Yen Audio adds two titles to audiobook roster

Did you ever surprise how samurai commuted to work and what did they do whereas commuting? No? Okay then…

These days most individuals right here within the Japanese metropolis the place I reside simply drive their vehicles. I normally stroll though not too way back I had to do this then take a metropolis bus. It used to take an hour there and an hour again. Not dangerous on beautiful spring days like we’re having now. Not so enjoyable in winter or throughout typhoons.

In locations like Tokyo and Osaka individuals take the trains. You’ve most likely seen these movies the place platform staff pack individuals into the vehicles on the Yamanote Line there in Tokyo. While I’ve by no means skilled that (fortuitously) I did as soon as have to go cross-town from a Shinjuku lodge to a Chiyoda medical clinic at peak morning rush by way of subway.

Uniformed station attendants held ropes to hold us on the high of the steps whereas the newest practice emptied and all these passengers stomped up into the station. When the human congestion cleared the attendants stepped apart and we had been on our manner.

I used to be training aware respiratory your complete time.

I’m fairly positive I’d have most popular commuting like a samurai, nonetheless they did it. On foot? Horses? Only of their day the samurai didn’t have audio books. Not that we all know of, anyway. Workday warriors now not less than have that possibility to assist tune out the crowds whereas coming and going.

Now that we’re considering of samurai with earbuds sprouting from the perimeters of their head right here’s what Yen Audio has to your personal commute (or leisure time hanging round the home, too) this month.

NEW YORK, NY (5/2/23)— Yen Audio will probably be releasing two new audiobook variations of Yen On novels: The Samurai and the Prisoner and Ishura.

The Samurai and the Prisoner

The winter of 1578, 4 years prior to the Honno-ji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and holed himself up in Arioka Castle—however a string of unsettling incidents throughout the citadel partitions has him at his wit’s finish. The determined warlord’s solely hope for fixing these mysteries is imprisoned within the citadel’s dungeon: a person named Kuroda Kanbei, certainly one of Oda’s most gifted strategists. When all of the battle and intrigue come to an in depth, what is going to these two males have gained…and misplaced? Award-winning writer Honobu Yonezawa’s English-language debut is a page-turning mix of historic and detective fiction.

The Samurai and the Prisoner is the newest novel by prolific thriller author Honobu Yonezawa and his first work to be translated into English. Throughout his two a long time in publication, Honobu Yonezawa has obtained quite a few awards, such because the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for his brief story assortment Mangan and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for his guide Oreta Ryūkotsu. The Samurai and the Prisoner has earned Honbu Yonezawa two extra prestigious awards to add to his checklist of accolades:the Yamada Fūtarō Prize and the Naoki Prize. The English version of the novel will probably be launched in June 2023.

Ishura

In a world the place the Demon King has died, a bunch of demigods able to felling him have inherited the world. A grasp fencer who can determine how to take out their opponents with a single look; a lancer so swift they will break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons directly; an omnipotent wizard who can communicate ideas into being; an angelic murderer who offers on the spot loss of life. Eager to attain the title of “True Hero,” these champions every pursue challenges towards formidable foes and spark conflicts amongst themselves. The battle to decide the mightiest of the mighty begins.

In the 2021 version of Takarajimasha’s This Light Novel Is Amazing! (Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!) guidebook, Ishura topped the tankōbon, novel, and new title classes with essentially the most votes recorded in its historical past. Earlier this yr, it was introduced that this in style fantasy novel can be receiving an anime adaptation to be streamed worldwide solely on Disney+. Ishura, Vol. 4 is ready to launch July 2023.

In addition to mild novels, Yen On is rapidly turning into the house for critically acclaimed works of literary and style fiction, and the immense recognition of its titles has led to extremely anticipated audiobook variations produced by Yen Audio, such because the March 2023 launch of the Even If This Love Disappears Tonight audiobook and the May 2023 launch of the Tezcatlipoca audiobook.

The Samurai and the Prisoner audiobook is scheduled to debut September 2023, and the Ishura audiobook is scheduled to debut October 2023. Voice actors will probably be introduced at a later date.

About Yen Press, LLC

Yen Press, LLC is a three way partnership between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has rapidly risen to develop into one of many largest and most prolific publishers of manga and unique graphic novels within the North American market and a driving drive within the introduction of sunshine novels and Japanese literature to new readers by way of its Yen On and Yen Audio imprints. For extra info, go to www.yenpress.com.