At the Yen Press industry panel at NYCC 2026, editors from Yen Press announced fourteen new light novel, manga and manhwa licenses.
Before the licensing announcements began, Yen Press representative Marc Valera reminded everyone that fall anime season tie-in titles are 40% off in their webstore for the month of October. They also screened a trailer for the anime adaptation of Fate Rewinder.
Valera also mentioned that exclusive Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint and Solo Leveling merch is available at the Yen Press booth on the show floor, including Solo Leveling shirts and hoodies and Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint plushies. (You can read more on IZE press’s announcements over on K-Comics Beat.)
The publisher announced four new light novel titles, including the hotly-anticipated Fate/strange Fake light novels by Ryohgo Narita (author of Baccano! and Durarara!!) and a print edition of mid-2000s classic Kino’s Journey. New light novel licenses announced include The Girls Adrift Among the Stars and Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon.
Manga announcements include a cooking spinoff of Spice and Wolf called Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Expansion, explicit office BL After Midnight Skin, and mature josei romance Lily: Lost and Found.
Other manga announced include London-set steampunk sports manga Steam-pipe Broom Racing, fantasy mining manga Ice-Core Meteoria, yokai-befriending manga Monstrosities and Me, and single-volume monster manga Mermaid Observation Diary.
The final title announced was imperial court mythological romance drama A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court.
Stay tuned to The Beat for more news from NYCC ’26.
