Aurora Publishing, Inc. was the American subsidiary of

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, the leading ''josei'' manga publisher in Japan. Headquartered in Torrance,

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, it licensed and published Japanese

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for the North American market. Aurora Publishing's first release was '' Walkin' Butterfly'' under the '' shōjo''

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''Aurora'', which features manga targeting female readers in their teens and younger. Aurora Publishing also released manga under two other imprints: the '' yaoi'' imprint ''Deux Press'' featured female-oriented manga about

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relations between beautiful men, while the ''

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'' imprint ''Luv Luv'' featured erotic romance manga targeting female readers in their late teens and up. Aurora Publishing distributed some of its manga via

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. In 2010, the Aurora office in California closed. The former employees of Aurora Publishing went on to found Manga Factory. Manga Factory lasted until at least June 2013 before it closed as well.

Publications

:The following is a list of titles that was published by Aurora

References

External links

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Flipped!: David Welsh Interviews Michael Perry Of Aurora
by The Comics Reporter
Sequential Tart interview with Michael Perry
{{Authority control Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Defunct publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies based in California 2006 establishments in California 2010 disestablishments in California Publishing companies established in 2006 Publishing companies disestablished in 2010 American subsidiaries of foreign companies Companies based in Torrance, California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles American companies established in 2006 American companies disestablished in 2010