Change is on the horizon for
YEN PLUS! For the past two years, everyone at Yen has been working diligently to bring you the most diverse manga anthology in the market, and I could not be prouder of the publication that our staff has produced or more gratified by all of the fan support that we’ve received since the magazine launched in August of 2008. Thanks to you all!! We have introduced so many great new series to the market through Yen Plus – the manga adaptation of James Patterson’s
MAXIMUM RIDE, Yen’s first #1 New York Times bestseller
BLACK BUTLER, Svetlana Chmakova’s critically acclaimed
NIGHTSCHOOL, one of my personal favorites
PIG BRIDE (that last chapter is AWESOME!)…there are just too many to list them all! As with all things, though, change is inevitable. As the magazine industry changes and old models are eclipsed by new, so, too, must
YEN PLUS change, and it is with that in mind that I can announce officially that the July 2010 issue of
YEN PLUS will be its last in print.
Now before you despair too much, take a deep breath and focus on those last two words: “in print.” Yes, the print magazine will be no more, but
YEN PLUS will live on as an online manga anthology! As such, it will have the ability to reach more readers than ever before while giving those same readers an option to peruse manga (and maybe some light novels?) legitimately online. Will there be other changes? Most definitely. You can expect to see content changes which we will announce when the time is right. Our commitment, however, is to keep bringing you the best and most diverse anthology experience every month.
So this is just your official head’s up that a new era for
YEN PLUS is in the works. Details about our online launch, new content, etc. are all forthcoming. For those of you with subscriptions to the print version of the magazine, you will be receiving a full refund for any outstanding issues of your subscription beyond the July issue. We sincerely hope that you will opt to reinvest some of those funds back into the magazine’s new incarnation!
We want to thank everyone for their support of
YEN PLUS these past two years and hope that you will continue to enjoy the magazine’s new digital iteration!
