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Yen Press Adds High School DxD, Demon From a Foreign Land, Ani-Imo, He's My Only Vampire
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Also: Alice in the Country of Diamonds: Wonderful Wonder World fanbook, Void's Enigmatic Mansion manhwa
North American publisher Yen Press announced at its New York Comic Con panel on Saturday that it licensed the following titles:
High School DxD
By Ichiei Ishibumi and Hiroji Mishima
Manga adaptation of Ichiei Ishibumi's supernatural comedy light novel series that inspired two anime series
Demon from a Foreign Land (Iiki no Ki)
By Kaori Yuki
"Bone-chilling dark fantasy" set in Japan's capital after a devastating earthquake. Sorato is a quake orphan who was taken in by Baron Kamichika. Sorato, the Baron's son Garan, and Garan's fiancée Kiyora pledge an oath of eternal friendship that is tested by supernatural trials.
Ani-Imo (Ani ga Imōto de Imōto ga Ani de.)
By Haruko Kurumatani
A shōjo romantic comedy about a twin brother and twin sister switching bodies
He's My Only Vampire (Junketsu + Kareshi)
By Aya Shouoto
Shōjo manga about the vampire Aki and the girl named Kana who he saved from death and turned into his subordinate. Aki is looking for the seven "Stigmas" to save his twin brother, but Kana's schoolmate happens to hold one of the Stigma.
Alice in the Country of Diamonds: Wonderful Wonder World Official Visual Fan Book
Companion to the popular PSP game and manga
Void's Enigmatic Mansion
Art by Hee-eun Kim, Story by JiEun Ha
"The tenants of Void's Enigmatic Mansion should be careful what they wish for, because their greatest desires may not always be what is best…"
A digital chapter will be released every month simultaneously with Korean release
All of these titles are scheduled for next year. Ani-Imo and He's My Only Vampire are the first Kodansha titles that Yen Press is publishing. (Both have run in Kodansha's shōjo magazine Aria.)
Update: Demon from a Foreign Land also runs in Kodansha's Aria magazine.
High School DxD
By Ichiei Ishibumi and Hiroji Mishima
Manga adaptation of Ichiei Ishibumi's supernatural comedy light novel series that inspired two anime series
Demon from a Foreign Land (Iiki no Ki)
By Kaori Yuki
"Bone-chilling dark fantasy" set in Japan's capital after a devastating earthquake. Sorato is a quake orphan who was taken in by Baron Kamichika. Sorato, the Baron's son Garan, and Garan's fiancée Kiyora pledge an oath of eternal friendship that is tested by supernatural trials.
Ani-Imo (Ani ga Imōto de Imōto ga Ani de.)
By Haruko Kurumatani
A shōjo romantic comedy about a twin brother and twin sister switching bodies
He's My Only Vampire (Junketsu + Kareshi)
By Aya Shouoto
Shōjo manga about the vampire Aki and the girl named Kana who he saved from death and turned into his subordinate. Aki is looking for the seven "Stigmas" to save his twin brother, but Kana's schoolmate happens to hold one of the Stigma.
Alice in the Country of Diamonds: Wonderful Wonder World Official Visual Fan Book
Companion to the popular PSP game and manga
Void's Enigmatic Mansion
Art by Hee-eun Kim, Story by JiEun Ha
"The tenants of Void's Enigmatic Mansion should be careful what they wish for, because their greatest desires may not always be what is best…"
A digital chapter will be released every month simultaneously with Korean release
All of these titles are scheduled for next year. Ani-Imo and He's My Only Vampire are the first Kodansha titles that Yen Press is publishing. (Both have run in Kodansha's shōjo magazine Aria.)
Update: Demon from a Foreign Land also runs in Kodansha's Aria magazine.