Yen Plus
{{Short description|American manga and manhwa magazine}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title =
| image_file = Yen Plus cover.gif
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Cover of the first issue of Yen Plus featuring Maka and Soul Eater from Soul Eater. Illustration by Atsushi Okubo.
| editor =
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation =
| category = Manga, manhwa, OEL manga
| publisher = Yen Press
| firstdate = July 29, 2008
| finaldate = July 2010 (print)
December 2013 (online)
| country = United States
| language = English
| website = [http://www.yenpress.com/yenplus/ yenpress.com/yenplus/]
| issn = 1942-440X
}}
Yen Plus was an American monthly anthology magazine of Japanese manga, Korean manhwa, and original English-language (OEL) manga published by Yen Press.
History
The first issue of Yen Plus went on sale on July 29, 2008, with five manga titles originally published by Gangan Comics, four manhwa titles, and two OEL manga titles.{{cite news|title=Yen Press to End Yen Plus Digital Magazine in Current Format|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-03/yen-press-to-end-yen-plus-digital-magazine-in-current-format|access-date=December 17, 2015|work=Anime News Network|date=December 3, 2013}}{{cite web|title=The Future of Yen Plus|url=http://yenpress.com/2010/04/the-future-of-yen-plus/|work=Yen Press|access-date=December 17, 2015|date=April 21, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://yenpress.us/?p=8|title=Monthly manga anthology magazine coming in Summer 2008!|work=Yen Press|date=November 29, 2007|access-date=August 1, 2008}}{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-26/yen-adds-cirque-du-freak-oninagi-ga-ichiroh-manga|title=Yen Adds Cirque du Freak, Oninagi, GA, Ichiroh! Manga|work=Anime News Network|date=July 26, 2008|access-date=August 1, 2008}} 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.{{cite web|url= http://www.hbg-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/Sell%20Sheets/2009%20Individual%20Sell%20Sheets/MaxRideManga__dom.pdf|title=Maximum Ride Manga (Dom) Sell Sheet|publisher=Hachette Book Group|access-date=November 12, 2009}}
The July 2010 issue was the last issue of the physical magazine to be published; all subsequent issues were exclusively published online.{{cite web|url=http://www.yenpress.com/2010/07/yen-plus/|title=Announcing Yen Plus|publisher=Yen Press|date=July 23, 2010|access-date=August 3, 2010}} In December 2013, the online magazine also folded.
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
| class="wikitable sortable" style="background: #FFF; width: 74%;" |
| Title
! Author !Artist ! First Issue ! Last Issue ! Completed? |
|---|
| Bamboo Blade
| Masahiro Totsuka | August 2008 | May 2009 | rowspan="10" | No |
| Black Butler
| colspan="2" | Yana Toboso | August 2009 | July 2010 |
| Higurashi When They Cry
|Various | August 2008 | January 2009 |
| style=
| Huang Jin Zhou | February 2009 |
| style="background: #FEFFAF;"
| K-On! | colspan="2" | Kakifly | September 2010 | December 2013 |
| Nabari no Ou
| colspan="2" | Yuhki Kamatani | August 2008 | rowspan="3" | Unknown |
| Pandora Hearts
| colspan="2" |Jun Mochizuki | June 2009 |
| Soul Eater
| colspan="2" | Atsushi Okubo | rowspan="2" | August 2008 |
| style=
| colspan="2" | Shinobu Ohtaka |
| Yotsuba&!
| colspan="2" | Kiyohiko Azuma | September 2010 | December 2013 |
;Manhwa
| class="wikitable sortable" style="background: #FFF; width: 74%;" |
| Title
! Author !Artist ! First Issue ! Last Issue ! Completed? |
|---|
| Aron's Absurd Armada
| colspan="2" | MiSun Kim | August 2010 | rowspan="2" | December 2013 | rowspan="2" | No |
| Jack Frost
| colspan="2" | Jinho Ko | rowspan="4" | August 2008 |
| One Fine Day
| colspan="2" | Sirial | rowspan="2" | July 2010 | rowspan="2" | Yes |
| Pig Bride
| Huh Kook-hwa |Kim Su-jin |
| style=
| Sarasah | colspan="2" | Ryu Ryang | rowspan="2" | No |
| Time and Again
| colspan="2" | JiUn Yun | February 2009 | December 2013 |
;OEL manga
| class="wikitable sortable" style="background: #FFF; width: 74%;" |
| Title
! Author !Artist ! First Issue ! Last Issue ! Completed? |
|---|
| Daniel X
| colspan="2" | SeungHui Kye | August 2010 | rowspan="4" | December 2013 | rowspan="4" | No |
| Gossip Girl
| colspan="2" | HyeKyung Baek |January 2010 |
| Maximum Ride
| colspan="2" | Narae Lee | rowspan="2" | August 2008 |
| Nightschool
| colspan="2" | Svetlana Chmakova |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.yenpress.com/yenplus/ Official website]
Category:Anime and manga magazines
Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Online magazines published in the United States
Category:Magazines established in 2008
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2010
Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions
Category:Defunct magazines published in New York City
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