Out of all of the yaoi titles that’s been acquired, Viewfinder is arguably the most lucrative and highly sought after. Ayano Yamane was even aware about the high bids for the English version of Viewfinder at Ebay. Many of those auction still receive sky high bids.

Whoever receives Viewfinder truly struck gold.

I’m not sure how many of Nitta’s titles are owned by Libre after the Biblos bankruptcy but I believe BeBeautiful’s licensed works from her were through Biblos, so that at least includes Embracing Love, Casino Lily and Sound of My Voice.

Viewfinder is definitely proving to be a sneaky one isn’t it? Several companies have been asked about it over the years, all can’t say anything and even Yamane Amano herself drops notes about the licensing negotiations. Time will still tell it seems.

And I agree about the license of Kou Yoneda. A friend of mine is a big fan so I’ve seen a lot of her art which is really nice. I can’t wait to read a complete translated book to see how the stories work alongside it, and all the more so hearing your enthusiasm.

I’m very excited about the licenses they announced, and very sad about the Nitta situation, though I understand it. How many of her titles does Libre own? :(

Viewfinder btw is still being negotiated for by multiple companies that want it.

The Harlequin titles intrigue me enough that I’ll check a couple of them out. I hope they’re not like the ones that Dark Horse (I think?) published a few years ago though. They used stories from the 1980s, which are the romance equivalent of cavemen and women.

These were obviously some good announcements but I’m most excited about the Kou Yoneda title. She is a very exciting up-and-coming yaoi creator and DMP snatched this up fairly quickly which was a smart move.