Yen Press announced a number of new licenses at New York Comic Con, including manga, art books, and more, all set for April 2025 release.

Doodles by Ryoko Kui: Daydream Hour is an art book collecting comics, sketches, and full color illustrations by the creator of Delicious in Dungeon, which has surged in popularity since the release of the anime in January 2024 (see “Book Channel Trends Offer Insights”). Yen will release a complete box set of Delicious in Dungeon in December 2024 (see “Delicious in Dungeon All-in-One Collection Coming”).

Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi’s Heavy-Drinking Diary, by Aki Hamazi and Kumichou, is a spinoff of Bocchi the Rock!, one of Yen’s top series of 2023 (see “Yen’s Best-Sellers of 2023”), focusing on the hard-drinking bassist in the aspiring band. The series has also been adapted into an anime and a card game (see “‘Weiss Schwarz’ Welcomes ‘Bocchi the Rock!’”).

The 13th Footprint, by Kei Sanbe, follows a family whose son returns from the hospital after a long stay and immediately starts getting mysterious postcards describing events that will happen the following day. Sanbe, whose previous Yen titles include Erased (see “Top 10 Manga of 2017”) and For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams, creates manga that mix mystery and time travel with family drama, and his work has been nominated for several Osamu Tezuka Awards.

Yen’s young-readers imprint, JY, announced the middle-grade manga Horror Collector, based on the light novel series licensed by JY in 2023 (see “Manga Gift Guide”). The series is set in the world of internet rumors and “creepypasta” and follows a mysterious boy in a red hood who appears whenever a strange event occurs.

Other Yen Press announcements include Spice and Wolf Collector’s Edition, bringing back Keito Koume’s manga in a new, deluxe edition; The Summer Hikaru Died, a novelization of the horror manga, which was one of Yen’s best sellers in 2023; and Spy Classroom 2nd Period: Daughter Dearest, the second installment of the fantasy manga and light novel series.

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