Acquisitions Speculation - General

Rahul Balaggan

@novurdim seems like you have an ax to grind with Steiner, if you do take it up with him on Twitter, otherwise no more pointed messages meant to incite others.

novurdim

@rahul-balaggan yeah, I'm sorry for the redundant edge, my confusion was 100% honest

Hyferzftw

lol I didn’t even know SP existed figured it was YP’s second name. Well looks like it’s time to read some new LNs cuz I’ve read most of YP’s and SS’s as well. I’m running low on finding things to read. But if it’s as you guys say I should maybe stay away cuz I’m going to get annoyed waiting for published translations. I got use to waiting 3 months per volume with YP’s and SS’s LNs translations (digital). So how bad are the waiting periods with SP?

Nvm they don’t seem to have anything that interests me much other then Chivalry Knight.

Any other LN publishers I haven’t heard off? So far the ones IK are:
JNC
Yen Press
SevenSeasEntertainment
(And now) Sol Press

Village Idiot

@hyferzftw No set dates, but for a few of their titles, it took a year for the next volume to be released.

Hyferzftw

@village-idiot lol! Yeah, I should avoid them then.

Terabyte

@hyferzftw You're missing a few other publishers. You can find complete list at the top of this wiki page: https://old.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/wiki/upcomingreleases

Hyferzftw

@terabyte thanks didn’t know these existed. Hopefully I can find some sweet stuff to read now.

Terrence

@hyferzftw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:

Any other LN publishers I haven’t heard off? So far the ones IK are:
JNC
Yen Press
SevenSeasEntertainment
(And now) Sol Press

Cross Infinite World.

They mostly specialize in Girls LN, but they do some that aren't (Emeth and Root Double).

Hyferzftw

@terrence didn’t know it licensed and published LNs until I check the reddit link.

TUSF

@nosgoroth said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:

@tusf I don't see malicious intent in Raitorio's scenario

"They're doing 3 volumes at once, to fool the fans!" — I can't not read malicious intent into that scenario. If anything, they're just covering 3 volumes at once to catch up to what the anime has already covered.

Raitoiro

@tusf May be you're right and they're only publishing 3 books at once to cover the anime. But while it's likely part of the reasons they did it, they could also be trying to make people think that they will quickly published the series.
Maybe it's not out of ill will and it's part of an effort to better themselves, their brand image, and they intend to deliver on that series.
But given their history and how they seems to treat people who works them, I wouldn't put it pass them to try and fool people, if not out of ill will, at least out of incompetence.

Eternal Wanderer

If were really getting more new licenses during AnimeNYC I wonder why today's licenses weren't just saved for then.

Yoshken

@eternal-wanderer to build up hype for next week

myskaros

For those of you who don't Discord:

Terrence

Tries to think of series with English titles or series with unedited Japanese titles for anime that are popular enough not to change.

Hmmm intensifies.

yumenokage

Are there any titles that just consist of a name or other proper noun? Or maybe it could just be titles that already have an official English name from an anime adaptation. Or both. Or a title that was written in English originally (and properly) for whatever reason.

Hyferzftw

“Gamers” can be one of em XD

paulnamida

@hyferzftw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:

“Gamers” can be one of em XD

I'd die and automatically revive out of happiness if this was true. Others that come to mind would be High School DxD, Campione and Date a Live but I doubt we'd get those, GAMERS seems much more plausible.

Going for recent stuff with anime adaptations, Assassin's Pride would be a decent guess. On lesser known stuff I'd kill for would be Chronicle Legion, the first 3 volumes were great, with that characteristic style by Takedzuki Jou with lots of historical references.

hatguy12

My first guess is Cop Craft. Sam got Gatou's other series, and Liz is done with Amaburi so he can release it now and still keep Liz the dedicated Gatou translator.

Second guess is High School DxD. If you take Sam at face value, you'd rule this one out because he said "Calling it now: high school dxd ;)" with respect to guessing Sol's last license. But I think Sam likes misdirection, and it's been over a year (maybe?) since he first mentioned looking at licensing DxD. This is also the only series I can really think of as "winning the convention," which Sam has claimed this batch will do.

Maybe Date A Live could count, but my impression is that its following is much smaller than DxD. (Though neither are my cup of tea, so I may not have the most accurate view)

I think Gamers is a good guess too, though it didn't jump to my mind immediately.

The other "no need to come up with an English title" series that come to my mind (stuff like Campione) I feel have been completed too long ago to be worthwhile licenses.

Raitoiro

My hope are on Sevens, CopCraft or (let's dream) some Fate title, but Assassin pride seems like the best bet.