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he company also has a manga publishing division in Japan (from Enix) called Gangan Comics. It publishes manga for the Japanese market only. It also publishes a popular Japanese manga anthology called Monthly Shonen Gangan. Titles published by Gangan Comics include Papuwa, Pani Poni, Spiral and Fullmetal Alchemist. Also contains manga adaptations of diverse Enix, and later Square Enix games, like Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts and Star Ocean. Some of these titles were also adapted into anime series.
Fullmetal Alchemist so far is the most successful offspring of Square-Enix's manga branch. The anime series obtained great popularity in Japan and even spawned a movie sequel. Both series and movie are licensed to many locations worldwide (in North America by Funimation). The same occurs with its manga series (licensed in North America by Viz Media).
Kingdom Hearts and Spiral were licensed in North America by Tokyopop.
Pani Poni Dash! anime series based on the Pani Poni manga was licensed in North America by ADV Films.
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