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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 and the English version of Shonen Jump launched nearly simultaneously, causing many market problems for Raijin especially in terms of distribution. This was most likely what caused Raijin Comic's "hiatus".

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 Raijin Graphic Novels line in which the artwork were colorized.

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