Acquisitions Speculation - General

Cynigami

It is at volume 4 and still ongoing. Pretty sure it wouldn't get an anime and manga adaptation if the author had dropped it. Yuu Kamiya just has too much to do, I guess. No Game No Life hasn't been updated in a year either. Volume 5 will probably be released long before we catch up.

Rahul Balaggan

@sparhawk6 & @Hakomari

You have my thanks.

sparhawk6

@Hakomari NGNL Gaiden - Practical war game came out in december last year I think. And manga adaptation is coming as planned. And it is as you and me say, NGNL eat most of the author time, because movie is coming next month.

lazyproblems

@erictbar said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

Surprised that Kodansha let someone other than their sister company into their walled garden of licensing.

Wasn't a fan of the anime though.

But I wonder what else Kodansha has that I might like.

In a way, I'm that not surprised. Kodansha responded to an LN question on their tumblr stating that they chose "Kodansha Comics" as their western name on purpose, and had no intention of doing LNs. That was a few years ago, but it doesn't seem like their stance has changed any. The parent company might be happy to get some stuff out there, especially something with a currently airing anime. (edit- forgot all about vertical...)

That said, I also didn't enjoy the anime, but fans of this series swear up and down that the manga and especially LN are far better, so I might give it a shot.

Nico

@lazyproblems said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

@erictbar said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

Surprised that Kodansha let someone other than their sister company into their walled garden of licensing.

Wasn't a fan of the anime though.

But I wonder what else Kodansha has that I might like.

In a way, I'm that not surprised. Kodansha responded to an LN question on their tumblr stating that they chose "Kodansha Comics" as their western name on purpose, and had no intention of doing LNs. That was a few years ago, but it doesn't seem like their stance has changed any. The parent company might be happy to get some stuff out there, especially something with a currently airing anime.

When they say sister company, my mind immediately went to Vertical, since Kodansha Comics always calls them their sister company, and they have Seraph of the End LN. Well, I'm still kinda surprised that this is the next publisher, but certainly not complaining.

sparhawk6

@Nico When someone say Vertical, I imagine Monogatari series! :D

Demelza

Kodansha do seem to prefer to pass off light novels to Vertical. Like the Your Lie in April light novel is with Vertical rather than Kodansha Comics, for example.

Cynigami

@sparhawk6

Ah, I missed that there was a 10th volume. Wonder why amazon has it under the name 「ノーゲーム・ノーライフ」instead of the title followed by the volume number like all the other volumes.

sparhawk6

@Hakomari It is not 10th volume actually. It is something like vol 6. It is Gaiden volume. (It should be SS)
Original vol 9 was released 25.08.2016

lazyproblems

@Nico said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

@lazyproblems said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

@erictbar said in Speculation thread regarding new Aquisitions [ 4 NEW TITLES HINTED, TIME FOR SPECULATION!]:

Surprised that Kodansha let someone other than their sister company into their walled garden of licensing.

Wasn't a fan of the anime though.

But I wonder what else Kodansha has that I might like.

In a way, I'm that not surprised. Kodansha responded to an LN question on their tumblr stating that they chose "Kodansha Comics" as their western name on purpose, and had no intention of doing LNs. That was a few years ago, but it doesn't seem like their stance has changed any. The parent company might be happy to get some stuff out there, especially something with a currently airing anime.

When they say sister company, my mind immediately went to Vertical, since Kodansha Comics always calls them their sister company, and they have Seraph of the End LN. Well, I'm still kinda surprised that this is the next publisher, but certainly not complaining.

Wow, I somehow forgot all about Vertical and the fact that Kodansha is partial owner... :man_facepalming: :laughing:

WhiteCloud

Now kodansha is on board, what title do you think will be good for acquisition? perhaps a more lesser known title, or strategy war like Madan? Is there any? My personal wish is for j novel to get kanojo wa flag no oratera....(who's with me...!!!!), oh and outbreak company

WhiteCloud

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Eternal Wanderer

This is just a suggestion for whoever is currently our mod, for the kind of site this is speculation threads are inevitable and this thread seems to have at this point become the general speculation thread. Because of this I think it might be best to change this thread's name considering the 4 new acquisitions have already long since been revealed.

Sam Pinansky

@Eternal-Wanderer You are right good sir, I shall do so and sticky as well.

Fezu

@White-Cloud I'm with you pal, these are in my opinion the most wanted from this label that I could find!

Catscope

@White-Cloud In an ideal fantasy world we'd see NisiOisiN's works moving at high speed on J-Novel Club to catch up with Japan, and delayed print releases from Vertical afterwards for collectors. However since we live in the darkest timeline plus Nisio's writing needs care and diligence to translate just right, I'm guessing the best we'll probably be seeing in the near future is Outbreak Company as you suggest. I still have my fingers crossed for a Kara no Kyokai license salvage though.

sparhawk6

@Catscope Honestly? 2 months schedule for Monogatari series is pretty good. I have nothing against them. Dec - August = 6 books.

Catscope

@sparhawk6 Hey now, there's a lot more to Nisio than just the Monogataris.

sparhawk6

@Catscope It is, but Vertical is working on Monogatari series now. And other series can be still picked up by someone else . And this year they published Decapitation - Kubikiri Cycle I think. And I think that from marketing point of view, focus only on one author novels is not a good move.

Rahul Balaggan

@sparhawk6
Vertical also will release Juni Taisen: Zodiac War

And Viz Media will release Imperfect Shojo