May 2023 announcements!

myskaros

Ready for another batch of new series announcements? Tune in on Friday, May 19, 2023, at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET / 2300 UTC for an announcement session of new exciting series that will be launching on J-Novel Club! If you can't make it, you'll be able to watch the VOD for at least a couple days afterward, and recaps will be on our Twitter and here in this topic as well!

https://twitch.tv/jnovelclub

If you want to work your brains with some silly hints, see if you can guess the any of our licenses here!

https://j-novel.club/announcements

myskaros

Here are the new series announced for May 2023!

New light novel series!

New manga series!

Miscellany:

New audiobooks in production! My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World and Full Metal Panic!
In Another World With My Smartphone audiobook volume 1 will be available on May 30
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest audiobook has been recorded, release date to be announced soon
Audiobooks for Black Summoner volume 1 and By the Grace of the Gods volume 1 are available now!
Otherside Picnic: Volume 8 will begin streaming on May 26!
Know about our rental system? If not, check out the details here
Our next announcements will be at Anime Expo the weekend of July 4th, 2023!

Additional announcements on May 26!

New series coming June 9: The Greatest Magician's Ultimate Quest: I Woke from a 300 Year Slumber to a World of Disappointment
New series coming June 9: Moon Blossom Asura: The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army
Blade & Bastard Volume 2 simulpub announcement!

Paul Nebeling

So in my current time zone of GMT+8, that would be at 7am, Saturday, May 20, 2023.

Silver Sugar Duchess

I hope Fake Cinderella and Parallel World Pharmacy (both the novels and mangas) will finally get licensed this time, but again I think it‘s hopeless...

Lily Garden

I was just wondering yesterday when the next announcement livestream was going to happen!

Y'all know my wishlist, is there anything in particular that you guys are hoping to hear announced?

Silver Sugar Duchess

@Lily-Garden Look above you.

Lily Garden

@Silver-Sugar-Duchess you inspired me to ask everyone the question 😉

FacelessOne

@Lily-Garden No particular titles, but I'd love to see some more romcoms licensed, especially the fluffy kind.

Ardyvee

I do wish we'd get more women as leads outside of romance-centric titles. Where are the badass female adventurers? Or the noblewomen navigating war? Or the scrawny girls trying to save the world from the big bad evil, but also trying real hard to not get swooped away by the royal family?

Anyway, just, in general, even if it were the same wish fulfillment harem protagonist going from zero to hero, just... can it be a teenage girl/young woman? Just, ya know, for variety?

piisfun

I think a random, silly story that no one quite expects would be nice.

GeorgeMTO

@Ardyvee Lina Inverse (Slayers) was too good, and scared the other authors off years ago :P

I wouldn't mind some more though, Death's Daughter and the Ebony Blade has been quite good, and I'm kinda curious if the Sorcerer's Receptionist v4 would be significant enough to get mentioned on a stream for when it starts prepubs considering it was supposed to be a complete series. Unfortunately there's also just less of them to license, the demographic is just male dominated.

kuali

@Lily-Garden I don't have anything completely new on my list, but personally, I'm hoping for the LN of Fii's Bread Fetish (or Lady Rose Just Wants to be a Commoner, as its more commonly known).

And there's a couple of LN series I'd like to see the manga of. Death's Daughter and the Extinction of Cake or Density Level 99: I may be the Hidden Boss, but that doesn't give me common sense!, especially.

Rahul Balaggan

@kuali

99 Manga was recently licensed by One Peace Books.

https://twitter.com/TheOASG/status/1643016108834684929?s=20

Silver Sugar Duchess

@Lily-Garden Scratch the Parallel World Pharmacy novel and manga. One Peace Books got the manga, I don‘t think it will be long and they license the novel too...

pcj

@kuali said in May 2023 announcements!:

Fii's Bread Fetish

OK, this is my new favorite fan title for this series. :-)

Hyperion

@Lily-Garden

The Lucia spin-off of Dahlia would be nice.

Oishii Veranda would be even better, if highly unlikely. BTW, thank you Lily for promoting it so many times. 😊

myskaros

It's been a while, but we do have hints for this round of announcements!

https://j-novel.club/announcements

piisfun

A short title? Those still exist?

And one ridiculously long title...

Windsagio

One of those hints has some idspispopd energy

Crimson Wise

is there anything in particular that you guys are hoping to hear announced?

... ironically, I'd like some original manga. JNC has chosen those well so far.

As for light novels, while I still want some of the usual old series with anime/GAGAGA (Humanity has Declined, someday), with the licenses lately with mostly series I don't know anything about, I always find some interesting stuff to read.