is a Japanese publishing company. With a number of controversial books that disturbed the Japanese society and its erotic manga comics, the company has established itself like a source of provocative "subculture" items.
History Ohta Publishing was created in 1985, when it separated from the publishing department of Ohta Production, a talent agency specializing in stand-up comedians. (Founded as a , it has, , been converted to a kabushiki gaisha.)
Initially, from an outside perspective, Ohta Publishing did not seem like a serious company but rather a sort of toy company of Takeshi Kitano (who was an Ohta Production artist back then). It released books that were of interest to Kitano himself.
In 1989, Ohta published the famous book The Age of M by Akio Nakamori about serial child murderer Tsutomu Miyazaki and started establishing itself like a source of provocative "subculture" items. Around the same time, the bi-monthly magazine QuickJapan was founded. In 1993 Ohta released the book The Complete Manual of Suicide and in 1999 Battle Royale, which shook Japanese society.
At the end of the 1990s, the company also started working with manga artist Naoki Yamamoto, dubbed the master of erotics, and founded the manga magazine Manga Erotics. Its successor Manga Erotics F now accounts for a large percentage of all company's manga sales.
Prominent titles The company is best known for having published books like The Age of M (1989), The Complete Manual of Suicide (1993) and Battle Royale (1999), other books including The Tatami Galaxy and Eien no Zero, and numerous manga comics. It also publishes the manga magazine Manga Erotics F and the magazine QuickJapan. Some other recent manga titles include Miyamoto kara Kimi e and Kami no Kodomo.
List of periodic and serial publications
Print magazines QuickJapan(ja) Manga Erotics F Kettle(ja)
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Web magazines
Manga Astro Kyūdan Bradherley no Basha La Croisade des Innocents The Devil is So Cute Don't Disturb Me and Him, Please Don't Say Anymore, Darling Drops Gente - Ristorante no Hitobito A Girl on the Shore Hallucination from the Womb Keep on Vibrating Kokumin Quiz Lychee Light Club Mariko Parade Mikai no Hoshi Nijigahara Holograph Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy! Palepoli Pico-Pico Boy Pico-Pico Boy Turbo Punctures Ristorante Paradiso Romance of an Ancient Dreaming City Scenes from Awajima Sennen Gahō Since I Could Die Tomorrow Sweet Blue Flowers The Tales of the Town Uroshima Tora & Ken's Happy Lovely Life! Tropical Citron - Psychedelic Witch Story Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist Velveteen & Mandala Watching Fuckin' TV All Time Makes a Fool Yukiko's Spinach
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