Tech Gian

Tech Gian (テックジャイアン) was a Japanese magazine dedicated to adult computer games (bishoujo games and related software), first published on 21 September 1996 by the publisher Enterbrain. It became one of the best-known periodicals covering the Japanese adult game scene, offering news, reviews, previews, developer interviews and demo discs for PC titles. The magazine was published under the Enterbrain brand, which itself was one of the publishing houses that were absorbed into KADOKAWA on 1 October 2013 when nine subsidiaries were merged to form the new KADOKAWA. After that consolidation, the products and services of Enterbrain and the other absorbed brands continued to be presented through the KADOKAWA official site rather than through separate brand pages. Tech Gian continued to appear for several more years but ultimately ceased publication in 2021, ending a run of roughly a quarter of a century. As a magazine brand it is distinct from the many game titles it covered; its identity is tied to its publisher lineage (Enterbrain, then KADOKAWA) and to its role as a long-running chronicle of Japan's adult game industry.

Tech Gian was launched on 21 September 1996 by Enterbrain, a Japanese publisher known for game-related media. The magazine focused on adult computer games, a large and commercially significant segment of the Japanese PC software market, and it built a reputation as a regular source of news, reviews, previews and demo discs for that audience. It was published under the Enterbrain brand for many years. On 1 October 2013, Enterbrain was one of nine subsidiaries absorbed into KADOKAWA, creating what the company described as the new KADOKAWA. Following that merger, the products and services of Enterbrain and the other absorbed brands were no longer presented through separate brand pages but through the KADOKAWA official site. Tech Gian nevertheless continued to be published for several more years. It finally ceased publication in 2021, bringing its run to an end after roughly 25 years. The magazine's history is therefore closely tied to the corporate history of Enterbrain and KADOKAWA, and to the evolution of Japan's adult game industry, which it documented across its long print life.

• 2021

  Tech Gian ceases publication.

• 2013

  On 1 October 2013, Enterbrain is absorbed into KADOKAWA along with eight other subsidiaries.

• 1996

  Tech Gian is first published on 21 September 1996 by Enterbrain.

A specialist Japanese magazine brand for the adult computer game market, published under Enterbrain and later KADOKAWA.

• Tech Gian magazine issues

  Regular issues covering adult computer games, including news, reviews and demo discs.

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