Kurumada had most of his works published by Shueisha, in the prestigious Shūkan Shōnen Jump manga magazine. He began publishing his works with Kadokawa Shoten, in their magazine Gekkan Shōnen Ace. In 1995 he resumed his relations with Shueisha and began publishing with them again, and his latest works and the current ones have been published by that company to date, excluding "Saint Seiya Lost Canvas", published by Akita Shoten in the Weekly Shōnen Champion manga magazine, "Saint Seiya Next Dimension", published in the Shōnen Ace manga magazine and "Raimei-ni Kike", published by Akita Shoten in the Champion Red manga magazine.