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Gutsoon! Entertainment is a now defunct publisher of English translated manga which served as the US subsidiary of Coamix, which was founded by former Shonen Jump editor Nobuhiko Horie and manga artist Tsukasa Hojo (of City Hunter fame). The company published the English manga anthology Raijin Comics, a U.S. equivalent to the Japanese Weekly Comic Bunch and published many of the same titles (Fist of the Blue Sky and City Hunter), as well titles from other magazines such as the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump. Raijin Comics began as a weekly magazine with its first issue (dated December 18 2002), but switched to being a monthly publication beginning with its 36th issue (dated September 2003). Gutsoon! also published a companion magazine to Raijin Comics, titled Raijin Game & Anime (originally called Fujin Magazine), which lasted only 20 issues before being merged into the pages of Raijin Comics. The collected volumes of Raijin Comics titles were published under the Raijin Graphic Novels imprint. Raijin Comics also has a mascot called "Raijin Maru".
On March 15 2004, Gutsoon! announced that they will be placing their Rajin Comics brand on hiatus. Raijin Comics ceased publication with its July 2004 issue (issue #46) and the Raijin Graphic Novels line was subsequently cancelled as well.
Titles published by Gutsoon!
- Baki the Grappler - Keisuke Itagaki (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Champion, Publisher: Akita Shoten, Genre: Shonen)
- Bomber Girl - Niwano Makoto/Makoto Niwano (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump, Publisher: Shueisha, Genre: Shonen)
- Bow Wow Wata (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- City Hunter (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump, Publisher: Shueisha, Genre: Shonen)
- Encounter (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- The First President Of Japan (Magazine: BART Magazine, Publisher: Shueisha, Genre: Seinen)
- Fist of the Blue Sky (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- Fist of the North Star: Master Edition (Full Color) (originally Fist of the Big Dipper: Master Editions) (Previously licensed to VIZ media, LLC) (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- Guardian Angel Getten (currently licensed to Tokyopop) (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Gangan, Publisher: Enix, Genre: Shonen)
- Keiji (originally Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni) (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix later Shueisha, Genre: Seinen)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- Revenge of Mouflon (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix, Genre: Seinen)
- Slam Dunk (currently licensed to VIZ media, LLC) (Magazine: Weekly Shonen Jump, Publisher: Shueisha, Genre: Shonen)
- Wild Leager (Magazine: Weekly Comic Bunch, Publisher: Shinchosha-Coamix Genre: Seinen)