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Publisher Crossed Hearts Announces Glam Beat! Girls Love Imprint (Updated)
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, revealed its new girls love imprint GLAM BEAT! on Wednesday.
Crossed Hearts describes the new imprint:
GLAM BEAT! focuses on women-driven narratives that are intimate, bold and unapologetically romantic, celebrating girls' love (yuri) in all its intensity and emotional complexity.
Update: Crossed Hearts also stated in a press release about the new imprint:
Yuri, also known as girls' love (GL), encompasses stories that explore emotional, romantic, and intimate relationships between women. Over time, the genre has expanded far beyond its early roots, now spanning coming-of-age narratives, adult and mature relationships, fantasy and historical settings, psychological drama, lighthearted romance, and emotionally complex storytelling.
GLAM BEAT! exists to bring this full spectrum to English readers in a thoughtful and consistent manner. Rather than limiting the genre to a single tone or trend, the imprint is being developed as a growing catalogue that reflects yuri's diversity across themes, moods, and storytelling styles.
The publisher assured fans that the new imprint "is not a limited initiative or short-term experiment," adding, "It represents Crossed Hearts' long-term commitment to girls' love as a genre with lasting cultural impact and global relevance."
The company also announced in a press release on Friday it will introduce Chinese manhua and novels in its 2026 slate. The company plans to release 30+ print releases in 2026. The company also added 2026 will mark "a deliberate expansion into a broader range of genres, with action, fantasy, mystery, isekai, thriller, and horror titles joining the lineup alongside continued growth in romance."
Crossed Hearts is a global publisher of Japanese manga, Korean webcomics, and Asian novels. The company launched its official website in October. Pre-orders placed through the site guarantees access to Limited Editions at no additional cost, alongside purchase links to other major retailers.
Crossed Hearts has licensed manhwa titles including Baroness Goes on Strike, From a Knight to a Lady, and The Archduke's Adopted Saint; the Darling, Why Don't We Divorce? webtoon; and The Abandoned Villainess Became A Zombie Korean novel series. The company has also licensed Milcha's Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion novel series.
The company also licensed its first manga title, Mai Ando's You're Way Too Cheeky, Chigaya-kun! (Namaiki Sugiru yo, Chigaya-kun), for a planned release in May 2026.
Sources: Press releases, Crossed Hearts' X/Twitter account
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