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    • Crimson WiseC
      Crimson Wise Premium Member
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      To be fair, I'm fine with some downtime. Too much to read.

      Quof got a break.
      WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THAT FREAKING BLACK DRAGON?!

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          cosm1cfall @cosm1cfall
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          @cosm1cfall said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AX is over]:

          @crimson-wise regarding tomozaki digital:
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          I got my digital copy of Tomozaki today. I'm good now.

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            novurdim
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            So, nothing at Otakuthon?

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            • Rahul BalagganR
              Rahul Balaggan Staff
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              No new licenses at Otakuthon

              Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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              • Rahul BalagganR
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                last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                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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                • Eternal WandererE
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                  • chrolloC
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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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                    • TerabyteT
                      Terabyte
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                      Sam yesterday on Discord said he got a big new one. Nothing more than that though.

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                      • LegitPancakeL
                        LegitPancake Premium Member
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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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                        • Rahul BalagganR
                          Rahul Balaggan Staff
                          last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                          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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                          • TerrenceT
                            Terrence Premium Member @LegitPancake
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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).

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                            • yumenokageY
                              yumenokage Member
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                              Any guesses on what the "biggie" might be?

                              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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                              • saffireS
                                saffire Premium Member
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                                Eh, there's any number of titles it could be just based on that.

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                                • YoshkenY
                                  Yoshken Premium Member
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                                  Teases are fun due to speculation but then a “Biggie” could mean almost anything

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                                  • YoshkenY
                                    Yoshken Premium Member @Yoshken
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                                    @yoshken

                                    My “Biggie” ‘s are both Bear x 4 and Shield Maiden

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                                    • NosgorothN
                                      Nosgoroth Premium Member @Terabyte
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                                      @terabyte A big one, eh?

                                      big one

                                      I'm intrigued. Hoping for bears.

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                                      • RaitoiroR
                                        Raitoiro Premium Member
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                                        It's strange that JNC is announcing another title when some of the previously announced titles have yet to start.
                                        Not that it's a bad thing tho, I hope we got the Girl who ate a death god, but since it's a big one it's likely not it.

                                        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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                                        • Rahul BalagganR
                                          Rahul Balaggan Staff @Raitoiro
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                                          @raitoiro

                                          They aren’t announcing it soon or anything, just that they secured at the minimum 1 new license, they also still have bides out on other series and even for the 1 they have they still need to assign it to a translation team that will then need time to work on it.

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                                          • Eternal WandererE
                                            Eternal Wanderer Premium Member
                                            last edited by Eternal Wanderer

                                            If I had to guess what he meant by a biggie I think it could be one of four things

                                            1 A light novel series that recently had a popular anime

                                            2 A light novel series that has an upcoming anime that is expected to be popular

                                            3 An older series that was popular a while ago that still has a dedicated fan base.

                                            4 A series that already has a following due to an existing fan translation

                                            Looking at shows from this current season the only really viable option I see is Cop Craft, this is made even more likely since JNC has licensed two other series from the same author though I'll admit I have no idea how popular Cop Craft is so I don't know if it could be called a big one. The only other light novel series I see that isn't already licensed is Isekia Cheat Magician which doesn't seem to be that popular.

                                            For the upcoming anime I see at least 2 possibilities in the fall season. The first one is Assassin's Pride which seems to have a pretty decent premise and the second one is Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo which judging by what little I've read of the manga seems to have a lot of potential. I'm kinda hoping for the latter since I'd like more slice or life/romantic comedy series here.

                                            As for older series we can just look for a couple examples from this site. For example Chivalry of a Failed Knight is still pretty heavily demanded even though that series is a couple of years old at this point.

                                            As for series made popular through fan translation I really have no idea, I'm kinda out of the loop on that front.

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