Acquisitions Speculation - General
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Hopefully one of them is Kenja
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Ghostly Good Time? Hmmm...
(I'd like some more horror, but if that's a hint, maybe something like Holy Grail of Eris that has a ghost as a major character in a more traditional Fantasy / royalty based setting).
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I’m not big on horror, but I think I’d be a little disappointed if the majority of October announcements were anything else. It just wouldn’t feel right.
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There are no hints for our announcements this time.
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I hope we get a Bofuri announcement, I"m amazed that no one has licensed that series yet.
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My fear is someone like Sol Press has licensed it and is just sitting on it like they did for Chivalry.
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@catstorm yeah Sol press are the destroyer of dreams and licences...
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@Eternal-Wanderer I recall Sam mentioning at some point that his bid for Bofuri was rejected(?). I might remember wrong though (or he was just messing around maybe, lol).
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@Terabyte
You remember right but that was before they did print so it might change. -
Stream has started
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I was pretty happy with the announcements. In for some fun stuff (Yuri and Dungeon Busters) and our first real world romcom.
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@Terrence so I don’t see the news posted anywhere. Which is the Romcom? Want to follow that for sure
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Thank you. I’ll read that one for sure!
Do wish they’d consolidate the announcements somewhere for those of us who don’t watch the whole panel.
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@the-green-death I think that they normally include them in their monthly update e-mail, whenever that goes out. They may also include them on the front page when they update it next, but that's usually monthly when the catch-up series change. I don't think that they really post a list anywhere else though.
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@the-green-death ANN has an article about the licenses: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-09/j-novel-club-announces-5-light-novel-series-for-2020-release/.165039
The first three series are already available, and the last two will be released "in a month, month and a half."
Aside from that, they announced a beta for the new JNC app.
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@Crimson-Wise perfect, that’s just what I was looking for - I’ll give Social Game and the Cleric one a try out of this batch.
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And there it is, Bofuri finally licensed... 2 years late but oh well.
Also surprising Yen Press snatched the Isekai Smartphone manga, Sam said it being by a Kadokawa publisher made it too expensive to bid on since they would want guaranteed printing. -
Honestly yen press is probably second for me in terms of consistency, they are pretty good these days getting books out on a 3-4 month cycle. J novel club is preferred for new licenses but yen would be second with seven seas in 3rd.
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Seven Seas been more consistent for me, maybe cause they do digital first. They pumped out 3 Adachi volumes super fast. Yen also had a few series that got delayed volume releases multiple times, and not all Covid related (I think NGNL delays were almost a joke in that community). When Covid did happen, iirc they were one of the few to delay digital releases to time them with the physical.
