Gangan (ガンガン,Gangan) is amangaimprint owned bySquare Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint forEnix before the company merged withSquare to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its anthologies are home to some popular Square Enix manga series which were adapted into anime series, likeFullmetal Alchemist,Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit,Nabari no Ou,Inu x Boku SS,The Case Study of Vanitas andSoul Eater.[1] The comics are later collected in paperback volumes under brand names such asGangan Comics (ガンガンコミックス,Gangan Komikkusu),Gangan Comics Joker (ガンガンコミックスJOKER,Gangan Komikkusu Jōkā) andYoung Gangan Comics (ヤングガンガンコミックス,Yangu Gangan Komikkusu), which identify the anthology of serialisation. These paperback brand names are formed by omitting anygekkan (月刊; monthly publication) orshōnen (少年; boy) in the magazine name and insertingComics (コミックス,Komikkusu) directly after the wordGangan.
Monthly Shōnen Gangan (月刊少年ガンガン,Gekkan Shōnen Gangan) is a monthly manga anthology that regularly has over 600 pages.Shōnen Gangan was launched by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1991, to compete with other magazines such asMonthly Shōnen Magazine,Monthly Shōnen Jump andShōnen Sunday Super, and is targeted toward the same young teen male demographic (shōnen means "young boy"). It features manga with much action and adventure;science fiction andfantasy elements in the stories are very common. Square Enix also publishes the relatedGangan YG andMonthly Gangan Wing.
Monthly GFantasy (月刊Gファンタジー,Gekkan Jī Fantajī), also known asGangan Fantasy, is a Japaneseshōnen manga magazine.[3][4][5] It launched in 1992 as a special issue ofShounen Gangan under the nameFantastic Comic (ファンタスティックコミック). In 1993 it became its own magazine under the name ofMonthly Gangan Fantasy (月刊ガンガンファンタジー). In the April 1994 issue it was renamed toGFantasy.The manga tend to be set in afantasy setting with large amounts ofsupernatural themes and a fair amount ofaction and/orhorror scenes. Additionally, the publisher has indicated on itsManga Up! website that certain series published within the magazine are aimed at girls.[6][7]
Young Gangan (ヤングガンガン,Yangu Gangan) is a Japaneseseinen manga magazine published bySquare Enix every other week on Friday.[9] The magazine was first published on December 3, 2004.
Gangan Online (ガンガンオンライン,Gangan Onrain) is a free manga and light novel web magazine and smartphone app published and updated by Square Enix. The online web magazine was activated on October 2, 2008.
Manga featured:
Adachi to Shimamura (Author:Mani, artist: Non) (manga adaption started in 2016)
Ai wa Noroi no Nihon Ningyou (Kiki Suihei)
Alba Rose no Neko (KARASU)
Asao-san to Kurata-kun (Hero)
Amanonadeshiko (Haruka Ogataya)
Aphorism (Karuna Kujo) (originallyGangan Wing)
Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend? (Kota Nozomi, Enya Uraki)
LikeGangan Online,Manga Up! is a manga app and website which serializes a lot of popular media mix works with manga adaptations of novels exclusively published on the service. In July 2022, Square Enix launched an English version of theManga UP! featuring titles fromManga UP! and other Square Enix magazines.[11]
In September 2021, Square Enix launchedGangan BLiss, a manga label dedicated to publishingboy's love manga. The manga published under this label are serialized on the CMOA website.[12]
Gangan Powered (ガンガンパワード,Gangan Pawādo) was a Japaneseshōnen/seinen manga magazine published bySquare Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the April 2009 issue sold on February 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced byGangan Joker.[13]
Monthly Gangan Wing (月刊ガンガンWING,Gekkan Gangan Wing) was a Japaneseshōnen manga magazine published bySquare Enix. The last release of the magazine was with the May 2009 issue sold on March 21, 2009, and it was subsequently replaced byGangan Joker.[13]
