Refresh Your Eyes with the Spring 2026 Yen Press Anime Lineup!

It is time to spring into action and enjoy a new anime season! Ready to begin a new journey? Then let’s discover what is dropping in the Spring 2026 anime season!

I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE SECOND PRETTIEST GIRL IN MY CLASS

High school is a fresh start for most people—but not for Maki Maehara. He’s always been a loner, and he knows this year isn’t going to be any different. As expected, Maehara sees no change even six months in…until he runs into his classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and ranked the second-prettiest girl in class by the boys, Asanagi’s from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have some things in common, and not just the B movies they came to rent. When they become friends in secret, Maehara discovers his days are about to get a little more colorful!

I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class, Vols. 1–2 are available now!

AGENTS OF THE FOUR SEASONS

Winter was once the only season in the world-but such an existence was too lonely to bear, and so it created Spring to love. Before long, the earth wished for more time to rest in the cycle, and Summer and Autumn were born. The ones who carry the cycle are called the Agents of the Four Seasons. Hinagiku, the Agent of Spring, disappeared from this land ten years ago, taking the season of spring with her. Now, after incredible hardship, she has returned to restore the cycle to its proper state-and, as in the myth passed down since the dawn of time, she sends her love to Winter.

Agents of the Four Seasons, Vols. 1-6 are available now! Also available as manga!

GALS CAN'T BE KIND TO OTAKU?!

Meet Takuya Seo, an otaku who sits behind the popular gals in class, Ijichi and Amane. As people from different “castes”, you wouldn’t expect them to have much in common. But when their worlds collide over a borrowed eraser, Takuya slips up about his favorite anime, and Amane…is rather quick to correct him. She says she’s not a fan, but her familiarity with the series suggests otherwise. Could she be…a fellow geek?!

Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?, Vol. 1 is available now!

I'M HOME, PARDONING THE INTRUSION!

Rinko’s one respite from the doldrums of office work is her apartment—a perfect piece of paradise where she can wash away the day’s worries with a generous dose of her favorite otaku pastimes. But the walls of her sanctum come crashing down (literally) when her home is unexpectedly connected to those of her neighbors! To her left, a pleasant mystery man who’s oddly kind to her. To her right, a not-so-pleasant mystery man who—hold on, she’s seen this guy before! With her peace disturbed and her secret hobby out in the open, can Rinko handle the excitement of two new unexpected roommates?

I’m Home, Pardoning the Intrusion!, Vol. 1 will be available September 2026!

KUSUNOKI'S GARDEN OF GODS

Deep in the countryside, Minato Kusunoki is left in charge of a terrifying house overflowing with evil spirits—or at least it was, until his extraordinary ability cleared them all out! Instead, a procession of unique and peculiar gods is drawn to the comfort of the purified Kusunoki residence, and Minato spends his days relaxing in the company of his spiritual neighbors. What else lies in store for Minato as he lives peacefully surrounded by gods?

Kusunoki's Garden of Gods, Vols. 1-3 are available now!

EVEN A REPLICA CAN FALL IN LOVE

When she doesn’t feel well, when there’s a test, when she doesn’t want to go to school... I take her place. I’m her replica. I’m not meant for anything else. But that changed when I fell in love. I wear my hair up so the boy I fell for knows it’s me. We skip school and promise to meet again tomorrow, and every day after. I’m her replica. Everything about me is borrowed and empty, but my heart is mine.

Even a Replica Can Fall in Love, Vols. 1-4 are available now!

Even a Replica Can Fall in Love (manga), Vol. 1 is available now!

SCENES FROM AWAJIMA

Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!

Scenes from Awajima, Vol. 1 is available now!

KILLED AGAIN, MR. DETECTIVE?

Sakuya Outsuki is the son of a legendary detective, striving to follow in his father’s footsteps with the help of his assistant, Lilithea. This isn’t your average high-school sleuth, though-because he comes back to life every time he’s killed! Being a little too familiar with death and always awakening to Lilithea by his side, Sakuya’s happy to take on low-risk cases. Surely investigating a movie producer’s affair on a luxury cruise ship won’t pose any real threat! But when the duo ends up entangled in a larger and bloodier situation, Sakuya will have to get to the bottom of the mystery…and die trying!

The complete Killed Again, Mr. Detective? is available now!

RE:ZERO -STARTING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD-

Subaru Natsuki was just trying to get to the convenience store but wound up summoned to another world. He encounters the usual things--life-threatening situations, silver haired beauties, cat fairies--you know, normal stuff. All that would be bad enough, but he's also gained the most inconvenient magical ability of all--time travel, but he's got to die to use it. How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die?

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vols. 1–28 are available now!

THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME

Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm...as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vols. 1–22 are available now! Also available as an audiobook!

THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR SPOILS ME ROTTEN

Mahiru is a beautiful girl whose classmates all call her an “angel.” Not only is she a star athlete with perfect grades-she’s also drop-dead gorgeous. Amane‚ an average guy and self-admitted slob‚ has never thought much of the divine beauty‚ despite attending the same school. Everything changes‚ however‚ when he happens to see Mahiru sitting alone in a park during a rainstorm. Thus begins the strange relationship between this incredibly unlikely pair!

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Vols. 1–9 are available now! Also available as an audiobook!

THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END

King Grey is a remarkable ruler with a prosperous reign, and yet…opulence and success cannot bury emptiness and solitude. His time as king, however, comes to an abrupt end, and he reincarnates as Arthur Leywin―a baby born in a world of magic and monsters. Equipped with memories of his previous life and the desire to protect the newfound warmth surrounding him, Art begins his journey of becoming a strong warrior once again. Sword training, mana core formation, magic studies―Art does it all in order to be as powerful as can be! But will it be enough to repel the dangerous forces that threaten his second chance at life…?

The Beginning After the End, Vols. 1–10 are available now!

REBORN AS A VENDING MACHINE, I NOW WANDER THE DUNGEON

After dying in a traffic accident, I find myself standing near an unfamiliar lake. My body won't move, I can't hear my voice, and when I try to shout in confusion, words that I never expected come out! "Get one free with a winner." -it seems I've turned into a vending machine...! I can only do what actual vending machines can. It's impossible to move by myself, and there's no way for me to have any meaningful conversation-how am I going to survive some fantasy world's dungeon like this?!

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (light novel), Vols. 1-3 are available now!

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (manga), Vols. 1-2 are available now!

Begin a new adventure today, and dive into a world of excitement and action!