Kodansha

Kodansha Ltd. (株式会社講談社,   Kabushiki Gaisha Kōdansha), formerly romanized Kodansya, is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten.

Selected publications

Nonfiction

• Godzilla King of the Monsters Pictorial Book (1979)
• Giant Monster Godzilla (1979)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Encyclopedia (1979)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Secret Pictorial Book (1979)
• Movie Masterpiece Album No. 1: Godzilla (1979)
• The Complete Collection of Godzilla (1979)
• This is Godzilla (1979)
• Graph Book Godzilla (1984)
• Godzilla '85: New Production "The Return of Godzilla" Color Wide Graph (1985)
• Godzilla All Monsters Encyclopedia (1990)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Monster Complete Works (1991)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Encyclopedia: New Edition (1992)
• Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia (1992)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters Battle Super Encyclopedia (1992)
• Kodansha Hit Books: Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
• Godzilla Monsters Diagram Super Encyclopedia (1992)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters Diorama Pictorial Book (1993)
• Natural History of Godzilla Monsters: Godzilla vs. Mothra (1993)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Super Data Book (1993)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Finishers Super Encyclopedia (1993)
• Newest King of the Monsters Godzilla Diorama Pictorial Book (1993)
• TV Magazine Visual Complete Works: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters Special Effects Photo Studio (1993)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Secret Pictorial Book (1994)
• Godzilla Giant Monsters Secret Pictorial Book (1994)
• Godzilla Complete Works (1994)
• Godzilla Giant Monsters Number One Super Encyclopedia (1994)
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla Secret Pictorial Book (1995)
• TV Magazine Visual Complete Works: The Terrible Battle Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1995)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Finishers Pictorial Book (1995)
• Godzilla Pictorial Book: Panorama Edition (1995)
• Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia (1995)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Diagram Encyclopedia (1995)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters Battle Super Encyclopedia (1996)
• Godzilla Super Battle Pictorial Book (1996)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Secret Pictorial Book (1996)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters 1: Destoroyah Appears! (1996)
• Gamera Super Force Pictorial Book (1996)
• Rebirth of Mothra Super Encyclopedia (1996)
• The Godzilla Question (1998)
• Rebirth of Mothra 3 Secret Pictorial Book (1999)
• Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Encyclopedia (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Super Encyclopedia (2001)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Super Encyclopedia (2001)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla Battle Super Encyclopedia (2002)
• The Gransazers: Rebirth! Superpowers (2003)
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Super Encyclopedia (2003)
• The Gransazers: Gransazers Lineup (2004)
• The Gransazers Secret Super Encyclopedia (2004)
• The Gransazers: Strongest Powers Explosion! (2004)
• The Gransazers Battle Super Encyclopedia (2004)
• All Godzilla Complete Super Encyclopedia (2004)
• Godzilla Character Encyclopedia: Toho Special Effects Movie Complete History (2014)
• Character Encyclopedia: Special Effects Complete History 1970s Hero Encyclopedia (2016)
• Godzilla Kaiju Battle Encyclopedia (2016)
• Godzilla Giant Monster Perfect Super Encyclopedia (2016)
• Character Encyclopedia: Special Effects Complete History 1950-60s Hero Encyclopedia (2017)
• GODZILLA Special Effects Making Photograph Collection (2018)
• Godzilla King of the Monsters Complete Secret Encyclopedia (2019)
• Character Encyclopedia: Special Effects Complete History 1980-90s Hero Encyclopedia (2020)
• Godzilla All Giant Monsters Pictorial Book (2021)
• Godzilla and Toho Tokusatsu Official Mook (2022-2025)

Fiction

• Do Your Best, Chibi Godzilla (2018)
• Close Friends, Chibi Godzilla (2019)
• Sticker Picture Book: Chibi Godzilla and Friends (2020)

Manga

• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [originally published in Shonen Club]
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1967) [published in Bokura magazine]
• Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1992-1993) [2 volumes; originally serialized in DX Bombom magazine]
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1993)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Godzilla Kyo Jidai (1999)
• Mechagodzilla Kyo Jidai (2003)
• The Gransazers (2004) [3 volumes]

External links

• Kodansha on Wikipedia.
• Kodansha's official website.

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