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@myskaros said in The New Gate:
Not if they do such a poor job as Alphapolis's first foray into English light novels that AP decides to completely cut itself off from further English licenses.
I'd hope a publisher didn't have that thin skin, otherwise I fear we've already suffered the first casualties after Sol Press' foray into the game...
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@korppi said in The New Gate:
I'd hope a publisher didn't have that thin skin, otherwise I fear we've already suffered the first casualties after Sol Press' foray into the game...
@korppi Well, considering what's happened with Sekai Project and the other manga they licensed (Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There!) I can't see them being eager to license out more things...
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@terabyte said in The New Gate:
@korppi Well, considering what's happened with Sekai Project and the other manga they licensed (Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There!) I can't see them being eager to license out more things...
What happened with that? At least it still has an Amazon page, unlike another manga of theirs I bought the first volume of, 1 x 1/2 - My Half of You, and that one I can't even find on their own site anymore...
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@korppi I don't know all the details (just what I've read here and there really...), but V2 was supposed to be out ages ago and they kept delaying it; at some point they simply stopped even talking about it like it doesn't exist(?). I also remember reading that either the manga author or AlphaPolis directly tweeted that they couldn't even get in contact with Sekai Project about the manga. Basically: they had a disastrous release of V1, they kept delaying V2 (without a proper reason?), and even the JP side itself can't contact the English publisher to get an update.
If you consider all of that they haven't exactly had a nice experience with licensing that title...
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I just hope J-Novel Club will finally license this.
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@labellearabesque Sam has previously revealed that he's tried to get in touch with Alphapolis and they simply don't have an international licensing department and have said they are "not interested in licensing."
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@myskaros So this means, we can wait until our death beds for this to be licensed, haaahhh... I think I will give up...😢
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@labellearabesque It just means don't get your hopes up. Things might change over time, such as when we got Kadokawa books for the first time, but AP's situation is quite different.
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@myskaros Okay, thanks for getting my hopes up again with your words.😄 But I think I will concentrate on different novels for now. I think the chances are a lot higher for them getting licensed than this one.
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Cover for Vol.16 called Flower Garden of Life released February 1st
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I love gaming novels!!! And the story is really good. Please license it!
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@TheRedJet said in The New Gate:
Cover for Vol.16 called Flower Garden of Life released February 1st
That looks like Vaal Hazak from Monster Hunter World. Hope the artist wont get sued :D
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@Zing The head does indeed look a lot like Vaal Hazak's, the wings look different tho.
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I really hope you can soon build a connection with this publisher!
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One of the best gaming novels I‘ve ever read. I really hope J-Novel Club will license it.
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M myskaros referenced this topic on
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Another vote in favor of J-Novel picking up the LN!
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JNC should totally pick this light novel up!
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After watching the first couple episodes. I hope the LN can be picked up by JNC.
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I still hope JNC will pick this up. Reason number one would be that this series is quite long (up to 22 volumes now) and I definitely wouldn’t buy physical copies of it, so ebooks are the only option for me. Reason number two is that it‘s quite the good novel, so I definitely want to keep the ebooks, which other publishers unfortunately don‘t offer and JNC sells them DRM free.
Anyway, it would be truly a shame if a publisher other than JNC (especially One Peace Books, that would be my biggest worry, urgh) would license this. Then I would only have the choice to begrudgingly accept it or wait for JNC Nina to license it on German (what I also hope for She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wiseman).Well, it remains to be seen whether Alphapolis will give out light novel licenses to English publishers at all.
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@Silver-Sugar-Duchess said in The New Gate:
Well, it remains to be seen whether Alphapolis will give out light novel licenses to English publishers at all.
Hanashi has already proven they will.
