Acquisitions Speculation - General

stardf29

So Sam mentioned on Discord that the unconfirmed LN has now been confirmed! Translation hasn't started on it and there's no official hint for it on the announcements page (though he mentioned that it's not anything that's been particularly requested, so probably best to not make expectations too high)... At any rate, though, it's nice to see that last LN confirmed.

Terrence

@stardf29 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

though he mentioned that it's not anything that's been particularly requested, so probably best to not make expectations too high.

I don't mind that. Could be something fun / unusual / in a genre we don't have much of.

We still have the stocks one left too, right?

catstorm

I’m still waiting on the 4th of the confirmed titles let alone that unconfirmed one.

lighthawk96

@catstorm
So glad that you brought this up. I was just wondering the same thing.

Thomask

@terrence

Bakuman is a manga about mangaka’s who make manga they want made into anime... with anime being the milestone for the real prize at the end...

Hitman isn bad either, not so much about anime yet in it. More manga... only from an editorial view.

Terrence

@sam-dukes said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

They said most of these will release early, but then some like the Sword Dad series would not get a physical copy until August this year which is quite a while for just 1 volume. Does anyone happen to know how long they generally take for digital releases..or if they even do digital

I don't know if it was officially confirmed before, but Sword Reincarnation is May digitally.

Seven Seas (gomanga) Tweeted:
Cat Girl + Sword Dad are ready for adventure--will you join them? 😼⚔

REINCARNATED AS A SWORD (Light Novel) begins early on digital platforms in May.
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1096471969736871943?s=17

Astromir

@terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

@sam-dukes said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

They said most of these will release early, but then some like the Sword Dad series would not get a physical copy until August this year which is quite a while for just 1 volume. Does anyone happen to know how long they generally take for digital releases..or if they even do digital

I don't know if it was officially confirmed before, but Sword Reincarnation is May digitally.

Seven Seas (gomanga) Tweeted:
Cat Girl + Sword Dad are ready for adventure--will you join them? 😼⚔

REINCARNATED AS A SWORD (Light Novel) begins early on digital platforms in May.
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1096471969736871943?s=17

Nice. Thanks for the heads up, Terrence. :)

Terabyte

I wonder how long until we get the last 2 LNs. Sam said the 5th one is now confirmed so I guess it's gonna take some time before they translate the first 4 parts.

I'd love to see a LN about the MC being able to travel between worlds though. I had high hopes for 80,000 Gold, but... I'm not even sure if it will come out for now.

myskaros

@terabyte said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

I'd love to see a LN about the MC being able to travel between worlds though.

Read Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

stardf29

@terabyte said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

I wonder how long until we get the last 2 LNs. Sam said the 5th one is now confirmed so I guess it's gonna take some time before they translate the first 4 parts.

Sam said on his Curiouscat five days ago that it'd be about a month for them, so I guess we can expect them by mid-March?

Terabyte

@myskaros said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

Read Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!

Yep, already reading that. It was a nice discovery but it has only 2 volumes out thought (with the second one starting TL soon). I'd like some more similar series/content 😋

catstorm

@terabyte
There is the last of the FUNA series “saving 80,000 gold in another world” the MC in that one travels back and forth At will.

Rahul Balaggan

@catstorm I think you may have missed Tera’s previous comment where he expresses interest for 80K and also expresses trepidation at Sol’s ability to deliver.

Terabyte

@rahul-balaggan Indeed 😁

catstorm

@terabyte

Sorry I didn’t read the higher up post my bad

Terrence

@rahul-balaggan said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

@catstorm I think you may have missed Tera’s previous comment where he expresses interest for 80K and also expresses trepidation at Sol’s ability to deliver.

Oh, I'm sure it'll be in typesetting on their blog before you know it...

=(

Rahul Balaggan

@terrence yeah maybe when they actually acknowledge that they locked up the license to VRMMO Academy, cause it still ain’t listed under Light Novel on their Site.

Also:
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Comes out in 12 days 0% done

Paul Nebeling

@rahul-balaggan Kinda of fills you with confidence. Not really.

Hyperion

Yen Press announced the license of Keigo Higashino's novel The Miracles of the Namiya General Store. I'm so excited that they're continuing to branch out from lights novels to license Japanese literature/novels.

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the green death

@hyperion That is freaking awesome news! Instant buy for me and it sounds really good!

I am just in the middle of Higashino’s latest Dectective Kaga mystery “The Newcomer” and it’s fantastic!

I’ve read the majority of his translated works and he is the writer who got me intonations Japanese fiction with the wonderful “Devotion of Suspect X”