AlphaPolis

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 Co. Ltd.

Headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社アルファポリス
Romanized name	Kabushiki Gaisha Arufaporisu
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 9467
Industry	Publishing
Founded	August 25, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-08-25)
Headquarters	Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo[1] , Japan
Operating income	¥2.20 billion[2]
Net income	¥1.39 billion[2] (2022)
Website	alphapolis.co.jp

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.

History

AlphaPolis was launched as a publisher of online content in August, 2000.^[2]

In 2010, AlphaPolis acquired the rights to publish Gate, which began as a web novel on Arcadia. The company then began publishing a manga adaptation in July 2011. Several volumes (11,^[7] 12,^[8] 13,^[9] and 14^[10]) placed in the Oricon ranking for top 50 manga volume sales.

In 2013, AlphaPolis acquired the rights to publish Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, which began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō. The novel series went on to sell 2 million copies.^[11] AlphaPolis began publishing a manga adaptation in 2015. The book received an anime adaptation beginning in September 2021.

A Playthrough of a Dude's VRMMO Life is another series that began as a web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and was later turned into an AlphaPolis light novel publication in 2014, and manga adaptation also in 2014. The manga placed several volumes (3,^[10] 5^[12]) on the Oricon bestseller list. An anime adaptation was announced in February 2023.^[13]

The Technoroid anime received a manga adaptation via AlphaPolis beginning in January 2023^[14]

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange^[15] and has been since October 2014.

AlphaPolis released the Alpha Manga app in August, 2021^[16] to read AlphaPolis manga on iPhone and Android phones. Several of the AlphaManga titles were subsequently made available through Crunchyroll.^[17]

List of works

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Light novels

• Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There! (since 2010)
• Re:Monster (since 2012)
• Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (since 2013)
• New Saga (2013)
• The New Gate (since 2013)
• Multi-Mind Mayhem: Isekai Tensei Soudouki (since 2014)
• A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (since 2014)
• Kuro no Sōzō Shōkanshi (since 2015)
• Goodbye, Dragon Life (since 2015)
• A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring (since 2016)
• Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (since 2017)
• May I Ask for One Final Thing? (since 2018)
• Re:Monster: Ankoku Tairiku-hen (since 2018)
• The Unaware Atelier Master (since 2018)

Manga

• Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There! (2011)
• New Saga (2014)
• Life Train (2014)
• Re:Monster (2014)
• A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life (2014)
• The New Gate (2014)
• Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (2015)
• Multi-Mind Mayhem: Isekai Tensei Soudouki (2015)
• Goodbye, Dragon Life (2015)
• Kuro no Sōzō Shōkanshi (2015)
• Ordinary Soldier Dreams of the Past (2016)
• Kuro no Sōzō Shōkanshi: Tenseisha no Hangyaku (2017)
• A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring (2018)
• Moto Kōzō Kaiseki Kenkyūsha no Isekai Bōkentan (2018)
• Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time (2018)