Yen Press
Lagardère SCA | |
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legal form | |
ISIN | FR0000130213 |
founding | 2006 |
Seat | Paris , France |
management | Arnaud Lagardère |
Number of employees | 23,179 (2013) |
sales | 7.216 billion euros (2013) |
Branch | Publishing and media, sports rights |
Website | [1] |
Yen Press LLC is an American publisher for manga and graphic novels , which is jointly owned by the Kadokawa Corporation and the Hachette Book Group . In addition to the regular series by Yen Press, there is also Yen Plus , a monthly manga anthology . The publisher sells a wide range of Japanese manga, Korean manhwa and other international comics . In addition to the translated materials, Yen Press also publishes an American series, including a manga adaptation of James Patterson's Maximum Ride and Svetlana Chmakova's Nightschool .
history
Yen Press was founded in 2006 by Kurt Hassler (formerly Borders Group ) and Rich Johnson (DC Comics VP, left the company in 2008). In July 2007, it was announced that Yen Press would host ICEkunion , a Korean publisher that had previously published Manhwa in the US. Kurt Hassler assured that the publisher would continue to sell all ICEkunion titles.
Further statements said that Yen Press would publish 30–40 volumes in 2008 alone. At the same time the publication of the series Nightschool was announced, which is designed by the Canadian artist Svetlana Chmakova.
At New York Comic Con 2008, Yen Press announced that the titles Soul Eater , Nabari no Ou , Sumomomo Momomo , Bamboo Blade and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni would be published in the monthly anthology Yen Plus. The first issue was published on July 29, 2008.
In 2009, Yen Press acquired the rights to Yotsuba &! and Azumanga Daioh from their former licensing company AD Vision .
In 2016, Yen Press was transformed into a joint venture between the Hachette Book Group and the major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corporation, with Kadokawa holding 51% of the shares.
title
Original series
- Beautiful Creatures , Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl; Cassandra Jean
- The Clique , Lisi Harrison; Yishan Li
- Daniel X James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge; Seung Hui Kye
- The Dark-Hunters: Infinity , story by Sherrilyn Kenyon, art by JiYoung Ahn
- Gossip Girl ; Hye Kyung Baek, based on the idea of Cecily von Ziegesar
- The Infernal Devices , story by Cassandra Clare, art by HyeKyung Baek
- Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story , based on a conversation with a vampire by Anne Rice; Ashley Marie Witter
- Maximum Ride , James Patterson ; Well Rae Lee
- Night school , Svetlana Chmakova
- Soulless , Gail Carriger; Rem
- Twilight: The Graphic Novel ; Stephenie Meyer ; Young Kim
- The World of Quest , Jason T. Kruse
Manga
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† - Rights for prints are owned by Viz Media . Yen Press only holds the rights for digital distribution ( Square Enix ).
Manhwa
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Manhua
- An Ideal World , Weidong Chen; Chao Peng
- Step , Yanshu Yu
- The History of The West Wing , Sun Jiayu; Guo Guo
- Wild Animals , Song Yang
Light novels
Another division is light novels :
European title
- Dystopia , Judith Park (Germany)
- Toxic Planet , David Ratte (France)
- Y Square , Judith Park (Germany)
- Y Square Plus , Judith Park (Germany)
- Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears , Émile Bravo (France)
Web links
- Company website : yenpress.com
- PW article detailing absorption of ICEKunion
- YS interview with Hassler on expansion into yaoi
- animesnewsnetwork.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ "We plan to pick up all the existing [ICEkunion] titles ... We're going to continue everything, so fans shouldn't worry. None of these series are going to fall into a void. " Yen Press Hires Lee, Adds ICE Kunion List . Publishers Weekly 7/24/2007.
- ↑ Mikhail Koulikov: New York Comic Con Yen Press . Anime News Network . February 7, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
- ↑ Yen Press: YOTSUBA &! by Kiyohiko Azuma . Yen Press. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
- ↑ Yen Press to reissue Azumanga Daioh manga . Anime News Network . April 1, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
- ↑ Laura: Exciting news about the future of Yen Press! . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ↑ ComiXology Digital Platform Adds Yen Press Manga