NEW YORK, NY (2/5/24) – Yen Audio announced the upcoming audiobook adaptation of renowned director and author Makoto Shinkai's your name. The critically acclaimed your name. is a beautifully captivating animated film released in 2016, one which broke box office records in Japan and worldwide. Makoto Shinkai's your name. was adapted into a novel published by Yen On, which is the basis of the audiobook that will be released by Yen Audio.
your name.
By Makoto Shinkai
Mitsuha, a high school girl living in a small town in the mountains, has a dream that she's a boy living in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy in Tokyo, dreams he's a girl living in a quaint little mountain town. Sharing bodies, relationships, and lives, the two become inextricably linked—but are any connections truly inseverable in the grand tapestry of fate? Written by director Makoto Shinkai during the production of the film by the same title, your name. is in turns funny, heartwarming, and heart-wrenching as it follows the struggles of two young people determined to hold on to each other.
Yen Press is proud to have given Makoto Shinkai's literary works a home under the Yen On imprint and is thrilled to give fans the opportunity to experience your name. in a new way through its audiobook adaptation. The audiobook will be available July 2024 and will be the first Makoto Shinkai title to join Yen Audio's impressive catalog. The voice cast will be announced at a later date.
About Yen Press, LLC
Yen Press, LLC is a joint venture between Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. Founded in 2006, Yen Press has quickly risen to become one of the largest and most prolific publishers of manga and original graphic novels in the North American marketplace and a driving force in the introduction of light novels and Japanese literature to new readers through its Yen On and Yen Audio imprints. For more information, visit www.yenpress.com.
