Vertical (publisher)

Vertical, Inc. is a Japanese novel and manga imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing. Founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai, in February 2011, the company was bought by Kodansha (46.7%) and Dai Nippon Printing (46.0%).[1] The company was consolidated into Kodansha USA Publishing in 2020.[2][3]

Vertical

Parent company	Kodansha USA Publishing
Status	Active
Founded	2001 (2001)
Founder	Hiroki Sakai
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Distribution	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Publication types	Fiction / Non-fiction / Visual Media
Nonfiction topics	Business / Self-help / Lifestyle
Fiction genres	Sci-fi / Fantasy / Mystery
Owner(s)	Kodansha (since 2020)
Official website	www.vertical-inc.com/index.html

Titles

Vertical, Inc. publishes books from a variety of genres, including prose fiction, manga, nonfiction, crafts, and cooking.

Novels

A Caring Man[4] (Akira Arai)
A Rabbit's Eyes[5] (Kenjiro Haitani)
Ashes[6] (Kenzo Kitakata)
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall[7] (Ryō Suzukaze)
Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City[8] (Ryō Kawakami)
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls[9] (Hiroshi Seko)
The Blade of the Courtesans[10] (Keiichiro Ryu)
Body[11] (Asa Nonami)
The Cage[12] (Kenzo Kitakata)
The Cat in the Coffin[13] (Mariko Koike)
City of Refuge[14] (Kenzo Kitakata)
The Crimson Labyrinth[15] (Yusuke Kishi)
Edge[16] (Koji Suzuki)
ENMA the Immortal[17] (Fumi Nakamura)
Fallout[18] (Tetsuo Takashima)
The Flowers of Edo[19] (Michael Dana Kennedy)
Gray Men[20] (Tomotake Ishikawa)
Guin Saga[21] (Kaoru Kurimoto)
A Guru is Born[22] (Takeshi Kitano)
Innocent World[23] (Ami Sakurai)
KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale[24] (NisiOisiN)
Kubikiri Cycle (NisiOisiN)
Lala Pipo[25] (Hideo Okuda)
May in the Valley of the Rainbow[26] (Yoichi Funado)
The Mediterranean Trilogy[27] (Shiono Nanami)
Naoko[28] (Keigo Higashino)
Now You're One of Us[29] (Asa Nonami)
Outlet[30] (Randy Taguchi)
Paradise[31] (Koji Suzuki)
Parasite Eve[32] (Hideaki Sena)
The Poison Ape[33] (Arimasa Osawa)
Pro Bono[34] (Seicho Matsumoto)
Promenade of the Gods[35] (Koji Suzuki)
The Ring Trilogy [16] (Koji Suzuki)
Sayonara, Gangsters[36] (Genichiro Takahashi)
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen[24] (Takaya Kagami)
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: World Resurrection at Nineteen (Takaya Kagami)
Shinjuku Shark[37] (Arimasa Osawa)
Summer of the Ubume[38] (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)
Translucent Tree[39] (Nobuko Takagi)
Twinkle Twinkle[40] (Kaori Ekuni)
Winter Sleep[41] (Kenzo Kitakata)
Zero Over Berlin[42] (Joh Sasaki)

Short story collections

Birthday[16] (Koji Suzuki)
Boy[43] (Takeshi Kitano)
Dark Water[44] (Koji Suzuki)
Season of Infidelity[45] (Oniroku Dan)

Non-fiction and miscellaneous

A Slow Death[46] (NHK-TV “Tokaimura Criticality Accident” Crew)
Aranzi Aranzo[47]
The Honda Myth[48] (Masaaki Sato)
Iron Chef Chen's Knockout Chinese[49] (Chen Kenichi)
J-Horror[50] (David Kalat)
Nintendo Magic[51] (Osamu Inoue)
North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter[52] (Sakie Yokota)
Saying Yes to Japan[53] (Tim Clark, Carl Kay)
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty![54] (Toshio Okada)
Slow Sex Secrets[55] (Adam Tokunaga)
The Toyota Leaders[56] (Masaaki Sato)
Walking Your Way to a Better Life[57] (Kimiko)

Manga

5 Centimeters Per Second[58][59] (Makoto Shinkai, Yukiko Seike)
7 Billion Needles[60][61] (Nobuaki Tadano)
A School Frozen in Time (Mizuki Tsujimura, Naoshi Arakawa)
An Older Guy's VR First Love (Tomoko Boryoku)
After the Rain[62] (Jun Mayuzuki)
Ajin: Demi-Human (Gamon Sakurai)
Andromeda Stories[63] (Ryu Mitsuse, Keiko Takemiya)
Avant-garde Yumeko (Shūzō Oshimi)
Ayako[64] (Osamu Tezuka)
Apollo's Song[65] (Osamu Tezuka)
Black Jack (Osamu Tezuka)[66]
Blame![67] (Tsutomu Nihei)
Blood on the Tracks[68] (Shuzo Oshimi)
The Book of Human Insects[69] (Osamu Tezuka)
Buddha[70] (Osamu Tezuka)
Cardfight!! Vanguard (Akira Itō)
Chi's Sweet Home[61] (Kanata Konami)
Ciguatera[61] (Minoru Furuya)
CITY (Keiichi Arawi)
Devil's Line (Ryou Hanada)
Dissolving Classroom[67] (Junji Ito)
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (Nanashi)
Dororo[71] (Osamu Tezuka)
Dream Fossil (Satosi Kon)
The Drops of God[72] (Tadashi Agi, Shu Okimoto)
The Flowers of Evil[73][74] (Shūzō Oshimi)
Flying Witch (Chihiro Ishizuka)
From the New World[75] (Yusuke Kishi)
The Garden of Words (Makoto Shinkai)
A Girl on the Shore (Inio Asano)
Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest (Aki Irie)[76]
The Gods Lie (Kaori Ozaki)
The Great Cleric (Broccoli Lion, Hiiro Akikaze)
GTO: 14 Days in Shonan[77][78] (Tooru Fujisawa)
GTO: The Early Years[78][79] (Tooru Fujisawa)
The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi[80] (Kaoru Kurimoto, Kazuaki Yanagisawa)
Helter Skelter[81][82] (Kyoko Okazaki)
Heroman[83] (Stan Lee, BONES, Tamon Ohta)
Immortal Hounds [67] (Ryō Yasohachi)
In Clothes Called Fat (Moyoco Anno)
Insufficient Direction (Moyoco Anno)
Knights of Sidonia[84] (Tsutomu Nihei)
Limit[85] (Keiko Suenobu)
Lychee Light Club[86] (Usamaru Furuya)
Message to Adolf[59][87] (Osamu Tezuka)
Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You (Taka Aki)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin[88][89] (Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate)
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz - Glory of the Losers (Tomofumi Ogasawara, Katsuyuki Sumisawa)[90]
Moteki (Mitsuro Kubo)
Mysterious Girlfriend X[91] (Riichi Ueshiba)
MW[92] (Osamu Tezuka)
My Neighbor Seki (Takuma Morishige)
My Boy[93] (Hitomi Takano)
Ninja Slayer (Bradley Bond, Philip "Ninj@" Morzez)
Nichijou (Keiichi Arawi)
No Longer Human[72][94] (Usamaru Furuya)
Ode to Kirihito[95] (Osamu Tezuka)
Paradise Kiss[96] (Ai Yazawa)
Peepo Choo[61][97] (Felipe Smith)
Pink (Kyoko Okazaki)
Pop Team Epic (Bkub Okawa)
Princess Knight[72][98] (Osamu Tezuka)
Prophecy (Tetsuya Tsutsui)
Sakuran[59][99] (Moyoco Anno)
Sickness Unto Death (Takahiro Seguchi)
Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)
To Terra...[100] (Keiko Takemiya)
Tokyo ESP (Hajime Segawa)
Tropic of the Sea (Satoshi Kon)
The Twin Knights[81][82] (Osamu Tezuka)
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (Maybe)[101]
Twin Spica[61][102] (Kou Yaginuma)
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist[103][104] (Asumiko Nakamura)
Velveteen & Mandala[105][106] (Jiro Matsumoto)
What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Fumi Yoshinaga)
Witchcraft Works (Ryu Mizunagi)
Wolfsmund[88][89] (Mitsuhisa Kuji)

References

"Kodansha, Dai Nippon Printing Buy Vertical (Updated) - News". Anime News Network. February 23, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
Reid, Calvin (January 22, 2020). "Lu Named Kodansha USA Publishing President and CEO Under Restructuring". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 23, 2020). "Vertical, Kodansha Advanced Media Consolidate Under Kodansha USA". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
"A Caring Man — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"A Rabbit's Eyes — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Ashes — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Light Novel Series - News". Anime News Network. October 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Vertical Announces "Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City" Light Novel". Crunchyroll. October 12, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Vertical Adds Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Novel, Nichijō, FukuFuku: Kitten Tales Manga - News". Anime News Network. July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"The Blade of the Cou'rtesans — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Body — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Cage — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Cat in the Coffin — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"City of Refuge — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Crimson Labyrinth — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Koji Suzuki — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"ENMA the Immortal — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Fallout — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Flowers of Edo — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Gray Men — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Guin Saga — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"A Guru is Born — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Innocent World — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Kizumonogatari Novel, Seraph of the End Novels, Ninja Slayer Manga - News". Anime News Network. February 15, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
"Lala Pipo — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"May in the Valley of the Rainbow — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Shiono Nanami — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Naoko — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Now You're One of Us — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Outlet — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Paradise — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Parasite Eve — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Poison Ape — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Pro Bono — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Promenade of the Gods — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Sayonara, Gangsters — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Shinjuku Shark — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Summer of the Ubume — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Translucent Tree — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Twinkle Twinkle — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Winter Sleep — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Zero Over Berlin — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Boy — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Dark Water — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Season of Infidelity — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"A Slow Death — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Aranzi Aranzo — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Honda Myth — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Iron Chef Chen's Knockout Chinese — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"J-Horror — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Nintendo Magic — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Saying Yes to Japan — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Slow Sex Secrets — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Toyota Leaders — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Walking Your Way to a Better Life — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"5 Centimeters per Second — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"NYAF: Vertical Adds "Sakuran," "5 Centimeters Per Second" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"7 Billion Needles — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Peepo Choo, Twin Spica, Needle, Chi's Sweet Home". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"After the Rain — Vertical". Vertical. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
"Andromeda Stories — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Ayako — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Apollo's Song — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Black Jack — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Licenses Blame!, Dissolving Classroom, Immortal Hounds Manga". Anime News Network. February 13, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
"Blood on the Tracks — Vertical". Vertical. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
"The Book of Human Insects — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Buddha — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Dororo — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Princess Knight, Drops of God Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Flowers of Evil — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Licenses "Flowers of Evil"". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Kyoko Okazaki's Pink, From the New World Manga". ANN. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
Ressler, Karen (May 18, 2018). "Vertical Licenses Kino's Journey, 'Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest' Manga, Sherlock Holmes and Hirobumi Ito Novel". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
"GTO: 14 Days in Shonan — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds GTO Prequel, Sequel Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"GTO: The Early Years — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"The Guin Saga Manga — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Tezuka's Twin Knight, Kyoko Okazaki's Helter Skelter Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Manga Licenses Osamu Tezuka's "Twin Knight" and Kyoko Okazaki's "Helter Skelter" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Heroman — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Knights of Sidonia — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Limit — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Lychee Light Club — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Message to Adolf — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Gundam: The Origin, Wolfsmund Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical To Release "Gundam: The Origin" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Licenses Gundam Wing: The Glory of Losers, Helvetica Standard Manga". Anime News Network. January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
"Vertical Adds Mysterious Girlfriend X, The Gods Lie, Devil's Line Manga". Anime News Network. July 24, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
"MW — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"My Boy — Vertical". Vertical. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
"No Longer Human - Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Ode to Kirihito — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Paradise Kiss — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Peepo Choo — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Princess Knight — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Sakuran — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"To Terra... — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Comics Adds Maybe's The Abandoned Sacred Beasts Manga". Anime News Network. August 28, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
"Twin Spica — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora Mystery Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Licenses "Utsubora" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Velveteen & Mandala — Vertical, Inc". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
"Vertical Adds Jiro Matsumoto's Velveteen & Mandala Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

External links

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