Sharp Point Press

Taiwanese publishing company

Sharp Point Press

Company type| Private
Industry| publication
Genre| manga, music, military
Founded| July 1982; 43 years ago (1982-07)
Founder| Sing Wang
Headquarters| Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan

Key people

| Sing Wang (Chairman)
Revenue| 元102 million
Parent| Cite Publishing Ltd
Website| http://www.spp.com.tw/

Sharp Point Press (Chinese: 尖端出版) is a Taiwanese publisher of manga and music. It was founded in July 1982.

## History

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* 1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books.
* 1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handbook.
* 1987 - Created Taiwan's first magazine on TV Games in July, started another TV Game magazine, TV Game Report in October.
* 1990 - Started the Anime, manga, model information magazine, Magic Zone. Also officially started manga publication.
* End of 1990 - Company is listed on the sharemarkets.
* 1991 - Obtained Japanese manga license for Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura
* 1992 - Published idol photo albums of Hong Kong singers/movie stars like Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok.
* 1993 - Started other TV games magazine like VV Kids, Game Paradise, and Seinen manga magazine Tempo.
* 1994 - Started publishing a fashion living fortune telling magazine My Birthday.
* 1996 - Imported the trading card game Magic: The Gathering.
* 2001 - TOM Group brought Sharp Point Press
* July 25, 2003 - Due to Da Ran Culture Ltd.'s bankruptcy, Sharp Point Press obtained publishing rights to Ribon's Mon Mon, which became Taiwan's best selling magazine.
* August 12, 2007 - Sharp Point Press obtained license for Shogakukan's Ciao.

## See also

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* Category:Sharp Point Press titles

## External links

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* Sharp Point Press at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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