Denpa (company)

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Denpa
Founded2018;6 years ago (2018)
FoundersEd Chavez, Jacob Grady
Headquarters location Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DistributionConsortium [1]
Official website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

DENPA LLC is an American publishing company located in Portland, Oregon. [2] The company was established in 2018 and it was announced at Otakon in August of the same year by Ed Chavez, former Vertical marketing director and vice president of Fakku. [3]

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  2. ↑ "DENPA Book Launch at Anime NYC". Anime News Network . November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ressler, Karen (August 13, 2018). "New Manga Publishing Company Denpa Launches, Licenses Kaiji, Inside Mari, More". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rafael Antonio Pineda (November 15, 2019). "Denpa Licenses Hideki Ohwada's The Men Who Created Gundam, Moto Hagio's Lil' Leo Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 7, 2019). "Denpa Licenses The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes, Guyabano Holiday Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Ressler, Karen (November 17, 2018). "Denpa Licenses Masakazu Ishiguro's Heavenly Delusion, You Someya's Pleasure & Corruption Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Hodgkins, Crystalyn; Mateo, Alex (July 3, 2020). "Denpa Licenses Romy Oishi, meshe's Lockdown Zone: Level X, Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 6, 2021). "Denpa Licenses Chika Umino's March comes in like a lion Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  9. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 13, 2021). "Denpa Licenses Uroaki Sabishi, Takayuki Yanase's Gundam: Char's Counterattack Beltorchika's Children Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on September 28, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 19, 2021). "FAKKU, Denpa to Release Ryuta Amazume's Nana & Kaoru Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 18, 2023). "Denpa, Kuma License Odd Taxi, Wolf Pack Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  12. 1 2 Loo, Egan (July 27, 2019). "Denpa Licenses Katsuya Terada's Rakuda Laughs!, Shūzō Oshimi's Shino Can't Say Her Name Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  13. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 3, 2021). "Denpa Licenses Ahndongshik's Renjoh Desperado Action Comedy Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on July 3, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  14. 1 2 Mateo, Alex (July 30, 2022). "Denpa Licenses Short Game, Tawawa on Monday Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  15. ↑ Hazra, Adriana (March 27, 2021). "Denpa Licenses Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  16. ↑ Ressler, Karen (September 3, 2018). "Denpa Licenses Today's Menu for Emiya Family Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  17. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2020). "Denpa Licenses AKILI's Vampeerz Manga". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
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