''Yen Plus'' was an American monthly
anthology
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magazine of Japanese
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
, Korean
manhwa
Manhwa () is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons. Outside Korea, the term usually refers to Korean comics.
Modern Manhwa has extended its reach to many other countries. These comics have branched outside of Korea by acce ...
, and
original English-language (OEL) manga published by
Yen Press
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. In addition to translated material, ...
.
History
The first issue of ''Yen Plus'' went on sale on July 29, 2008, with five manga titles originally published by
Gangan Comics
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in ...
, four manhwa titles, and two OEL manga titles.
The magazine contained over 450 pages per issue. Manga titles were read from right-to-left, while manhwa and OEL manga titles read left-to-right; because of this, each issue had two covers.
Although ''Yen Plus'' did not publicize official circulation figures, Hachette Book Group publicity materials for the ''
Maximum Ride
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'' OEL manga reported a circulation figure for ''Yen Plus'' of "nearly 100,000 copies" as of late 2008.
The July 2010 issue was the last issue of the physical magazine to be published; all subsequent issues were exclusively published online.
In December 2013, the online magazine also folded.
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Serialized titles
This is a complete list of all titles serialized in ''Yen Plus''. It does not include single chapter previews of titles. Twenty titles (ten manga, six manhwa and four OEL manga) were serialized, but only two (the manhwa ''One Fine Day'' and '' Pig Bride'') were serialized in their entirety.
;Manga
;Manhwa
;OEL manga
See also
* List of manga magazines published outside of Japan
The following is a list of notable manga magazines that were, and are published outside Japan. Not all magazines abroad published their own manga or had the rights to serialize manga originally published in Japan. To qualify for this list, the ma ...
References
External links
Official website
Anime and manga magazines
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Online magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2008
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Manhwa magazines
Online magazines with defunct print editions
Defunct magazines published in New York City
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