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Seven Seas Entertainment
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Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California.[1] It was originally dedicated to the publication of original English-language manga, but now publishes licensed manga and light novels from Japan, as well as select webcomics. The company is headed by Jason DeAngelis, who coined the term "world manga" with the October 2004 launch of the company's website.[2]

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In April 2005, Seven Seas became the first manga publisher to release downloadable manga content for the PlayStation Portable and, as a result, gained over 12,000 downloads in the first five days.[3] Seven Seas followed the PlayStation Portable announcement with enlisting the platinum-selling Filipino group the J Brothers to create a theme song for its web OEL manga series Aoi House entitled "Itsumo Futaride". During Comic-Con 2005, Seven Seas Entertainment premiered the pilot of its No Man's Land flash anime series and later followed it with a flash animation music video based on Aoi House.

In October 2005, it announced plans for its first Japanese license for novels and manga from the Boogiepop series by Kouhei Kadono and Kouji Ogata.

In September 2006, Seven Seas announced a project to translate and publish Japanese light novels, including popular titles such as Strawberry Panic!.[4]

In March 2008, Seven Seas Entertainment began publishing new editions of Rachel Robert's popular children's fantasy novel series Avalon: Web of Magic in conjunction with Red Sky Entertainment. A three-volume manga spin-off titled Avalon: The Warlock Diaries followed which started in June 2009.[5] Seven Seas and Red Sky Entertainment also launched a dedicated website for the Avalon novel series in September 2008 at AvalonMagic.com.[6]

On August 1, 2012, Seven Seas Entertainment launched the ad-supported free webcomic portal Zoom Comics in partnership with Pixie Trix Comix. The initial launch titles included Amazing Agent Jennifer, Dracula Everlasting, Paranormal Mystery Squad, and Vampire Cheerleaders.[7]

On January 20, 2017, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it had partnered up with online light novel publisher J-Novel Club to release their licensed properties in print.[8]

On October 11, 2017, Seven Seas Entertainment announced a new manga imprint called Ghost Ship for its mature titles. Manga series licensed under this imprint are distributed through Diamond Book Distributors.[9]

On October 5, 2018, Seven Seas Entertainment won the Harvey Award for Best Manga for its English version of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness.

On November 13, 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced a new imprint called "Airship" for its light novel and Japanese prose novel licenses.[10]

On November 20, 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it would be switching distributors worldwide, with all imprints moving to Penguin Random House Publisher Services from July 1, 2021.[11]

On December 21, 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they would publish Hiveworks webcomics in print.[12]

In early 2021, it was found that Seven Seas Entertainment had been making alteration to their English translations of certain light novels.[13]

On August 4, 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment began licensing Danmei novels from China, beginning with The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, and Heaven Official's Blessing, all written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.[14]

On January 5, 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment began releasing Korean webtoons in print, beginning with PULSE, Love is an Illusion!, and Killing Stalking all published on the Lezhin Comics web platform.[15]

On January 26, 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced a new imprint called "Steamship" for its shōjo, josei and teens' love romance manga titles, beginning with GAME: Between the Suits, I'll Never be Your Crown Princess!, Ladies on Top, and Outbride: Beauty and the Beasts.[16]

On May 23, 2022, employees of Seven Seas announced the formation of "United Workers of the Seven Seas", a union working with Communications Workers of America.[17][18] On May 29, 2022, Seven Seas management announced that it would not voluntarily recognize the union and has requested an election with the NLRB.[19]

On May 25, 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment began licensing manhuas from China, beginning with the manhua adaptation of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation.[20]

On May 31, 2022, it was revealed that Seven Seas had hired the law firm of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart to represent them[21] in their NLRB case with their employees. In response the United Workers of the Seven Seas tweeted out that Seven Seas had hired "the union-busting firm Ogletree Deakins" to counter their union efforts.[22]

On June 24, 2022, the United Workers of the Seven Seas announced that Seven Seas had agreed to voluntarily recognize the union after a majority card check.[23]

On May 30, 2023, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they would begin publishing audiobooks under the new "Siren" imprint in the following month.[24]

Controversies

In early 2021, it was found that Seven Seas Entertainment had been making alterations to their English translations of certain light novels. This resulted in multiple lines or paragraphs being altered for the English release. Some of the titles affected were Classroom of the Elite, I'm in Love with the Villainess, and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.[13] Altered sections were made without consulting the original authors and involved controversial issues including sexual assault and homophobia. In the case of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation this involved plot points being rewritten, while in I'm in Love with the Villainess it involved omitting text.[13]

After receiving criticism, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they would be revising these changes, republishing the affected volumes, and making changes to their editing process to "make sure important lines are not lost".[25]

In May 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment released the first volume of I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a Girl. Their localization of this was criticized for portraying Hiura – a feminine male character in the original – as a trans woman and removing the intent of it being a boys love story;[26][27] Seven Seas Entertainment responded by revising this for future volumes and for reprints of volume 1.[28]

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Seven Seas currently has six different age ratings for their titles (they previously had a single unified "Older Teens" rating for ages 16 and older, but that was changed to have separate "Older Teen (15+)" and "Older Teen (17+)" ratings to better indicate the intensity and frequency of the different types of content):

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Titles

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Original series

Hiveworks

Seven Seas Entertainment (manga)

Ghost Ship (manga)

Steamship (manga)

  • A Suitable Fetish
  • Adored By an Elite Officer: Could This Be Love?
  • Alpha Wolfgirl x Omega Wolfboy
  • At Your Service in Another World
  • Before You Discard Me, I Shall Have My Way With You
  • Don’t Hold Back, Lord Hades
  • Fire in His Fingertips: A Flirty Fireman Ravishes Me with His Smoldering Gaze
  • GAME: Between the Suits
  • Guilty Smile
  • Healer for the Shadow Hero
  • His Sensual Whisper: The Voice That Sets Me On Fire
  • I Can't Refuse S
  • I Want You to Make Me Beautiful
  • I'll Never be Your Crown Princess!
    • I'll Never be Your Crown Princess! – Betrothed
  • Ladies on Top
  • Loved by Two Fiancés
  • Loving Moon Dog
  • Loyal Soldier, Lustful Beast (light novel)
  • My Boss Is a Giant: He Manages My Every Need with Enormous Skill
  • Outbride: Beauty and the Beasts
  • Revenge: Mrs. Wrong
  • Seduced by the Demon King: A Sensual Rebirth
  • Sex Drive
  • Shindou-kun's Tight Squeeze: Helpless Against His Alluring Touch
  • Sweet Heat Before Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega
  • The Missing “O” (webtoon)
  • The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride: She Cannot Resist His Seductive Voice (light novel)
  • The Scheming Crown Prince's (Supposedly) Wicked Consort
  • The Tea Ceremony Master's Rich and Steamy Service: Spoiled by His Skillful Hands
  • The Trapped Former Villainess Wants to Escape from the Sadistic Prince
  • The Villainess and the Demon Knight (manga and light novel)
  • The Yakuza and His Omega: Raw Desire
  • Virgin Marriage: A Maiden Voyage into Passion's Embrace
  • Werewolves Going Crazy Over Me (webtoon)
  • You Will Become My Wife

Airship (novel/light novel)

Siren (audiobooks)

  • Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter
  • Adachi and Shimamura
  • At Night, I Become a Monster
  • Berserk of Gluttony
  • Classroom of the Elite
    • Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
  • Heroine? Saint? No, I'm an All-Works Maid (and Proud of It)!
  • I Had That Same Dream Again
  • I Have a Secret
  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
  • I'm in Love with the Villainess
    • I'm in Love with the Villainess: She's so Cheeky for a Commoner
  • I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
  • KinnPorsche
  • Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
  • Lout of Count's Family
  • Loyal Soldier, Lustful Beast
  • Monster Musume – Monster Girls on the Job!
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
    • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Recollections
    • Mushoku Tensei: Redundant Reincarnation
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
  • Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis
  • Qualia the Purple
  • Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!
  • Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch
  • Reincarnated as a Sword
  • Ripping Someone Open Only Makes Them Bleed
  • ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
  • SCP Foundation: Iris Through the Looking Glass
  • She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
  • Survival in Another World with My Mistress!
  • Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō
  • The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain
  • The Evil Queen's Beautiful Principles
  • The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe
  • The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real!
  • The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent
  • The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
  • The World's Fastest Level Up
  • Toradora!
  • Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
  • True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends
  • Until I Meet My Husband
  • Witch and Mercenary

Korean / Chinese / Thai novels

Danmei

  • After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine
  • Astrolabe Rebirth
  • Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu
  • Case File Compendium: Bing an Ben
  • Copper Coins: Tong Qian Kan Shi
  • Dinghai Fusheng Records
  • Golden Terrace
  • Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
  • Guardian: Zhen Hun
  • Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu
  • Joyful Reunion
  • Legend of Exorcism: Tianbao Fuyao Lu
  • Little Mushroom
  • Peerless
  • Remnants of Filth: Yuwu
  • Riverbay Road Men's Dormitory
  • Run Wild: Sa Ye
  • Silent Reading: Mo Du
  • Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang
  • The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong
  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun
  • The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong
  • The Villain's White Hallow
  • The White Cat's Divine Scratching Pos
  • The Wife Comes First: Qi Wei Shang
  • There's Something Wrong with the Chief: Du Zhu You Bing
  • Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu
  • Three Hundred Years of Longing: Bu Jian Shang Xian San Bai Nian
  • Thrice Married to a Salted Fish
  • Twin Jades of Jiangdong
  • You've Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post – Fei Ge Jiao You Xu Jin Shen

Baihe

  • The Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian

Webtoons

  • Beetle Hands

Manhwa

  • A Stepmother's Märchen
  • Bastard
  • BOSS, BXTCH, BABY
  • Checkmate
  • Dear. Door
  • ENNEAD
  • It's Just a Dream… Right?!
  • Killing Stalking
  • King the Land
  • Lost in the Cloud
  • Love Is an Illusion!
    • Love Is an Illusion! – The Queen
  • Low Tide in Twilight
  • My Bias Is Showing!?
  • No Love Zone
  • Obnoxious Hero-kun
  • Our Sunny Days
  • Painter of the Night
  • Perfect Buddy
  • PULSE
  • Punch Drunk Love
  • Reborn Rich
  • Roses and Champagne
  • The Big Apple
  • The Dangerous Convenience Store
  • The Greatest Wolf of My Life
  • The Lady and Her Butler
  • The New Recruit
  • What It Means to Be You
  • Who Made Me a Princess
  • Winter Wolf

Manhua

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Former titles

Original series

Seven Seas Entertainment (manga)

Novels/light novels

  • Diva v. Poe
  • Gun Princess
  • The Pirate and the Princess: The Timelight Stone
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