On Friday at the Yen Press industry panel at Anime Expo 2026, the publisher announced a series of new licenses, including two titles joining the catalogue of its Yen On imprint. One is a fun culinary adventure, the other supernatural historical fiction.
The Chef of Adventurers’ Tavern, written by Hagane Kurodome and illustrated by Kururi, follows Yoishi the tavernkeeper’s misadventures with a group of adventurers. Here’s the full synopsis:
A Quest That Begins in the Kitchen!
Yoishi the tavernkeeper has a big problem with adventurers…because they have awful diets! One day, some rookie adventurers happen to bring back the bitter stone walnut from the dungeon, considered by many to be inedible. Hoping to find a way to incorporate it into a new dish, Yoishi taps into his knowledge of previous eras and embarks on a new culinary adventure!
A Flower in Black Crude Clothes by Kouko Shirakawa follows a young, renowned exorcist whose new client and their family members begin dying under suspicious circumstances as soon as she agrees to exorcise the ghost of a recently deceased son. Here’s the full synopsis:
In the capital of Xiao lives one of the finest exorcists the world has ever known—a girl of seventeen named Gekki Tou. Despite hailing from a line of distinguished exorcists, Gekki travels around the country to help a wide variety of people deal with malignant spirits alongside her surly fiancé and bodyguard, Reiyou Hou. One day, she receives a request from a member of the wealthy Kohou family who claims he’s being haunted by the spirit of a recently deceased cousin. But as soon as they begin their investigation, the client dies in a suspicious accident. When more members of the Kohou family succumb to supernatural mishaps, it becomes clear they have no ordinary case on their hands. But does this pair of opposites have what it takes to get to the bottom of it before the Kohou fall to ruin?
Yen On has not announced release windows for these titles. Stay tuned for more.
