Acquisitions Speculation - General
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Just some random spitballing here...
For those following the Bookworm anime, you might know that from ep. 4 on, the endcards are drawn by various artists who have worked on other TO Books series. Since most such series aren't well-known and since it looks like JNC has a good relationship with TO Books, these might be of some consideration.
Ep. 4's endcard was done by Iida Seriko, the artist for the manga adaptation of Sweet Reincarnation, which JNC already has. Of course, the original light novel is always a possibility.
Ep. 5's endcard is by You Shimizu, the illustrator of this series. Something about a failed college debut and now they're in another world dealing with nature spirits and riding on birds? Looks like a one-shot.
Ep. 6's endcard is by Kitora Kon, whose main contribution to TO Books seems to be some stuff in a Bookworm manga anthology. (Maybe said anthology is one of the licenses?) They've done other stuff with other publishers, though.
Ep. 7's endcard is by Chima, illustrator of Rare Class Change. Seems like this one is about a girl who gets isekai'd and becomes a beast tamer with the titular "rare class change" skill. Currently six volumes are out. This one definitely seems like it could be one of the licenses, though there's plenty of other not-known TO Books series too...
Again, just some random speculation.
MAL
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@stardf29 Welp, that last one comes with an English title. It could be what Sam was talking about.
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Another light novel that translates straight is "My Dad is a hero, My Mom is a Spirt, My Daughter is a Reincarnation".
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@yoshken That can't be right, who is "me" in this family?
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@nosgoroth the average guy/girl stuck as the son/daughter of the Hero and a Spirit, and a Reincarnator's father/mother, I guess?? It'd be hilarious
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@nosgoroth I think he's talking about this though I think @Yoshken might have misunderstood the title since apparently the reincarnator is the is main character. According to the link a more accurate main title is "My Father Is a Hero, My Mother Is a Spirit and the Daughter (Me) Is a Reincarnator."
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@nosgoroth said in Acquisitions Speculation - General [AnimeNYC Nov 15-17]:
@stardf29 Welp, that last one comes with an English title. It could be what Sam was talking about.
Last one? Pretty sure 'Rare Class Change' isn't 'Dad Is a Hero, Mom Is a Spirit, I'm a Reincarnator'... Are you referring to some other post?
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@korppi I'm not sure what the miscommunication is? I was referring to Rare Class Change, which is the last LN listed in stardf29's post which I was replying to. It has an English title, which would coincide with the clue Sam gave on Discord. As far as I can tell, Hero/Spirit/Reincarnator only entered the conversation after my post.
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Hoping for some interesting ones, with 10+ titles hopefully at least one will be something i'm interested in however as always i'd like Twelve Kingdoms to be rescued from its eternal Tokyo Pop purgatory.
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@eternal-wanderer yup that’s what I was talking about
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Just wondering is does anyone know if JNC is holding a panel at AnimeNYC and if they are what day are they holding it.
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@myskaros Thanks for the reply, never would have thought I'd get one that fast.
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Looking at Anime NYC's panel schedule, these seem to be the only light novel industry ones, and are all on Saturday (tomorrow).
- Square Enix 1:30-2:20 PM EST
- Yen Press 4:30-5:30 PM EST
- JNC 6:30-7:30 PM EST
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Ahh, too late in the night for me in CET. I'll have to find out what happened Sunday morning.
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Squeenix licensing kusuriya is pretty cool even though it is just the manga from what I can tell. None of their other stuff seems interesting to me though
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Some guy did a thread with square enix announcements on Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/VLordGTZ/status/1195780805718622208 -
https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1195816764183130118
holy shit yen press got High School DxDNow thats one that I didn't expect in a million years
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A few great licenses, but Quiet Life is one I am most happy with as I loved the Web novel.
