Yen Press Announces Fate/strange Fake and Kino’s Journey Light Novel Licenses

Yen Press revealed several new licensing deals during New York Comic Con, securing North American rights to major light novel series. The publisher confirmed it will release the Fate/strange Fake novels by Ryohgo Narita, which follow a deceptive Holy Grail War in Snowfield. Additionally, Yen Press will publish the Kino’s Journey light novels, written by Keiichi Sigsawa with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi.

The announcement also included licenses for original works such as The Girls Adrift Among the Stars, featuring refugees seeking a new home planet, and Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon, where a protagonist designs a spa-filled dungeon. Other titles include Spice and Wolf Diner, Steam-Pipe Broom Racing, Monstrosities and Me, The Ice-Core Meteoria, Mermaid Observation Diary, After Midnight Skin, Lily: Lost and Found Again, and A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court.