Yen Press

Yen Press LLC ist ein amerikanischer Verlag für Manga und Graphic Novels, welcher der Kadokawa Corporation und der Hachette Book Group gemeinsam gehört. Neben den regelmäßigen Serien von Yen Press erscheint noch Yen Plus, eine monatliche Manga-Anthologie. Der Verlag vertreibt eine breite Palette an japanischen Manga, koreanischen Manhwa und anderen internationalen Comics. Neben den übersetzten Materialien veröffentlicht Yen Press auch eine amerikanische Reihe, unter anderem eine Manga-Adaption von James Pattersons Maximum Ride und Svetlana Chmakovas Nightschool.

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ISIN	FR0000130213
Gründung	2006
Sitz	Paris, Frankreich
Leitung	Arnaud Lagardère
Mitarbeiterzahl	23.179 (2013)
Umsatz	7,216 Mrd. Euro (2013)
Branche	Verlags- und Medienbranche, Sportrechte
Website	[1]

Geschichte

Yen Press wurde 2006 von Kurt Hassler (ehemals Borders Group) und Rich Johnson (DC Comics VP, verließ die Gesellschaft 2008) gegründet. Im Juli 2007 wurde angekündigt, dass Yen Press ICEkunion aufnehmen würde, einen koreanischen Verlag, der zuvor schon Manhwa in den USA veröffentlicht hatte. Kurt Hassler versicherte, dass der Verlag alle Titel von ICEkunion weiterführen würde.

Weitere Statements besagten, dass Yen Press 2008 allein 30–40 Bände veröffentlichen wolle. In diesem Zug wurde auch die Veröffentlichung der Serie Nightschool angekündigt, welche von der kanadischen Künstlerin Svetlana Chmakova gestaltet wird.

Auf der New York Comic Con 2008 kündigte Yen Press an, dass die Titel Soul Eater, Nabari no Ou, Sumomomo Momomo, Bamboo Blade und Higurashi no Naku Koro ni in der monatlichen Anthologie Yen Plus herausgegeben würden. Die erste Ausgabe erschien am 29. Juli 2008.

2009 erwarb Yen Press die Rechte an Yotsuba&! und Azumanga Daioh von ihrem früheren Lizenzunternehmen A.D. Vision.

2016 wurde Yen Press in ein Joint Venture zwischen der Hachette Book Group und dem bedeutenden japanischen Verlag Kadokawa Corporation umgewandelt, wobei Kadokawa 51 % der Anteile hält.

Titel

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, nach der Idee von Cecily von Ziegesar
• The Infernal Devices, story by Cassandra Clare, art by HyeKyung Baek
• Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story, nach Gespräch mit einem Vampir von Anne Rice; Ashley Marie Witter
• Maximum Ride, James Patterson; Na Rae Lee
• Nightschool, 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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A Certain Magical Index, Chuya Kogino, nach einer Geschichte von Kazuma Kamachi; Kiyotaka Haimura Accel World, Reki Kawahara; Hiroyuki Aigamo Adachi to Shimamura, Hitoma Iruma Akame ga Kill!, Takahiro; Tetsuya Tashiro Akame ga Kill! Zero, Takahiro; Kei Toru Aldnoah.Zero Season One, Olympus Knights; Pinakes Alice in Murderland by Kaori Yuki Alice in the Country of Hearts, QuinRose; Soumei Hoshino Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit, QuinRose; Delico Psyche Alice on Deadlines, by Shiro Ihara Angels of Death, Makoto Sanada; Kudan Nazuka Ani–Imo, Haruko Kurumatani Another, Yukito Ayatsuji; Hiro Kiyohara Aoharu x Machinegun, NAOE As Miss Beelzebub Likes, matoba Azumanga Daioh, Kiyohiko Azuma B. Ichi, Atsushi Ohkubo Bamboo Blade, Masahiro Totsuka; Aguri Igarashi Barakamon, Satsuki Yoshino Betrayal Knows My Name, Hotaru Odagiri Big Order, Sakae Esuno Black Bullet, Shiden Kanzaki; Morinohon, Saki Ukai Black Butler, Yana Toboso Black God; Dall-Young Lim; Sung-Woo Park Blood Lad, Yuuki Kodama A Bride's Story, Kaoru Mori BTOOOM!, Junya Inoue Bunny Drop, Yumi Unita Bungo Stray Dogs, Kafka Asagiri; Sango Harukawa Cat Paradise, Yuji Iwahara Chaika - The Coffin Princess, Shinta Sakayama, nach einer Geschichte von Ichirō Sakaki; Namaniku ATK Cirque du Freak, Darren Shan; Takahiro Arai Crimson-Shell, Jun Mochizuki Darker Than Black, Bones und Tensai Okamura; Nokiya Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Megumu Aya, nach einer Geschichte von Hiro Ainana; shri Demonizer Zilch, Milan Matra Dimension W, Yūji Iwahara The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Nagaru Tanigawa; by PUYO, Noizi Ito Doubt, Yoshiki Tonogai Dragon Girl, Toru Fujieda Dragons Rioting, Tsuyoshi Watanabe Durarara!!, Ryohgo Narita; Akiyo Satorigi Emma, Kaoru Mori Erased, Kei Sanbe First Love Monster, Akira Hiyoshimaru Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa † Girls' Last Tour, Tsukumizu Goblin Slayer!, Kōsuke Kurose Hero Tales, Huang Jin Zhou; Hiromu Arakawa Highschool of the Dead, Daisuke Satō; Shōji Satō Higurashi When They Cry, Ryukishi07 Horimiya, Hero; Daisuke Hagiwara	Ichiroh!, Mikage Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Kunieda, nach einer Geschichte von Fujino Omori; Suzuhito Yasuda The Isolator, Reki Kawahara; Naoki Koshimizu Is This a Zombie? von Shinichi Kimura; Sacchi Judge von Yoshiki Tonogai Kagerou Daze, Jin (Shizen no Teki-P); Mahiro Satou, Sidu und Wannyanpuu- Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler von Homura Kawamoto und Tōru Naomura Kaoru Mori: Anything and Something, Kaoru Mori K-On!, Kakifly Karneval, Tōya Mikanagi Kaze no Hana, Ushio Mizta; Akiyoshi Ohta Kieli, Yukako Kabei; Shiori Teshirogi Kingdom Hearts, Shiro Amano, Original Concept: Tetsuya Nomura (früher von Tokyopop) Kin-iro Mosaic, Yui Hara Kobato., Clamp KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Masahito Watari, nach einer Geschichte von Natsume Akatsuki; Kurone Mishima Log Horizon, Mamare Touno; Kazuhiro Hara Love Quest, Lily Hoshino The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Nagaru Tanigawa; Gaku Tsugano, Noizi Ito The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan; Puyo, nach dem Original von Nagaru Tanigawa, Noizi Ito The Misfortune of Kyon and Koizumi, Nagaru Tanigawa; Noizi Ito Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Izumi Tsubaki Mr. Flower Bride, Lily Hoshino Mr. Flower Groom, Lily Hoshino Murciélago, Kana Yoshimura My Girlfriend's a Geek, Pentabu; Rize Shinba Nabari no Ou, Yuhki Kamatani Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun † Shin Mashiba Himeyuka and Rozione's Story, Yumeka Sumomo Not Love But Delicious Foods, Fumi Yoshinaga O-Parts Hunter, † Seishi Kishimoto Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi, HaccaWorks* und Nanao Omamori Himari, Milan Matra Oninagi, Akira Ishida Overlord, Satoshi Ōshio; Hugin Miyama Pandora Hearts, Jun Mochizuki Prison School, Akira Hiramoto Puella Magi Homura Tamura, Magica Quartet Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The Innocent Malice, Magica Quartet; Masaki Hiramatsu Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Magica Quartet; Hanokage Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Homura's Revenge, Magica Quartet Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story, Magica Quartet; Hanokage Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion-, Magica Quartet; Hanokage Puella Magi Oriko Magica, Magica Quartet; Kuroe Mura Puella Magi Oriko Magica Sadness Prayer, Magica Quartet; Kuroe Mura The Record of a Fallen Vampire, Yuri Kimura † Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers-, Ishio Yamagata; Kei Toru RomeoxJuliet, COM Rose Guns Days, Ryukishi07; Soichiro The Royal Tutor, Higasa Akai Rust Blaster, Yana Toboso	Sakura no Himegoto, Akira Hagio Sasameke, Ryuji Gotsubo Scum's Wish, Mengo Yokoyari Secret, Yoshiki Tonogai Sekirei, Sakurako Gokurakuin Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō, Tsukumizu Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, Satoko Kiyuduki Smokin' Parade, Jinsei Kataoka und Kazuma Kondou So, I Can't Play H!, Pan Tachibana; Yoshiaki Katsurai und Shou Okagiri Soul Eater, Atsushi Ohkubo Soul Eater Not!, Atsushi Ohkubo Space Dandy, Masafumi Haradaand; Sung-woo Park und RED ICE Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning, Kyo Shirodaira; Eita Mizuno S.S. Astro, Negi Banno Strike the Blood, Gakuto Mikumo Sumomomo Momomo, Shinobu Ohtaka Sundome, Kazuto Okada Sunshine Sketch, Ume Aoki Suzunari!, Shoko Iwami Sword Art Online: Aincrad, Reki Kawahara; Tamako Nakamura Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance, Reki Kawahara; Hazuki Tsubasa Sword Art Online: Girls Ops, Reki Kawahara; Neko Nekobyō Sword Art Online: Progressive, Reki Kawahara; Kiseki Himura Tale of the Waning Moon, Hyouta Fujiyama Tena on S-String, Sesuna Mikabe The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Akio Hīragi, nach einer Geschichte von Satoshi Wagahara; 029 Thermae Romae, Mari Yamazaki Today's Cerberus, Ato Sakurai Tohyo Game: One Black Ballot to You, Chihiro und Goo; Tatsuhiko Triage X, Shouji Sato Trinity Seven, Kenji Saitō; Akinari Nao Übel Blatt, Etorōji Shiono Ugly Duckling's Love Revolution, Yuuki Fujinari Umineko When They Cry, Ryukishi07; Kei Natsumi Unhappy Go Lucky!, Cotoji Until Death Do Us Part, Hiroshi Takashige; DOUBLE-S Welcome to the Erotic Bookstore, Pon Watanabe Welcome to Wakaba-Soh, Chako Abeno With the Light, Keiko Tobe Yotsuba&!, Kiyohiko Azuma Yowamushi Pedal, Wataru Watanabe Zombie-Loan, Peach-Pit

† – Rechte für Drucke liegen bei Viz Media. Yen Press hält nur die Rechte für Digital Distribution (Square Enix).

Manhwa

11th Cat, MiKyung Kim 13th Boy, SangEun Lee Angel Diary, YunHee Lee; Kara Aron's Absurd Armada, MiSun Kim The Antique Gift Shop, Eun Lee Bring It On!, HyeKyung Baek Chocolat, JiSang Shin und Geo Comic, Si Hyun Ha Croquis Pop, Kwang Hyun Seo; Jin Ho Ko Cynical Orange, Ji Un Yun Forest of Gray City, Jung Hyun Uhm Freak, Dong Eun Yi; Chung Yu Goong, So Hee Park Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo, Ha Na Lee; Kang Ho Park Hissing, Eun Young Kang Jack Frost, Jin Ho Ko

Laon, Hyun You; Young Bin Kim Legend, Soo Jung Woo; Kara Moon Boy, YoungYou Lee One Fine Day, Sirial One Thousand and One Nights, Jin Seok Jeon; Seung Hee Han Raiders, Jin Jun Park Pig Bride, Kook Hwa Huh und Su Jin Kim Real Lies, Si Young Lee Sarasah, Ryang Ruy Sugarholic, Goo Goo Gong Time and Again, Ji Un Yun Very! Very! Sweet, Ji Sang Shin; Geo You're So Cool, YoungHee Lee

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

Eine weitere Sparte sind Light Novels:

A Certain Magical Index, Kazuma Kamachi; Kiyotaka Haimura A Sister's All You Need, Yomi Hirasaka; Kantoku Accel World, Reki Kawahara; HiMA Another, Yukito Ayatsuji Another Episode S, Yukito Ayatsuji The Asterisk War, Yuu Miyazaki; Okiura Baccano!, Ryohgo Narita; Katsumi Enami Black Bullet, Shiden Kanzaki; Saki Ukai Book Girl, Mizuki Nomura; Miho Takeoka Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Hiro Ainana; shri The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Satoshi Wagahara; 029 (Oniku) Durarara!!, Ryohgo Narita; Suzuhito Yasuda The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria, Eiji Mikage; Tetsuo (415) Goblin Slayer!, Kumo Kagyu; Noboru Kannatuki Haruhi Suzumiya, Nagaru Tanigawa; Noizi Ito The Hero and His Elf Bride Open a Pizza Parlor, Kaya Kizaki; Shiso I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years, Kisetsu Morita; Dontsugel The Irregular at Magic High School, Tsutomu Satō; Kana Ishida Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Fujino Omori; Suzuhito Yasuda Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria, Fujino Omori; Kiyotaka Haimura The Isolator, Reki Kawahara; Shimeji Kagerou Daze, Jin (Shizen no Teki-P); Sidu Kieli, Yukako Kabei; Shunsuke Taue

Kingdom Hearts: The Novel, Tomoco Kanemaki; Shiro Amano Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel, Tomoco Kanemaki; Shiro Amano KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Natsume Akatsuki; Kurone Mishima Log Horizon, Mamare Touno; Kazuhiro Hara Magical Girl Raising Project, Asari Endō; Maruino My Girlfriend's a Geek, Pentabu My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, Wataru Watari; Ponkan8 No Game No Life, Yuu Kamiya Overlord, Kugane Maruyama; so-bin Pandora Hearts: Caucus Race, Shinobu Wakamiya; Jun Mochizuki Psycome, Mizuki Mizushiro; Namanie Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-, Tappei Nagatsuki; Shinichirou Otsuka Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon, Hirukuma; Itsuwa Katou Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers-, Ishio Yamagata; Miyagi Saga of Tanya the Evil, Carlo Zen; Shinobu Shinotsuki So I'm a Spider, so What?, Okina Baba; Asahiro Kakashi Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura; Jū Ayakura Strike the Blood, Gakuto Mikumo; Manyako Sword Art Online, Reki Kawahara; abec Sword Art Online: Progressive, Reki Kawahara; abec That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fuse; Mitz Vah Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de ni Kai Kougeki no Okaa-san wa Suki Desuka?, Dachima Inaka; Pochi Iida Your Name., Makoto Shinkai Your Name. Another Side:Earthbound, Arata Kanoh; Masayoshi Tanaka und Hiyori Asakawa

Europäische Titel

• Dystopia, Judith Park (Deutschland)
• Toxic Planet, David Ratte (Frankreich)
• Y Square, Judith Park (Deutschland)
• Y Square Plus, Judith Park (Deutschland)
• Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears, Émile Bravo (Frankreich)

Weblinks

• Firmenhomepage: yenpress.com
• PW article detailing absorption of ICEKunion
• YS interview with Hassler on expansion into yaoi
• animesnewsnetwork.com