Yen Press Announces Several New Acquisitions for 2019
NEW YORK, NY (1/7/2019) – Yen Press is kicking off 2019 by announcing several new licenses, including: WOOF WOOF STORY: I TOLD YOU TO TURN ME INTO A PAMPERED POOCH, NOT FENRIR! (MANGA); COUNT FUJIWARA'S SUFFERING; COCOON ENTWINED; SECRETLY, I'VE BEEN SUFFERING ABOUT BEING SEXLESS; SKULL-FACE BOOKSELLER HONDA-SAN; and both the light novel and manga adaptation of THE SURVIVED ALCHEMIST WITH A DREAM OF QUIET TOWN LIFE.
WOOF WOOF STORY: I TOLD YOU TO TURN ME INTO A PAMPERED POOCH, NOT FENRIR! (MANGA) story by Inumajin, art by Kiki Koikuchi. As corporate slave Routa Okami keels over in the middle of his busy office, he imagines about how nice it would have been to live as the pet of some of rich family instead of literally working himself to death. When a goddess actually grants that wish and brings him back as a pampered pooch, Routa is over the moon! ...But wait, why is he howling at it...?
COUNT FUJIWARA'S SUFFERING, by Mahito Aobe. As a noble cat, the Count knows a thing or two about living, but no one's lives are as strange as the Fujiwara sisters! Shizuka is only interested in live streaming for cheap online attention, and conflicted Yumeko is rather...fond of her big sister. Can Count Fujiwara handle these two perplexing humans, or will his meows fall on deaf ears?!
COCOON ENTWINED by Yuriko Hara. Clad in school uniforms practically breathing with life are the girls of Hoshimiya Girls' Academy, their hair long and luxurious. When a certain “incident” rocks the academy, the hidden feelings these girls possess will be entwined in this pure girls' love story.
SECRETLY, I'VE BEEN SUFFERING ABOUT BEING SEXLESS by Togame. Deep struggles and concerns about sex are stripped bare in this shocking confession! Married life isn't all lovey-dovey, or ooh-la-la steamy—not when you and your partner have opposing sex drives. When a married woman with a raging libido can't find the satisfaction she needs from her tame, lackluster husband, she's left with no choice but to get her fix elsewhere…
SKULL-FACE BOOKSELLER HONDA-SAN by Honda. Honda might be a skeleton, but that's nowhere near as crazy as working in a Japanese bookstore! Whether it's running the store, dealing with out-of-print books, or handling eccentric customers, the bookstore life is filled with laughter and tears.
THE SURVIVED ALCHEMIST WITH A DREAM OF QUIET TOWN LIFE (NOVEL) story by Usata Nonohara, art by ox. Two hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Endalgia was destroyed by the monsters of the Demon Forest. The sole survivor is an alchemist named Mariela, who managed to escape through suspended animation. When she wakes up two centuries later, she learns that alchemists have gone extinct, and potions are now at a high premium. But what does the last alchemist standing want more than anything else? …A laid-back, quiet town life!
THE SURVIVED ALCHEMIST WITH A DREAM OF QUIET TOWN LIFE (MANGA) story by Usata Nonohara, art by Guru Mizoguchi. Mariela is the last alchemist alive after waking from a deep sleep that lasted two hundred years. As the sole alchemist in town, she can make a killing from making and selling potions…but after two hundred years of suspended animation, all she wants to do is relax, take things easy, and live at her own pace!
These licenses are all slated to debut in July 2019.
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Group, dedicated to publishing manga and graphic novels for adults and young
readers. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest
and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in the North
American marketplace and has become a driving force in the introduction of light
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