Core Magazine owns a bookstore chain "Core Books" (コアブックス).[4]
History
In July 2002, a special issue of Bubka magazine featured unauthorized childhood photos of several female idols, including Norika Fujiwara, Kyoko Fukada, and Natsumi Abe. A suit was started against Core Magazine for privacy violation.[5]
In 2009, it was the top ero-manga publisher in Japan, with 76 titles, beating Akane Shinsha, which only had 65.[6]
In July 2013, the head editor, Akira Ota, and the two staff members were arrested for having their manga shown partially uncensored.[7][8] They pled guilty in December 2013 and apologized for their irresponsibility.[9]
In September 2017, Komiflo announced in collaboration with Core Magazine that its titles would be available for streaming.[10] Starting with Hotmilk, this expanded to include MegaStore in 2018.
Magazines published
Comic Zero EX (コミック0EX), a monthly magazine, which replaced Comic Mega Plus (コミックメガプラス) in 2007.[11]
Comic Hotmilk (コミックホットミルク)
Comic Mega GOLD (コミックメガGOLD), bakunyū manga magazine
Comic MegaMilk (コミック メガミルク), a monthly magazine, which replaced Comic Zero EX (コミック0EX) in 2010
Bubka (ブブカ); publishing transferred to parent company Byakuya Shobo in September 2012,[12] switched format from being a shuukanshi to an idol-focused magazine during the handover.
