Vertical (company)

Vertical

Founded	2001
Founder	Hiroki Sakai
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Distribution	Random House Publisher Services
Key people	Takeshi Sakuda (COO)
Publication types	Fiction / Non-fiction / Visual Media
Nonfiction topics	Business / Self-help / Lifestyle
Fiction genres	Sci-fi / Fantasy / Mystery
Number of employees	6
Official website	www.vertical-inc.com

Vertical, Inc., headquartered in New York, United States, is a Japanese novel and manga publishing company founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai. In February 2011 the company was bought by Kodansha (46.7%) and Dai Nippon Printing (46.0%).^[1] Its offices are on the seventh floor of the 451 Park Avenue South building in Midtown Manhattan.^[2]

Titles

Vertical Inc publishes books from a variety of genres, including prose fiction, manga, nonfiction, crafts, and cooking.

Novels

• A Caring Man^[3] (Akira Arai)
• A Rabbit's Eyes^[4] (Kenjiro Haitani)
• Ashes^[5] (Kenzo Kitakata)
• Attack on Titan: Before the Fall^[6] (Ryō Suzukaze)
• Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City^[7] (Ryō Kawakami)
• Attack on Titan: Lost Girls^[8] (Hiroshi Seko)
• The Blade of the Courtesans^[9] (Keiichiro Ryu)
• Body^[10] (Asa Nonami)
• The Cage^[11] (Kenzo Kitakata)
• The Cat in the Coffin^[12] (Mariko Koike)
• City of Refuge^[13] (Kenzo Kitakata)
• The Crimson Labyrinth^[14] (Yusuke Kishi)
• Edge^[15] (Koji Suzuki)
• ENMA the Immortal^[16] (Fumi Nakamura)
• Fallout^[17] (Tetsuo Takashima)
• The Flowers of Edo^[18] (Michael Dana Kennedy)
• Gray Men^[19] (Tomotake Ishikawa)
• Guin Saga^[20] (Kaoru Kurimoto)
• A Guru is Born^[21] (Takeshi Kitano)
• Innocent World^[22] (Ami Sakurai)
• KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale^[23] (NisiOisiN)
• Kubikiri Cycle (NisiOisiN)
• Lala Pipo^[24] (Hideo Okuda)
• May in the Valley of the Rainbow^[25] (Yoichi Funado)
• The Mediterranean Trilogy^[26] (Shiono Nanami)
• Naoko^[27] (Keigo Higashino)
• Now You're One of Us^[28] (Asa Nonami)
• Outlet^[29] (Randy Taguchi)
• Paradise^[30] (Koji Suzuki)
• Parasite Eve^[31] (Hideaki Sena)
• The Poison Ape^[32] (Arimasa Osawa)
• Pro Bono^[33] (Seicho Matsumoto)
• Promenade of the Gods^[34] (Koji Suzuki)
• The Ring Trilogy ^[15] (Koji Suzuki)
• Sayonara, Gangsters^[35] (Genichiro Takahashi)
• Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen^[23] (Takaya Kagami)
• Shinjuku Shark^[36] (Arimasa Osawa)
• Summer of the Ubume^[37] (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)
• Translucent Tree^[38] (Nobuko Takagi)
• Twinkle Twinkle^[39] (Kaori Ekuni)
• Winter Sleep^[40] (Kenzo Kitakata)
• Zero Over Berlin^[41] (Joh Sasaki)

Short story collections

• Birthday^[15] (Koji Suzuki)
• Boy^[42] (Takeshi Kitano)
• Dark Water^[43] (Koji Suzuki
• Season of Infidelity^[44] (Oniroku Dan)

Non-fiction and miscellaneous

• A Slow Death^[45] (NHK-TV “Tokaimura Criticality Accident” Crew)
• Aranzi Aranzo^[46]
• The Honda Myth^[47] (Masaaki Sato)
• Iron Chef Chen's Knockout Chinese^[48] (Chen Kenichi)
• J-Horror^[49] (David Kalat)
• Nintendo Magic^[50] (Osamu Inoue)
• North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter^[51] (Sakie Yokota)
• Saying Yes to Japan^[52] (Tim Clark, Carl Kay)
• Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!^[53] (Toshio Okada)
• Slow Sex Secrets^[54] (Adam Tokunaga)
• The Toyota Leaders^[55] (Masaaki Sato)
• Walking Your Way to a Better Life^[56] (Kimiko)

Manga

• 5 Centimeters Per Second^[57][58] (Makoto Shinkai, Yukiko Seike)
• 7 Billion Needles^[59][60] (Nobuaki Tadano)
• Ajin: Demi-Human (Gamon Sakurai)
• Andromeda Stories^[61] (Ryu Mitsuse, Keiko Takemiya)
• Ayako^[62] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Apollo's Song^[63] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Black Jack (Osamu Tezuka)^[64]
• Blame!^[65] (Tsutomu Nihei)
• The Book of Human Insects^[66] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Buddha^[67] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Cardfight!! Vanguard (Akira Itō)
• Chi's Sweet Home^[60] (Kanata Konami)
• Devil's Line (Ryou Hanada)
• Dissolving Classroom^[65] (Junji Ito)
• Dororo^[68] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Dream Fossil (Satosi Kon)
• The Drops of God^[69] (Tadashi Agi, Shu Okimoto)
• The Flowers of Evil^[70][71] (Shūzō Oshimi)
• Flying Witch (Chihiro Ishizuka)
• From the New World^[72] (Yusuke Kishi)
• The Garden of Words (Makoto Shinkai)
• A Girl on the Shore (Inio Asano)
• The Gods Lie (Kaori Ozaki)
• GTO: 14 Days in Shonan^[73][74] (Tooru Fujisawa)
• GTO: The Early Years^[74][75] (Tooru Fujisawa)
• The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi^[76] (Kaoru Kurimoto, Kazuaki Yanagisawa)
• Helter Skelter^[77][78] (Kyoko Okazaki)
• Heroman^[79] (Stan Lee, BONES, Tamon Ohta)
• Immortal Hounds ^[65] (Ryō Yasohachi)
• In Clothes Called Fat (Moyoco Anno)
• Insufficient Direction (Moyoco Anno)
• Knights of Sidonia^[80] (Tsutomu Nihei)
• Limit^[81] (Keiko Suenobu)
• Lychee Light Club^[82] (Usamaru Furuya)
• Message to Adolf^[58][83] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin^[84][85] (Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate)
• Mysterious Girlfriend X^[86] (Riichi Ueshiba)
• MW^[87] (Osamu Tezuka)
• My Neighbor Seki (Takuma Morishige)
• Ninja Slayer (Bradley Bond, Philip "Ninj@" Morzez)
• Nichijou (Keiichi Arawi)
• No Longer Human^[69][88] (Usamaru Furuya)
• Ode to Kirihito^[89] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Paradise Kiss^[90] (Ai Yazawa)
• Peepo Choo^[60][91] (Felipe Smith)
• Pink (Kyoko Okazaki)
• Princess Knight^[69][92] (Osamu Tezuka)
• Prophecy (Tetsuya Tsutsui)
• Sakuran^[58][93] (Moyoco Anno)
• Sickness Unto Death (Takahiro Seguchi)
• Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)
• To Terra...^[94] (Keiko Takemiya)
• Tokyo ESP (Hajime Segawa)
• Tropic of the Sea (Satoshi Kon)
• The Twin Knights^[77][78] (Osamu Tezuka)
• To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (Maybe)^[95]
• Twin Spica^[60][96] (Kou Yaginuma)
• Utsubora^[97][98] (Asumiko Nakamura)
• Velveteen & Mandala^[99][100] (Jiro Matsumoto)
• What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Fumi Yoshinaga)
• Witchcraft Works (Ryu Mizunagi)
• Wolfsmund^[84][85] (Mitsuhisa Kuji)

References

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6. "Vertical Adds Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Light Novel Series - News". Anime News Network. 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
7. "Vertical Announces "Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City" Light Novel". Crunchyroll. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
8. "Vertical Adds Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Novel, Nichijō, FukuFuku: Kitten Tales Manga - News". Anime News Network. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
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11. "The Cage — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
12. "The Cat in the Coffin — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
13. "City of Refuge — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
14. "The Crimson Labyrinth — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
15. "Koji Suzuki — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
16. "ENMA the Immortal — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
17. "Fallout — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
18. "Flowers of Edo — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
19. "Gray Men — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
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21. "A Guru is Born — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
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26. "Shiono Nanami — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
27. "Naoko — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
28. "Now You're One of Us — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
29. "Outlet — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
30. "Paradise — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
31. "Parasite Eve — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
32. "The Poison Ape — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
33. "Pro Bono — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
34. "Promenade of the Gods — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
35. "Sayonara, Gangsters — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
36. "Shinjuku Shark — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
37. "The Summer of the Ubume — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
38. "Translucent Tree — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
39. "Twinkle Twinkle — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
40. "Winter Sleep — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
41. "Zero Over Berlin — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
42. "Boy — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
43. "Dark Water — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
44. "Season of Infidelity — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
45. "A Slow Death — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
46. "Aranzi Aranzo — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
47. "The Honda Myth — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
48. "Iron Chef Chen's Knockout Chinese — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
49. "J-Horror — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
50. "Nintendo Magic — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
51. "North Korea Kidnapped My Daughter — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
52. "Saying Yes to Japan — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
53. "Sayonara, Mr. Fatty!". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
54. "Slow Sex Secrets — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
55. "The Toyota Leaders — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
56. "Walking Your Way to a Better Life — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
57. "5 Centimeters per Second — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
58. "NYAF: Vertical Adds "Sakuran," "5 Centimeters Per Second" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
59. "7 Billion Needles — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
60. "Vertical Adds Peepo Choo, Twin Spica, Needle, Chi's Sweet Home". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
61. "Andromeda Stories — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
62. "Ayako — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
63. "Apollo's Song — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
64. "Black Jack — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
65. "Vertical Licenses Blame!, Dissolving Classroom, Immortal Hounds Manga". Anime News Network. February 13, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
66. "The Book of Human Insects — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
67. "Buddha — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
68. "Dororo — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
69. "Vertical Adds Princess Knight, Drops of God Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
70. "The Flowers of Evil — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
71. "Vertical Licenses "Flowers of Evil"". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
72. "Vertical Adds Kyoko Okazaki's Pink, From the New World Manga". ANN. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
73. "GTO: 14 Days in Shonan — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
74. "Vertical Adds GTO Prequel, Sequel Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
75. "GTO: The Early Years — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
76. "The Guin Saga Manga — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
77. "Vertical Adds Tezuka's Twin Knight, Kyoko Okazaki's Helter Skelter Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
78. "Vertical Manga Licenses Osamu Tezuka's "Twin Knight" and Kyoko Okazaki's "Helter Skelter" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
79. "Heroman — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
80. "Knights of Sidonia — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
81. "Limit — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
82. "Lychee Light Club — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
83. "Message to Adolf — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
84. "Vertical Adds Gundam: The Origin, Wolfsmund Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
85. "Vertical To Release "Gundam: The Origin" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
86. "Vertical Adds Mysterious Girlfriend X, The Gods Lie, Devil's Line Manga". Anime News Network. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
87. "MW — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
88. "No Longer Human - Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
89. "Ode to Kirihito — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
90. "Paradise Kiss — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
91. "Peepo Choo — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
92. "Princess Knight — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
93. "Sakuran — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
94. "To Terra... — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
95. "Vertical Comics Adds Maybe's The Abandoned Sacred Beasts Manga". Anime News Network. August 28, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
96. "Twin Spica — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
97. "Vertical Adds Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora Mystery Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
98. "Vertical Licenses "Utsubora" Manga". Crunchyroll.com. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
99. "Velveteen & Mandala — Vertical, Inc.". Vertical, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
100. "Vertical Adds Jiro Matsumoto's Velveteen & Mandala Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-03-20.

External links

• Vertical Inc Homepage