Brief History
Super Fantasy Bunko (スーパーファンタジー文庫, Sūpā Fantajī Bunko?) was a Shuiesha publishing imprint from March 1991 until April 2001 which published fantasy light novels. Reflecting the height of the age of role-playing video games, from the very beginning their core lineup was original works set in sword and sorcery fantasy worlds. From midway to the later period of the imprint, they began publishing Japanese-style fantasies, science fiction, and mysteries. For a few titles such as Spirit Warrior and Princess Minerva, Super Fantasy novelized manga, anime, and computer games.
In contrast to their core fantasy label, they established Super Dash Bunko in July 2000 to publish school life and slapstick comedy light novel series. However, in April 2001, the Super Fantasy label was absorbed into the Super Dash label due to difficulties keeping both labels separate. Original series such as Psychedelic Rescue (サイケデリック・レスキュー, Saikederikku Reskyū?) and its sequel D/d Rescue (D/dレスキュー?), both by Riki Ichijō, continued under the new combined label.
Since 2001, they have administered the Super Dash Novel Rookie of the Year Award, awarded to the best new light novel of the year. In 2007, Super Dash established the imprint Elite Novels (菁英文庫) in cooperation with Chingwin Publishing Group in Taiwan in order to facilitate publication of their works in Taiwan.
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