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Yen Press has announced licenses across four 2026 conventions and panel slates, most recently five titles at New York Comic Con in October. The publisher also announced a second audiobook imprint, Yen Audio, and a new imprint debuting in October 2026.
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Oct 15
Yen Press spent 2026 announcing licenses in bulk. On May 15 the publisher licensed 17 titles for November 2026, 11 manga and six light novels, including Ryoko Kui's Terrarium in a Drawer and the Argonaut DanMachi prequel. A week later at Anime North in Toronto it announced nine more, two novels and seven manga, scheduled for December 2026 and winter 2027, among them a Wistoria: Wand and Sword prequel novel and a Honey Lemon Soda novel adaptation.
At Anime NYC in August the publisher split nine licenses between two light novels and seven manga, including Übel Blatt II: Knights of the Fallen King, and said it had no release window for them. Two days earlier it had announced The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush, plus an audiobook of The Boy and The Beast and a November print debut for Rise of the Lowborn. On October 4 it added six more, and on October 9 at New York Comic Con it announced five, including the Fate/strange Fake and Kino's Journey light novels and a Spice and Wolf spinoff manga.
Audiobooks and a new imprint ran alongside the licenses. Yen Audio set a November 2026 audiobook for Keiichi Hikami's See You at That Site of Grace After Work, following the Yen On hardcover and digital editions on October 13, 2026; the audiobook will be available on Spotify, Audible, Google Play, and other streaming platforms. Yen Press also said a new imprint will debut in October 2026 with Ryoko Kui's The Dragon School is Atop the Mountain and Futa Kimura's Fate Rewinder as its first two titles. Manga Up! Global added If Witch, Then Which? in August, giving the completed series another official English route alongside the Yen Press edition.
Key facts
- Most recent license slate
- Five licenses announced at New York Comic Con: the Fate/strange Fake and Kino's Journey light novels and three more titles. ↗
- New York Comic Con manga license
- Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Exploration manga by Sera Murase with original creator Isuna Hasekura. ↗
- Six-title October slate
- Kafka's Journey, Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her, and The Returned Tyrant Princess Rewrites Her Dark Past light novels, plus three manga. ↗
- Anime NYC licenses
- Nine licenses announced at the Anime NYC panel, split between two light novels and seven manga, including Übel Blatt II: Knights of the Fallen King, with no release window given. ↗
- Anime North 2026 licenses
- Nine titles announced at Anime North in Toronto on May 22, including a Wistoria: Wand and Sword prequel novel and a Honey Lemon Soda novel adaptation, set for December 2026 and winter 2027. ↗
- November 2026 slate
- 17 licenses announced on May 15, 2026, 11 manga and six light novels, including Ryoko Kui's Terrarium in a Drawer. ↗
- Yen Audio release
- An audiobook of Keiichi Hikami's See You at That Site of Grace After Work arrives in November 2026 on Spotify, Audible, Google Play, and other streaming platforms. ↗
- Print edition timing
- The Yen On hardcover and digital editions of See You at That Site of Grace After Work are scheduled for October 13, 2026, a month before the audiobook. ↗
- New imprint launch
- A new imprint debuts in October 2026 with Ryoko Kui's The Dragon School is Atop the Mountain and Futa Kimura's Fate Rewinder: All Great Feats Require Time. ↗
- August manga addition
- The Goblin Samurai by Kikurage and My Crush's Crush by Sekina Aoi and Ryo Tsuzura were licensed at Anime NYC. ↗
Timeline
- Oct 9, 2026 Yen Press Licenses Fate/strange Fake, Kino's Journey, and Three More at New York Comic Con
- Oct 4, 2026 Yen Press Licenses Six New Manga and Light Novels
- Aug 28, 2026 Manga Up! Global Adds If Witch, Then Which?
- Aug 23, 2026 Yen Press Reveals 9 New Licenses at Anime NYC Panel
- Aug 21, 2026 Yen Press Licenses The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush Manga
- May 23, 2026 Yen Press Licenses Nine Titles at Anime North 2026
- May 16, 2026 Yen Press Licenses 17 Manga and Novels for November 2026
- May 16, 2026 Yen Audio Sets November 2026 Audiobook for Elden Ring Light Novel
- May 16, 2026 Yen Press Launches New Manga Imprint With Ryoko Kui Collection
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Facts
- Announced
- five new licenses (New York Comic Con) · 2026-10-09
- Announced
- new manga imprint launching in October 2026 · 2026-05-16
- Announced
- audiobook adaptation of Keiichi Hikami's light novel See You at That Site of Grace After Work · 2026-05-16
- Announced
- nine new license acquisitions (Anime North 2026) · 2026-05-23
- Noted
- Yen Press will debut a new imprint in October 2026, launching with two titles. · 2026-05-16
- Licensed by
- Yen On (English) · 2026-05-16
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- Confirmed five new licenses Oct 10 · source
- Confirmed nine new licenses Sep 30 · source
- Debunked nine new license acquisitions Sep 27 · source
- Disputed nine new license acquisitions Sep 22 · source
- Disputed nine new licenses Sep 16 · source
- Confirmed Yen Press produces My Crush's Crush Sep 6 · source
- Debunked new manga imprint launching in October 2026 May 28 · source
- Confirmed platform: Yen On; region: English May 28 · source
- Confirmed audiobook adaptation of Keiichi Hikami's light novel See You at That Site of Grace After Work May 28 · source
- Confirmed keiichi hikami writes yen press May 28 · source
- Confirmed yen audio produces yen press May 28 · source
- Confirmed nine new license acquisitions May 28 · source
All coverage
Oct 9
Yen Press announced five new licenses at New York Comic Con on Friday. The list includes the Fate/strange Fake light novels by Ryohgo Narita with original concept by TYPE-MOON, the Kino's Journey light novels by Keiichi Sigsawa with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi, and the Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Exploration manga by Sera Murase and original creator Isuna Hasekura. Two more light novel series were also picked up: The Girls Adrift Among the Stars and Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon.
Oct 4
Yen Press announced six new licenses on Friday: the light novels Kafka's Journey, Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her, and The Returned Tyrant Princess Rewrites Her Dark Past, plus the manga Lilies in Love for 101 Days, Lord Hades's Vernal Honeymoon, and Desire of the Untouchable Flower. Kafka's Journey is written by Chizuru Mizushina with illustration by Haruyuki Morisawa.
Aug 28
Manga Up! Global added Ato Sakurai's If Witch, Then Which? manga on Tuesday. The romantic comedy follows Haruka Kuze, who cross-dresses to help a witch named Maruna Rinjou graduate from magic school. The manga ran in Monthly Shonen Gangan from June 2019 to May 2020, with three volumes.
Aug 23
Yen Press announced nine new licenses at its main industry panel at Anime NYC on Saturday, split between two light novel series and seven manga series. The company did not give a release window. The light novels are The Witch's Conviction, The Beast's Redemption and 'Cause I'm Freedom! The manga slate includes Seal My Lips With a Kiss, Übel Blatt II: Knights of the Fallen King, and The Gray Exorcist.
Aug 21
Yen Press announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it licensed two manga: The Goblin Samurai by Kikurage and My Crush's Crush by Sekina Aoi and Ryō Tsuzura. It also announced an audiobook of The Boy and The Beast light novel and the November print debut of Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles.
May 23
Yen Press announced nine new license acquisitions during its industry panel at Anime North 2026 in Toronto on May 22. The slate includes two novel series and seven manga titles, scheduled for release in December 2026 and winter 2027. The novel pickups are a prequel to the manga "Wistoria: Wand and Sword" by Fujino Omori with illustrations by Yunagi, and a novel adaptation of "Honey Lemon Soda" by Anju Goshirakawa based on Mayu Murata's original story. The seven manga are "Snowmelt and Agapanthus" by Nauchi, "Witch and Cat" by Yodaka Kuroi, "Sinful Is the Angel Who Loves" by Yukari Sakai, "Shigahime" by Hirohisa Sato, "Studio Cabana" by Uma Agri, "Gusts and Beats" by Karuho Shiina, and "Twilight Vessel-Gods" by Shin Yamamoto. The genres span supernatural romance, psychological horror, action, and queer romance. The "Wistoria" prequel novel, titled "Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria Grimo Acta: Hajimari no Namida" in Japanese, arrives as the manga's second anime season began airing on April 12, 2026.
May 16
Yen Press announced on May 15 that it has licensed 11 manga and six light novel series for release in November 2026. The manga slate includes "Moscow 2160," a near-future story by Kumo Kagyu with art by Kōtarō Sekine; "Love at the City's Edge on a Moonlit Night" by Sakuhiro, about an onmyoji and a demon; "Terrarium in a Drawer," a collection of 33 short stories by Ryōko Kui of "Delicious in Dungeon" fame; "He Was My Brother" by Minoru Matsuda; "egg: I'm Your Child" by Sino Torino; "After-School Duty" by Meiji and Gakuto Coda; "Contract Sisters" by Hijiki; "Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia" by Nagimiso; "My Girlfriend Is a Colossal Cutie" by sanorin; "Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride" by Hyōgo Amagasa and sugino; and "Witch and Hound" by Rainy Kamitsuki and Minori Tsukahara. The light novel licenses are "Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes" by Fujino Ōmori; "The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening" by Akumi Agitogi; "Valkyrie Bullet" by Yomu Mishima; "On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King" by Ichiro Sakaki; "Rise of the Lowborn" by Kosaka Hanane; and "The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero's Party" by Kamaseinuesu. Yen Press also plans an audiobook for Keiichi Hikami's "Elden Ring"-themed novel "See You at That Site of Grace After Work."
May 16
Yen Audio will release an audiobook adaptation of Keiichi Hikami's light novel See You at That Site of Grace After Work in November 2026. The announcement came from Yen Press on May 15, 2026. The novel, which Yen Press licensed in April, follows Wataru Aida, a socially awkward salesman whose only joy is playing video games alone. His routine shifts when senior coworker Reito Kashima catches him reading a game guide and asks for help with Elden Ring. What begins as cooperative play becomes a story of friendship and connection. The English hardcover and digital editions from the Yen On imprint are scheduled for October 13, 2026, a month before the audiobook. Hikami wrote the original work, with illustrations by lack. Kadokawa first published the book in Japan on March 29, 2024. The audiobook will be available on Spotify, Audible, Google Play, and other streaming platforms.
May 16
Yen Press will debut a new imprint in October 2026, launching with two titles. The first is Ryoko Kui's The Dragon School is Atop the Mountain, an early collection of one-shots from the Delicious in Dungeon creator that treats the extraordinary as ordinary daily life. The second is Futa Kimura's Fate Rewinder: All Great Feats Require Time, a children's manga about agents who use micro-time machines implanted in their eye sockets to rescue people from tragic deaths. The imprint arrives as part of a broader wave of licensing news. Glacier Bay Books will publish Marco Kohinata's Akari in June 2026, a standalone story about mistaken identity and found family selected for the MINT manga initiative. Mangalith will release Hideko Mizuno's Fire! on October 14, 2026, bringing the 1969 shojo manga that helped open the genre's 1970s flourishing to English readers in a single volume. Kodama Tales will publish Hisae Iwaoka's The Magical Forest of Hoshigahara in November 2026. Manga Mavericks Books will release Minami Q-ta's Ball and Chain in March 2027, a story about two queer people pushing back against assigned gender roles and the expectations of marriage. The licensing announcements follow the death of Yoshiharu Tsuge on an unspecified date. Tsuge, born October 30, 1937, was the creator of the surrealist manga Nejishiki and an artist who twisted the medium with an uncompromising personal vision shaped by postwar poverty and lifelong anthropophobia.