About Us
SILENT MANGA AUDITION® promotion movie
The SILENT MANGA AUDITION® is organized by Coamix Inc. and held by North Star Pictures Inc.
Company profile (Coamix; North Stars Pictures)
| Established | 2000/6/14 |
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| Representative | Nobuhiko Horie – CEO and representative Director 1979 – Joined ‘Shueisha’ 1993 – ‘Weekly Shonen Jump’, editor-in-chief 1996 – ‘Men’s Non-No’, editor-in-chief 1997 – ‘BART’, editor-in-chief 2000 – Resigned from ‘Shueisha’ |
| Business description | Manga magazine editing, animation production, character property affairs,copyright business, online sales, etc. |
| Contacts | TEL: 0422-24-6789 (Representative) FAX: 0422-24-6785 |
| Executive informations | President and representative director Nobuhiko Horie |
| President and representative director | Nobuhiko Horie |
| Board members |
Tsukasa Hojo Tetsuo Hara Ryuji Tsugihara Shuichi Mochida Naoki Miya Masataka Suzuki |
| Corporate auditor | Miyazawa Tetsuho |
Company website(English)
HISTORY OF THE SILENT MANGA AUDITION®
| 2012/OCT | – The original, Japanese only event SILENT MANGA AUDITION® debuts in ‘Monthly Comic Zenon’. |
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| 2012/JULY | – First international SILENT MANGA AUDITION® (SMA1) is announced, with the theme “Love
Letter”. – Official SMAC! (Silent Manga Audition Community!) Facebook page is established. |
| 2013/JUNE | – SMA1 results announced. |
| 2013/SEP | – SMA2 “The Finest Smile” announced. |
| 2014/FEB | – First SMA compilation book published. https://goo.gl/Pjn4gm |
| 2014/MAR | – Official Youtube SMAC! Channel established. |
| 2014/JUNE | – SMA2 results announced. |
| 2014/JULY | – Official SMAC! Twitter account established. |
| 2014/SEP | – SMA3 “Mother” announced. |
| 2014/DEC | – SMAC! Editorial Team department established. |
| 2015/JAN | – The SMA Master Class 2015 Certification Ceremony, awarding 11 creators.
– Second SMA compilation book published. https://goo.gl/E5bFyk |
| 2015/APR | – SMA4 “A Charming Gift” announced. |
| 2015/JUNE | – SMA3 results announced. |
| 2015/OCT | – SMA5 “Friendship & Communication Tool” announced. |
| 2015/DEC | – SMA4 results announced. – The first SMA Extra Round (SMA-EX1) is announced, in collaboration with the “Fukushima Sakura Mori Project” |
| 2016/FEB | – The SMA Master Class 2016 Certification Ceremony, awarding 14 creators. |
| 2016/APR | – SMA-EX1 results announced. – SMA6 “Childhood” announced. |
| 2016/JUNE | – SMA5 results announced. |
| 2016/OCT | – SMA7 “Unforgettable Taste” announced. |
| 2016/NOV | – SMA-EX2 announced, in collaboration with “Kumamoto Prefecture”. |
| 2016/DEC | – SMA6 results announced. |
| 2017/JAN | – The SMA Master Class 2017 Certification Ceremony, awarding 10 creators. |
| 2017/ APR | – SMA8 “Fair Play” announced. – SMA-EX2 results announced. |
| 2017/JULY | – SMA7 results announced. |
| 2017/OCT | – SMA9 “Fairness/Respect/Teamwork” announced. |
| 2017/DEC | – SMA8 results announced. |
| 2018/FEB | – SMA-EX3 announced, in collaboration with “Kumamoto Prefecture”. |
| 2018/MAR | – First SILENT MANGA AUDITION® CHINA announced. |
| 2018/APR | – SMA10 “Friendship/Effort/Victory” announced. |
| 2018/JULY | – SMA9 results announced. |
| 2018/SEP | – KUMAMOTO INTERNATIONAL MANGA CAMP 2018 held. – The SMA Master Class 2018 Certification Ceremony, awarding 12 creators. |
| 2018/OCT | – SMA11, “Promise” announced. |
