AlphaPolis

AlphaPolis Inc.
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryPublishing
FoundedAugust 25, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-08-25)
Headquarters
Shibuya[1]
,
Japan
¥2.20 billion[2]
¥1.39 billion[2] (2022)
Websitealphapolis.co.jp

AlphaPolis Co. Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社アルファポリス, Hepburn: Kabushiki Gaisha Arufaporisu) is a Japanese publishing company located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.[3]

AlphaPolis is a publisher of light novels and manga,[4] particularly for online readers.[5] The company is the publisher for several light novel series, including A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life, New Saga, and Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. They are most notable as the publisher of Gate, which has sold 6 million copies.[6] Gate received an anime adaptation that aired beginning on from July 4, 2015 until March 26, 2016. Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy also received an anime adaptation that aired beginning on July 7, 2021.

  1. ^ "Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "AlphaPolis Company Overview and News". Forbes. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  4. ^ ""ラノベ異世界モノ"は児童書市場も席巻? 出版社が続々と児童書ジャンル参入のワケ" ["Light novels from another world" take the children's book market by storm? Why publishers are entering the children's book genre one after another] (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "＜マザーズ＞アルファPが高い　ネット小説の書籍化「大コケリスク回避に強み" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "『ゲート』シリーズが累計600万部を突破 門の向こう側の「特地」を舞台にした異世界×自衛隊ファンタジー" [The "Gate" series has sold over 6 million copies. [Its a] different world x Self-Defense Forces fantasy set in the "special area" on the other side of the gate.]. ラノベニュースオンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved August 14, 2021.