Acquisitions Speculation - General

saffire

I posted what I think the solution to hint 1 is on discord, along with some absolutely mad speculation about what it means.

Okay, Sam's comments yesterday got me thinking. The implication to me was that we haven't actually gotten close to the essence of #1 yet. And that sent me down a Google hole that led to...Spaceballs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drjr9PmTMA I feel like this has to be what it's invoking.

Mad speculation time: I can't think of any light novels with anything like "Spaceballs" in the title. If the context of the scene matters, which is they're watching a video of the completed film in order to re-enact it, that brings to mind the meme, the legend, Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon. If it's hinting at something like Spaceballs...Tenchi Muyo?

Rahul Balaggan

The time is nigh...
https://twitch.tv/jnovelclub

FacelessOne

Some really great licenses revealed really looking forward to them.

ShipTeaser

Yeah one pretty high profile licence. And the others look interesting and definitely worth a try

Lily Garden

@rahul-balaggan @Sam-Pinansky could we please get an explanation of the hints?

Thank you, and thanks for all the new licenses and new prints!

myskaros

@lily-garden

SERIES 1:
When? Now!

https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/1437500487096586243

SERIES 2:
Sometimes it's just as exciting to watch.

Reference to the story

SERIES 3:
A transient parting.

Reference to the title

SERIES 4:
Not actually an otome game!

Dumb joke because the title has "Duke's Daughter" in it

Lily Garden

@myskaros Thanks!

Also, Faraway Paladin is a Print Release?!?!?! YESSSSS!!!!! I have wanted a print release for this series back when I first read it on my library's Overdrive app, back before I even knew what Jnovel was.

I had two simultaneous reactions to this announcement:
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Lily Garden

@lily-garden so I only got 1 of 4 right, which was about what I was expecting

SleepyTexan

I only guessed Endo but I'm pleasantly surprised to see Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter which was also on my wishlist.

Zero Believers Goddess looks interesting so I hope I end up liking it as much as the last titles announced.

ehmk

I’m so happy I’ve been waiting for the goddess with zero believers to be licensed forever

Silver Sugar Duchess

Will there be hints again, or not this time?

myskaros

@silver-sugar-duchess Unfortunately, we are completely swamped getting things ready to go for AnimeNYC, so we just don't really have time to do hints this round :(

Silver Sugar Duchess

@myskaros What a pity, it is always so much fun guessing the new titles.

lighthawk96

As long as one of the releases is this title, I'll be happy.

Isekai de Tochi o Katte Noujou o Tsukurou

Let's Buy the Land And Cultivate in a Different World

異世界で土地を買って農場を作ろう

All the same name, but I would really like to see this June get licensed! Pretty Please!

Silver Sugar Duchess

@lighthawk96 For me it would be Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Fake Cinderella and Free Life Fantasy Online. I would be so happy if J-Novel Club actually licenses them! Earl and Fairy would be awesome too, but unfortunately J-Novel Club hasn‘t tied a connection to this publisher yet.

TheGrimLich

Any word on how many licenses are being announced?

Rahul Balaggan

@thegrimlich

There will be a panel at AnimeNYC on Saturday the 20th at 6:30 pm Eastern Time.

There will also be announcements on twitter, and plenty of conversation in Discord (link available on the bottom of the page on J-Novel.Club)

Lily Garden

@myskaros said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

@silver-sugar-duchess Unfortunately, we are completely swamped getting things ready to go for AnimeNYC, so we just don't really have time to do hints this round :(

Since there are no hints this around I shall just have to make random guesses mwahahah:

Heat the pig liver

Fake Saint of the Year

Delicious Veranda

I Summoned the Devil to Grant Me a Wish, but I Married Her Instead Since She Was Adorable ~My New Devil Wife~

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

Now all that's left to do is to await the announcements and see how wrong I turn out to be...

HarmlessDave

I'm going to go with five anime series I liked that have absolutely no hope of being acquired:

Campione!
If Her Flag Breaks (Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara)
Kino's Journey
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?)

(See: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1156/read-first-compiled-list-of-existing-suggestion-topics?page=1)

I predict that the accuracy of my guesses for new LN titles will be slightly less than 0%

jpwong

My two biggest hopes are Isekai Yururi Kikou (unlikely as it's an alphapolis license) and Rebuild World. But JNC's licenses have been pretty good overall, I think there's always been at least one thing they announce that I end up buying.