Flex Comix

Flex Comix Inc.
Native name
フレックスコミックス株式会社
TypeJoint stock company
IndustryManga
FoundedNovember 1, 2006
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
OwnerBookLive [ja]
Websitehttps://flex-comix.jp/

Flex Comix Inc. (フレックスコミックス株式会社, Furekkusu Komikkusu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese company specializing in the sale of manga magazines and goods related to the anime and manga industry in Japan. Flex Comix is affiliated with Asian Groove and Soft Bank BB, forming the Movida Holdings joint-investment company. The company publishes two magazines: Comi Digi +, and Monthly Shōnen Blood, which has been suspended. Flex Comix also has four web manga magazine websites called: FlexComix Blood, FlexComix Flare, Comic Meteor and Comic Polaris.

History

The original Flex Comix was established on October 2, 2006, as part of the SoftBank Group's manga publishing business. It took over the print magazine Comi Digi + from Movida Entertainment and published it until 2008.

On January 16, 2007, Yahoo! Japan began offering manga from FlexComix Blood for free through its Yahoo! Comics service. The web magazine grew out of the website that accompanied the print magazine Monthly Shōnen Blood. Later in 2007, DC Comics invested in Flex Comix, and its manga imprint, CMX, licensed titles from the publisher for print release in the United States.

In 2012, Gaia Holdings acquired Flex Comix. That September, Gaia subsidiary G-Mode began moving series from FlexComix Blood and FlexComix Next to its online magazine Comic Meteor. Beginning in October, new chapters of the transferred series appeared exclusively in Comic Meteor. G-Mode also launched Comic Polaris in October 2012 as a free online manga magazine for girls.

BookLive acquired Flex Comix and Aplix IP Publishing on March 31, 2017. On July 1, Aplix IP Publishing absorbed the original Flex Comix and adopted its name.