Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@rahul-balaggan Kinda of fills you with confidence. Not really.
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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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@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”
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@the-green-death
I've been interested in trying his work when I discovered it a little while ago. My library has a number of his books on Overdrive. Would you recommend The Devotion of Suspect X as a good entry point for the author? -
@hyperion Yeah it’s a great start, still my favorite and I’ve read it twice and plan to read it again soon. It’s very much a mystery so you won’t like it if you don’t like mysteries and it’s also very much a Japanese mystery in that it’s pretty slow-paced. What’s cool is you know who did it from the start but you don’t know the how and it’s a book that plays fair with the answers even though I certainly didn’t predict the ending.
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So... Did the Yen PR team mess up in announcing that Higashino work on Twitter too early or was there a typo in the announcement or something? Tweet is supposedly gone without a trace now.
Early April Fool's joke gone wrong? xD
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It still is listed on their site, so...
https://yenpress.com/2019/03/new-license-the-miracles-of-namiya-general-store/
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Looks like Vertical will be announcing some novels soon.
https://twitter.com/vertical_staff/status/1105269001511424000
Maybe someone will finally pick up Kino's Journey, since they have the manga and stuff.
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It's probably some more Nisio Isin stuff.
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I'm a big fan of his work so hopefully we get some cool stuff, I'd love to see his crossover series get licensed for english speakers.
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I just want them to finish Zaregoto...
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@terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:
So... Did the Yen PR team mess up in announcing that Higashino work on Twitter too early or was there a typo in the announcement or something? Tweet is supposedly gone without a trace now.
Early April Fool's joke gone wrong? xD
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T_T
It still is listed on their site, so...
https://yenpress.com/2019/03/new-license-the-miracles-of-namiya-general-store/
The movie was a real tear jerker; I did enjoy it and felt very positive after watching.
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That's all for Vertical. Wow, I want I most of this...
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@hyperion dissapointed
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@theredjet
What were u expecting? -
^ I expected almost nothing, and got Zaregoto 3. So I'm happy.
I know nothing about Seraph, but I guess that's a sequel series? I... Shouldn't say I'll check it out since I got enough on my plate.
So when is AX? I'm guessing we won't get much announced before then from any pubs (someone said Seven Seas was teasing something a bit ago though on social media? They are doing their giveaway that they promised as well now).
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@terrence Sakuracon is next month, JNC will be there.
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@terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:
(someone said Seven Seas was teasing something a bit ago though on social media? They are doing their giveaway that they promised as well now).
They mentioned both the giveaway and the fact that they will announce stuff on March, the 1st when they explained more about survey and stuff.
Well, they also said they usually announce new stuff every 2-3 months so yeah~ -
@myskaros
We will finally know what the 5th and 4th titles are?
