Yen Press had a big showing at this year’s Anime NYC event as they announced a combined 13 titles for new manga and light novels! All descriptions provided by Yen Press. No release dates were given for any of the licenses announced.
Killing Me!
“Love-hate relationship” takes on a whole new meaning in this girls’ love occult romance about two classmates—a vampire…and a vampire hunter!
Whenever Our Eyes Meet… A Women’s Love Anthology
The love between girls never stops blooming in this collection of office flings and workplace romances.
God Shining Moonlight Howling Moon
Kenji Saitou (Trinity Seven) and Shouji Sato (Highschool of the Dead, Triage X) present the action-packed story of Howling Moon, a sexy, kick-ass magical girl. The question is, does she fight for good, or for evil?
The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess’s Hero
When Shinichi Sotoyama is suddenly transported to a world of swords and magic, his first quest isn’t to rescue a helpless maiden or save the world, but to protect a demon lord!!
The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
The goddess Lista summons a hero who excels in every area to assist her. He’s everything she expected him to be except for one, tiny thing: this anxious hero can’t do anything unless he’s absolutely sure nothing can go wrong!
Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen
In this dark, gothic fantasy, a boy is summoned to another world where he meets a beautiful and terrifying girl who offers him a choice—to be her servant, or to be tortured!
Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki
Mamoru Hosoda himself presents the gentle, bittersweet novel adaptation of his award-winning Wolf Children film, wherein a young single mother raises two unruly children with an unusual secret in the Japanese countryside.
Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s just as good as him, and she offers to teach him a few exploits…
Last Round Arthurs: Scum Arthur and Heretic Merlin
Rintarou is a guy who’s good at anything he tries, so he’s completely bored with life. Just for fun, he decides to help Runa in her bid to be recognized as the one true King Arthur, but there’s just one problem…she sold Excalibur?!?!
Monster & Beast
Solitary Cavo is a hideous monster with a pure heart. Liam, on the other hand, might look like a gentleman, but he’s a beast on the inside, warped personality and all. When Liam ends up in an unfortunate situation in the haunted woods Cavo calls home, it’s the monster to the rescue! After the close call, Liam extends a more-than-friendly hand to Cavo and leads the innocent monster out of the woods…and astray?!
Kaiju Girl Caramelizer
Suffering from a rare, incurable illness that causes frightening changes to her body whenever she gets worked up, loner Kuroe Akaishi spends her high school days avoiding her classmates, especially class idol, Arata Minami, and his groupies. But when Arata starts making her heart skip a beat with irritating regularity, Kuroe soon discovers that her illness actually has a big—make that, monster—secret! Romance turns her into Love- zilla…literally!
Little Miss P
It’s that time of the month, and you know what that means…a visit from Aunt Flo—scratch that—Little Miss P! This pink, anthropomorphized period’s not so lean, kinda mean, and a gut-punching, butt- kicking machine! (Just ask Mr. Erection…) Follow Little Miss P as she traverses time advising, harassing, abusing, and comforting women on her (usually) monthly visits in this uniquely weird and surprisingly touching manga!
Yuri Life
Yuuna’s an illustrator, Manami’s a web designer, and the two are living together! It’s the everyday romance of two women who see a future with each other.