Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@jpwong - JNC has a great track record of getting me to read and then buy series that I'd never have picked up from a paragraph description or even a too-short kindle sample from Amazon.
I wish other publishers had the equivalent of prepubs and catch-up months to lure me into buying more of their books.
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My wishlist:
- Kino's Journey
- Ascendance of a Bookworm sides stories
- Death Mage who doesn't want a 4th time
- SukaMoka (sequal to WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? aka SukaSuka)
- Crest/Banner of the Stars Anthology
I doubt the first will get licensed, but I would be ecstatic if it did.
Assuming the fanbooks sell well I expect the second will eventually get licensed by J-Novel Club.
During the hanashi media test site hullabaloo it sounded like the third may have been in the works by some other company, but I suspect Seven Seas is a more likely licensor if so, since they have one other work with the same publisher. The covers are kind of risque, unfortunately, so I imagine it might cause some amazon problems.
The fourth would be Yen Press if anyone picked it up since they have SukaSuka, but I'm not too hopeful on that front.
The last would of course be JNC if anyone picked it up, but idk if Crest/Banner has done well enough for it to make business sense for JNC to get it.
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@yumenokage said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
SukaMoka (sequel to WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? aka SukaSuka)
I liked that anime, how are the English LNs if you've read them?
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@harmlessdave said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
I liked that anime, how are the English LNs if you've read them?
The first three are fantastic (and make up the anime). And then the ending of the anime happens and my enjoyment for the rest of the series is greatly diminished. Not bad, just...not as good.
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@harmlessdave I picked the LNs up after the anime, and liked them quite a bit. They're give a bit of a different point of view (more Willem-focused) than the anime (more Chtholly-focused), and have more detail, including about what the past was like and what the leprechauns are. They're also even more brutal/tragic than the anime.
As GeorgeMTO mentioned, the anime basically lines up with books 1–3, although I'd definitely recommend reading from the beginning. I personally thought books 4–5 were fine.
There's also an EX volume with side stories following the various wielders of Seniorious.
My understanding is that SukaMoka picks up after a timeskip and deals more with the younger leprechauns, at least initially, but I don't know too much about it beyond that.
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Thanks @yumenokage and @georgemto
One of the things stopping me from trying the LNs is that the anime was good, but also depressing. It sounds like I should be in the mood for that when I read them.
(Sometimes Girls Last Tour hits the spot, others I want something lighter like Dragon Daddy Diaries or Demon Lord Retry.)
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@lily-garden said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
@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:
Now all that's left to do is to await the announcements and see how wrong I turn out to be...
We both turned out so wrong... When will we finally see Sugar Apple Fairy Tale getting licensed!!!
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Isn't it slowly time for the next (small) licensing announcement?
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"Late winter" so perhaps soon.
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@silver-sugar-duchess We definitely have a lot of series that we're working on that we haven't announced yet. Almost a pile up really.
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@admin - the last wave was a great batch of licenses even if a few were not my cup of tea. I'm looking forward to the late winter license storm :)
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@admin That sounds very promising. I hope there will be a few light novels I will like. Unfortunately there wasn‘t really one in the last batch.
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@admin What I forgot to ask, will there be hints again? They are always so much fun.
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I know I am just repeating what has already been asked, but when will be the next licensing announcement? I hope it will be very soon, I‘m literally dying for it!
I‘m still hoping that Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella will finally get licensed, this is my greatest wish!!!
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I‘m still hoping that Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella will finally get licensed, this is my greatest wish!!!
You are not the only one wishing for it. I slowly don‘t care anymore if it‘s Seven Seas Entertainment or J-Novel Club (though I clearly prefer J-Novel Club), but someone please license these great novels!!! Just don‘t let it be Yen Press!
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Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella would be my top favorite licenses too. I hope they get licensed soon! Isekai Yakkyoku would be another favorite of mine.
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JNC has put up hints for the new licenses but it looks like nobody has noticed yet. Here you go:
- SERIES 1 HINT: Fast Demon King Immediacy
- SERIES 2 HINT: And Let There Be Dungeons
- SERIES 3 HINT: They Flee First
- SERIES 4 HINT: Black Belt Chucky
- SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
- SERIES 6 HINT: Facebook's Ultimate Plan
- SERIES 7 HINT: Stories of dating in Japan
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@terabyte For series 1, I can't help but think of The Misfit of Demon King Academy, what with the way the main character / reincarnated demon king uses his magic to grow up really freakin' fast. Immediately, even.
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@terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
JNS
What's that? The Japanese Novel Society?
Number 7 is definitely a Rom-Com.
Number six... Probably either a VRMMO or VRMMO Isekai.
