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Editora JBC (also known as "JBC") is a company that publishes books (including manga) and magazines related to JapaninBrazil. It has its headquarters in São Paulo.
This company was established in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992 to publish Portuguese newspapers for Brazilians who live in Japan. And it came to publish books and magazines related to Japan also in Brazil. Now this publisher is also known as a manga publisher in Brazil. Since 2006, the company supports the World Cosplay Summit (WCS), an annual international cosplay event, and hosts the preliminary rounds in Brazil.[citation needed]
JBC is more well known in Brazil than in Japan, although it is a Japanese company.[citation needed]
The meaning of the name JBC of the company is Japan Brazil Communication.
The formal name of the company is JB Communication ("JBC出版社" in Japan), the name of the branch office in Brazil is JB Communication do Brasil Ltda. In the publication, being described only as JBC is usual.
And JBC publishes manga and books related to Japan only in Brazil.
This company entered the publication of manga in 2001 with Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin). JBC is generally known as a publisher of manga and the second biggest manga publisher in Brazil now. The manga of these Portuguese editions is sold only in Brazil.
The catchphrase is『Mangá é a nossa língua!』(Manga is our language!).
| Released month | Title | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Rurouni Kenshin ("Samurai X", in Brazil) |
Nobuhiro Watsuki | Finished | 56 (half-tanko) | Finished | 28 |
| May | Cardcaptor Sakura ("Sakura Card Captors", in Brazil) |
CLAMP | Finished | 24 (half-tanko) | Finished | 12 |
| June | Video Girl Ai | Masakazu Katsura | Finished | 30 (half-tanko) | Finished | 15 |
| July | Magic Knight Rayearth ("Guerreiras Mágicas de Rayearth", in Brazil) |
CLAMP | Finished | 12 (half-tanko) | Finished | 6 |
| Released month | Title | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Love Hina | Ken Akamatsu | Finished | 28 (half-tanko) | Finished | 14 |
| August | InuYasha ("Inu-Yasha", in Brazil) |
Rumiko Takahashi | Finished | 112 (half-tanko) | Finished | 56 |
| September | Princess Knight ("A Princesa e o Cavaleiro", in Brazil) |
Osamu Tezuka | Finished | 8 (half-tanko) | Finished | 4 |
| November | Yu Yu Hakusho | Yoshihiro Togashi | Finished | 38 (half-tanko) | Finished | 19 |
| -- | Star Wars | Hisao Tamaki ("Uma Nova Esperança") Toshiki Kudo ("O Império Contra-Ataca") Shin-Ichi Hiromoto ("O Retorno de Jedi") Kia Asamiya ("A Ameaça Fantasma") Adam Warren (Cover art, except "A Ameaça Fantasma") |
Finished | 14 (half-tanko) | Finished | 7 |
| Released month | Title | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Battle Angel Alita ("Gunnm", in Brazil and the Japanese versions) |
Yukito Kishiro | Finished | 18 (half-tanko) | Finished | 9 |
| July | Shaman King | Hiroyuki Takei | Finished | 64 (half-tanko) | Finished | 32 |
| August | Chobits | CLAMP | Finished | 16 (half-tanko) | Finished | 8 |
| November | Love Junkies *R18 | Kyo Hatsuki | Finished | 52 (half-tanko) | Finished | 26 |
| December | X | CLAMP | Reached | 18 | Hiatus | 18 |
| Released month | Title | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | Cowboy Bebop | Yutaka Nanten | Finished | 6 (half-tanko) | Finished | 3 |
| July | Yahiko's Reversed-Edge Sword ("Samurai X - A Sabakatou de Yahiko", in Brazil) |
Nobuhiro Watsuki | Finished | 1 | Finished | 1 |
| August | Bastard!! *R18 | Kazushi Hagiwara | Reached | 27 | Hiatus | 27 |
| November | Rurouni Kenshin - Kenshin Kaden ("Samurai X - Kenshin Kaden", in Brazil) |
Nobuhiro Watsuki | Finished | 1 | Finished | 1 |
| Released month | Title | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | Fruits Basket | Natsuki Takaya | Finished | 23 | Finished | 23 |
| March | B't X | Masami Kurumada | Finished | 16 | Finished | 16 |
| June | Please Teacher! ("Onegai Teacher", in Brazil and the Japanese versions) |
Shizuru Hayashiya (Story & Art) Please! Studios (Story) |
Finished | 2 | Finished | 2 |
| June | Tokyo Babylon | CLAMP | Finished | 7 | Finished | 7 |
| August | Mouse | Satoru Akahori (Story) Hiroshi Itaba (Art) |
Finished | 14 | Finished | 14 |
| October | Angelic Layer | CLAMP | Finished | 5 | Finished | 5 |
| Released month | Obra | Author | Brazil | Volumes | Original Country | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Negima! ("Negima! - Magister Negi Magi", in Brazil) |
Ken Akamatsu | Finished | 76 (half-tanko) | Finished | 38 |
| March | ×××HOLiC | CLAMP | Finished | 38 (half-tanko) | Finished | 19 |
| April | Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE | CLAMP | Finished | 56 (half-tanko) | Finished | 28 |
| July | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Kazuki Takahashi | Finished | 38 | Finished | 38 |
| August | El-Hazard | Hidetomo Tsubura | Finished | 6 (half-tanko) | Finished | 3 |
| August | .hack//Legend of the Twilight (".Hack//A Lenda do Bracelete do Crepúsculo", in Brazil) |
Rei Idumi (Art) Tatsuya Hamazaki (Story) |
Finished | 7 (half-tanko) | Finished | 3 |
| October | Rurouni Kenshin (Novel) ("Samurai X - Crônicas de um Samurai na Era Meiji", in Brazil) |
Nobuhiro Watsuki | Finished | 2 | Finished | 2 (Novel) |
