Libre (publisher)

Libre Inc.
Native name	株式会社リブレ
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Publication
Genre	Manga, Yaoi
Headquarters	Kagurazaka
Parent	Animate
Website	libre-inc.co.jp

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,^[1] 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.

^ Ota, Toshiko (May 8, 2016). "【お知らせ】社名変更とコーポレートサイトオープンにつきまして" [(Notice) Company name change and opening of corporate website]. Libre (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 3, 2016.

[1] Ota, Toshiko (May 8, 2016). "【お知らせ】社名変更とコーポレートサイトオープンにつきまして" [(Notice) Company name change and opening of corporate website]. Libre (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 3, 2016.

[1]