About Us

History

2000-2005 year

2000-2005 year
2006-2010 year
2011-2015 year
2016-2020 year
2021-

2000 October	Nobuhiko Horie, who was the fifth editor of "Weekly Shonen Jump" at Shueisha, was a MANGAKA Tetsuo Hara, Tsukasa Hojo, Ryuji Tsugihara, voice actor Akira Kamiya, and Tadashi Negishi, who was the editor of "Monthly Shonen Jump". At the same time, Coamix Co., Ltd. was established in Kichijoji, Musashino City, Tokyo for the purpose of editing manga and publishing manga magazines.In order to be close to the artist, I chose a place called "Kichijoji", a town where many creators live.
2001 October	Launched "Weekly Comic Bunch" with Shinchosha as a partner. (Closed in August 2010) Tetsuo Hara's "Fist of the North Star" is depicted in the past, "Fist of the Blue Sky", and Tsukasa Hojo's "City Hunter" is a self-remake work "Angel Heart".
2002 October	Entered the United States with the monthly comic magazine "RAIJIN COMICS". (Currently, issuance has ended)
2004 October	Established North Stars Pictures Co., Ltd. for the purpose of complex content business such as copyright management and animation production of painters and original authors. Later, he became the publisher of "Monthly Comic Zenon".
2005 October	The communication magazine "Mori no Senshi Bonoron" produced by Tetsuo Hara, which connects parents and children, is distributed free of charge at Seven-Eleven stores nationwide under Seven Bank.

2009 October	Launched "CAFE ZENON" in Kichijoji, Musashino City, Tokyo, with the concept of a space manga magazine. (open) First issue of "Weekly Mobile Bunch". Weekly comics are distributed on mobile almost at the same time. (Currently out of service)
2010 October	Launched "Monthly Comic Zenon" with Tokuma Shoten as a partner and started editing (editing, publishing and selling from 2020 is a core mix).

2009
October

Launched "CAFE ZENON" in Kichijoji, Musashino City, Tokyo, with the concept of a space manga magazine. (open)

July 2009

First issue of "Weekly Mobile Bunch".
Weekly comics are distributed on mobile almost at the same time. (Currently out of service)

2010
October

Launched "Monthly Comic Zenon" with Tokuma Shoten as a partner and started editing (editing, publishing and selling from 2020 is a core mix).

July 2010

2011 October	Established Jizoya Co., Ltd. for the purpose of restaurant management, production, and real estate management.
2012 October	Launched the worldwide manga award "Silent Manga Audition". We recruit manga without dialogue from all over the world and evaluate the performance output.
2012 October	Free electronic distribution comic magazine "WEB Comic Zenyon" opened.
2012 October	Constructed the company's own building "Kichijoji Jizo Building" with offices and restaurants. "Kichijoji Goen Jizo" was built at the entrance on the 1st floor.Every August, the "Jizo Bon" is held to pray for the growth of children, and it is also a place of relaxation for the local people.
2013 October	At the site of Honnoji Temple in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, the company's own building "Shincho Saryo" was built to enshrine the memorial monument of Oda Nobunaga. (Currently closed)

2016 October	Constructed the second Kichijoji Jizo Building, which houses an office, a restaurant, and a parking lot.
2017 October	Kumamoto International Manga Festival held.
2017 October	Released the manga app "Manga Hot".
2018 October	"Okinawa Rough & Peace Vocational School" opened.Conduct manga course classes.
2018 October	"Fist of the North Star" 35th Anniversary-September 9th is certified as "Fist of the North Star Day" anniversary. Kumamoto International Manga CAMP held. The 2nd Kumamoto International Manga Festival is held.
2018 October	"Coamix Manga Lab" opened.
2018 October	Experience-based neo-sakaba "ZEN ON SAKABA" opened.
2019 October	The 3nd Kumamoto International Manga Festival is held. WEB comic site "Zenon Editorial Department" opened (WEB Comic Zenyon and Comic Tatan were integrated). The 2nd Kumamoto International Manga CAMP was held.
2019 October	The live-action omnibus movie "Angel Sign", which was directed by Tsukasa Hojo, was released in theaters and distributed.
2020 October	Merged with North Stars Pictures Co., Ltd.
2020 October	Established 096k (Oclock) Kumamoto Opera Company, which consists of only women.
2020 October	Invited by the Faculty of Letters of Kumamoto University, a total of 15 manga lectures "The Forefront of Manga Content" were held at the newly established "Contemporary Cultural Resources Studies Course". (Lecturer is Shuichi Mochida, representative of Kumamoto Coamix)
2020 October	Opened the second head office in Takamori Town, Kumamoto Prefecture. The 3nd Kumamoto International Manga CAMP was held.
2021 October	The new Kumamoto food magazine "pomodoro" is launched.The menu that the staff who moved to Kumamoto researched and developed using the ingredients of Kumamoto is posted.The menu published in the magazine can be eaten at Cafe Zenon & Zenon Sakaba in Kichijoji, Tokyo.
2021 October	The 4nd Kumamoto International Manga Festival is held.
2021 October	096k Kumamoto Opera Company's first regular performance "Stage Keiji Maeda Kabuki Journey-Higo no Tora, Kiyomasa Kato-Edition" started. (Performance venue: Sakura no Baba Josaien / Kumamoto Castle Museum Wakuwakuza)
2021 October	Concluded an agreement with Takamori Town, Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education, and Kumamoto Prefectural Takamori High School to improve the attractiveness of Takamori High School using manga (the purpose is to establish a manga-related department at Takamori High School) at the Kumamoto Prefectural Office.
2021 October	Started service of WEB browser version manga application "Manga Hot WEB".
2022 October	096kThe Kumamoto Revue performs at Yachiyoza (Yamaga City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Important Cultural Property).
2022 October	Held an open school (school information session) for junior high school students at Kumamoto Prefectural Takamori High School and Comix XNUMXnd Headquarters.
2023 October	Concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
2023 October	Kumamoto Prefectural Takamori High School Manga Department held the entrance ceremony for the first batch of students.
2023 October	096k The Kumamoto Opera Company performs overseas for the first time at the Japanese cultural festival "Japan Expo" (Paris, France).
2024 October	"GALLERY ZENON", a gallery showcasing "MANGA" as art, opened in Kichijoji, Tokyo.
2024 October	We have signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Kumamoto Gakuen University.
2024 October	Kumamoto Manga Arts, an entertainment complex housing a manga art gallery and the new theater of the O'Clock Kumamoto Opera Company, has opened in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City (on the first basement floor of the Daigeki Kaikan).