.jp/", "notes": "Formerly known as Seiji Biblos. Succeeded by Libre Publishing, Inc.", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 15, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-02-04T19:25:30Z" }, { "id": 15695, "name": "フィルムアート社 [Film Art Inc.]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.filmart.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-11-18T07:28:23Z", "modified": "2020-11-23T13:55:42Z" }, { "id": 5454, "name": "フランス書院 [France Shoin]", "year_began": 1975, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.la-france.co.jp/c/index.html", "notes": "Publisher of erotic publications. Also publishes the anthology Canna and boy's love manga under the Printemps Shuppan imprint.", "series_count": 17, "issue_count": 24, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-02-25T14:20:19Z" }, { "id": 18044, "name": "フレックスコミックス [Flex Comix]", "year_began": 2008, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://flex-comix.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 9, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-01-20T01:31:42Z", "modified": "2024-12-30T07:07:12Z" }, { "id": 5456, "name": "フロンティアワークス [Frontier Works, Inc.]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.fwinc.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 12, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-02-13T07:37:55Z" }, { "id": 17923, "name": "ブライト出版 [Brite Shuppan]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://www.brite.co.jp/", "notes": "Also known as Brite Publishing.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-11-26T10:41:44Z", "modified": "2026-02-13T06:03:33Z" }, { "id": 5397, "name": "ホビージャパン [Hobby Japan]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 24, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-01-15T13:53:44Z" }, { "id": 5460, "name": "ホーム社 [Home-Sha]", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "jp", "url": "https://www.homesha.co.jp/", "notes": "Somehow related to Shueisha. 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Now a brand group of the company.", "series_count": 13, "issue_count": 500, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-11-12T05:52:23Z" } ] }