AlphaPolis
{{Short description|Japanese publishing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = AlphaPolis Co. Ltd.
| native_name = 株式会社アルファポリス
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki Gaisha Arufaporisu
| logo = AlphaPolis Logo.png
| image = Yebisu Garden Place Tower 2012.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{TYO|9467}}
| industry = Publishing
| founded = {{start date and age|2000|08|25}}
| hq_location = Ebisu
| hq_location_city = Shibuya, Tokyo{{cite web|url=https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/9467/yuho_pdf/S100OBTL/00.pdf|title=Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report}}
| hq_location_country = Japan
| operating_income = {{yen|2.20 billion}}{{cite web|url=https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/9467/yuho_pdf/S100OBTL/00.pdf|title=Alphapolis Inc. 22nd Term (April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022) Annual Securities Report}}
| net_income = {{yen|1.39 billion}}
| net_income_year = 2022
| website = {{URL|https://alphapolis.co.jp/}}
}}
{{nihongo|AlphaPolis Co. Ltd.|株式会社アルファポリス|Kabushiki Gaisha Arufaporisu|lead=yes}} is a Japanese publishing company located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/alphapolis/?sh=5ab80d0611a1|title= AlphaPolis Company Overview and News|author=|website=Forbes|accessdate=February 28, 2023}}
AlphaPolis is a publisher of light novels and manga,{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2262242/|title="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 |date=28 December 2022 |language=ja |trans-title="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 |access-date=March 2, 2023}} particularly for online readers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/article/?DisplayType=1&ng=DGXZASFL04HC7_U2A100C2000000&scode=9467&ba=1|title=＜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 |language=ja |access-date=March 2, 2023}} 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.{{Cite web|title=『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|url=https://ln-news.com/articles/111374 |language=ja |trans-title=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. |access-date=August 14, 2021|website=ラノベニュースオンライン}} 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.
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,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-10/japanese-comic-ranking-may-1-7/.115931|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, May 1–7|access-date=March 1, 2023}} 12,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-27/japanese-comic-ranking-december-18-24/.125809|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 18–24|access-date=March 1, 2023}} 13,{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-04/japanese-comic-ranking-june-25-july-1/.133802|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, June 25-July 1|access-date=March 1, 2023}} and 14{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-26/japanese-comic-ranking-december-17-23/.141343|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, December 17–23|access-date=March 1, 2023}}) 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.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/tsukimichi|title=月が導く異世界道中}} 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, 5{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-03/japanese-comic-ranking-september-24-30/.137655|title=Japanese Comic Ranking, September 24–30|access-date=March 1, 2023}}) on the Oricon bestseller list. An anime adaptation was announced in February 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-10/a-playthrough-of-a-certain-dude-vrmmo-life-novels-get-tv-anime/.194727|title=A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life Novels Get TV Anime|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|access-date=March 3, 2023}}
The Technoroid anime received a manga adaptation via AlphaPolis beginning in January 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-29/technoroid-overmind-anime-unveils-more-cast-manga-rescheduled-january-debut/.191350|title=Technoroid Overmind Anime Unveils More Cast, Manga, Rescheduled January Debut|last=Loo|first=Egan|website=Anime News Network|date=October 29, 2022|access-date=October 29, 2022}}
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/?scode=9467|title=AlphaPolis}} and has been since October 2014.
AlphaPolis released the Alpha Manga app in August, 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-08/alphapolis-launches-alpha-manga-app-for-smartphones/.174935|title=AlphaPolis Launches Alpha Manga App for Smartphones|last=Mateo|first=Alex|accessdate=March 1, 2023}} to read AlphaPolis manga on iPhone and Android phones. Several of the AlphaManga titles were subsequently made available through Crunchyroll.{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/23/gate-tsukimichi-and-more-alpha-manga-series-now-on-crunchyroll|title=Gate, Tsukimichi and More Alpha Manga Series Now on Crunchyroll|author=|accessdate=March 1, 2023}}
List of works
= 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)