Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@shiny I should have guessed that thanks
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windmill slams money onto the table
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In case you didn't see on your landing page, Seven Seas also got Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
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Nice, there's a number of series that I'm interested in:
- Sazan & Comet Girl: it's an homage to space operas, so YES.
- Penguindrum novels: YES since it's short and complete and I liked the anime.
- I Had That Same Dream Again novel: YES. I'm pleasantly surprised they licensed another novel by the same author as Pancreas. That makes three now along with that Monster one. I hope they'll continue the trend and license other Japanese novels that aren't quite light novels.
- Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear LN:
I may try a volume, but if it ends up print-only, I'll hold off.*Edited: YES. Now that I know this will be available digitally too, I'll definitely give the first volume a try. I've fallen in love with two SOL light novels recently, I've been meaning to try more.
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I know I’m going to be disappointed if Quad Bear is a physical only. Due to the fact that I am mostly a digital buyer for multiple reasons. One of the reasons is that I am always moving due to my profession and carrying a book could lead it to being dirty.
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BEARSSSSS- I mean, does Seven Seas do print-only often? Is this an actual concern?
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I've seen some cases where the digital version was a little late but they in my experience they always have a digital option.
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Quite a good batch of license overall, I already have all the Penguindrum novel in french so I'm not going to rebuy that one but I'm likely going to check all the other.
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@CaramelWithoutTheSalt Not really seeing the issue. I mean Seven Seas current stuff just isn't for you? I'm the same in that there was only 1 or 2 that I liked, however I've just cropped it up to the fact that the types of series SS likes to license nowadays are not my cup of tea, and that is fine.
I look at my shelf and most the books I buy are from either Yen Press/On or J-Novel, and its because they have the ones i'm most interested in. No point getting irritated with a company when they clearly are trying to go against the grain of what I would call popular in the mainstream sense which is good too since it gives more variety for those who do want that stuff that isn't mainstream
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@caramelwithoutthesalt Question out of curiosity, roughly how many light novels released recently (let's say last two years or so) would make you excited to be licensed?
My theory regarding some discontent over recent lower-profile licenses is that most of the older, high-profile titles have either already been licensed, or have reasons why they aren't readily available, which leaves mostly lower profile options. So I'm curious how much that applies here.
Though as mentioned in the last comment, some of 7S's were likely simply targeted at a different market segment.
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From what I can tell it doesn’t say either or. so I’m assuming it’s probably a mistake that they haven’t said it was print, digital, or both I have reached out on Twitter to see if they respond to me if so I’ll drop it in this thread
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@caramelwithoutthesalt Well if I helped you come to some conclusion and you are satisfied with that is good.
I'll just be looking out for the announcements from Yen Press and J-Novel that the series I hope beyond all hopes that one of the 2 gets licensed finally (aka Death Mage Doesn't Want a 4th Time OR So you think someone like you can defeat the demon king?)
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@caramelwithoutthesalt Thanks for the reply. Sounds like my theory doesn't apply much to your case.
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@tremorc Good.
