Seven Seas Licenses Pet Shop of Horrors, Ichi the Killer and 9 Other Titles – News

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Seven Seas Entertainment announced during his panel at Anime in New York that it has authorized the following titles:

Title: I married the girl I hate the most in class (Course no Dai Kirai na Joshi at Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta.) manga
Author(s): Mosskonbubased on Seiju Amanothe original YouTube manga
Release date: March 2025
Summary: What happens when you marry your arch-nemesis? A newlywed college couple must figure out how to live in harmony without alienating each other in this romantic comedy that will soon be an anime!

Title: The Pet Shop of Horrors: Collector’s Edition

Author(s): Matsuri Akino

Release date: February 2025
Summary: The cult classic horror manga returns in a beautiful new collector’s edition with an all-new translation!

Title: Ichi the Killer (Omnibus) (Koroshiya Ichi)
Author(s): Hideo Yamamoto

Release date: July 2025
Summary: The ultra-violent, mature-rated story of a broken killer and his yakuza nemesis that inspired the infamous film — from the author of Homunculus and HIKARI-MAN. The complete 10-volume series will be collected into five oversized omnibus editions, followed by a Volume 0 that will include Yamamoto’s prequel content.

Title: Betrayed by the hero, I formed a MILF party with his mother! (Yūsha ni Zenbu Ubawareta Ore wa Yūsha no Hahaoya to party with Kumimashita!)
Author(s): Makoto Kuonbased on the original web novel by Yassan Ishino
Release date: May 2025
Summary: After getting kicked out of his first adventure party, a man is ready to give them the time of their lives with his brand new MILF party. Get ready to meet hot moms and get revenge in this Mature-rated isekai fantasy tale!

Title: Affectionate Moon Dog (Koi Suru MOON DOG)
Author(s): Nanpei Yamada

Release date: February 2025 (Steamship label title)
Summary: A woman’s life changes forever when she meets a man who really has that dog in him in this steamy romance manga!

Title: I didn’t want to fall in love -double- (Koi o Suru Tsumori wa Nakatta -double-)
Author(s): Minta Suzumaru

Release date: June 2025 (Seven Seas BL (print title)
Summary: Yoshino and Rou’s love story continues in this adults-only sequel to the hit film. Manga Boys’ Love I didn’t want to fall in love!

Title: Bowing to Love: The Nobleman and the Gladiator (I am not Hizamazuku Toki) novel
Author(s): Saki Aida (writer), Yamimaru Enjin (illustrator)
Release date: May 2025 (Seven Seas BL and the title of the airship’s imprint)
Summary: From the popular author of Boys’ Love Saki Aida Here is a love story between a handsome aristocrat and the gladiator he falls in love with!

Title: EAT

Author(s): Nagabe

Release date: February 2025 (Seven Seas BL (print title)
Summary: From the creator of successful manga Nagabe (The girl from the other side, Monotone blue) comes an anthropomorphic boys’ love story about dark, unspoken desires and the delicious temptation to give in.

Seven Seas Entertainment also authorized Jiu Lu Fei Xiang’s Love between the fairy and the devil novel; Leebora, Lanyong; and Ocean’s What it means to be yourself webtoon; the audiobook by Yu Ryeo-Han Thug of the Count’s familyand Fei Tian Ye Xiang Happy reunion novel.

Seven Seas will also publish complete collections of Sal Jiang‘s Black and white: firmness in the office And sono.N‘s SHWD yuri manga. The collection for SHWD will ship in June 2025 and will include volumes 2 and 3, which were never published in English. The collection for Sal Jiang‘s Black and white: firmness in the office will be released in July 2025 and will include volumes 2 and 3, which were also never released in English.

Seven Seas also released an audiobook for Ichika Ishiki And fame‘s Berserk of Gluttony light novel series under its Siren audiobook label on August 22. Dan Bittner narrates the audiobook.

Sources: Seven Seas Anime in New York Panel 2024 (Deb Aoki), press release