Category: ALC Publishing

We like to think that it wasn’t just because we’re friends with most of the panelists at San Diego Comic-Con’s 2013 “Best and Worst Manga” Panel, that our own Tokyo Love ~ Rica ‘tte Kanji!? was included on the list of “Best Manga for Grownups.” ^_^ Experience Rica Takashima’s look at lesbian life and love […]

The Final Chapters of  Saiyuu no Ryouko: The Continuing Adventures of Yuriko,  are online for your reading pleasure! It’s been a long journey, but at last you can find out what happened to out lesbian pop idol (and Yurcon mascot) Yuriko, her lover, novelist Midori and their friends…and enemies. Enjoy!

It’s time to pull up a chair and relax with a cup of tea and a chat at the Amber Teahouse! Meet teahouse owner Seriho, her devoted employee Sarasa and the friendly denizens of this quiet little tea shop at the end of the street. Fujieda Miyabi’s soul-warming romantic Yuri manga has been a favorite of Yuri […]

ALC Publishing and JManga announce the addition of Takako Shimura’s Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana) manga today on JManga and Jmanga 7! In celebration of the release, JManga will be holding a special contest from November 29th to December 5th (PST).Anyone who purchases the first volume of Sweet Blue Flowers during the contest period will automatically be entered […]

Fifteen years ago, Rica Takashima walked into a lesbian bar and set off a chain of events that changed the world. From that fateful meeting came ALC Publishing and the Yuri Manga collection known as Rica ‘tte Kanji!?. Now, years later, Rica and ALC  Publishing are teaming up again for the definitive Rica collection, Tokyo Love […]

In the 1960s the British Invasion was led by the Beatles, in the 2000s, the Manga Invasion was led by Tokyopop and in the 2010s, the Yuri Invasion is led by JManga and ALC Publishing! Today on JManga, namori-sensei’s hit manga series from the pages of Comic Yuri Hime, Yuru Yuri lands with the kind of splash that […]

ALC Publishing and JManga are pleased to announce their partnership for a 2012 Yuri Summer extravaganza, with three new Yuri manga series from Ichjinsha’s Comic Yuri Hime! Yuru Yuri, the hit anime and manga series by Namori, about the members of the Amusement Club, a group of four girls who are determined to fill their […]

At last! Now you can enjoy the goofy humor of Heian period gag comic KiminoTamenara Shineru by Kuzushiro, translated and edited by ALC, lettered by Carl V. on JManga! In addition, to help you better enjoy the comic, we’ve written a short essay about the Heian period, Imperial life and some choices we made about […]

  When you think of Heian period literature, two names come instantly to mind, Murasaki Shikibu, creator of the Tale of Genji and Sei Shonagon, writer of the Pillow Book. What may not come to mind is the image of Shonagon as a 27-year old NEET, blogger, Twitterer and…well, perv. That is, it may not come to mind, until after […]

Okashi Nako is a young woman living in poverty. When she applies to work at a Gem store, she learns that store owner, Otsuka Ren, is a lesbian. Ren promises that Nako’s not her type, but she may be lying…. Nako takes the job and so begins a comedic tale of rich and poor, sickness […]

Italian LGBTQ comics publisher RenBooks announces the release of  the Italian-language edition of Rica Takashima’s manga, Rica ‘tte Kanji!? with this charming commercial spot on You Tube.   From all of us at ALC, congratulations Rica, and all the Renbooks staff that worked on this edition!