Sharp Point Press
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Sharp Point Press is a Taiwanese publisher of manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 and music. It was founded in June 1982.

History

  • 1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books.
  • 1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handbook.
  • 1987 - Created Taiwan's first magazine on TV Games in July, started another TV Game magainze, TV Game Report in October.
  • 1990 - Started the Anime, manga, model information magazine, Magic Zone. Also officially started manga publication.
  • End of 1990 - Company is listed on the sharemarkets.
  • 1991 - Obtained Japanese manga license for Rumiko Takahashi
    Rumiko Takahashi
    is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...

    's Urusei Yatsura
    Urusei Yatsura
    is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...

  • 1992 - Published idol photo albums of Hong Kong singers/movie stars like Leon Lai
    Leon Lai
    Leon Lai is a Hong Kong-based actor and Cantopop singer. The media refer to Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . He uses the stage name "Li Ming" or "Lai Ming" which literally means "dawn."-Biography:...

    , Aaron Kwok
    Aaron Kwok
    Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is a Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor. He has been active since the 1980s to the present. The media refer to him, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings . Kwok's onstage dancing and displays is influenced by Michael Jackson...

    .
  • 1993 - Started other TV games magazine like VV Kids, Game Paradise, and Seinen
    Seinen
    is a subset of manga that is generally targeted at a 20–30 year old male audience, but the audience can be older with some manga aimed at businessmen well into their 40s. In Japanese, the word Seinen means "young man" or "young men" and is not suggestive of sexual matters...

     manga magazine Tempo.
  • 1994 - Started publishing a fashion living fortune telling magazine My Birthday.
  • 1996 - Imported the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

    .
  • 2001 - TOM Group
    TOM Group
    TOM Group Limited is a Chinese-language media company in the Greater China region, with business interests across markets in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong...

     brought Sharp Point Press
  • July 25, 2003 - Due to Da Ran Culture Ltd.'s bankruptcy, Sharp Point Press obtained publishing rights to Ribon
    Ribon
    is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9–13 years old. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167, down from the previous year's circulation numbers of 330,000...

    's Mon Mon, which became Taiwan's best selling magazine.
  • August 12, 2007 - Sharp Point Press obtained license for Shogakukan
    Shogakukan
    is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

    's Ciao
    Ciao (magazine)
    is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...

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