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Seven Seas Entertainment announced during his panel at Anime NYC that it has licensed the following titles:
Title: I married the girl I hated most in class (Class No. Dai Kirai na Joshi to Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta.) Manga
Author(s): Mosskonburelated to Seiju Amano‘s Original YouTube Manga movies
Release date: March 2025
Summary: What happens when you marry your arch enemy? In this romantic story, soon to be released as an anime, a newlywed college couple must figure out how to live in harmony without getting on each other’s nerves!
Title: The pet shop of horror: Collector’s Edition
Author(s): Matsuri Akino
Release date: February 2025
Summary: The cult hit among the classic horror manga returns in a beautiful new Collector’s Edition with a brand new translation!
Title: Ichi, the murderer (Bus) (Ichi Kogan)
Author(s): Hideo Yamamoto
Release date: July 2025
Summary: The mature-rated and ultra-violent story of a broken killer and his Yakuza nemesis that inspired the infamous film – from the author of homunculus and HIKARI-MAN. The entire 10-volume series will be collected into five large-format omnibus editions, followed by Volume 0, which contains Yamamoto’s prequel content.
Title: Betrayed by the hero, I started a MILF party with his mother! (Yūsha ni Zenbu Ubawareta Ore wa Yūsha no Hahaoya to Party wo Kumimashita!)
Author(s): Makoto Kuonbased on Yassan Ishino’s original web novel
Release date: May 2025
Summary: After getting kicked out of his first adventure group, a man is ready to show them a great time with his brand new MILF group. Get ready for hot moms and revenge in this mature-rated fantasy isekai story!
Title: Loving Moon Dog (Koi Suru Moon Dog)
Author(s): Nanpei Yamada
Release date: February 2025 (Steamship imprint title)
Summary: A woman’s life changes forever when she meets a man with real dog in him in this hot romance manga!
Title: I didn’t want to fall in love -double- (Koi o Suru Tsumori wa Nakatta -double-)
Author(s): Minta Suzumaru
Release date: June 2025 (Seven Seas BL Imprint Title)
Summary: The love story of Yoshino and Rou continues in this sequel to the hit film, which is rated 18+. Boys’ Love Manga: “I didn’t want to fall in love!”
Title: Bowing to Love: The Nobleman and the Gladiator (Ai ni Hizamazuku Toki) Novel
Author(s): Sake Aida (Writer), Yamimaru Enjin (Illustrator)
Release date: May 2025 (Seven Seas BL and Airship imprint title)
Summary: From the popular Boys’ Love author Sake Aida comes a love story between a handsome aristocrat and the gladiator he falls in love with!
Title: EAT
Author(s): Nagabé
Release date: February 2025 (Seven Seas BL Imprint Title)
Summary: From the bestselling manga author Nagabé (The girl from the other side, Monotone blue) comes an anthropomorphic boys’ love story about dark, unspoken desires and the delicious temptation to give in.
Seven Seas Entertainment also licensed Jiu Lu Fei Xiang’s Love between fairy and devil Novel; Leebora, Lanyong; and Ocean’s What it means to be you Webtoon; the audiobook by Yu Ryeo-Han Lümmel from the count’s familyand Fei Tian Ye Xiang’s Happy reunion Novel.
Seven Seas will also include complete collections of Sal Jiang‘S Black and White: Tough Love in the Office And sono.N‘S SHWD Yuri Manga. The collection for SHWD will be delivered in June 2025 and will contain volumes 2-3, which have never been published in English. The collection for Sal Jiang‘S Black and White: Tough Love in the Office will be released in July 2025 and includes volumes 2 and 3, which have also never been published in English.
Seven Seas also published an audio book for Ichika Isshiki And fame‘S Berserker of Gluttony light novel series under his Siren audiobook imprint on August 22nd. Dan Bittner narrates the audiobook.
Sources: Seven Seas Anime NYC 2024 Committee (Deb Aoki), press release
