Writer HarperCollins to Get Crunchyroll’s Manga Publishing Operations in France, Germany

Writer HarperCollins announced on Wednesday that it is planning to build Crunchyroll‘s manga publishing operations in France and Germany. The businesses are scheduled to shut the transaction in the second half of 2025, subject to regulatory approval.

Hideki Iyama-Desseigne will lead the team following the acquisition and can fair memoir to Chantal Restivo-Alessi, the CEO of International Foreign Language Publishing at HarperCollins.

HarperCollins‘ HarperVia imprint released Shion Miura‘s Sprint with the Wind (Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru) recent in English in October 2024. HarperVia has beforehand printed such novels as The Tatami Galaxy, The Tatami Time Machine Blues, and Park Seolyeon’s A Magical Lady Retires recent in English on April 30

HarperCollins Japan is releasing e-books of story and romance manga to the North American market. The company acknowledged it is some distance going to offer 13 manga titles every month through Amazon and a quantity of e book shops below its “BisouBisou Comics” stamp.

HarperCollins Japan will also begin Matsuri Akino‘s Pet Shop of Horrors manga in English digitally in leisurely 2024. Seven Seas announced in August that it is some distance going to begin the Pet Shop of Horrors: Collector’s Model manga starting in February 2025 with an all-recent translation.

Crunchyroll will begin a recent manga app named Crunchyroll Manga later this yr as a top rate add-on to its subscription provider. The app will initially begin in English in the United States and Canada, with plans for further language alternatives and internet browser integration.

Here’s no longer the principle time Crunchyroll has supplied manga; the company launched the principle Crunchyroll Manga provider in October 2013. Crunchyroll ended its first Crunchyroll Manga provider in December 2023. The provider used to be simultaneously publishing (simulpub) titles from Kodansha USA Publishing in over 170 nations. Crunchyroll removed 14 simulpub titles in February 2018 and removed 10 catalog titles in March 2018. Kodansha USA Publishing then removed a preference of its manga titles from Crunchyroll in January 2023 prior to launching its Ok MANGA provider that yr.

Crunchyroll and Viz Media Europe closed the deal for Crunchyroll to turn into the bulk owner of Viz Media Europe Neighborhood in December 2019. The businesses announced the agreement in September 2019. Viz Media Europe Neighborhood used to be made from Viz Media Europe Neighborhood, AV Visionen, Anime Versand, VIZ Media Switzerland, KAZÉ, KAZÉ Manga, Anime on Inquire of, and Anime Digital Community (in partnership with the Média-Participations subsidiary Citel and Inspect Look Movies).

Source: HarperCollins