New York, NY (4/26/24) – Along with the news of two upcoming audiobook adaptations, Yen Press, LLC, announced the release of fifteen new titles, including nine manga, five novels, and a box set (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: Second Stall). These fifteen titles are set to release in October 2024.
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: Second Stall
By AidaIro
A new deluxe collection of Volumes 11 through 20 of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun wrapped in one frightful package! Pick up where the first box set left off and follow Hanako, Nene, Kou, and company on their adventures, all the way until the beginning of the school festival. Don't “stall” any longer and make room on your shelf for this supernatural selection!
Horimiya, Vol. 17: A Piece of Memories
Story by Hero, Art by Daisuke Hagiwara
School may have finished, but there is no end to the sweet “awww”-inspiring tale of Hori and Miyamura! Snapshots of Hori, Miyamura, and the gang's lives; a...
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: Second Stall
By AidaIro
A new deluxe collection of Volumes 11 through 20 of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun wrapped in one frightful package! Pick up where the first box set left off and follow Hanako, Nene, Kou, and company on their adventures, all the way until the beginning of the school festival. Don't “stall” any longer and make room on your shelf for this supernatural selection!
Horimiya, Vol. 17: A Piece of Memories
Story by Hero, Art by Daisuke Hagiwara
School may have finished, but there is no end to the sweet “awww”-inspiring tale of Hori and Miyamura! Snapshots of Hori, Miyamura, and the gang's lives; a...
- 4/29/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
New York, NY (11/18/23)— Yen Audio will be releasing three new audiobook adaptations of Yen On novels. With a commitment to bringing popular and compelling stories to life in a different format, Yen Audio will introduce the thrilling adventures and enthralling characters of these stories to a wider audience, giving fans a chance to experience the stories in a whole new way.
Bungo Stray Dogs
Story by Kafka Asagiri
Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is going just as he's planned…until one day, he's paired up with the agency's newest hire: a suspicious, eccentric, suicide-obsessed man named Osamu Dazai. Their first case together turns out to be far more complicated than Kunikida anticipated—and it looks like the detective agency's sworn enemy, the Port Mafia, is somehow involved,...
Bungo Stray Dogs
Story by Kafka Asagiri
Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won't handle. Everything in his life is going just as he's planned…until one day, he's paired up with the agency's newest hire: a suspicious, eccentric, suicide-obsessed man named Osamu Dazai. Their first case together turns out to be far more complicated than Kunikida anticipated—and it looks like the detective agency's sworn enemy, the Port Mafia, is somehow involved,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Manga Review: Reign of the Seven Spellblades Vol. 2 (2022) by Sakae Esuno, Bokuto Uno & Ruria Miyuki
“As night falls on Kimberly Magic Academy, the halls transform into a dark and deadly labyrinth…with Oliver and his friends still inside! Faced with a maze of evershifting passages and upperclassmen who hardly have their well-being in mind, the dark side of the school will test their mettle. However, even as they run from certain death, they have to stop Nanao from walking toward it. Just what mysteries does her fierce past hold…?” (Yen Press)
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Manga based on light novels tend to be a tricky thing to execute. Often the adaptation loses not only the context of the original story through missing internal monologue but also compensates with odd exposition dumps that can see the pages flooded with text that expects a fair amount of understanding on the source material. Consequently, when a manga work is based on a novel, it is almost always...
on Amazon
Manga based on light novels tend to be a tricky thing to execute. Often the adaptation loses not only the context of the original story through missing internal monologue but also compensates with odd exposition dumps that can see the pages flooded with text that expects a fair amount of understanding on the source material. Consequently, when a manga work is based on a novel, it is almost always...
- 5/9/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Manga Review: Reign of the Seven Spellblades Vol. 1 (2021) by Ruria Miyuki, Bokuto Uno & Sakae Esuno
“It’s springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, and that means the arrival of a fresh crop of first-year students. Whether it’s the quiet and studious Oliver Horn or Nanao Hibiya, a samurai girl from a distant land, they come with wands and swords at their waists, ready to take their first steps on the road to magical mastery. However, beneath its brilliant facade of cherry blossoms, the academy hides countless dangers and dark secrets, ready to take the lives of the unprepared…!” (Yen Press)
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A mixture of action, comedy and drama, “Reign of the Seven Spellblades” takes a diverse cast of magic students from different backgrounds and plops them into the one of the toughest academies. Undeniably, this ‘tried and true’ formula has been utilized ad-nauseum in the world of manga, but it is one that has proven effective when well executed. Adapting from...
On Amazon
A mixture of action, comedy and drama, “Reign of the Seven Spellblades” takes a diverse cast of magic students from different backgrounds and plops them into the one of the toughest academies. Undeniably, this ‘tried and true’ formula has been utilized ad-nauseum in the world of manga, but it is one that has proven effective when well executed. Adapting from...
- 12/28/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
New York, NY (4/23/21) – Yen Press, LLC announced a slate of upcoming releases that includes several light novels and manga. Additionally, Yen Press announced their entrance into the world of RPG books with Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Trpg.
Reign of the Seven Spellblades (manga)
Story by Bokuto Uno
Character Design by Ruria Miyuki
Art by Sakae Esuno
When a boy and girl meet at a prestigious magic school, the curtain to a supreme fantasy series opens!
This year’s new students arrive at Kimberley Magic School. What meets them there is a brilliant parade of cherry blossoms in full bloom and magical creatures. They don’t know–this academy is a living demon’s shrine where no one’s life is guaranteed. A school fantasy about spellblades!
Reign of the Seven Spellblades is a manga adaptation of the hit light novel series, a rising star in the category.
Reign of the Seven Spellblades (manga)
Story by Bokuto Uno
Character Design by Ruria Miyuki
Art by Sakae Esuno
When a boy and girl meet at a prestigious magic school, the curtain to a supreme fantasy series opens!
This year’s new students arrive at Kimberley Magic School. What meets them there is a brilliant parade of cherry blossoms in full bloom and magical creatures. They don’t know–this academy is a living demon’s shrine where no one’s life is guaranteed. A school fantasy about spellblades!
Reign of the Seven Spellblades is a manga adaptation of the hit light novel series, a rising star in the category.
- 4/23/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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