Seven Seas Announces 18 New English Manga Licenses at Anime NYC

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced 18 new English-language licenses tied to Anime NYC 2026, expanding its manga, novel, webtoon, and audiobook catalog with releases scheduled from October 2026 through 2027.

Seven Seas Entertainment posted the announcement on August 21, 2026, during the New York convention's four-day run. The list is notable less for one headline franchise than for its range: it includes an audiobook prequel to a series with an anime connection, danmei novels and audiobooks, Boys' Love and Girls' Love manga, full-color webtoons, a cyberpunk manga adaptation, a major box set, and a deluxe hardcover novel edition.

What Was Announced

The publisher's announcement covers 18 new licenses across several Seven Seas imprints and formats. The earliest confirmed release is A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO, an audiobook prequel by Touya and chibi. Volume 1 is scheduled for October 2026 under the Siren audiobook imprint. The title expands the English-language edition of a series that Seven Seas identifies as having inspired an anime, so readers who first encountered the property through animation will have a new audio-format entry point.

Two more audiobooks are listed for November 2026: Dinghai Fusheng Records by Arise Zhang, also known as Fei Tian Ye Xiang, and There's Something Wrong with the Chief: Du Zhu You Bing by Yang Su. Seven Seas describes Dinghai Fusheng Records as the novel series behind a manhua and an animated series, while placing it in the same universe as Legend of Exorcism. Both audiobook announcements identify Volume 1 as the first English-language release.

The 2027 slate moves across multiple readerships. The Boys' Love and webtoon selections include Whispering Tiger: Jangsanbeom, The Ghost's Nocturne, My Lips are Being Targeted, Scarlet Thirst, and Synchronicity Obsession. The publisher gives June or July 2027 windows for several of these books, with prices listed in U.S. and Canadian dollars. The Ghost's Nocturne, by ANANAS and C.R Jade, is described as a supernatural historical romance webtoon moving into English print in June 2027 through the Seven Seas Webtoons label.

Girls' Love readers have two distinct announcements to track. I Wish it Had Just Been Love by Rui Obata is scheduled for July 2027, while The Duke's Daughter Must Seduce the Demon King… But the Demon King's a Girl?! by Ringoame Third and Akio Kawada is listed for 2027 without a month. The announcement also includes the full-color cat comic Enslaved By My Cats, the cyberpunk manga Goetia Shock, and Witch and Mercenary, a manga adaptation connected to the upcoming 2027 anime.

For established readers, the list adds a Season 1 and 2 box set of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You, collecting Volumes 1–6 with exclusive extras. It also brings Till the End of the Moon as a novel, Welcome to the Nightmare Game and First-Class Lawyer as novels, and Faraway Wanderers as a deluxe hardcover novel. Most of these are planned for 2027, with the publisher providing individual month, format, and price details where available.

Why It Matters

This is a useful snapshot of how English-language manga publishing now reaches fans through more than standard paperback volumes. The same announcement treats audiobooks, digital editions, full-color webtoons, novels, manga, and collector-oriented formats as parts of one release strategy. For international fans, that means a license announcement can answer not only “Will this be translated?” but also “Which format will arrive first?” and “Is the title intended for a different reading platform or imprint?”

The mix also connects several existing fan pathways. A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO and Dinghai Fusheng Records extend properties that already have related manga or animation recognition. Witch and Mercenary gives readers a way to explore the source material ahead of its planned 2027 anime. Meanwhile, the webtoon licenses show Seven Seas continuing to bring digitally originated comics into English print, where page design, color, and larger trim formats can matter as much as translation.

There is also a practical distinction between a large announcement and an immediate release. Only the first audiobook windows arrive in 2026. Many of the manga, webtoon, and novel titles are months away, and several are identified only by the year 2027. That makes this announcement valuable as a planning document, but it should not be read as a complete calendar of final street dates.

Context for International Fans

Seven Seas provides U.S. and Canadian prices for many of the physical books in the announcement. It also says ebook editions will be available for a number of manga and novel licenses, while the audiobooks are assigned to the Siren imprint. The page does not give one universal retailer list or a single territory statement for every title, so availability may differ by country and format. Readers outside the United States and Canada should check the publisher's individual series pages and local retailers when each title enters the release schedule.

Anime NYC is being held at the Javits Center in New York City from August 20 through August 23, 2026. The convention's official schedule lists Sunday, August 23, show hours as 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Fans following announcements remotely should remember that this is an event-based publishing reveal, not an announcement of a global livestream or simultaneous digital launch. No such international access plan is stated in Seven Seas' licensing post.

The thumbnail above shows The Ghost's Nocturne, one of the announced titles, using artwork hosted by the official Lezhin Comics platform. It is included as a visual reference for one license, not as evidence that the webtoon itself is already available from Seven Seas in English print. The publisher's announcement is the source for the June 2027 print plan.

What Happens Next

The first milestones are the October 2026 release of A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO audiobook and the two November 2026 audiobook launches. After that, readers should watch Seven Seas' official release schedule for exact dates, format pages, preorder links, and any changes to the month-only or year-only windows. Individual series pages should also clarify whether digital editions are offered in a reader's territory.

For fans who want to follow the Anime NYC announcement cycle, the convention's official site confirms the final show day and venue, while Seven Seas' news page remains the authoritative place to verify title names, imprints, prices, and release windows. Until those pages provide more precise dates, the safest reading is that the licenses are confirmed but several delivery details remain not yet confirmed.

Information was checked on August 23, 2026, at 4:41 a.m. JST.

Sources

• Seven Seas Entertainment's August 21 announcement — the primary list of all 18 licenses, formats, imprints, prices, and release windows.
• Anime NYC's official 2026 event page — the convention dates, venue, and public show hours used for event context.
• Lezhin Comics' official English page for The Ghost's Nocturne — the official platform page for the work shown in the thumbnail.
• Seven Seas Entertainment's official release schedule — the publisher's calendar for checking later date and format updates.

Editorial note: This report is based on the primary sources linked above. Availability, schedules, and announcements can change; verify the latest details with the official source.