Yen Press is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published Yen Plus, a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. Over the last few years, they expanded their website to include an audiobook catalog with more than 10 different genres. In addition to translated material, Yen Press has published original series, most notably Svetlana Chmakova's Nightschool and a manga adaptation of James Patterson's Maximum Ride.
History Yen Press was founded in 2006 by former Borders buyer Kurt Hassler and DC Comics VP Rich Johnson. In July 2007, it was announced that Yen Press was to absorb ICEkunion, a Korean publisher that had been publishing manhwa in the United States. While the manga titles bearing ICEkunion's label would continue to be sold in stores, subsequent printings would bear the Yen Press logo. Hassler assured fans, "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."
The first issue of Yen Press's comic magazine Yen Plus was published on July 29, 2008. The magazine became online-only in 2010 and was discontinued altogether in 2013.
In 2009, Yen Press announced that it had acquired the rights to Kiyohiko Azuma's manga Yotsuba&! and Azumanga Daioh from their former licensee, A.D. Vision. In September 2009, Yen Press reissued the first five volumes of Yotsuba&!, in addition to publishing the sixth volume; Azumanga Daioh was reissued with a new translation in December 2009.
On April 11, 2016, it was announced that Yen Press would function as a joint venture between Hachette Book Group and major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Dwango, with Kadokawa owning 51% of the company.
In 2017, Yen Press launched JY, an imprint for publishing graphic novels aimed at middle-grade readers.
On April 15, 2022, Yen Press, in collaboration with REDICE Studio and RIVERSE, launched Ize Press, an imprint for publishing Korean webtoons and novels, with their first titles being, 7Fates: Chakho, Dark Moon, and The Star Seekers all written and illustrated by HYBE in collaboration with BTS, Enhypen, and Tomorrow X Together respectively. Other titles included were Tomb Raider King, The World After the Fall, The Boxer, My Gently Raised Beast, The Remarried Empress, and Villains Are Destined to Die.
At Anime NYC 2022, J-Novel Club announced its partnership with Yen Press in order to print their titles.
In June 2023, Yen Press began licensing novels from Kadokawa's Tsukasa Bunko novel imprint for its JY imprint.
Titles
* - Published under the JY imprint
+ - Serialized in Yen Plus
† - Digital distribution rights only due to being a Square Enix title. Viz Media has the rights for series' paperback releases.
- Published under the Ize Press imprint
Original series Beautiful Creatures The Beginning After the End Berrybrook Middle School series* The Clique Cuckoos Three Daniel X+ The Dark-Hunters: Infinity Gabby & Gator Gossip Girl+ Hollow City The Infernal Devices Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story Kitty & Dino Maximum Ride+ Milkyway Hitchhiking Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children The Mortal Instruments The Night Angel Trilogy Nightschool+ New Moon: The Graphic Novel Reindeer Boy Soulless Twilight: The Graphic Novel Witch & Wizard The Wolf Gift The World of Quest Zoo
Manga
Manhwa
7Fates: Chakho 11th Cat 13th Boy The Abandoned Empress Angel Diary The Antique Gift Shop Aron's Absurd Armada+ Beware the Villainess! Bloody Sweet The Boxer Bring It On! A Business Proposal Chocolat Codename: Anastasia Comic Corpse Knight Gunther Croquis Pop Cynical Orange Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Daughter of the Emperor Finding Camellia Footsteps in the Snow Forest of Gray City Freak Goong Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo
Hissing The Horizon I Love Amy I Tamed My Ex-husband's Mad Dog Imitation Itaewon Class Jack Frost+ Jungle Juice Kill the H King of Eden Lady Devil Laon Legend Legroom Level Up with the Gods Lover Boy Marriage of Convenience Men of the Harem The Merman Trapped in My Lake Merry Marbling Mignon Moon Boy Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner My Gently Raised Beast My Secretly Hot Husband Not-Sew-Wicked Stepmom Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint On the Way to Meet Mom One Fine Day+ One Thousand and One Nights Overgeared The Perks of Being an S-class Heroine Philomel the Fake Pig Bride+ Radio Storm Raiders Real Lies The Remarried Empress
A Returner's Magic Should Be Special Reunion Sarasah+ See You in My 19th Life Semantic Error Seven Sundays Solo Leveling Special Civil Servant The Star Seekers SSS-Class Revival Hunter Sugarholic Tied to You Time and Again+ Tomb Raider King The Uncanny Counter Unholy Blood Very! Very! Sweet The Villainess Is a Marionette The Villainess Turns the Hourglass Villains Are Destined to Die Void's Enigmatic Mansion What Does the Fox Say? What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion The World After the Fall You're So Cool Your Letter
Manhua An Ideal World The History of The West Wing Step The Three-Body Problem Wild Animals
Novels/Light novels
European titles Dystopia (Germany) Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears (France) Never Open It: The Taboo Trilogy (Spain) Toxic Planet (France) W.I.T.C.H. (Italy)* Y Square (Germany) Y Square Plus (Germany)
References
External links Official website PW article detailing absorption of ICEKunion YS interview with Hassler on expansion into yaoi