Sharp Point Press

Sharp Point Press

Type	Private
Industry	publication
Genre	manga, music, military
Founded	Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan June 1982 (1982-06)
Founder	Sing Wang
Headquarters	Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan
Key people	Sing Wang (Chairman)
Revenue	元102 million
Parent	Cite Publishing Ltd
Website	http://www.spp.com.tw/

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

See also

• Category:Sharp Point Press titles

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sharp Point Press.

• Sharp Point Press at Anime News Network's encyclopedia