The first publication marketed exclusively as "yuri" was Sun Magazine's manga anthology magazine "Yuri Shimai", which was released between June 2003 and November 2004 in quarterly installments, ending with only five issues. After the magazine's discontinuation, "Comic Yuri Hime" was launched by Ichijinsha in July 2005 as a revival of the magazine, containing manga by many of the authors who had had work serialized in "Yuri Shimai". Like its predecessor, "Comic Yuri Hime" was also published quarterly but went on to release bimonthly on odd months from January 2011 to December 2016, after which it became monthly. A sister magazine to "Comic Yuri Hime", named "Comic Yuri Hime S", was launched as a quarterly publication by Ichijinsha in June 2007. Unlike either "Yuri Shimai" or "Comic Yuri Hime", "Comic Yuri Hime S" was targeted towards a male audience. However, in 2010 it was merged with "Comic Yuri Hime". Ichijinsha published light novel adaptations from "Comic Yuri Hime" works and original "yuri" novels under their "shōjo" light novel line "Ichijinsha Bunko Iris" starting in July 2008.