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| founder = Abbas Jaffery
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Azuki
Type of site
Manga platform
Available inEnglish
Founder(s)Abbas Jaffery
IndustryEntertainment
ParentKiraKira Media, Inc.
URLazuki.co
LaunchedJune 28, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-28)
Current statusActive

Azuki is a digital manga publishing and distribution service that aggregates English-translated manga legally from publishers such as Kodansha, Futabasha, Coamix, and Kaiten Books for reading online. Content is made available to read on the Azuki website, iOS app, or Android app through a single linked account, and readers may either subscribe monthly for access to thousands of chapters, or unlock manga volumes via individual purchases. Azuki also translates manga in-house and publishes series exclusive to its service such as Natsume & Natsume and Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer.

History

KiraKira Media Inc., the company behind Azuki, was established in California in early 2020.[1] Three of the four founders are former Crunchyroll employees.[2] The Azuki service officially launched to the public on June 28th, 2021.[3]

In March 2022, Azuki received a $500,000 investment from Y Combinator, and officially joined the Y Combinator W22 batch.[4]

In May 2022, Azuki announced that the company would begin licensing and translating series directly from Japan, with the very first exclusive manga license being Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda.[5] The first chapters of Hikaru in the Light! launched on the Azuki service in June 13, 2022, and serialized weekly until it ended at 4 volumes in December 2022. Later that year, Azuki licensed two new series, My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files and Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer.[6]

In Jan 2023, Azuki announced that the service would no longer be publishing Kodansha's simulpubs in accordance with updated policy from Kodansha and that 13 simulpubs series from Kodansha would be removed from the Azuki catalog. The same simulpub series were removed from all other manga publishing platforms at the same time.[7]

During the remainder of 2023, Azuki obtained 5 more exclusive licenses: I Fell for a Fujoshi, Crescent Moon Marching, Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms, Our Aimless Nights, and You're So Sloppy, Hotta-sensei. Azuki also finalized deals with publishers MediaDo International and Medibang! to add over 150 new series to its catalog.

Titles

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Manga

Published by Azuki

Early Access on Azuki

Licensed to read on Azuki

See also

References

  1. ^ "KiraKira Media Inc. (branch)". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Justin (September 10, 2021). "Interview: The Azuki Team Talk Launch Day, Immediate Challenges, and Digital Manga Availability". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Mateo, Alex (June 17, 2021). "Digital Manga Service Azuki Launches on June 28". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Staff, Azuki (March 10, 2022). "Azuki Has Raised $500K from Y Combinator!". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "New License Announcement: Hikaru in the Light!". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Anime News Network (July 5, 2022). "Azuki Licenses Three New Series: 'Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer!,' My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files, and Invisible Parade". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Mateo, Alex (January 12, 2023). "Kodansha Ends Simulpub Manga Distribution on Digital Service Azuki, Other Platforms". Retrieved March 24, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Primary sources

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