Enterbrain (エンターブレイン), formerlyEnterbrain, Inc. (株式会社エンターブレイン,Kabushiki Gaisha Entāburein), is a Japanesepublisher and division ofKadokawa Future Publishing founded on January 30, 1987, asASCII Film Co., Ltd. (アスキー映画株式会社,Asukī Eiga Kabushiki-gaisha). Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused onvideo games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection ofanime artbooks. Enterbrain is based inTokyo, Japan, with a paid-in capital of 410 millionyen. Enterbrain's current president isHirokazu Hamamura.[1]
Harta (formerlyFellows![2]): A periodical seinen manga magazine consisting of original manga stories.
Monthly Arcadia (月刊アーカディア): a 2000 monthly magazine focused onarcade game machines. It was started by former staff of (bi)monthlyarcade game magazineGamest (ゲーメスト) from 1986 which was published byShinseisha, Ltd. Arcadia also has game hints and advice for the latest arcade games as well as high score reports from Japanese arcades.
Inou Tsukai (異能使い,lit.Users of strange powers): a Japanese superhero role-playing game set in modern Japan and includes elements of Japanese mythology such asyokais.
Enterbrain releaseslight novels under theirFamitsu Bunko imprint, which was established in 1998 and is aimed at young adult males.[5] They also publishes B's-LOG Bunko and B's-LOG Bunko Alice imprint focusing on girls and KCG Bunko focused on teens.
Enterbrain also publishes stand-alone series without any imprint such asYōjo Senki orOverlord.[6]
Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army (2012) – short anime and audio drama.[7][8]Busou Chuugakusei is the first venture in Enterbrain's XXolution project, a multimedia initiative that will span manga, novels, anime, illustrations, scripts, music, and other fields.[7]