Ink Pop, the children’s manga/manhwa/webcomics imprint of Penguin Random House, has licensed My Neighbor Yokai, a slice-of-life fantasy about a girl who is training to be a shrine maiden in a rural village and the spirits and gods who surround her. The manga has already been adapted into an anime, Tonari no Yōkai-san, which runs on Crunchyroll. Anime News Network reports that Ink Pop will release the first volume in spring 2027 as both a paperback and a jacketed hardcover.
Like many kid-friendly manga, My Neighbor Yokai started out as a webcomic and then was picked up for an adult magazine. The series is complete and has been compiled into four volumes plus two volumes of side stories.
Ink Pop is also publishing comics from the Webtoon platform (see “Random House Signs 14-Title Deal with Webtoon Entertainment”), one of which, the YA horror series School Bus Graveyard, launched on June 30, 2026.
Source: ICV2
