Sharp Point Press

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Type Private Genre manga, music, military Key people Sing Wang (Chairman) Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan		Industry publication Founder Sing Wang Revenue 元102 million Founded 1982

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Sharp Point Press (Chinese: 尖端出版) is a Taiwanese publisher of manga and music. It was founded in July 1982.

History

1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books.

1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handbook.

1987 - Created Taiwan's first magazine on TV Games in July, started another TV Game magazine, TV Game Report in October.

1990 - Started the Anime, manga, model information magazine, Magic Zone. Also officially started manga publication.

End of 1990 - Company is listed on the sharemarkets.

1991 - Obtained Japanese manga license for Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura

1992 - Published idol photo albums of Hong Kong singers/movie stars like Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok.

1993 - Started other TV games magazine like VV Kids, Game Paradise, and Seinen manga magazine Tempo.

1994 - Started publishing a fashion living fortune telling magazine My Birthday.

1996 - Imported the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.

2001 - TOM Group brought Sharp Point Press

July 25, 2003 - Due to Da Ran Culture Ltd.'s bankruptcy, Sharp Point Press obtained publishing rights to Ribon's Mon Mon, which became Taiwan's best selling magazine.

August 12, 2007 - Sharp Point Press obtained license for Shogakukan's Ciao.

References

Sharp Point Press Wikipedia

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