Kaiten Books LLC is an independent American

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and publishing company located in

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. The company focuses on the translation of Japanese

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into English and publishes a wide variety of genres. It has licensed titles from Japanese publishers such as Overlap, Micro Magazine, and

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History

Kaiten Books was founded in 2019 and became active in March 2020. The company's first announced partnership was with the Japanese publisher Overlap which included the debut manga licenses ''

Loner Life in Another World is a Japanese light novel series written by Shoji Goji. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in October 2016, before being published in print with illustrations by Booota and Saku Enokimaru by Overlap beginning in Janu ...

'' and ''Shed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san!'' In June 2020 Kaiten Books founders made an appearance on the Manga Monthly podcast, hosted by New York Public Librarian Joe Pascullo, and discussed their latest license acquisitions and motivations behind starting the company. Shortly after, Kaiten Books announced a partnership with

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in July 2020 with the licensing of the manga ''My Dad's the Queen of All VTubers?!'' and ''Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!'', as well as a partnership with Micro Magazine after announcing it had acquired the licenses for ''The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting'' and ''Gacha Girls Corps'' in December 2020. In March 2021 Kaiten Books formally announced it would be expanding its physical distribution capabilities through a partnership with Pathway Book Service to make its releases more widely available in traditional brick-and-mortar storefronts and internationally. Later in December 2021 Kaiten Books announced a partnership with the digital manga subscription service Azuki as the exclusive streaming home for select titles. Kaiten Books announced in its May 2022 press release that it would be attending Anime Expo 2022, marking the company's first convention appearance.

Publications

Manga titles

* ''The Bottom-Tier Baron's Accidental Rise to the Top'' * ''Gacha Girls Corps'' * ''

'' * ''My Dad's the Queen of All VTubers?!'' * ''Shed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san!'' * '' UzaMaid – Our Maid is Way Too Annoying!'' * ''

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsukiya. It began serialization in the ''Comic Ride pixiv'' website in June 2018, and later transferred to Micro Magazine's ''Comic Elmo'' manga service in May 2020. It has been collected i ...

'' * ''Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!''

References

External links

Official Website
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