During Anime NYC 2026, Yen Press revealed two new manga licenses: The Goblin Samurai and My Crush’s Crush. The release date for both is currently unknown.
It outlines both series via its social media account:
Creator: Kikurage
Synopsis: There are legends of a nameless goblin swordsman. Missing one eye, with no mastery of magic, and born from a low-ranking tribe, yet he is well-spoken—and a warrior of peerless skill. With grace that matches his peerless swordplay, the tale of this wanderer from another world begins!
My Crush’s Crush (Boku no Suki na Hito ga Suki na Hito)
Creator: Sekina Aoi (writer), Ryō Tsuzura (author)
Synopsis: When Sora Akizuki confesses his feelings to Miya Fuwa, he gets rejected outright. As it turns out, she likes Asahi Suzukaze, the president of the mysterious “Clinical Trials Club.” When he joins the club to learn more about Asahi, he discovers that she also has a crush on someone else! Could this chain of crushes get any more complicated…?
During Anime Expo 2026, Yen Press revealed several more licenses. One of which was Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Define, which is described as a “a new take on a legendary series by Gundam franchise director and animator Hiroyuki Kitazume! Char Aznable, once the most iconic ace for the enemy in the previous war, is now a Federation soldier going by a different name. When the theft of a new Gundam leads him to cross paths with a Newtype boy named Kamille, their meeting sparks a conflict between the anti-government AEUG and the Federation’s brutally oppressive faction known as the Titans…”
