Yen Plus
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Yen Plus is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 monthly anthology
Comics anthology
Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of comics that are too short for standalone publication.- U.S. :- UK :British comics have a long tradition publishing comics anthologies, often weekly...

 magazine of Japan
Japan
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Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

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Manhwa
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

, and Original English-language manga
Original English-language manga
Original English-language manga or OEL manga is the term commonly used to describe comic books or graphic novels in the "international manga" genre of comics whose language of original publication is English...

 (OEL manga) published by Yen Press
Yen Press
Yen Press is the manga and graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group. In addition to their regular book releases, Yen Press produces a monthly anthology called Yen Plus. The company's varied list demonstrates an interest in publishing a wide variety of Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, and other...

. The first issue went on sale on July 29, 2008 with five manga titles originally published by Gangan Comics, four manhwa titles, and two OEL manga titles. The magazine contains over 450 pages an issue, and reads both right-to-left for manga titles, and left-to-right for manhwa and OEL manga titles; as such, each issue has two covers. Although Yen Plus does not publicize official circulation figures, Hachette Book Group publicity materials for the Maximum Ride
Maximum Ride
Maximum Ride is a series of young adult science fiction and fantasy novels by American author James Patterson. The series chronicles the lives of six fugitive kids – Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge, and Angel – known collectively as the Flock...

manga reported a circulation figure for Yen Plus of "nearly 100,000 copies" as of late 2008. The print publication was suspended following the July 2010 issue and the magazine is now being published online.

Serialized titles

This is a complete list of all titles serialized in Yen Plus. It does not include single chapter previews of titles. The titles currently running in the magazine are highlighted.

Manga
Title Author First Issue Last Issue Completed?
Bamboo Blade
Bamboo Blade
is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka, and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young Gangan starting December 3, 2004. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press. An anime adaptation by...

Masahiro Totsuka (author), Aguri Igarashi
Aguri Igarashi
is a female Japanese manga artist. She is the illustrator for best selling manga series, Bamboo Blade.- External links :*...

 (artist)
August 2008 May 2009 No
Black Butler Yana Toboso
Yana Toboso
is a female Japanese manga artist born in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently resides in Yokohama.-Works:* Rust Blaster is a 2006 six-chapter manga published by Square Enix in one volume. It tells the story of a human and a vampire who both attend Millennium Academy, a school for...

August 2009 July 2010 No
Higurashi When They Cry
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
, known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft sound novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and are playable on Microsoft Windows PCs...

Ryukishi07
Ryukishi07
is the pen name of a Japanese man originally from Chiba Prefecture who is well known as the original creator for the idea of the visual novel series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni. He is the representative member of the group 07th Expansion...

 (author), Karin Suzuragi
Karin Suzuragi
is a female Japanese manga artist from Aichi, Japan. She is employed with Square Enix, working mainly as a manga artist for video games that are adapted into manga, such as Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.-Works Illustrated:Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: Onikakushi-hen...

 (artist)
August 2008 January 2009 No
Hero Tales
Jushin Enbu
is a Japanese manga that was serialized in Square Enix's Gangan Powered. The original story is by Huang Jin Zhou and illustrated by Arakawa. The motif of the story are Chinese wuxia drama and novels...

Huang Jin Zhou (author), Hiromu Arakawa
Hiromu Arakawa
is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was later adapted into two television anime series. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow.-Biography:...

 (artist)
February 2009 On hiatus No
K-On!
K-On!
is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Kakifly. The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat...

Kakifly
Kakifly
is a male Japanese manga artist. He is known for creating the series K-On! which was also adapted as an anime by Kyoto Animation.-External links:*...

September 2010 Ongoing No
Nabari no Ou Yuhki Kamatani
Yuhki Kamatani
is a Japanese manga writer and illustrator from Hiroshima, Japan. She debuted with and is known for . was published a year later. Both manga are published by Monthly GFantasy....

August 2008 Unknown No
Pandora Hearts
Pandora Hearts
is a manga series by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. Currently fourteen volumes have been released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped;...

Jun Mochizuki June 2009 Unknown No
Soul Eater
Soul Eater (manga)
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo. Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy," the series revolves around three teams consisting of a weapon meister and human weapon...

Atsushi Okubo
Atsushi Okubo
, also romanized as Atsushi Ohkubo, is a Japanese manga author and fantasy artist known for his work on the manga series Soul Eater, which has been adapted into an anime. Okubo worked as an assistant under Rando Ayamine, on the manga series Get Backers...

August 2008 Unknown No
Sumomomo Momomo
Sumomomo Momomo
is a Japanese manga series created by Japanese author Shinobu Ohtaka. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Young Gangan in 2004, which is published by Square Enix. The manga has been licensed by Yen Press for distribution in North America...

Shinobu Ohtaka
Shinobu Ohtaka
. is a Japanese manga artist, and the author of Sumomomo Momomo manga series and recently, Magi-Labyrinth of Magic.-References:...

August 2008 October 2009 No
Yotsuba&!
Yotsuba&!
is an ongoing Japanese comedy manga series by Kiyohiko Azuma, the creator of Azumanga Daioh. It is published in Japan by ASCII Media Works, formerly MediaWorks, in the monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh and collected in ten tankōbon volumes...

Kiyohiko Azuma
Kiyohiko Azuma
is a Japanese manga author and artist. In his manga he writes under the hiragana form of his name, which has led some non-Japanese-speakers to confuse him for a woman . He used to use the pen name ' in his H manga...

September 2010 Ongoing No


Manhwa
Title Author First Issue Last Issue Completed?
Aron's Absurd Armada MiSun Kim August 2010 Ongoing No
Jack Frost
Jack Frost (manhwa)
Jack Frost is an ongoing manhwa series by Jinho Ko . In May 2009, the first volume of Jack Frost was released by Yen Press in English.-Plot:...

Jinho Ko August 2008 Ongoing No
One Fine Day Sirial August 2008 July 2010 Yes
Pig Bride
Pig Bride
Pig Bride is a manhwa written and illustrated by KookHwa Huh and SuJin Kim. It is published monthly in Yen Plus.As an eight year old boy, Si-Joon Lee was tricked into fulfilling a prophecy and marrying the mysterious 'Pig Bride' - a young blonde girl who hides her supposedly disfigured face under a...

KookHwa Huh (author), SuJin Kim (artist) August 2008 July 2010 Yes
Sarasah Ryang Ruy August 2008 June 2009 No
Time and Again JiUn Yun February 2009 Ongoing No


OEL manga
Title Author First Issue Last Issue Completed?
Daniel X
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X is a novel by James Patterson and co-author Michael Ledwidge, written in the same vein as his Maximum Ride series. Patterson returns to the realm of science fiction in this novel. It was released on July 21, 2008....

SeungHui Kye August 2010 Ongoing No
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...

HyeKyung Baek August 2010 Ongoing No
Maximum Ride NaRae Lee August 2008 Ongoing No
Nightschool
Nightschool
Nightschool is an ongoing supernatural original English-language manga written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova. The chapters appear as a serial in the monthly manga magazine Yen Plus. Yen Press collects the chapters in bound volumes...

Svetlana Chmakova
Svetlana Chmakova
Svetlana Chmakova is a comic creator. She is best known for Dramacon, an original English-language manga spanning three volumes and published in North America by Tokyopop. Her other work includes the 2-page The Adventures of CG for CosmoGIRL! magazine and the webcomic Chasing Rainbows for...

August 2008 Ongoing No

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