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    • Rahul BalagganR
      Rahul Balaggan Staff
      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.

      Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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      • Eternal WandererE
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        • chrolloC
          chrollo
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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
                  last edited by Terrence

                  @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
                            last edited by Nosgoroth

                            @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.

                                Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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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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                                  • Jon MitchellJ
                                    Jon Mitchell Premium Member @Eternal Wanderer
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                                    @eternal-wanderer
                                    OrCould You Love a Pervert...
                                    AKA Hensuki

                                    If I recall correctly, it’s a current anime and relatively popular

                                    I read banned books

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                                    • TerrenceT
                                      Terrence Premium Member
                                      last edited by Terrence

                                      Next ones I really want that are known properties?

                                      Ideal Sponger Life

                                      Shield Heroine (I Hate Being in Pain, So I made a Full Defense Build)

                                      That Dark Fantasy Yuri one with the eyepatched girl, a title whose name escapes me, but there's a thread for it here.
                                      Edit: This one.
                                      "Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na" (Do you think Someone like you can defeat the Demon Lord?) https://forums.j-novel.club/post/45768

                                      Cop Craft I'd also like. Alderamin, Bear, Bear, Bear and Chivalry I want for others (and I would try them too). I'd definitely try reading Hensuki too.

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                                      • BartzBBB
                                        BartzBB Premium Member
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                                        Honestly, I want JNC to get Mondaiji since it would then become possible to license Last Embryo and Million Crown which revolves on the same universe.

                                        Although Million Crown is a different parallel world.

                                        JNC LN Ranking:
                                        1st - Rokujouma
                                        2nd - Realist Hero
                                        3rd - Bookworm

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                                          • GodsGoldenPubesG
                                            GodsGoldenPubes
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                                            Does anyone think it's possible for it to be Date A Live? it is an older title that has had a demand for a long time, season 3 aired at the beginning of this year, and it was announced that there is a new anime project in the works making it current.
                                            The only thing I can think of that makes me not think it's Date A Live is because it is a long series (although I'm personally fine with it.)

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