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Publisher Highlight: Seven Seas Entertainment

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Bee Lehman

Seven Seas Entertainment (website) is a Los Angeles based publishing house. In 2004, Jason DeAngelis founded the House with the intention of providing English language translations of manga (i.e., Japanese comics/graphic novels). A fan of the genre and a translator thereof, they decided to fill a significant gap in the market.[1] Since then, the House has released thousands of titles translated into English as well as expanded into print editions of serialized web comics.

Over the last two decades, Seven Seas Entertainment has expanded with several imprints including:

Airship, for light novels (ライトノベル)
Danmei, for, well, danmei (Chinese fiction genre focused on love between men)
Ghost Ship, for “the booty”
Siren, for audiobooks
Steamship, for steamy tales
Waves of Color, for coloring books
Webtoons, for digital comics

Readers can find announcements about new releases and more on Seven Seas Entertainment’s Instagram page.

Select Titles at UC Berkeley

Cover to Dear Detective — Natsumi Ito, My Dear Detective Mitsuko’s Case Files, trans. Samuel R. Messner, with Rina Mapa, vol. 1 (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2024).

Cover to Mocha — Nigotaro, Mocha the Cat and His Forever Family, trans. Jenny McKeon, with Rina Mapa, vol. 1 (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2025). On order!

Cover to Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition — Hitoshi Ashinano, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition, trans. Daniel Komen, with Dawn Davis and Ludwig Sacramento, vol. 1 (2022). On order!

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and Luo Di Cheng Qiu, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation = Mo Dao Zu Shi trans. Suika et al., with Jin Fang and Marina Privalova, Danmei (2021).

Cover to Blue Giant — Shin’ichi Ishizuka, Blue Giant, trans. Daniel Komen, with Ludwig Sacramento and Shin’ichi Ishizuka ( 2020).

Cover to Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System — Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi), Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, trans. Faelicy (faelicy) and Lily (lily_ocho) (Seven Seas Entertainment, 2021).

Cover to Devilman — Gō Nagai, Devilman: The Classic Collection, trans. Adrienne Beck, with Bambi Eloriaga-Amago and Roland Amago (2018).

Cover to The Beauty's Blade — Feng Ren Zuo Shu, Beauty’s Blade: Mei Ren Jian, trans. Yu (2025).

Additional Material

Readers can find more material through a publisher focus in our UC Library Search. Readers can also find limited titles from the imprint Seven Seas Ghost Ship (UC Library Search). Readers should be aware that the comics collection in Doe Library is in the PN section – and that there is another comic collection in the East Asian Library!

Notes

[1] Shannon Fay, “Seven Seas Entertainment » News » The Man Behind Seven Seas: Getting to Know Jason DeAngelis,” Go Manga, 2004-2014, https://www.gomanga.com/news/features_gomanga_012.php.

[2] Wikipedia, “Seven Seas Entertainment,” December 10, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seven_Seas_Entertainment&oldid=1326781874.

Publisher Highlight: Krupskaya Books

Posted on December 16, 2025December 22, 2025 by Bee Lehman

Established in the Bay Area in 1998 under editors Jocelyn Saidenberg, Rodrigo Toscano, Hung Q. Tu, Krupskaya books (website) has been providing readers with experimental literature for almost three decades. The press prints both poetry and prose that “challenge traditional literary forms.”[1]

Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, for whom this author assumes the press was named, was a Russian politician and theorist. They believed in social reform and would play significant roles in the Russian revolutions of 1917. Afterwards, she would be heavily involved in politics, particularly as regarding education.[2]

Following in Krupskaya’s call for social reform through education, Krupskaya Books focus on collaboration and responsibility, providing mixed-genre and adventurous works.

Readers can follow the press on their Instagram page for new book announcements or calls for manuscripts.

Recent Titles

Cover for Ursula or University — Stephanie Young, Ursula or University (2013).

Cover to Cinders — Maria Sledmere, Cinders (2024).

Cover to the Dogs — Noah Ross, The Dogs (2024).

Cover to Marnie — Connie Scozzaro, Marnie (2019).

Cover to Companion — Rebeca Bollinger et al., Companion (2022).

Cover to CC Williams — Tyrone Williams, C. C. (2002).

For more at UC Berkeley

Readers can find additional titles at UC Berkeley through the UC Library Search with a limit to publisher.

Notes

[1] “About | Discover Experimental Literature,” K R U P S K A Y A, accessed December 16, 2025, https://www.krupskayabooks.com/about.

[2] Andy Willimott, Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1932, (Oxford University Press, 2016); Wikipedia, “Nadezhda Krupskaya,” October 4, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nadezhda_Krupskaya&oldid=1315094491.