Yen Audio has announced audiobook adaptations of Yen On novel titles That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Weathering With You. The division will be debuting these audiobooks in October 2024, and the voice cast for each will be announced at a later date.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is a light novel series written by Fuse, with illustrations by Mitz Vah. It was first published on May 30, 2014 and has released 21 volumes as of January 2024. The light novels have inspired a long-running TV anime series, an anime film, several manga adaptations and spinoffs, and a video game.
Yen Audio describes the synopsis as:
Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm…as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!
Weathering With You is a novel adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s 2019 anime film of the same name. The novelization is written by Shinkai himself and was released in print and digital format by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko on July 18, 2019.
Yen Audio describes the novel’s synopsis as:
Longing to escape his island home, a boy named Hodaka runs away during his first summer of high school to find a new life in Tokyo. As rain falls for days on end and Hodaka struggles to adjust, he meets a girl named Hina who holds a mysterious power: With a single prayer, she can part the clouds and bring back the sun. But her power comes at a price, and as the weather spirals further and further out of control, they must choose what future they truly want for themselves. Written concurrently with production of the 2019 film Weathering With You, this novel comes straight from director Makoto Shinkai, the mind behind 2016’s hit your name.
Yen Press previously announced an audiobook adaptation of Your Name for release this July 2024.
Source: press release
