Acquisitions Speculation - General
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There were 16 total new light novel licenses from this Anime Expo. I think I came out pretty positive in what I'll be picking up.
- Yen Press - (3/5) - Not really interested in the Behemoth Tensei series or Interspecies Reviewers. I am really excited for Majo no Tabitabi and Seishun Buta Yarou Series. The Penetrated Battlefield just seems interesting and I'll give it a try.
- Seven Seas - (1/2) - Maybe a 0/2 as I don't know when I'll ever get around to Bloom into You. I was waiting for the series to finish before binge reading it.
- J-Novel Club - (7/8) -
Combat Baker and Beatless I'll love to read assuming we do get the DRM-free ebooks. Combat Baker in particular I've really been wanted to read because it hits my love of AI Girls. And what a coincidence that BEATLESS is also about AI Girls. :3
Altina I'm incredibly excited about because I've been wanted to re-read the series but have refused to touch the fan-translations again. It's just such a fantastic series.
There are two new Overlap titles which have me a bit hesitent because I'm tired of Overlap burning us with dropping series. Isekai Mahou which was supposed to get volume 9 last July and Gear Drive which I thought was a fantastic volume 1 have no continuation in site. I mean hell, the Isekai Mahou author started a web novel, and is getting it published with another company in the time span that is volume 9 not coming out. Overlap does have a lot of really cool sounding series, but I really just need them to support them more so every month isn't just a bunch of new series that will be forgotten 4 months down the line due to never having another volume.
Otherside Picnic is an interesting series based a bit around folk-horror and portal fantasy where the main duo are traveling back and forth from this weird post-apocalyptic like world. Don't have many straight up portal fantasy series. Fun fact is that this and Demon Lord, Retry! are the only Isekai LNs licensed this year from Anime Expo.
Holy Knight's Dark Road seems interesting enough. A new series from Hobby Japan.
- Sol Press (1/1) - I was waiting for some publisher to decide to hit that untapped market. It was odd that it took this long. Seems like a natural progression since Sol Press already published Visual Novels.
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Whew, I needed a couple days to calm down after the announcement from JNC. Seeing the series that I wanted licensed the most really made me too excited (not good for my body).
Otherside Picnic aside, the other series that caught my interest is "Onna dakara, to Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node Densetsu no Majo to Saikyou Tag wo Kumimashita! / Exiled Woman, Form the Strongest Tag Team with Legendary Witch" (long title haha). I like its premise and possible yuri interctions but I think most are saying it is yuri. Now I'll have quite a variety to read when these are put up on the site.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We’re thrilled to announce we’ve licensed a #LIGHTNOVEL adaptation of a popular #GAME! Can you guess what it is? First two successful guesses before the official announcement on Thursday will #WIN a copy when it's out! Guesses won't be confirmed until then!
Via Cross Infinite World's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrossInfWorld/status/1150782642595360770
Hints added:
#1: the original game artist did the art for the novel
#2: a school life adventure turned a survival thriller
#3: the light novels are published by Kodansha in Japan
#4: the 50+ hour visual novel is covered over four lengthy light novel volumes -
Interview about Square Enix getting into English manga publishing. I copied some of the answers more salient to consumers here:
Will they all be available as digital releases too, or just in print, or a mix?
It's going to be a mix. Our first priority is print releases for now, but we're also planning digital editions to give people more options to access our content.
Will Square Enix continue to license manga to other N. American publishers, or will your focus be more on publishing your top manga, novel and art book titles under your own imprint?
Yes, we will continue to license manga to other North American publishers. We hope to grow the total number of Square Enix titles published in English by licensing to our existing partners, and through our new imprints.
You've announced 4 titles for starters, and added six more manga titles to your roster at Anime Expo 2019 – how many books do you project you'll be publishing in 2019, and in 2020?
8 books in 2019, 50 books in 2020. It may vary depending on our schedule. -
Cross Infinite World has licensed Root Double -Before Crime * After Days: http://www.crossinfworld.com/news-articles/Special-Announcement-License.html
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So were 3 day away from Otakon do you all think will be getting any announcement there ?
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@jagd-mirage Seems like the next J-NC presence might be at Otakuthon. I saw some mention of it in the discord. Sam is a special guest or something. XD
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Lets not get too ahead of ourselves, many of the licenses announced at AX are still not up on the site so lets at least wait till those are up before we start predicting new ones.
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To be fair, I'm fine with some downtime. Too much to read.
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@cosm1cfall said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AX is over]:
@crimson-wise regarding tomozaki digital:
I got my digital copy of Tomozaki today. I'm good now.
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So, nothing at Otakuthon?
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No new licenses at Otakuthon
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If the new side topic goes on I will probably end up moving it to it's own specific post...
Edit: it has been moved.
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Hasn't it been a bit too quiet around here lately? Nothing new? Any events to look forward to or something?
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Sam yesterday on Discord said he got a big new one. Nothing more than that though.
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He said he made offers on 7 new titles, one of which was rejected because Seven Seas has it. He met with 3 new publishers, which he thought were positive meetings. And like Terabyte said, he only has one confirmed license right now, but he said it is a "biggie."
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It has been a little over 2 months since Anime Expo licenses were announced, can't really say it has been "quiet" it takes time to go from not having a LN license to actually having it...
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@legitpancake said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:
he only has one confirmed license right now, but he said it is a "biggie."
O_O
Hype! (but I can wait for it; lots to catch up on).
