Libre (publisher)
Native name | 株式会社リブレ |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Ribure |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Publication |
| Genre | Manga, Yaoi |
| Headquarters | Kagurazaka, , Japan |
| Parent | Animate |
| Website | libre-inc |
Libre Inc. (株式会社リブレ, Kabushiki-gaisha Ribure), formerly known as Libre Publishing (リブレ出版株式会社, Ribure Shuppan Kabushiki-gaisha) from 2006 to 2016, is a Japanese publishing company owned by Animate. Libre primarily publishes yaoi and teens' love manga and light novels, which are run in their magazines Magazine Be × Boy and Be × Boy Gold. The company was founded on May 8, 2006, after Biblos closed in April 2006, when their original parent company, Hekitensha, filed for bankruptcy.