Yen Press Licenses The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush Manga
Yen Press continues to excite the manga and light novel world with new license announcements. The publisher has licensed two manga, The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush, for English release. In the same announcement, it was revealed that audiobook projects are also being prepared for the light novels The Boy and the Beast and Rise of the Lowborn. This development, reported by Anime News Network, highlights Yen Press's plan to expand both its manga and digital listening catalog.
The authors, artists, and story details of The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush have not yet been officially shared. However, the completion of these two licenses indicates that the series will soon be available on North American shelves under the Yen Press label. In particular, the title My Crush's Crush is intriguing for readers of the youth and romance genres. Yen Press is expected to announce release dates and creative staff information for both manga in the coming period.
The most notable title on the audiobook side is The Boy and the Beast. The novel, adapted from Mamoru Hosoda's famous 2015 animated film, was written by Mizuki Tsujimura. The story tells of a boy who gets lost in the back streets of Tokyo and is trained by a warrior bear in a parallel world where monsters live. Yen Press is now bringing this novel, which it previously published in English, into audiobook format for listeners. Rise of the Lowborn is another light novel that is getting an audiobook as part of the same project.
Yen Press was founded in 2006 as a partnership between Kadokawa and Hachette Book Group, and today it is one of North America's largest manga publishers. In recent years, the publisher has been increasing its investments in the audiobook field under the Yen Audio brand. The audiobook format, especially for long light novel series, represents an important alternative for readers who cannot find time to read. Therefore, the news about The Boy and the Beast and Rise of the Lowborn concerns both book and digital content audiences.
Official release dates have not yet been announced for any of the four projects. Still, this announcement from Yen Press can be read as a sign of an ambitious publishing schedule for the second half of 2026. Once the English editions of The Goblin Samurai and My Crush's Crush are completed, readers around the world will be able to access these series. For manga fans in Turkey, such licensing news also keeps alive the possibility that the series may be published in Turkish in the coming years.
