Yen Plus is an American

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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...

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Korea

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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...

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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

External links

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