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

      Oh, I saw it had 21 volumes on LNDB which is why I excluded it. But if the main series is ~10 volumes then it might indeed be an option.

      Unfortunately, LNDB counts re-releases to the total volume count...

      My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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      • HyperionH
        Hyperion Member @DoubleMangekyo
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        @doublemangekyo
        I'll add The Crest of the Stars (first series is complete at 3 volumes) as a possibility since JNC has a relationship with Hayakawa. There's also the possibility of Dirty Pair (4 volumes, also Hayakawa, and Seven Seas just announced the manga). They may not be as popular as some of the others, but I can still hope.

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        • the green deathT
          the green death
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          There are a lot of rescues I’d love but Slayers has my heart, so I’m hoping for that!

          Amazing there’s another 5 licenses so quickly after the last batch. JNC are on fire! Are we sure all of these are Light Novels and there are no mangas?

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            hatguy12 @the green death
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            @the-green-death These five are explicitly LN if I followed the conversation correctly; there are also 5 manga licenses expected at Sakura-con.

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            • DoubleMangekyoD
              DoubleMangekyo
              last edited by DoubleMangekyo

              Yeah, the 5 new manga titles will be announced on Friday, and the LNs on Sunday Saturday.

              My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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              • renofuryR
                renofury @DoubleMangekyo
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                Gosick is good and it should be popular with its mysteries and shy loli that needs care and protection shame the anime aired long ago and the hype train around it died long ago.

                I think these 'oldies' titles need some love on social media, and anime/novel forums just to promote them a bit. Maybe a newsletter featuring illustrations and information about the novel. Newsletters have a huge ROI of 4800% quite the bang for your buck.

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                • RaitoiroR
                  Raitoiro Premium Member
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                  I'm hoping for Gosick, but unfortunatly mystery doesn’t seem to sell really well.
                  The 12 kingdoms sound more likely since it's an isekai and the serie is more active, with a new volume coming out in japan, plus with the current trend of re-doing anime base on old LN (like Boogiepop or Orphan), it seem like a strong contender for a new anime.

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                  If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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

                    The 12 kingdoms sound more likely since it's an isekai and the serie is more active, with a new volume coming out in japan

                    Source on this?

                    My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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                    • RaitoiroR
                      Raitoiro Premium Member @DoubleMangekyo
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                      @doublemangekyo https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-12/1st-new-twelve-kingdoms-novel-story-in-6-years-slated-for-2019/.140692

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                        novurdim
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                        I'd love me some Gosick but unfortunately it doesn't look like JNC material. IIRC there were responces from Sam that he doesn't believe in the potential of detective light novels or something like that.

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                          novurdim @hatguy12
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                          @hatguy12 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [9 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 4 LNs) 1 LN Unconfirmed!]:

                          For Sam's other hints, I feel like "answer" should be guessable, but I don't have any good ideas.

                          M-maybe this one? It gives off a kind of fetish-y father/daughter vibe which could in theory be an answer to the mother/son relationship... But nah, this guess is probably bad since it looks a tad too wholesome for that and I'm not even sure if Earth Star Novel books are licensable to be begin with.

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                          • Rahul BalagganR
                            Rahul Balaggan Staff @novurdim
                            last edited by

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

                            I'm not even sure if Earth Star Novel books are licensable to be begin with.

                            Jinrou & Walking my Second Path are from Earth Star

                            As well as Average Abilities not that JNC has it, but apparently he wanted to get it and was too late

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                            • HyperionH
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                              last edited by Hyperion

                              Seven Seas announced SCP Foundation: Iris of the Mirror World light novel. Same author as Yume Nikki and Echo.

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                              • RaitoiroR
                                Raitoiro Premium Member
                                last edited by Raitoiro

                                I'm gonna be hopefull and bet on the new genre being mecha (since neither Smartphone nor Infinite Dendrogram are true mecha) and one of the 2 series being the sequel to Gargantia, the other could be Knight and Magic since it's both mecha and isekai making it safer.

                                Well if i listen to my heart i would bet on the new genre being nearSf and the new serie being Shinsekai yori and Humanity has declined but I'm not that much of a fool ^^

                                Edit: i just remember that we recently get Full metal panic which is a Mecha, but it's still new and since the 2 novel are said to be part of the push, it in fact seem even more likely

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                                • TerabyteT
                                  Terabyte @Raitoiro
                                  last edited by Terabyte

                                  @raitoiro I would say Infinite Stratos & Full Metal Panic! are mecha?

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                                  • RaitoiroR
                                    Raitoiro Premium Member @Terabyte
                                    last edited by Raitoiro

                                    @terabyte yeah, i totaly forgot FMP i notice just after posting --'
                                    but infinite stratos isn't really mecha, it's more like mechanised underwears

                                    Do you like death, war and misery ?
                                    Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
                                    Do you like vengeance story?
                                    If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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                                    • yumenokageY
                                      yumenokage Member
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                                      It might be too much to ask for, but I'd be really happy if the "answer to 'do you love your mom?'" title ends up as The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time

                                      License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                                      Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                                      • RaitoiroR
                                        Raitoiro Premium Member @yumenokage
                                        last edited by Raitoiro

                                        @yumenokage Whoa, be carefull, don't say that title , you will summon @Zing

                                        Joke aside, the mom part doesn’t seem important enough in the serie to truly be a responce, the mom death is what lauch the story and guide it at the begining, but then she is a secondary characters and her and Van don't interact much.

                                        Do you like death, war and misery ?
                                        Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
                                        Do you like vengeance story?
                                        If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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                                        • myskarosM
                                          myskaros Staff
                                          last edited by myskaros

                                          Announcements from the Discord voice-chat panel from Sakuracon 2019:

                                          • Middle-Aged Businessman Makes a Name for Himself in Another World Thanks to Goddess Power! (Kodansha, answer to "Do You Like Your Mom?")
                                            • 2 volumes, complete series
                                          • Record of Wortenia War
                                          • Side By Side Dreamers (yuri, Iori Miyazawa, Hayakawa Shoubo, single book)
                                            • Same author as Otherworld Picnic
                                          • Seriously Seeking Sister! Ultimate Vampire Princess Just Wants Little Sister, Plenty of Service Will Be Provided! (yuri, 1 volume, not sure if will continue)
                                          • Crest of the Stars (license rescue, space opera, closer to YA than LN)

                                          Non-license announcement:

                                          • Both Full Metal Panic and Crest of the Stars/Banner of the Stars will be released in triple-omnibus hardcover print editions, late 2019/early 2020. (MSRP $29.99, A5 size)
                                            • No comment on the short-story volumes yet.
                                          • Ascendance of a Bookworm in print (fall 2019), faster releases than usual due to the anime, Elf Bride (very good sales in Japan, SEA, for JNC), Infinite Dendrogram (fall 2019), Animeta (already up on Amazon) and Marginal Operation (manga, Dec/Jan) also in print.

                                          Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                                          • TerabyteT
                                            Terabyte
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                                            Oh, family isekai is complete with 2 volumes? That's short 😧

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