[Suggestion] - Drama CDs of J-Novel Licensed Light Novels
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I'd pitch in for a kickstarter too. I'm a big audio drama fan and would love a way to enjoy Japanese audio drama
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I'd also love to see drama cds get licensed. Also if you need a way to put the text in why not ask the guys at skythewood for help on how to do it since they translated the Overlord and Konosuba drama cds.
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Would be glad to have Arifureta CD drama and pay an extra credit point for it, yep (script in english + jap audio, more than enough)
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Curious Cat question about Drama CDs
Come on @Sam-Pinansky you could do digital distribution for the drama CDs, and I would buy them all.
OVAs are a whole other territory that I am not even bringing up.
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@aruseus493 I'd like to hear that.
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Digital Distribution for the Drama CDs with a transcript, or fan-subbed image like the Rokujouma CDs do.
I don't think OVAs are a big thing that needs J-NC. They seem to be getting licensed more often lately by the anime distributors. At least I know Sentai gets them.
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@sam-pinansky I could go for either option 1 or 3 as well.
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As we approach the volumes for series with Drama CDs and I get worried that they aren't going to get licensed, I'll accept even just translated scripts for them as like bonus stories in the volumes.
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@aruseus493
I agree. For me the important thing is the story not the sound of the voice actor.IIRC this was once done in Campione. The script for the drama CD was included as a chapter in Vol. 18 which was a collection of short stories.
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If you decide to run the Kickstarter, I'm in.
I don't even read some of the series mentioned, but I would throw in just to be able to get the project's rolling for any CDs for series I read that do have them, that you might TL later on.
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@aruseus493 I second this, as long as we get the script I'd be a satisfied a customer
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I'd use a premium credit for a translated script of a drama cd (Ideally illustrated)
I'd use 2 or 3 credits for a subbed (dubbed?) drama CD file.
I'm not knowledgeable about the licensing aspect, the text/illustrations I can see being more straightforward than licensing the audio.
I can perceive a "slideshow" synchronized to the audio track (could be created in powerpoint, adobe premiere or shockwave- I'm sure others- output to mp4) IMHO the technical aspects seem easier than the legal ones
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I've pretty much come to the conclusion that we will license the drama CDs for backer reward tiers in a theoretical kickstarter for print versions of the series when it's done.
Releasing them standalone could probably be done without LOSING money but it would be a waste from a business standpoint. Even in Japan, drama CDs are designed to sell more books, not themselves.
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@sam-pinansky okay that would cover a series like Rokujouma but what about a series that is already receiving a print release like Grimgar or Arifureta?
In that example there would be no need to do a Kickstarter campaign after the series concludes because the physical is already out in the wild, which still leads to no Drama CD.
