Zoom!

Zoom! Inc. (株式会社ズーム! Kabushiki gaisha Zūmu!) is a Japanese company headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. A more recent company having been established in 2001, they specialize in the publication of manga, light novels, and related works. They are best known for their publication of manga magazines, notably their Zoom! Comics and Zoom! Shonen Works books.
== Magazines ==
=== Zoom! Comics ===
The company's seinen magazine, released in 2001, and their first officially published magazine. The magazine publishes on a monthly basis.
* Undertaking (2012-present): A dark fantasy story set in Victorian England and following the misadventures of a teenage assassin and his Frankenstein's monster partner as they are hired to kill a number of targets, all of whom end up buried in the cemetary which is owned by the boy's family.
* Nobody (2017-???): Set in a post apocalyptic world that has been overrun by devils, a genius tinkerer named Sayako has set out on a quest to find the mythical Paradise, a supposed land where the devils can't reach. Along the way, she is accompanied by a mysterious man in a suit of armor who seems to have dedicated his life to killing devils.
* The Talented Fujimaki's 12-Step Revenge Plan (2008-???): Following a childhood which was full of bullying and harrassment, during which he was considered subhuman, Hideyoshi Fujimaki begins attending the same college as his tormentors. Now a handsome and genius young man, Fujimaki comes up with a 12-step plan to slowly make the lives of his former bullies worse.
* Tainted Blade (2012-present): Takuya Ishiwatari was a samurai who worked for the Shogun as when he learns that the Shogun has made a deal with yokai for immortality and reign over his section of Japan, he gets nearly killed and loses his arm, going on a quest of vengeance, planning to kill the Shogun and every yokai he made a deal with.
* Cop × Killer (2012-???): Akane Ogawa is a police officer with a serious and no-nonsense attitude to the law and justice, having dreamed of fighting criminals since a young age. On the other hand, Mina Akai is a vigilante serial killer who was arrested for the murder of up to 50 people. The two do not get along, but when they are forced to team up as part of a highly experimental program, they have no choice but to set their differences aside in order to capture and bring the evil of the world to justice.
* Athelstan (2012-???): Athelstan is widely regarded as the first true king of England, with the homonymous manga following the dramatized adventures of the man as he goes from an overly sheltered boy to the man history remembers him as. Along the way, Athelstan also manages his budding friendship with the half-Scandinavian prince of Dublin, Olaf Guthfrithson, who would one day become Athelstan's greatest enemy.
* Hakuman (2006-???): The coming of age story of the teenage Kenzo Amamiya, who comes from a neglectful family. Kenzo is convinced he will go his life as a nobody, up until he suddenly vomits out an entire girl. The strangely calm girl, Emiko, reveals that a transdimensional portal has opened up in Kenzo's throat and that he will eventually vomit out ten incredible things but that the last one will end the world.
* Bastion (2001-???): Set in a fantasy world populated by mythical creatures, an elven man named Garth, who is notable in the world for both wielding the first guns of his world and being one of the last Bastions, a group of monster hunters. Due to mysterious traumas, Garth has refused to ever be vulnerable again. The series follows Garth confronting these traumas while also battling a number of men, beasts, and even gods.
*Arcadia Sagas (2001-???): Set in the fictional land of Arcadia, the series follows the exploits of a number of Arcadian residents, all of whom have their own goals and interests in mind. From a mad king, to a traveling group of mercenaries, to a teenager who is the last of his kind, Arcadia Sagas shows the incredible rise of the Arcadian Empire up until the day that it fell.
*Plague (2003-???): Set in a medieval world known as Yeken, a mysterious plague had spread all over Yeken turning normal people into mad and grotesque beasts as a doctor who is seemingly immune to it, Werner Armstrong, decides to investigate, soon having to kill these beasts to find research for this plague.
===Zoom! Shonen Works ===
The company's shonen magazine publisher, released in 2001 at the same time as Zoom! Shojo Works. The magazine publishes on a weekly basis.
*The Unkillable Mr. Sakai (2010-???): 17-year-old Hideki Sakai has grown bored with his existence and confesses this to an old man in the park, who responds by handing him a magical blade. Now constantly being followed by the blade's spirit, a girl named Kenko, Sakai has pulled himself into a world he was completely unprepared for.
*Saga of Monkey (2012-present): Set in an apocalyptic world that was doomed by the mysterious Echo Corporation, a young teenager with body parts of a monkey, calling himself Monkey, befriends a young girl named Syrup as they make it their goal to take down the warlords of the wasteland while Saru begins to gain more and more strength and powers.
*In The Apocalypse With A Scarf (2012-2022): In a post-apocalyptic world, a teenage scavenger named Kallen stumbles upon a broken facility, in which she discovers a superpowered shapeshifting scarf. Initially wanting to use it to improve her own life, she becomes the target of a war wherein the many factions and raiders of the apocalypse are after the scarf for themselves.
*Maximum Break (2006-???): Daichi Aizawa is a teenage boy who is known for being very emotionally closed off from others. Following the death of his father, which he is surprisingly emotionless about, his estranged uncle comes to town and discovers that Daichi is a prodigy at the game snooker. Hoping that the game will help Daichi open up, his uncle begins signing him up to various snooker games, during which Daichi faces a number of odd characters and other prodigies.
*Crossdressing Angel Satsuki (2015-???): A comedy about a boy named Satsuki Amakawa, who is often mocked for his feminine name and is sensitive about his own masculinity. This is not helped when, due to an accident, he is picked to be a magical "girl" instead of his sister. Constantly embarrassed but willing to help, Satsuki now dedicates his life to fighting the forces of evil.
* The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2009-???): Set in a fantasy world where a number of people train and long to be sorcerers, a boy named Gideon Willengard seeks out and becomes the apprentice of a powerful but reclusive sorcerer named Einguts. Under her tutelage, Gideon trains in the various forms of magic in hopes of surpassing and one day becoming the Sorcerer King, leader of the magical world, although he faces many obstacles along the way, ranging from rival sorcerers to devils.
*6,000 Demons, Sushi & Rice (2001-???): Ryoma is a philosophical traveling swordsman of the Edo period who doubles as a chef and is known as the greatest chef in the land. However, while searching for new potential recipes, Ryoma comes across and accidentally opens a cooking pot containing 6,000 demons. Ashamed of himself, Ryoma swears to trap or kill all of the demons he has set free while also teaching his incredible cooking techniques to the people of Japan.
===Zoom! Shojo Works ===
The company's shojo magazine publisher, released in 2001 at the same time as Zoom! Shonen Works. The magazine publishes on a weekly basis.
*Silence Girl (2012-???): A comedy about a teenage, anime obsessed girl called Seike who believes that things work like they do in anime. Having just started secondary school, she expects her life to become a romance of sorts, but is paralyzed by her crippling fear of the opposite sex.
*The Conqueror's Bride (2006-???): Set in a fantasy world inspired by Medieval Europe, Claudette is a servant girl and a former friend of the now infamous conqueror, Ulrich the Red. Upon conquering his home country, Ulrich demands a bride as part of his treaty and claims Claudette as such, plunging her into a world unfamiliar to her, which is full of politics, betrayal, and war.
*Scarlet Wonderland (2016-???): A girl who is feared for mysterious reasons named Rin Yajima is visited by a strange alien creature named Kyubi which grants her the ability to manifest the inner thoughts of a person into a monster. Using her new abilities, Rin begins attempting to reconnect with people via literally battling their inner demons.
* Princes! Princes! (2001-???): The countries of Ambacia and Carcos have been warring for many years, which has all but crippled both of their lands. In order to settle this, the king of Ambacia instructs his son, Prince Liowin, to marry one of the children of the king of Carcos. However, due to all of the daughters either already being betrothed or being too young, Liowin has no choice but to marry another prince, named Landerhardt. The polar opposites now must attempt to grow accustom to each other's cultures and get along for the sake of their nations.
* Tooth-Chan (2012-???): A horror romance series focusing on the reclusive Asami Shoda, a woman born with a condition that causes her to grow teeth out of her skin. Her social life crippled, Asami swears to never go out again, but is forced into doing so when her online friend, a man she only knows as "Yoma", reveals he wants to meet her in real life. Terrified but lonely, Asami must now either overcome her crippling despair or live the rest of her life a friendless shut-in.
*Emiko On Beat! (2002-???): Emiko Watanabe is a nerdy yet spunky college student who is a part of a band known as Kappa Sunrise as she learns she has powers tied to music, as soon she has to deal with both her college life and also monstrous creatures that thrive on negative emotions and desires known as Negates.
*Venturing To a Dungeon to Find a Monster Wife (2015-present): The cowardly prince of the kingdom of Arolus, Felix, gets told by his father that he needs to marry a strong and powerful woman. Figuring this means he should marry a monster woman, Felix decides to venture to a dungeon to find a monster girl to marry.
===Monthly Shonen Works===
A shonen magazine released on a monthly basis which began publishing in 2008. The manga of this magazine tend to have longer chapters than its weekly counterpart.
*Mordred the Evil (2015-???): A manga which reimagines Arthurian legend from the perspective of Arthur's traitorous son, Mordred. A product of unwitting incest, Mordred grew up a peasant boy before learning of his true heritage. Having grown up under the boot of feudalism, Mordred swears that he will liberate the people from this unjust system, even if it means that he'll have to burn down Camelot to do it.
* Thoughts Above, Head Below (2008-???): Emil Guildenstern and Astrid Rosencrantz are the characters of Shakespeare's famous play, Hamlet. Having died at the hands of King Claudius, the two awake in the modern world. With no knowledge of modern customs or how the world works, the two must now adapt to the times, meeting various famous characters from Shakespeare's plays along the way.
===Zoom! Bessatsu Works===
A shonen magazine that began publishing in 2006. Manga released in the magazine are spin-offs to stories from Monthly Shonen Works and Zoom! Shonen Works.