ASCII Media Works is a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group which formed on April 1, 2008 as a result of a merger between ASCII (formed 1977) and MediaWorks (formed 1992) where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the president of ASCII Media Works. The company specializes in publishing of books, entertainment and computer magazines, manga, and video games.

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