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Yen Press Roll Out First Manga and Novel Acquisitions for 2024

With a cornucopia of manga and light novels in Japan both being released and unlicensed for the western market, publisher Yen Press has made a small dent in works meeting that criteria, this weekend announcing their acquisition of seven...

Sword Art Online Alicization Parts 1 & 2

The number of manga, light novels and anime being produced around the isekai storytelling trope continues to increase as each season passes us by. Isekai focuses on characters who for some reason or another, find themselves trapped in or...

Yen Press Kick Off July with New License Acquisitions

Kicking off the new month, North American licenser of Japanese manga and light novels Yen Press has announced multiple new titles which will be making their way to store shelves over the coming months. More information on each of...

A Look at New Manga and Light Novel Offerings from Yen Press in October...

As one of the major North American manga and light novel publishers, Yen Press regularly bring waves of new licenses to the English-speaking market. In October 2020, a wave of new volumes and brand new acquisitions have been confirmed...

Accel World vs Sword Art Online to Receive English Localisation in July

Although not an unfounded crossover given its source material, Bandai Namco Entertainment have confirmed they will be releasing the action RPG Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online on the PlayStaton 4 and PlayStation Vita on July 7th 2017. As...

[Video] Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale – New Trailer

About Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale In 2022, the world of virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba. Called NerveGear, it was the first full-dive system and with it, came...

Available This Month From Yen Press [April 2015 Edition]

Manga fans have quite a lot to look forward to this month, with North American manga publisher Yen Press offering a sizable selection of published works throughout April 2015. Approximately fourteen titles will be available over the next few...

Entire Accel World Anime Series Now Available via Hanabee VOD Service

Two weeks ago, Hanabee Entertainment announced that during the entire month of August 2014, they would be offering one brand new and complete anime series via their video on demand (VOD) service. This week the Australian publisher have confirmed...

Accel World Part 2/2

Reki Kawahara will quite likely be remembered for years to come for his role in creating light novel franchises surrounding virtual worlds. One series in particular would clearly be Sword Art Online which is still being written and has...

A Look at Yen Press’ June 2014 Manga Releases

Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance - Volume 1 Art: Tsubasa Haduki | Original Story: Reki Kawahara | Character Design: abec Kazuto Kirigaya (aka Kirito) has beaten Sword Art Online, a VRMMORPG that transformed into a literal game of death, and returned...

Yen Press Announce Several New Manga Acquisitions

It has been some time since Yen Press last announced a big batch of acquisitions (Mid-April @ Sakura-Con), but the North American manga publisher have come through with a solid set of seven different series. Rather than bore you...

Aniplex of America Inviting Sword Art Online Special Guests to Anime Expo 2014

It seems like Aniplex of America are playing all their cards when it comes to announcing special guests being invited to attend Anime Expo 2014. Last week the North American anime publisher announced that they would be inviting a...