Yen Press Licenses Kiniro Mosaic: Best Wishes, Hollow Regalia, & More Titles

Yen Press has announced a slate of new manga and light novel titles set for release in March 2023. The new licenses were announced on September 9, 2022. 

Among the highlights are a follow-up to the Kiniro Mosaic manga, a new light novel series from the author of Strike the Blood, and Sunbeams in the Sky.  

Here are the full details on the new titles: 

The first new license is the manga adaptation of The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon light novel series. The original light novels are published under the Yen On imprint and are written by Hinagi Asami and illustrated by Kureta. Artist Kaoru Hoshino takes over as artist for the manga version. 

📣 NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: The Otherworlder, Exploring the Dungeon 📣

Broke and desperate, Souta signs up to warp to a fantasy world, ascend a dungeon tower, and claim the treasure. However, an accident leaves him stranded. Will his adventure end before it begins? pic.twitter.com/LJWxQtL5L3

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

The manga series was serialized in Comp Ace magazine from September 26, 2019 to November 26, 2020. Two tankoubon volumes have been released with 12 chapters in total.  

Another manga adaptation of a light novel is The Villainess Stans the Heroes: Playing the Antagonist to Support Her Faves! The manga was first launched in Gangan Online magazine on February 27, 2021 by Yamori Michikusa, with art by Tsubasa Takamatsu. Two tankoubon volumes have been released in total so far. 

📣 NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: The Villainess Stans the Heroes: Playing the Antagonist to Support Her Faves! 📣

What’s a girl to do when she’s reincarnated into a game full of her biases, and as the antagonist to boot? Simple—do whatever it takes to make them shine, of course! pic.twitter.com/GUwLkcom1p

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

Monika Kaname’s comedy romance manga Sunbeams in the Sky will also be released for the first time in English. The series ran in GFantasy magazine from January 18, 2021 to April 18, 2022. Three total tankoubon volumes have been released, collecting 16 chapters overall. 

📣 NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Sunbeams in the Sky 📣

Twins Himari and Mio are copies on the outside, but their personalities couldn’t be more different. When Himari decides to stay home due to an unfortunate incident, Mio knows the best way to convince her to return—take her place! pic.twitter.com/iJ6IVIxHrc

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

The Reformation of the World as Overseen by a Realist Demon King light novel series has also been licensed. It is written by Hata Ryousuke and illustrated by Yuugen. 

The series has also inspired a manga adaptation that was launched in Dengeki Maoh magazine on January 26, 2019. 

📣 NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Reformation of the World as Overseen by a Realist Demon King (novel) 📣

By the will of a whimsical goddess, the seventy-second Demon King Astaroth has been reincarnated to rule alongside a chaotic mixture of humans and heroes in another world! pic.twitter.com/XORLWVZhql

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

Yen Press will also release Yui Hara’s Kiniro Mosaic: Best wishes in English for North America. The manga takes place a year after the events in Hara’s original manga series. It was serialized in Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine from May 19, 2020 to March 18, 2021. A single tankoubon volume has been released, collecting 11 total chapters. 

The original Kiniro Mosaic manga has inspired two anime seasons, an OVA, and an anime film. 

📣 NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Kiniro Mosaic, Best Wishes 📣

Set one year after the events in Kiniro Mosaic, this volume contains eleven chapters ranging from the everyday life of Alice and her friends after graduation to behind-the-scenes stories of their high school life! pic.twitter.com/HgLSU6DKpE

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

Tama Mitsuboshi’s Call the Name of the Night has also been licensed. The fantasy manga was first launched in Harta magazine on August 12, 2020, with three tankoubon volumes released so far. 

📣 NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Call the Name of the Night 📣

Deep in the forest, a curious pair resides: a young girl Mira, whose affliction leads her to call forth darkness whenever she’s in distress, and her physician Rei, determined to seek a cure… pic.twitter.com/FAaWWbCGfV

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

Hollow Regalia is the latest light novel from Strike the Blood and Asura Cryin’ author Gakuto Mikumo. Artist Miyuu is providing the illustrations for the light novels. The first volume was released on June 10, 2021. 

📣 NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Hollow Regalia 📣

Yahiro is one of the few remaining. Having gained immortality, he spends each lonely day as a "salvager," transporting artwork out of the ruins of Tokyo…until a pair of twin art dealers request that he salvage a particular item. pic.twitter.com/HUaq2waReN

— Yen Press (@yenpress) September 9, 2022

Source: Yen Press