Aurora Publishing

Aurora Publishing
Aurora Publishing, Inc.
Industry Publication
Founded Torrance, California (2006)
Founder(s) Nobuo Kitawaki
Headquarters Torrance, California, United States
Area served North America
Key people Nobuo Kitawaki (President)
Owner(s) Ohzora Publishing
Divisions Aurora, Deux Press, Luv Luv Press
Website http://www.aurora-publishing.com

Aurora Publishing, Inc. is the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Ohzora Publishing, the leading josei manga publisher in Japan.[1] Headquartered in Torrance, California,[2] it licensed and published Japanese manga for the North American market. Aurora Publishing's first release was Walkin' Butterfly under the shōjo imprint Aurora, which features manga targeting female readers in their teens and younger. Aurora Publishing also released manga under two other imprints: the yaoi imprint Deux Press featured female-oriented manga about homoerotic relations between beautiful men, while the josei imprint Luv Luv featured erotic romance manga targeting female readers in their late teens and up.[3][4]

Aurora Publishing distributed some of its manga via Netcomics. As of April 2010, the Aurora office in California had closed.[5]

Former employees of Aurora Publishing founded Manga Factory.[6]

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