Exciting New Licenses Coming in February 2026

If you missed our announcements on social media, here's a quick recap of the four new titles joining our lineup!

Joining Yen Press we have...

[OSHI NO KO] TV Anime 1st Season Guidebook: First Report

Art by Mengo Yokoyari, Story by Aka Akasaka

Get a deep dive into the first season of the [Oshi no Ko] anime! With detailed information on characters and story, art from the making of the anime, and interviews galore, this book is packed with insights into the production of the hit series!

A Long & Short Love Story

By Key Ichikawa

Ibuki and Kippei are next-door neighbors and have known each other since they were little. They go to the same school, chat about their favorite music, and watch the summer fireworks together—no two friends could be closer. But when Ibuki kisses Kippei, their relationship changes... 

Demi-Human Sharehouse

By Norito Asazuki

When Kei Sato, a corporate slave with low communication skills, applies to live in a share house, he thinks that it’ll be a good way for him to make friends. But the other three occupants of this house seem a little different...almost monstrous even? Can Kei overcome his introversion and become friends with these supernatural girls!? 

Keyaki Shopping District’s Sakura Bathhouse

Art by Waka Kakitsubata, Original Story by Yuzu Tsubaki

Tatsumi Azuma, a sociable third-year student at Keyaki High School, crashes into second-year Shunpei Eguchi and fractures his hand. But the stone-faced Shunpei is no ordinary student—rumor has it he’ll kill anyone who so much as looks him in the eye! Afraid of retaliation, Tatsumi tells Shunpei he’ll do anything to make up for his blunder. Thus, Shunpei puts him to work by making him help out at his family’s bathhouse, Sakura-no-yu! 

Mad Miniscape

By Ayumu Hirose

Asahi is an ordinary girl who shares a small apartment with the boy she grew up with, Minoru. Which wouldn’t be all that strange, except…Minoru died four years ago. The “thing” that occupies Asahi’s apartment is nothing like her childhood friend—it’s inhuman and grotesque, and it keeps demanding Asahi’s life at every opportunity. But Asahi doesn’t mind. As long as Minoru is there with her, absolutely nothing else matters…right? 

Once Upon a Witch's Death (manga)

Art by Kenu Amearare, Original Story by Saka

Meg Raspberry lives a charmed life in the English countryside as an apprentice to the powerful witch Faust. That is, until her seventeenth birthday rolls around, and Faust reveals that Meg will die in a year from the Death Sentence curse! There’s only one way to avoid her inevitable demise—collect a thousand tears of joy to create a Seed of Life, which will grant Meg immortality. But can Meg still find joy in her circumstances? She might have to learn how anyway… The clock is ticking, and this deadline has no extensions! 

Dungeons That Surely Slaughter Adventurers

By Dowman Sayman

Dungeons—marvelous labyrinths packed full of dreams where heroes gather in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, Eine and Nacht can’t say they feel the same. While all the other reincarnated earthlings get to live out awesome isekai fantasies, the two of them are stuck slaving away as dungeon staff! And whether those inconsiderate adventurers win or lose, a messy pile of corpses will need tidying up. But if the two are disposing of bodies anyway…then what’s a few more? Why not make their workplace a terrifying deathtrap from which none ever return? Maybe then they’d finally have some peace and quiet!

The Fake Alchemist

Art by Umemaru, Original Story by Jiro Sugiura

Young Paracelsus was never a fighter, so when he’s transported to another world, there’s only one path for him to make a living— alchemy. The problem is, he’s cheating his way through it! Can Paracelsus and his newfound companion, Nora, thrive in this strange new world? 

The Idol’s Escape

By Ito Kira

Ainosuke is a gay man who spends his days full of gloominess and regrets. He desperately wishes he could be as cute and gorgeous as Karen, the idol he aspires to. But one night, Karen herself, on the run from an exploitative producer, appears right in front of him! A journey of escape and heart-pounding, fleeting love begins... 

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Joining Yen On we have...

Moscow 2160 (light novel)

Story by Kumo Kagyu, Illustrations by Noboru Kannatsuki

The year is 2160, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union has not yet ended. Cyborg soldiers returning from war roam about, their cybernetic enhancements monitored by the authorities. Behind the scenes, government-affiliated organizations, Western spies, and mafiosos hunt each other down. This is Moscow, a city where freedom, truth, and prosperity have long since disappeared. Danila Kragin, a disposable asset called a “janitor,” is a flesh-and-blood mercenary. He now sprints down alleyways, submachine gun in hand. He must make it home—not only for his beloved Stasia, but for his younger siblings waiting for his return. 

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Lastly, joining Ize Press we have...

Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story

Art by A-jin, Adapted by DOYOSAY, Original Story by Lemon Frog

When Suna Choi wakes up in the body of the villainess Edith Rigelhof, she’s confident that she’s got this! After all, she knows how this is typically supposed to go: A girl dies, reincarnates into a romance novel as the villainess, uses her wits and foreknowledge to avoid death, and lives happily ever after (and maybe even wins over a hot guy or two). Except...saying that things aren’t working out as she’d hoped would be putting it lightly. Killian Rudwick, her new husband and the second male lead, seems hellbent on finding every reason under the sun to despise her, and any attempt to fix her reputation appears to be futile. It’s almost as if some higher power is refusing to let her change Edith's place in the narrative—but with her life on the line, she must find a way to break the story’s hold before it’s too late!

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Stay tuned because we are dropping even more announcements this week, at our Anime NYC 2025 Industry Panel!