English licenses sorted by JP publisher
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@mochamaal said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:
I don't think Eat Panchreas, Same Dream Again, and Another is Light Novel, because they have no illustration or use A6/B6 paper. If they are LN, would I put Murakami Haruki's novel or Minato Kanae's Confessions as LN too?
Term light novel doesn't have anything to do with whether it has illustrations or not. More apt description would be young adult literature, usually with a length of around 50.000 words. Besides, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas was originally published on Narou as a webnovel.
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Okay, so put Minato Kanae's Confessions and Penance in the list (Futabasha, English by Muholland Books)
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@mochamaal For simplicity sake, I believe DoubleMangekyo decided to limit the list to only the major non-defunct LN publishers. If that English publisher started getting more books (those were released 7 and 4 years ago, respectively) maybe they would be considered. But the fact that they have no sort of anime-style cover, no manga adaptation and no anime adaptation, really would make most of us say it's not a LN in any form, other than the JP publisher just happens to also release LNs.
Like, Penguin Highway is considered a regular novel, but the fact that it also has anime movie adaptation makes it marketable to LN fans.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes and All You Need is Kill also more or less fall under this category due to manga/anime adaptations (though they are not on this list due to being released by a non-major LN publisher).The only exception to this I can think of is No Longer Human, which does have a manga adaptation (by Junji Ito), but given it was published in 1948 I don't think anyone considers it a LN.
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@legitpancake Does Namiya General Store have anime adaptation? I think novels from Kadokawa Bunko are not LN (maybe BEATLESS is some exception, I dont buy it here yet but when I checked in Amazon example for Japanese ver there's no illust, only on cover)
BTW Minato Kanae's Confessions (告白) uses same label as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
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Newly added titles (Seven Seas):
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
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Updated title:
Magistealth Bad Trip -----> Magistellus Bad Trip
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Newly added titles (Yen On):
Dragon and Ceremony
My Happy Marriage -
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I so hoped that J-Novel Club would license The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior...
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Newly added titles (JNC):
A Late-Start Tamer's Laid-Back Life
Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World
The Reincarnated Princess Spends Another Day Skipping Story Routes
My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
Dragon Daddy Diaries: A Girl Grows to Greatness
Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools
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Demon Lord 2099
Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle -
Newly added title (Cross Infinite World):
Return from Death: I Kicked the Bucket and Now I’m Back at Square One With a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me -
Newly added titles (KADOKAWA):
I’m Quitting Heroing
The Insipid Prince's Furtive Grab for The Throne
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School RunawayTheir licenses will be tagged with [KAD] on the list.
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@doublemangekyo said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:
[BW] - The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress
Isn't this liscenced by JNC, not Bookwalker?
https://j-novel.club/series/the-combat-baker-and-automaton-waitress
Green's Theorem
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@piisfun It's a collaboration. It's licensed by Bookwalker, but j-novel has distribution rights, probably BW wanted wider audience.
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@piisfun Bookwalker licensed and translated it, and it was exclusively available on Bookwalker. J-Novel Club sublicensed the translation and made it available for wide release.
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Newly added titles (Yen On):
The Holy Grail of Eris
The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
Warlords of Sigrdrifa
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Newly added title (Seven Seas):
It’s a Little Hard to be a Villainess of an Otome Game in Modern Society
