Novel pick-up requests
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I've put together a list of the most requested licenses on this site to date in case anyone is interested in this. As the list is rather long I'll just link to the blog post where I posted it rather than listing it out on here. I hope that's okay.
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@kuuderes_shadow I love this. =)
I know at least one vote for this was me.
Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru – 2
This too. =)
Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de – 3
Kokoro Connect leading, eh. It was a pretty popular anime. I'm curious to see how natural some of the developments I've heard about from the OVAs / post series are, or if it feels like the writer was playing to fan favoritism.
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If we are requesting only from Overlap or Hobby Japan then would be the following:
- Kou 1 Desu ga Isekai de Joushu Hajimemashita
- Sword and Wizards
- Hyakka Ryouran – Samurai Girls
- Mythical Spirit Chronicle
- World Teacher: Other World Style Education & Agent
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@crismond It won't be long until that's not true anymore...
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@Sam-Pinansky Oh this is going to be exciting!
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@Sam-Pinansky hype!
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@kuuderes_shadow Thanks for the list, that's pretty interesting. Now I'm going to have watch the Kokoro Connect anime to see why people are wanting the LNs.
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Other posts mentioned this once in a while, so here are my requests as a fan of oldies:
- The Adventures of Duan Surk - MediaWorks (Complete at 23 volumes)
- Guin Saga - Hayakawa Shobou (Ongoing at 140 volumes)
While I'm a big fan of both of these, I'm not holding my breath since both have previously been licensed in English. Since quite a few publishers seem to focus on recent light novels that have anime adaptations, there may be an opportunity to monopolize old-school long form light novels. Although Seven Seas has already announced licensing the precursor of these with "Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch", I'm hoping this is an indicator of an upcoming licensing trend.
This one may be pipe dream, due to being extremely niche, would there be interest in picking up "tabletop RPG replays"? Although they're typically written as dialogue transcriptions, genre-wise they already line up with most contemporary light novels. I don't have any specific titles to request, but the following two would be marketable since their core rule books are official available in English:
- Double Cross The 3rd Edition - KADOKAWA (Multiple series, from 3 to 5 volumes each)
- Call of Cthulhu (クトゥルフ神話TRPG) - KADOKAWA (Multiple independent volumes)
Both of these happen to be published by KADOKAWA, but I'd say it's pretty unlikely for Yen Press suddenly start publishing tabletop RPG replays.
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Well, when I think about shorter LN. Violet Evergarden have only 2 volumes I think, but it is a amazing reading. It have a really strong story and a good female MC. I will be happy to see it licensed from someone.
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@sparhawk6 Yeah, it would be nice if someone would license Violet Evergarden, considering that it a) gets an anime adaption and b) is afaik still the only novel which won KyoAni's grand prize. Regarding the shorter: While the series has currently only 2 volumes out, isn't it still ongoing?
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@Jaquobus Actually, I don´t know, I didn´t hear much about a vol 3 release, but it is still under tag ongoing, so we will see.
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@sparhawk6 I do wonder if KyoAni would be interested in J-novel Club. Last time I checked there weren't many Yen Press releases of their latest Light Novel inspired animes, so who knows? They're at least not owned by Kadokawa, so that's a positive lol.
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@Fezu They're located in Kyoto, have no international sales department that I know of, so I'd basically have to take the bullet train out there and camp their office. I've got a few leads though...
(Note I'm exaggerating, please don't camp out their office)
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@Sam-Pinansky I am in desperate need for the Kyōkai no Kanata novels as well as the Free! novels.
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In other news right now on twitter J-novel club Is following 77 people, while while also having 777 followers,
If that isn't a sign from above to announce some new stuff I don't know what is.Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
J-Novel Club, Future Volume Release Schedule
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@Rahul-Balaggan Now if that isn't a sign that we're going to get Sevens or Seven Saga…
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@Sam-Pinansky I almost buy the ticket bah :D
But in June I will visit Japan for 2 weeks so who knows, maybe I will try it haha. Btw Sam, did you hear about Violet Evergarden? -
@Rahul-Balaggan Time to announce a pick-up through Seven Seas. :3
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Maybe I should just follow someone to prevent you people from splooging yourselves.
Oh check out my latest retweet about smartphone.
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If it's anime this will be the fastest an anime will have it's original source materials first volume out in English, before it's even out!
Usually it takes a few years before they arrive. Haha!
Anyways, it's probably just a pachinko machine.
