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Fan favorite manga such as Fullmetal Alchemist , Black Butler , Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, and more to be featured on Anime-Planet’s online portal
September 3, 2024
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Square Enix :
LOS ANGELES (Sep. 3, 2024) – Today, SQUARE ENIX® and Anime-Planet, an online database for manga and anime, announced a cross-licensing partnership whereby manga chapters from popular series featured on Square Enix’s Manga UP! service will be available on Anime-Planet’s online reading portal for free. Consumers will be able to stream select chapters from a wide selection of fan favorite manga series such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Black Butler, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, and more.
“We’re excited to give the Anime-Planet audience access to some of our most popular manga,” said Nobuhiko Muranaka, Director of Square Enix’s Global Publishing Division. “We hope audiences enjoy the characters and stories our creators have developed and look forward to entertaining them with our works.”
“We’re thrilled to announce this partnership with Square Enix,” said Kim Cameron, Founder of Anime-Planet. “Manga UP! is one of the leading platforms in the Japanese manga industry, and it’s so exciting that our community will now be able to discover and track new content.”
About Anime-Planet
Founded in 2001, Anime-Planet is a leading resource for anime and manga fans. The website has a comprehensive database of anime and manga information, legal content to read and watch online through industry partnerships, and social features such as personalized anime and manga recommendations. Anime-Planet’s online reading portal currently has chapters through partnerships with Lezhin Comics, J-Novel Club, MediBang, and Manga UP! Learn more at Anime-Planet.com.
About Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Square Enix engages in comic publishing and merchandising businesses. The company also develops, publishes, distributes and licenses high-quality entertainment content including games for console, PC, mobile, web-browser, and amusement facilities around the world.
More information on Square Enix, Inc. can be found at https://square-enix-games.com
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