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16:33:22 <bay|SC14|Yen> Welcome to the yen press panel
16:33:35 <bay|SC14|Yen> I'm Kurt Hastler, the publisher director
16:33:42 <bay|SC14|Yen> Next to me is our editing director
16:33:48 <bay|SC14|Yen> Everyone having fun?
16:33:55 <bay|SC14|Yen> This is the point in the show where that ends.
16:33:59 <bay|SC14|Yen> This is our third year at Sakuracon
16:34:04 <bay|SC14|Yen> We don't do a lot of these shows
16:34:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> But the ones we do are special, so thank you guys so much
16:34:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> Who wants some license annoucnements?
16:34:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> Who wants some swag?
16:34:44 <bay|SC14|Yen> We'll see how you behave during the announcements
16:34:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> if you're good, we'll give you something
16:34:59 <bay|SC14|Yen> Pandora Hearts ~odds and ends~
16:34:59 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Jun Mochizuki
16:35:15 <bay|SC14|Yen> it's not a new license, as we've been doing Pandora Hearts, but we're excited that we're doing the art book
16:35:27 <bay|SC14|Yen> 120 color and bw illustrations fronm the artist
16:35:53 <bay|SC14|Yen> Is it slipcase? Yes
16:35:53 <bay|SC14|Yen> Is it hardcover? No, it's paperback
16:36:06 <bay|SC14|Yen> We'll release it in november of this year
16:36:12 <bay|SC14|Yen> Keep an eye for this,
16:36:18 <bay|SC14|Yen> Next one...
16:36:21 <bay|SC14|Yen> King of Eden
16:36:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Takashi Nagasaki
16:36:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> Art by SangCheol Lee
16:37:21 <bay|SC14|Yen> Takashi Nagasaki is the editor of at Shogakukan with Monster, 20th Century Boys, Keaton,
16:37:31 <bay|SC14|Yen> He left Shogakukan and was co-author on Billy Bat and Pluto
16:37:37 <bay|SC14|Yen> he's working with a korean artist who is new and brillaint
16:37:45 <bay|SC14|Yen> official english release same day as korea
16:38:33 <bay|SC14|Yen> read it on any digital device as an ebook
16:38:34 <bay|SC14|Yen> worldwide
16:38:39 <bay|SC14|Yen> first 3 chapters go live first of may
16:38:44 <bay|SC14|Yen> and then 1 chapter every first day of the month
16:39:22 <bay|SC14|Yen> this will be digital only first
16:39:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> the book will probably be later on
16:39:31 <bay|SC14|Yen> this just started serializing
16:39:51 <bay|SC14|Yen> if you're following yen, we just started our whole square enix digital distro
16:40:06 <bay|SC14|Yen> we're going to have about 175 square enix out there digitally this month
16:40:14 <bay|SC14|Yen> and we want to offer easy downloadable access to chapters
16:40:27 <bay|SC14|Yen> we're moving toward the idea of day and day release
16:40:36 <bay|SC14|Yen> we just started serializing secret from the creator of doubt
16:40:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> and soul eater not is digital the same day as japan
16:41:07 <bay|SC14|Yen> Gou-dere Sora Nagihara
16:41:13 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Suu Minazuki
16:42:43 <bay|SC14|Yen> first volume out in november this year
16:43:14 <bay|SC14|Yen> 14 sai no koi
16:43:18 <bay|SC14|Yen> Love at Fourteen
16:43:22 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Fuka Mizutani
16:43:49 <bay|SC14|Yen> this fall
16:43:58 <bay|SC14|Yen> like gou-dere, this is one of our first licenses from Hakusensha
16:45:44 <bay|SC14|Yen> The Angel of Elhamburg
16:45:44 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Aki
16:46:48 <bay|SC14|Yen> haven't set our release
16:46:54 <bay|SC14|Yen> spring 2015
16:46:56 <bay|SC14|Yen> believe we're doing it in hardcover
16:47:10 <bay|SC14|Yen> we've been experimenting more with hardcovers
16:47:29 <bay|SC14|Yen> this is a one-shot
16:48:00 <bay|SC14|Yen> YenOn
16:48:09 <bay|SC14|Yen> as many of you may know, i hear these things called light novels have gotten popular
16:48:21 <bay|SC14|Yen> we've heard of them, we've been publishing them, we've believed in light novels for the longest time
16:48:35 <bay|SC14|Yen> you may have heard the traditional wisdom that light novels are too niche... i hate conventional wisdom
16:48:58 <bay|SC14|Yen> yen press... we prefer unconventional wisdom, we're convinced they are popular and can take off in the market
16:49:03 <bay|SC14|Yen> we've done them for years
16:49:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> and last year, we annoucned sword art online and accel world
16:49:27 <bay|SC14|Yen> so we're moving in that direction, so we're putting together an entire program dedicated to light novels
16:49:36 <bay|SC14|Yen> to all those other publishes, yen press says bullshit
16:49:41 <bay|SC14|Yen> we have a few announcements
16:49:54 <bay|SC14|Yen> first is not a light novel but something requested
16:50:02 <bay|SC14|Yen> Another by Yukito Ayatsuji
16:50:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> we did this digital last year and there was a lot of btiching
16:50:19 <bay|SC14|Yen> we really wanted to get it out there
16:50:24 <bay|SC14|Yen> explore the digital market
16:50:31 <bay|SC14|Yen> there was never a comment about the feelings about the book, we wanted to bring it in print
16:50:43 <bay|SC14|Yen> we're going to be publishing both vols another in a single hardcover edition this october
16:52:10 <bay|SC14|Yen> Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
16:51:08 <bay|SC14|Yen> story by Fujino omori
16:51:12 <bay|SC14|Yen> illustrations by suzuhito yasuda
16:51:37 <bay|SC14|Yen> (dungeon ni deai wo motomeru no ha machigattiru darouka?)
16:52:12 <bay|SC14|Yen> first volume will be out this winter
16:52:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> this has been one of the recent runaway successes in japan
16:52:37 <bay|SC14|Yen> i believe this is our last one for the day
16:52:41 <bay|SC14|Yen> it won't be the last title under the yenon brand
16:52:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> but this one is going to be make a lot of people happy
16:52:49 <bay|SC14|Yen> one of the most requested titles
16:52:52 <bay|SC14|Yen> A Certain Magical Index
16:53:00 <bay|SC14|Yen> by Kazuma Kamachi
16:53:06 <bay|SC14|Yen> illustrations by Kiyotaka Haimura
16:53:11 <bay|SC14|Yen> Coming very soon
16:53:17 <bay|SC14|Yen> (To aru majutsu no Index)
16:53:41 <bay|SC14|Yen> everyone excited? everyone want to see more light novels in the market?
16:53:46 <bay|SC14|Yen> Okay, first, we have a special giveaway...
16:55:06 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q&A
16:55:40 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Website groups print and digital together...
16:55:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) New website coming which will better separate them
16:56:06 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) -> A) Anyone else want to bug us about Baccano and Durara?
16:56:12 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Light novel release schedule?
16:56:19 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Initially every 4 months... hope to speed it up...
16:56:34 <bay|SC14|Yen> If we have an opportunity to advance that, we're looking to do it
16:56:37 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Full Metal Panic Novels?
16:56:53 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) We're open to hearing everything you are interested in. We're not going to discuss what we could or could not get because it could cause problems...
16:57:17 <bay|SC14|Yen> Go to facebook and say "Hey, how about this" but we're not going to answer because we can't...
16:57:48 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) High School DxD date?
16:57:45 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) May
16:58:03 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Chances for more prints of Korean webcomics?
16:58:20 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) We haven't really licensed so called webcomics.. most of the stuff we're bringing over are print versions
16:58:26 <bay|SC14|Yen> like King of Eden is in a print magazine
16:58:35 <bay|SC14|Yen> because we want to bring it out same day, we can't do print form
16:58:43 <bay|SC14|Yen> so we're doing it digitally on the same day
16:58:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> there are always chances...
16:59:02 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) What is the release schedule for SAO?
16:59:14 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Every 4 months, not looking at catching up to japan
16:59:21 <bay|SC14|Yen> Here's the thing about release schedules, we know everyone wants it at once
16:59:32 <bay|SC14|Yen> For the translators and editors, it's not feasible
17:00:15 <bay|SC14|Yen> In addition to the hardcore fans, there are casual fans, and it's not a good thing to push it all out into the retail market and let the hardcore fans buy it up
17:00:39 <bay|SC14|Yen> There have been attempts with light novels hitting the market that have ended unsuccessfully, we've been the most successful
17:00:46 <bay|SC14|Yen> we understand people want it out,
17:01:00 <bay|SC14|Yen> and we want to make the book as sucessful as possible
17:01:12 <bay|SC14|Yen> if there are opportunites to speed it up, we will, but i won't make promises
17:01:26 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Can you define gou-dere?
17:01:50 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Gou is a term that's used often to describe heros that are energetic, strong, and unstoppable and have to do things their way
17:02:07 <bay|SC14|Yen> You can think of very outgoing and centric kind of girl, who is only doing things for someone
17:02:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Will the already existing light novel series rolled into Yen on going forward?
17:02:33 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Yes
17:04:45 <bay|SC14|Yen> (Question about daily lives leads to Kurt explaining about why they can't do a physical simul)
17:06:08 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Railgun side stories?
17:06:11 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Hasn't come to that point yet
17:06:17 <bay|SC14|Yen> We just got the go ahead to tell you about it
17:06:48 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Do you have a subscription model?
17:06:53 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) We don't
17:06:57 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Possiblity?
17:07:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Haven't looked at. We know people like it... It doesn't support the general e-book market.
17:07:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> It's not something we're looking at in this time
17:08:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Since you are doing light novels, are you looking at making them available on (couldn't hear)
17:08:36 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) We look at as many things as we can, digital licensing doesn't go hand and hand with print licensing... some times we have digital rights on light novels...
17:08:39 <bay|SC14|Yen> (missed the rest)
17:09:27 <bay|SC14|Yen> (question about original books? that i couldn't hear... only doing first book of some trilogy)
17:10:05 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) If there are mangas we're interested in seeing published, are there any ways to say we want this?
17:10:43 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Absolutely, come by our website, facebook, twitter... tweet something at us... we always listen, we just can't respond to specific rquests
17:11:00 <bay|SC14|Yen> we do notice when something gets requested heavily ... like index...oh my god so many requests for that
17:11:07 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Is the book of index better than the anime?
17:11:09 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Yes...
17:11:27 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) You are finishing Spice and Wolf?
17:11:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Yes
17:11:33 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Best selling series?
17:11:55 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Twilight did very well for us... maximum ride does extremely well... black butler.. that may all change...
17:11:59 <bay|SC14|Yen> Sword art comes out on tuesday
17:13:17 <bay|SC14|Yen> (Question about getting a job)
17:13:40 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Continuation of Is This a Zombie?
17:13:45 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) 8 is the last
17:13:47 <bay|SC14|Yen> comes out later this year
17:13:59 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Spice and Wolf in On... are you going to rearrange the cover art?
17:14:09 <bay|SC14|Yen> We will be replacing logos on reprint
17:14:10 <bay|SC14|Yen> the art will stay
17:14:34 <bay|SC14|Yen> The only thing will change is the Yen logo will change to the On logo
17:15:42 <bay|SC14|Yen> (more questions about jobs)
17:16:56 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) Are libraries a big part of your business?
17:17:10 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Yes. They stock, they don't return, they circulate... eventually fall apart, but not with our binding...
17:17:14 <bay|SC14|Yen> Give aways...
17:17:38 <bay|SC14|Yen> (as always)
17:17:49 <bay|SC14|Yen> End
17:18:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> or not end...
17:18:28 <bay|SC14|Yen> still taking questions
17:19:16 <bay|SC14|Yen> (very specific work related questions...)
17:19:25 <bay|SC14|Yen> (about what the office looks like...)
17:19:42 <bay|SC14|Yen> Q) YenOn flyers?
17:19:44 <bay|SC14|Yen> A) Not yet...
17:20:17 <bay|SC14|Yen> Now actually over...