Sharp Point Press

Sharp Point Press
Type	Private
Industry	publication
Genre	manga, music, military
Founded	July 1982
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

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.

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