{"rewrite":{"id":"r_93fa2f085ad1362cae6e08be","clusterId":"c_dd0b68a5dc46093867a81f85","slug":"yen-press-licenses-10-titles-at-mcm-london-comic-con","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Yen Press Licenses 10 Titles at MCM London Comic Con","summary":"Yen Press announced 10 licenses at MCM London Comic Con on Sunday, all set to debut in April 2027. The slate includes Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round! and And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later, plus audiobook editions of Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet and Taro Hitsuji and Azumi Akitake's Cause I'm Freedom!, and more novels and audiobooks.","whyItMatters":"Ten titles landing on a single April 2027 date gives Yen Press a crowded front-loaded spring list, with two of them feeding continuations and alternate routes to a series readers already know.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eYen Press used its MCM London Comic Con panel on Sunday to announce 10 acquisitions, and unlike the usual scattered licensing cadence, every one of them is scheduled for the same month: April 2027. The group leans on prose rather than manga, with audiobook editions of Mamoru Hosoda\u0026#39;s Scarlet and Taro Hitsuji and Azumi Akitake\u0026#39;s Cause I\u0026#39;m Freedom! sitting alongside new novels.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo of the pickups trade on familiarity. Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round! collects short stories set after the original series and adds an alternate branch, while And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later comes from Eiko Mutsuhana. The covers shown at the panel are not final.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScarlet audiobook\u003c/strong\u003e: By Mamoru Hosoda\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCause I\u0026#39;m Freedom! audiobook\u003c/strong\u003e: By Taro Hitsuji, illustrated by Azumi Akitake\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round! novel\u003c/strong\u003e: By Hiroro Akizakura, illustrated by Dangmill\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later novel\u003c/strong\u003e: By Eiko Mutsuhana\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yen Press dates all 10 MCM London licenses to April 2027, including Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!. That single-month cluster means the publisher is stacking its spring list rather than spacing titles out.","twitterPost":"Yen Press slots all 10 MCM London licenses into April 2027, audiobooks included. One month carrying an entire slate leaves little room to stagger releases.","threadsPost":"Yen Press dated all 10 MCM London Comic Con licenses to April 2027, Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round! and the audiobooks of Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet among them. Placing an entire slate in one month concentrates attention on a few leads.","newsletterBlurb":"Yen Press announced 10 titles at MCM London Comic Con, every one scheduled for April 2027. The list includes prose volumes and audiobooks, among them Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round! and And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later. Covers shown at the panel are not final.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-25/yen-press-licenses-cross-dressing-villainess-cecilia-sylvie-extra-round-and-thus-the-wizard-noi-/.243162\",\"title\":\"Yen Press Licenses Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!, 'And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later,' 8 More Titles\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5098,"outputTokens":833,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792934832,"createdAt":"2026-10-25T13:21:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T13:26:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T13:26:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_dd0b68a5dc46093867a81f85","canonicalTitle":"News\nYen Press Licenses Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!, 'And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later,' 8 More Titles","representativeArticleId":"a_633a4b4a5e49def6c16c906c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie\",\"And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!\",\"Secret: Homicide Edition\",\"About a Place in the Kinki Region\"],\"studios\":[\"Yen Press\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-25T12:45:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-25T12:45:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T13:26:10.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-25/yen-press-licenses-cross-dressing-villainess-cecilia-sylvie-extra-round-and-thus-the-wizard-noi-/.243162","title":"News\nYen Press Licenses Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!, 'And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later,' 8 More Titles"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie","And Thus, the Wizard Noi Garené Became a Bride 100 Years Later"],"work_titles":["Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie: Extra Round!","Secret: Homicide Edition","About a Place in the Kinki Region"],"studios":["Yen Press"],"people":[],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}