Seven Seas - April 2020 survey available!
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@melicans said in Seven Seas July survey now available!:
Out of loyalty to J-Club (and also not realizing they take light novel suggestions) I only wrote in manga. I actually forget what the second one I wrote was, but I did put in Engaged to the Unidentified. That was a cute series.
I hope it's more the bolded. π
Remember that Seven Seas publishes J-Novel's releases physically. You never know, they could reach out to JNC for the translation of some stuff that gets requested.
Or maybe I'm an awful guy for not having loyalty to any one company and requesting stuff everywhere. At least it heightens the chance of it getting noticed. π£
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My 3 requests for July:
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In Another World With My Smartphone (Manga) [2 Volumes]
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Rokudou-kun no Onna-tachi [5 Volumes] (Weekly manga from the same magazine that My Monster Secret was serialized in.)
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Yumekui Merry/ Dream Eater Merry [19 Volumes]
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@terrence It is. The first part is just me sucking up
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VIZ picked up Kaguya-sama!!!
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I voted for the month.
Classroom of the Elite
Hajimete no Gal
Death Need RoundI dunno if I should've specified light novel for the two LNs. Unsure if they have manga versions.
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@terrence Only Classroom of the Elite currently has a manga adaption. It is currently running in the Monthly Comic Alive and it has 4 volumes out for the adaption.
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I did this survey a while ago and I remember suggesting
Iris Zero
Cyclia = Code
I can't remember the third one.
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@eternal-wanderer Iris Zero is a good one, I have all the books in French :french_bread:
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August survey up.
Went with:
Gamers!
Maoyuu
I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags
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I went with:
- Seitokai no Ichizon
- Gamers!
- Hero Union BBS
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Does anyone nominate the same thing every month? As usual I went with
Biblia Antiquarian Bookshoop
Ryuugajou nanana no maizoukin
sakurako san no ashimoto (I didn't nominate this one last month)
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@imilyaz I've nominated a few things in repetition, not every month, but I'm pretty positive I'll keep asking for them sometime down the road:
Urara Meirochou - only manga, didn't request any manga this month, very likely to pretty much stop requesting them
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
May have done Gonna be the Twin-Tail!! - Fairly certain that even apart from the company challenges (hey, they did get To Love Ru, which isn't the same company, but is still what part of Viz is), this is the least likely of all my LN wants, but I pretty much want it the most
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New survey is out.
What to choose... Probably pick from those Justus R Stone videos of the best selling light novel properties in Japan.
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I went with my mainstays:
Darwin's Game (manga)
Hatsukoi Zombie (manga)
Sono Mono. Nochi Ni... (LN or manga)I know it's not really possible, but it would be awesome if they were able to list a bunch of license options they've been considering and have people vote on them. Blind nominations make the pool really large and may result in them not seeing interest in any single given property.
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@myskaros said in Seven Seas September survey now available!:
I know it's not really possible, but it would be awesome if they were able to list a bunch of license options they've been considering and have people vote on them. Blind nominations make the pool really large and may result in them not seeing interest in any single given property.
There's bound to be some popular choices.
If I had to guess, they'll start to see some patterns down the line with regards to anime series with light novels being popular requests.
Like, I'd guess Knights and Magic, along with Classroom of the Elite would be popular choices (though, the former I hear is a bad anime, the latter good but really much bigger in Japan).
They said we might see some of our requests in their next announcement pool Monday. π
https://mobile.twitter.com/gomanga/status/906283311152209920
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Amazon lists two of what are probably of the announcements for preorder. The Arifureta manga, and the Isekai Maou to Shoukan mange adaptation.
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@terrence said in Seven Seas September survey now available!:
Like, I'd guess Knights and Magic, along with Classroom of the Elite would be popular choices (though, the former I hear is a bad anime, the latter good but really much bigger in Japan).
Knights and Magic anime is perfectly fine. It's got good production values and great action sequences. It made some strange narrative choices, but overall it's just solidly entertaining, which is the most important part. It's definitely missing a "I want to know what happens next!" appeal, though; there's way too much jumping around in the timeline, months pass in R&D, which removes all sense of urgency. I like the show, but I don't see myself wanting to read more.
Classroom, on the other hand, is one of the most pretentious piles I've seen in a long time. It could have worked if its overall conceit were set up more delicately, but they spent way too much time muddling around with unlikable characters and zooming in on boobs and butts that the overarching plot got no attention, so it's hard to be invested in what's going on. Finally getting a bit interesting in episode 9 is far too late; I'll finish the anime, but I've have no interest in reading the books.
Obviously my opinions are my own and maybe a lot of people like these shows, but I believe both series are missing enough pieces to fall short of universal, long-lasting appeal, such that I don't think they would perform too well as physical releases.
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@myskaros Yeah, I haven't read up on anything myself (to avoid spoilers), but it just seems that people who like Classroom realllly like it. The LN has been charting every week for a bit in Japan, multiple volumes in the top tens.
Speaking of top tens, top ten light novel sales from Japan video posted by Justus R Stone. Hopefully there's more fun ones there to request in the survey.
And can I ask, is there a series you can compare Classroom to in terms of its pretentiousness? Romantic Comedy SNAFU? Welcome to the NHK? ReLife? A Mari Okada anime? An Inio Asano manga?
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@terrence said in Seven Seas September survey now available!:
And can I ask, is there a series you can compare Classroom to in terms of its pretentiousness? Romantic Comedy SNAFU? Welcome to the NHK? ReLife? A Mari Okada anime? An Inio Asano manga?
I think Death Note is a good comparison, except that it actually has a clearly defined conceit and took it completely seriously to the end of the rope. Classroom wants to address something but is too busy mixing together melodrama, stupid comedy, fan service, or vague foreshadowing to actually tell us its message.
Classroom of the Elite is a combination of Oregairu, Assassination Classroom, and social experiment death games (e.g. JUDGE, DOUBT, Zero Escape, etc.) without earning any of the good will of its audience via character development or intelligent puzzles/games.
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@terrence Thanks for posting those Justus R Stone Top 10 in Japan videos, I love them and have also gotten pretty deep into his whole YouTube channel, addicting listening while driving to work.
