YouNeek YouNiverse app
Every YouNeek comic. One app.
3,000+ pages of Iyanu, Malika, E.X.O., and more. 7 days free, then $4.99/month.
YouNeek Studios
An award-winning transmedia studio. Worlds inspired by African history, culture, and mythology, for film, TV, games, and comics.
Our mission
Empowering African creatives and storytelling for a global audience.
As seen in
- 150,000+graphic novels sold
- #1kids’ series on Cartoon Network (Iyanu)
- 3NAACP Image Award nominations
- 20book deal with Dark Horse Comics
Trailer · The War of Twin Princes
Film & TV · Now streaming
Iyanu: from comic to global hit.
The YouNeek graphic novel became a hit animated series and two films, The Age of Wonders and The War of Twin Princes, written and directed by Roye Okupe.
Watch on
- HBO Max
- Cartoon Network
- Hulu
- Prime Video
- ITVX
- CBC Gem
- ABC iview
- M-Net
- DStv
- eJunior
- STARZPLAY
- Kidzone Max
Afro-Anime feature film · In development
Malika: Warrior Queen
Inspired by the legend of Queen Amina of Zazzau. A guilt-ridden queen forges a fractured kingdom into an empire, until dark magic brings back the sister she lost.
Publishing · The YouNiverse
Multiple worlds. One YouNiverse.
Ancient kingdoms, Afrofuturistic West Africa, and a civilization on Mars. Every YouNeek series is part of the same story, published in print by Dark Horse Comics and read digitally in our app.
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Judge it by the pages.
Read the opening pages of any series, full screen. Subscribe to read the rest.
YouNeek Games · Coming soon
Malika: Crown of Azzaz
Rule as Queen Malika in a mobile strategy game set in the Empire of Azzaz. Keep your kingdom together.
Merch · Coming soon
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Our new lifestyle brand, born from how this studio started: by choosing to be ourselves instead of what everyone said we should be. It’s for anyone who’d rather do the same. Be yourself, on your own terms.
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Podcast · YouTube
The YouNeek Show.
A podcast for all things YouNeek Studios and African geekdom. 28 episodes and counting.
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Clips, behind the scenes, and first looks, every week.
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