Dengeki G's Magazine
Dengeki G's Magazine is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games. The "G's" in the title stands for "Gals" and "Games". The magazine is known for hosting reader participation games whose outcome is directly influenced by the people who read the magazine; such games include Sister Princess, and Strawberry Panic!. Dengeki G's Magazine first went on sale on 26 December 1992 with the February 1993 issue under the title Dengeki PC Engine, which changed to the current title in 2002. A special edition spin-off version called Dengeki G's Festival! is published in irregular intervals and each issue focuses on a specific bishōjo game. Four other special edition versions under the Festival! name are Dengeki G's Festival! Comic, Dengeki G's Festival! Deluxe, Dengeki G's Festival! Anime, and Dengeki Festival! Heaven. Dengeki G's Magazine's sister magazine is Dengeki Girl's Style, which publishes information on otome games, targeted towards females.
Despite the self-describing "magazine" description, the publication has over 350 pages an issue. About half of the magazine pages are colored and contain information about games or anime; the remaining pages, placed at the end of the magazine, are serialized manga series. Unlike typical Japanese publications, pages are turned from right to left for the first half of the magazine, but this is switched to the traditional left to right configuration when reading the manga series. Dengeki G's Magazine celebrated its fifteenth year of publication in 2007 and its 200th release with the October 2007 issue.
History
Dengeki PC Engine
Due to an internal struggle in Kadokawa Shoten near the end of 1992, a group of people split off to create the company MediaWorks on October 15, 1992. The ex-editor of one of Kadokawa's gaming magazines called Marukatsu PC Engine was one of the former employees to go over to MediaWorks, and one of MediaWorks' first magazines published was Dengeki PC Engine with the February 1993 issue on December 26, 1992, based on Marukatsu PC Engine. The overall title PC Engine came from the Japanese name for the TurboGrafx-16 video game console first released by NEC in 1987, and the magazine was originally intended to be an information source for the console. However, after Interchannel produced a popular dating sim called Sotsugyō: Graduation — which drama CDs, light novels, original video animations, and manga were adapted from — MediaWorks changed the layout of Dengeki PC Engine to have more coverage on adaptations of games the magazine reported on.A reader-participation game called Megami Stadium had run in Marukatsu PC Engine between the May 1992 and January 1993 issues, so starting with the February 1993 issue of Dengeki PC Engine, MediaWorks created a revival of the game called Megami Paradise which ran in even-numbered issues up until the June 1996 issue. About a year after MediaWorks started Megami Paradise, Marukatsu PC Engine ceased publication on January 30, 1994. That same year in December, the first special edition version of Dengeki PC Engine called Dengeki PlayStation was published. The following year, Dengeki PlayStation broke off to become its own magazine. This was in response to the release of Sony's PlayStation video game console in December 1994.
Dengeki G's Engine to present
Due to the low popularity of NEC's video game console PC-FX, which was the successor to the PC Engine, MediaWorks decided to change the magazine's title from Dengeki PC Engine to Dengeki G's Engine, with the June 1996 issue on April 30, 1996, which is also when the magazine stopped being a specific magazine for information on games produced by NEC. Instead, the magazine would now contain information on all bishōjo games as the "G's" in the title stands for both "Gals" and "Games". With the August 1997 issue on June 30, 1997, the magazine's title again changed to Dengeki G's Magazine. The spelling of the title was slightly altered a final time with the May 2002 issue on March 30, 2002 to be Dengeki G's magazine.After running a string of reader-participation games between 1993 and 1998, Dengeki G's Magazine started Sister Princess in March 1999; this would prove to make the magazine very popular, and became a major focus of the magazine for several years. Nearly all the magazine's covers between 1999 and 2003 featured characters from Sister Princess. After overwhelming support for the project, the series was adapted into a two-series anime, and a string of video games; finally, the serialization of the game ending with the September 2003 issue. At the time, the second TV anime adaptation of another of Dengeki G's Magazine's reader-participation games, Happy Lesson, was just ending, but the series had proved popular. Seeing how popular their reader-participation games could get, MediaWorks continued to create reader-participation games, something the magazine is well known for today. After Sister Princess ended, the editorial department looked to another reader-participation game which started in the October 2002 issue called Futakoi, and the editors wanted to make this game Dengeki G's Magazines next main focus; the game lasted until October 2005.
On September 30, 2005, with the November 2005 issue, another magazine published by MediaWorks entitled Dengeki AniMaga was merged with Dengeki G's Magazine. This caused a massive influx of anime information, and manga and light novels to be serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine. Following this, G's Magazine started including more information on adult games starting with the November 2005 issue. Between the March 1999 and October 2005 issues, the cover of G's Magazine depicted a girl from one of the reader-participation games running at the time. This was changed from November 2005 onwards where now the cover would depict a heroine from a bishōjo game, which were generally adult games. Between the November 2005 and April 2006 issues, the cover of G's Magazine contained girls from To Heart 2 XRATED and FullAni, two games released by Leaf at the time. This style was similarly adopted for the issues between May 2006 and October 2006 with girls from Da Capo II, and again between for the issues between November 2006 and March 2007 with girls from Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na. This style of deciding on the cover art was dropped with the April 2007 issue. With the October 2007 issue, Dengeki G's Magazine celebrated its 200th consecutive release. Following the release of the May 2014 issue, most of the manga serialized in the magazine were transferred to Dengeki G's Comic.
Features
Series
;Manga| Title | Author | Illustrator | Issue run |
| 2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen | Deden | Shizuka Ogawa Shin Kyōgoku | January 2006 - March 2007 |
| Angel Beats! Heaven's Door | Jun Maeda | Yuriko Asami | May 2010 - May 2014 |
| Angel Beats! The 4-koma: Bokura no Sensen Kōshinkyoku | Jun Maeda | Haruka Komowata | December 2009 - November 2013 |
| Angel Beats! The 4-koma: Osora no Shinda Sekai kara | Jun Maeda | Haruka Komowata | December 2013 - January 2016 |
| Baby Princess | Sakurako Kimino | Yasuhiro Miyama | May 2011 - August 2013 |
| Baby Princess! 19-nin Shimai no Honobono Days | Sakurako Kimino | Sakura Ikeda | May 2010 - September 2010 |
| Clannad | Key | Shaa | August 2007 - July 2009 |
| Da Capo II: Imaginary Future | Circus | Tsukasa Uhana | March 2007 - May 2009 |
| Da Capo III | Circus | Nonoka Hinata | September 2012 - April 2014 |
| Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai | August | Akane Sasaki | May 2012 - May 2014 |
| Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko | Hitoma Iruma | Masato Yamane | October 2010 - September 2013 |
| Finalist | PrincessSoft | Shirō Nishiki | November 2005 - February 2006 |
| Fortune Arterial Character's Prelude | August | Akane Sasaki | September 2007 - April 2008 |
| Futakoi | Hina Futaba | Pururu Kinkakuji | November 2004 - October 2005 |
| Gakuen Kino | Keiichi Sigsawa | Dennō Ōwadan | December 2010 - June 2012 |
| Guilty Crown: Dancing Endlaves | Nitroplus | Ryōsuke Fukai | July 2012 - May 2014 |
| Hime Navi & Hime Navi Evolution | Satz | Raina | June 2008 - June 2010 |
| HoneComi The 4-koma | Hooksoft | Yuki Kiriga | April 2007 - March 2008 |
| Horako-san in the Middle of Nowhere | Minoru Kawakami | Karaun Hani | January 2012 - November 2012 |
| Idolising! | Sakaki Hirozawa | Shinnosuke Fujishima | November 2012 - May 2014 |
| Idolising Gaiden: Orin Rising! | Sakaki Hirozawa | Chiruwo Kazahana | January 2013 - May 2014 |
| Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate | Sprite | Tōko Kanno | February 2011 - April 2014 |
| Kud Wafter | Key | Bakutendō | May 2010 - February 2014 |
| Little Busters! End of Refrain | Key | Zen | November 2012 - May 2014 |
| Little Busters! EX The 4-koma | Key | Yūya Sasagiri | June 2010 - May 2014 |
| Little Busters! The 4-koma | Key | Yūya Sasagiri | March 2006 - March 2010 |
| Love Live! | Sakurako Kimino | Arumi Tokita | January 2012 - May 2014 |
| Marriage Royale | Navel | Koko Natsuki | April 2007 - January 2011 |
| My-Otome Saga: Ryū to Otome no Namida | Mizunari Sawajō | Seven Tachibana | April 2007 - September 2007 |
| Nanatsuiro Drops | UNiSONSHIFT | Yūki Takami | November 2006 - May 2008 |
| Ohime-sama Navigation | Satz | Yūki Takami | November 2008 - June 2010 |
| Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai | Tsukasa Fushimi | Sakura Ikeda | March 2009 - May 2011 |
| Ore no Kōhai ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai | Tsukasa Fushimi | Sakura Ikeda | July 2011 - May 2014 |
| Rewrite: Side-B | Key | Sakana Tōjō | October 2010 - May 2014 |
| Ro-Kyu-Bu! | Sagu Aoyama | Yūki Takami | October 2010 - May 2014 |
| Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo | Hajime Kamoshida | Hōki Kusano | April 2011 - May 2014 |
| Sword Art Online: Progressive | Reki Kawahara | Kiseki Himura | August 2013 - May 2014 |
| Strawberry Panic! | Sakurako Kimino | Namuchi Takumi | November 2005 - February 2007 |
| The Idolmaster 2: The World Is All One!! | Namco Bandai Games | Yūyū | April 2011 - May 2014 |
| ' | August | Mika Takeda | July 2004 - November 2004 |
| Ultra Kaijū Gijinka Keikaku | Bakutendō | July 2014 - ongoing | |
| Utawarerumono | Leaf | Arō Shimakusa | November 2005 - January 2007 |
| Vividred Operation | Team Vivid | Keito Koume | May 2013 - April 2014 |
| Vividred Operation The 4-koma Viviop | Team Vivid | Kotamaru | November 2012 - May 2014 |
| ' | Minori | Ataru Kajiba | July 2004 - November 2004 |
| Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na: Moonlight Cradle | August | Hoehoe Nōmiso | February 2009 - May 2009 |
;Light novels
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Issue run |
| _Summer## Official Illust Story | Mujin Kawanami | Makako Matsuhita Rakko | March 2006 - August 2006 |
| Dream Knocker | Mikage | Sana Wakuzuki | November 2005 - September 2006 |
| Futakoi Alternative G | Ryūnosuke Kingetsu | Ufotable | September 2005 - February 2006 |
| Myself ; Yourself | Takumi Nakazawa | Wadapen | May 2007 - January 2008 |
| Release the Spyce: Golden Genesis | March 2018 - ongoing |
Reader participation games
Dengeki G's Magazine often hosts reader participation games whose outcome is directly influenced by the people who read the magazine. The length of these games vary; some can go on for years, while others end in less than a year. How long a game lasts is decided on how popular the game is among the readers and how many readers participate. At least one game has been running in the magazine since the first issue except during the time between the December 1998 and February 1999 issues when Ojōsama Express ended and Sister Princess began, and again with the November 2005 issue between when Futakoi ended and 2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen began. Love Live! is the longest-running game, running since July 2010.| Title | Author | Illustrator | Issue run |
| Megami Paradise | Takeshi Kikuchi | Akihiro Yoshimi & Miyasumi | February 1993 - June 1996 |
| Walzer no Monshō | Shin Araki | Tamayo Kobayashi & Mami Sajima | February 1993 - January 1995 |
| Hyper Wars | Sadaaki Asu | Tsutomu Hasegawa | December 1993 - October 1994 |
| Route Lancer | Yuri Hayashida | Hanemaro Jūbaori | January 1994 - November 1994 |
| Seraphim Call | Not applicable | Aoi Nanase | April 1996 - August 1998 |
| Ojōsama Express | Jukki Hanada | Masahide Yanagisawa | December 1997 - November 1998 |
| Sister Princess | Sakurako Kimino | Naoto Tenhiro | March 1999 - September 2003 |
| Happy Lesson | Yoshiki Takano | Mutsumi Sasaki | April 1999 - September 2002 |
| Milky Season | Not applicable | Takuya Io | March 2000 - February 2001 |
| Merry Little Park! | Not applicable | Yū Hisakata | April 2001 - December 2001 |
| Futakoi | Hina Futaba | Mutsumi Sasaki | October 2002 - October 2005 |
| Sakurako Kimino | Pururu Kinkakuji | March 2003 - October 2003 | |
| Strawberry Panic! | Sakurako Kimino | Chitose Maki | November 2003 - September 2005 |
| Ultra Charming! | Maruhi Kano | Harui Ōsaki | December 2003 - August 2004 |
| 2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen | Deden | Shizuka Ogawa Shin Kyōgoku | December 2005 - December 2007 |
| Marriage Royale | Shingo Hifumi | Aoi Nishimata & Hiro Suzuhira | January 2006 - May 2011 |
| A.I. Love You! | Not applicable | Masato Takashina | February 2006 - November 2009 |
| Ohime-sama Navigation | Satz | Naru Nanao | February 2008 - May 2011 |
| Baby Princess | Sakurako Kimino | Natsuki Mibu | March 2008 - June 2012 |
| Love Live! | Sakurako Kimino | Yūhei Murota | July 2010 - ongoing |
Special editions
;Dengeki PlayStation;Dengeki G's Paradise
;Dengeki G's Festival!
;Dengeki G's Festival! Comic
;Dengeki G's Festival! Deluxe
;Dengeki G's Festival! Anime
;Dengeki Festival! Heaven