''Yen Plus'' was an American monthly
anthology
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magazine of
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manga
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Korea
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manhwa
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original English-language (OEL) manga published by
Yen Press
Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press ...
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History
The first issue of ''Yen Plus'' went on sale on July 29, 2008, with five manga titles originally published by
Gangan Comics
is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company re-branded as Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese mark ...
, four manhwa titles, and two OEL manga titles.
The magazine contained over 450 pages per issue. Manga titles were read from right-to-left, while manhwa and OEL manga titles read left-to-right; because of this, each issue had two covers.
Although ''Yen Plus'' did not publicize official circulation figures, Hachette Book Group publicity materials for the ''
Maximum Ride'' OEL manga reported a circulation figure for ''Yen Plus'' of "nearly 100,000 copies" as of late 2008.
The July 2010 issue was the last issue of the physical magazine to be published; all subsequent issues were exclusively published online.
In December 2013, the online magazine also folded.
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Serialized titles
This is a complete list of all titles serialized in ''Yen Plus''. It does not include single chapter previews of titles. Twenty titles (ten manga, six manhwa and four OEL manga) were serialized, but only two (the manhwa ''One Fine Day'' and '' Pig Bride'') were serialized in their entirety.
;Manga
;Manhwa
;OEL manga
See also
* List of manga magazines published outside of Japan
References
External links
Official website
Anime and manga magazines
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Online magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2008
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Manhwa magazines
Online magazines with defunct print editions
Magazines published in New York City
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