http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sakura_PressSakura Press - Revision history2026-06-01T23:53:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Sakura_Press&diff=7624743&oldid=previmported>Entranced98: Importing Wikidata short description: "Russian licensor and publisher of manga"2024-11-04T22:30:57Z<p>Importing Wikidata <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: "Russian licensor and publisher of manga"</p>
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|name = Sakura Press<br />
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|foundation = 19 March 2003<br />
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|defunct = 21 November 2016<br />
|location = 11–23, Rizhskiy proezd,<br/>[[Moscow]] 129626, [[Russia]]<br />
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|area_served = [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]<br />
|key_people = Sergei Kharlamov ([[General director|CEO]])<br />
|industry = [[Publishing]]<br />
|products = [[Manga]]<br />
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'''Sakura Press''' ({{langx|ru|Сакура-пресс}}) was a Russian licensor and publisher of [[manga]] with headquarters in [[Moscow]]. The company was established in 2003. It was headed by [[general director]] Sergei Kharlamov.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vesti-moscow.ru/rnews.html?id=64684&cid=|script-title=ru:Русские истории на японский лад|last=Samoylova|first=Maria|date=2007-09-09|publisher=[[Vesti (TV channel)|Vesti]]|language=Russian|access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> According to their official website, it was the first Russian company who started to publish manga (''[[Ranma ½]]'').<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.sakura-press.ru/about/|title=About Sakura Press|publisher=Sakura Press official website|language=Russian|access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> The first two volumes of ''Ranma ½'' were released in April 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ast.ru/seria/4123/|title=Series catalogue|publisher=[[AST (publisher)|AST]]|language=Russian|access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> Sakura Press reversed the pages (so called "[[Manga outside Japan#Flipping|flopping]]") in all releases,<ref name="about"/> for which it was criticized by [[anime and manga fandom|fandom]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.animemagazine.ru/65.08/manga_03.php |title = Rumiko Takahashi - Ranma 1/2 | publisher = AniMag |date =2008-12-01|author = Anton Tudakov | access-date =2008-11-19 |language=Russian}}</ref> It stopped publishing manga and updating their site in 2011 and became officially defunct in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zachestnyibiznes.ru/company/ul/1037717005765_7717139961_OOO-SAKURA-PRESS|title=ООО "САКУРА-ПРЕСС"|publisher=zachestnyibiznes.ru|language=ru|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><br />
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==Licenses==<br />
*''[[Battle Royale (manga)|Battle Royale]]''<br />
*''[[Chrono Crusade]]''<br />
*''[[Ranma ½]]''<br />
*''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]''<br />
*''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]''<br />
*''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''<br />
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==Other publications==<br />
=== ''anime*magazine'' ===<br />
{{Infobox magazine<br />
|title = anime*magazine<br />
|image_file = Anime*magazine.jpg<br />
|image_size = 214<br />
|image_alt = <br />
|image_caption = <br />
|editor = Mikhail Ulyanov<br />
|editor_title = Editor<br />
|previous_editor = <br />
|staff_writer = <br />
|frequency = <br />
|circulation = 900<br />
|category = [[anime industry|anime]] and [[manga industry]]<br />
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|publisher = Sakura Press<br />
|firstdate = <br />
|country = Russia<br />
|based = [[Moscow]]<br />
|language = Russian<br />
|website = <br />
|issn = 1810-8644<br />
}}<br />
''anime*magazine'' (abbreviated as '''''am''''') was a bi-monthly anime and manga news and reviews magazine, published between May 2003 and July 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animag.ru/?cid=4|title=About ''anime*magazine''|publisher=anime*magazine official website|language=Russian|access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref> It started as a collaboration project between Sakura Press and the authors of [[online magazine]] ''[http://animemagazine.ru/ Animemaniacs Magazine Online]'' (currently known as ''AniMag'' or ''AnimeMagazine Online''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animemagazine.ru/76.09/editor.php|title=Official website|publisher=AniMag|language=Russian|access-date=22 December 2009}}</ref>). Firstly it was all [[black and white]], later became coloured and accompanied with CD. ''anime*magazine'' featured review sections of anime, manga, and [[video game]]s, news, interviews and articles about [[Japanese culture]] and [[Japanese history|history]]. It was closed in 2004 when the main sponsors, including [[MC Entertainment]],<ref>{{cite journal|year=2004|script-title=ru:От редакции |trans-title=Editor's column |journal=Anime*magazine |issue=3|pages=3 |issn=1810-8644|language=Russian}}</ref> switched to the rival magazine ''[[AnimeGid]]''.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{portal|Russia|Companies|Anime}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|http://www.sakura-press.ru/}} {{in lang|ru}}<br />
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[[Category:Manga distributors]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Moscow]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct companies of Russia]]<br />
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 2003]]<br />
[[Category:Comic book publishing companies of Russia]]<br />
[[Category:Publishing companies disestablished in 2016]]<br />
[[Category:Russian companies established in 2003]]<br />
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