MAKIchan Graphics

File Format
Name	MAKIchan Graphics
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics MAKIchan Graphics
Extension(s)	.mag, .max, .mki

MAKIchan Graphics (MAG; also spelled Maki-chan) is a raster graphics format that was used mainly in Japan. It may be associated with MSX computers. It's been accused of having an overly complex compression scheme.

It is also spelled MAGIchan, but that is presumably a typo.

Identification

MAKIchan Graphics files apparently begin with the ASCII signature "MAKI02" (.MAG, .MAX), or "MAKI01" (.MKI).

Specifications

• Maki-chan Graphics
• MAG format specification (Japanese)

Software

• XnView

Sample files

• https://code.google.com/p/xee/issues/detail?id=309 → MAG-MAX_samples.zip, MoreMAGfiles.zip
• http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/graphics/mag/ (adult-oriented images)
• http://www.ateliermw.com/cglib/ewakalst0001.html (adult-oriented; NSFW thumbnails)

Links

• Forum discussion
• Maki-chan discussion, links, samples