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Raijin Comics was a manga anthology published in North America by the now-defunct Gutsoon! Entertainment and largely backed by the Sega Corporation at its inception. The collected volumes of Raijin Comics titles were published under the Raijin Graphic Novels imprint.
The comics were aimed at an older audience. The magazine's first issue was published with the cover date of December 8, 2002. Raijin Comics was initially a weekly publication, but it later became a monthly magazine on issue #37 (the October 2003 issue). In June 2004, the magazine stopped circulation with issue #46 and the brand was put "on hiatus". Raijin Comics' failure to break in the U.S. market has been attributed to competition (indirect or otherwise) with the North American version of Shonen Jump, which launched at the same time as Raijin Comics.
On May 5, 2005, Raijin lost control of the raijincomics.com domain name to domain squatters; the corporate website, gutsoon.com remains currently in operation but has not been updated since June of 2004.
Series published by Raijin
The following series were serialized in Raijin Comics:
- Baki the Grappler
- Bomber Girl
- Bow Wow Wata
- City Hunter
- First President Of Japan
- Fist of the Blue Sky
- Guardian Angel Getten
- Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Keiji
- Mountain Climbers Saga
- Revenge of Mouflon
- Slam Dunk
Fist of the North Star, which was previously translated by Viz Media, was published as a series of graphic novels under the Master Edition imprint. These "Master Editions" differed from the standard tankobon release, in which the artwork were colorized.
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