COMPANY

Established	2000/6/14
Representative	Nobuhiko Horie - CEO and representative Director 1979 - Joined Shueisha 1993 - Weekly Shonen Jump, editor-in-chief 1996 - Men’s Non-No, editor-in-chief 1997 - BART, editor-in-chief 2000 - Resigned from Shueisha
Capital stock	¥82,000,000
Business description	Manga magazine editing, animation production, character property affairs, copyright business, online sales, etc.
Contacts	TEL: 0422-24-6789 (Representative) FAX: 0422-24-6785

President and representative director	Nobuhiko Horie
Board members	Tsukasa Hojo Tetsuo Hara Ryuji Tsugihara Shuichi Mochida Naoki Miya Masataka Suzuki
Corporate auditor	Miyazawa Tetsuho

History[C] ? Coamix; [N] ? North Stars Pictures

2000/JUNE	After an illustrious career as the fifth 'Weekly Shonen Jump' editor-in-chief for Shueisha, Nobuhiko Horie along with manga artists Tetsuo Hara, Tsukasa Hojo and Ryuji Tsugihara, the voice actor Akira Kamiya and the Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Tadashi Negishi decided to create a new manga/editorial company called Coamix Co., Ltd. Befitting the artistic and creative aims for this exciting endeavor, they chose Tokyo’s “artisan neighborhood”, Kichijoji as the birthplace of Coamix Co., Ltd.
2001/MAY	Publication of Weekly Comic Bunch in partnership with Shinchosha. Serialisation of Tetsuo Hara’s 'Fist of the Blue Sky', prequel of 'Fist of the North Star' and Tsukasa Hojo’s 'Angel Heart', sequel of 'City Hunter' begins.
2002/AUG	Monthly Manga magazine 'RAIJIN COMICS' is published in America. (currently suspended).
2004/JULY	Establishment of North Star Pictures Inc., aiming to work on copyright management, and content business such as animation adapations. Later to become the publisher of 'Monthly Comic Zenon.'
2005/MAR	TV animation 'Angel Heart' broadcasted.
2005/JUNE	Under the direction of Tetsuo Hara, a communication magazine aiming to bond parent and child is published under the name 'Bonolon the Forest Warrior'. With the cooperation of Seven Bank, the magazine is now available for free at all domestic 7-Eleven stores. [N] Editorial and publishing management begins. [C]
2006/MAR	Film 'Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior – Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love' produced and distributed. [N]
2006/JULY	TV animation 'Government Crime Investigation – Agent Zaizen Jotaro' broadcasted.
2006/OCT	TV animation 'Fist of the Blue Sky' produced and broadcasted. [N]
2007/FEB	OVA 'Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior – Legend of Yuria' produced and released. [N]
2007/APR	Film 'The Yakiniku MOVIE: Bulgogi' produced and cinematically released.
	Film 'Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior – Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fight' produced and cinematically released. [N]
2007/NOV	TV animation 'Bonolon – The legend of the mysterious forest' produced and broadcasted. [N]
2008/MAR	OVA 'Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior – Legend of Toki' produced and released. [N]
2008/OCT	Film 'Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior – ZERO: Legend of Kenshiro' produced and cinematically released. [N]
	TV animation 'Legends of the Dark King – A Fist of the North Star Story' produced and broadcasted. [N]
2009/OCT	TV drama series 'My Girl' broadcasted.
	TV drama series 'Bōchō mania 09 - Saibanchō! Koko wa choeki 4 nen de dō suka' is broadcasted.
2009/NOV	CAFE ZENON opens in Kichijoji, Musashino, Tokyo, under the pioneering concept of a "manga magazine infused space". [N]
	'Weekly Mobile Bunch' released. Updated simultaneously with the weekly magazine. [N]
2010/MAY	TV drama 'Rikon dōkyo' broadcasted.
2010/AUG	'Weekly Comic Bunch' editorial business ends.
2010/OCT	'Monthly Comic ZENON' established in partnership withTakuma Shoten. [N]; Editing by 'Monthly Comic ZENON'. [C].
2010/NOV	Film 'Saibanchō! Koko wa choeki 4 nen de dō suka' produced and cinematically released.
2011/NOV	Establishment of Zizoya Co., Ltd., focusing on restaurant administration, production and real estate management.
2012/FEB	South Korean TV drama series 'City Hunter in Seoul' is broadcasted.
2012/JULY	World-wide Manga award “SILENT MANGA AUDITION®” begins. Manga from around the world is collected and judged based on "directing" skills. [N] Establishment of the SMAC! Editorial department. [C]
2012/OCT	Free digital manga magazine 'WEB Comic ZENYON' released. [N] Edited. [C]
2012/DEC	Construction of the company head quarters, “Kichijoji ZIZO Building” is completed, with offices, a restaurant, bar and cafe. "Kichijoji Goen Zizo" stands in the entrance of the building where the annual "Zizo Bon" is held every August to pray for children's growth. It also serves as a rest haven for the local residents.
2013/APR	TV animation 'DD Fist of the North Star' produced and broadcasted. [N]
	TV drama series 'O toriyose ōji Īda Yoshimi' is broadcasted.
2013/JUNE	Construction of the company building 'Shincho Saryo' in the former Honno-ji site, Nakagyo, Kyoto, with a memorial dedicated to Lord Nobunaga Oda is completed.
2013/JULY	TV animation 'Gifū dōdō! ! Kanetsu to Keiji' produced and broadcasted. [N]
2014/MAY	TV drama series 'Kuu neru futari Sumu futari' is broadcasted.
2015/JAN	TV drama series 'Wakako-zake' is broadcasted.
2015/JULY	TV animation 'Wakako-zake' is produced and broadcasted. [N]
2015/OCT	TV animation 'DD Fist of the North Star 2' and 'Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor' is produced and broadcasted. [N]
	TV drama series 'Angel Heart' is broadcasted.
2015/NOV	South Korean TV drama series 'Watashi ni kanpai – Yoju no sake' is broadcasted. Based on 'Wakako-zake'.
2016/JAN	TV drama series 'Wakako-zake: Season 2' is broadcasted.
2016/MAR	Construction of the company building “Kichijoji Zizo Building Number 2” with offices, restaurants and parking lot is completed.
2017/JAN	TV animation 'Chiruran ni bun no ichi' is produced and broadcasted. [N]
2017/APR	TV drama series 'Wakako-zake: Season 3' is broadcasted.

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History[C] ? Coamix; [N] ? North Stars Pictures