Acquisitions Speculation - General
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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.
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The thing about Seven Seas is they’ll hammer out a bunch of the early volumes and then things start to stall. Yen is generally more consistent in their releases. Outside of this year there have been issues but I’d say they’re 90% consistent on schedule and I’d guess 7S is 80%, both good
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@the-green-death I'd say Yen is consistent in incrementally delayed releases. Once something starts getting delayed it keeps getting delayed several times in succession...
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Seems there will be more announcements next month during Cloud Matsuri.
PANEL – J-NOVEL Club Manga Panel feat. Live Q&A
J-Novel Club have been leading the way in bringing light novels to the west, translating a variety of titles and making them available on their own subscription service and beyond. The company will be joining us for Cloud Matsuri to talk about what they do, lift the lid on some new announcements, and then take your questions with a live Q&A session.
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Cloud Matsuri seems to be based on UK as well if I'm not mistaken. Not that it matters much for online sessions, but at least a decent timezone for me to see it live.
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@Crimson-Wise Yeah it's organised as an online replacement for MCM by Anime Limited.
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Get ready for more announcements on Friday, November 13, 2020! Puzzle over hints here!
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Title 1: How parents think of their babies
Title 2: 17 going on 27?
Title 3: SHUT UP!
Title 4: No, you deal!
Title 5: Not FDA-Approved
Title 6: Watch out for the full moon!
Title 7: The adventure of your dreams!
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Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!
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That is quite a few titles at once...
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I'm hoping Title 5: Not FDA-Approved is "Let's Buy the Land And Cultivate in a Different World". I know this might be a stretch but I can hope right!?
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"Not FDA-approved" Could be "The girl who ate a death god", after all I'm pretty sure Death Gods aren't FDA-approved food.
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Title 3: My mind instantly snapped to Shakugan no Shana.
Title 4 sounds like a gambling series.
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@saffire Shakugan no Shana or Zero no Tsukaima
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Gonna fill with guesses / thoughts.
@Rahul-Balaggan said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
Title 1: How parents think of their babies
Precious? Breathtaking (Seinfeld reference)? Inseparable? Idk. I feel like it's a word in the title, but maybe not.
Title 2: 17 going on 27?
Gonna guess this one about a 27 year old Office Lady who dresses as a JK (and gets saved by a 17 year old boy when someone tries to assault her on a train). I'd love anything from this author.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/123393/Choppiri_Toshiue_demo_Kanojo_ni_Shite_Kuremasu_ka
Title 3: SHUT UP!
My Best Friend's Lil Sis is Only Annoying to Me (stretch).
Title 4: No, you deal!
I have some gambling series guesses. Will post some later, but don't know what would fit.
Title 5: Not FDA-Approved
Food / Medicine series? There's a few out there.
Title 6: Watch out for the full moon!
Werewolves? Curious what this is.
Title 7: The adventure of your dreams!
Dreams. There's a series where an adventurer marries his childhood friend in a fantasy adventure dream... But it was cancelled. But judging by Welcome to Japan Ms Elf, this is likely a somewhat common premise.
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@Terrence The last one could be the Japan Elf manga, which is unlicensed. The moon one also may be the Der Werwolf manga.
