[CONVENTION APPEARANCE] Anime Expo 2023 with J-Novel Club!

hirei

Updated with Merch info!

myskaros

New light novels series!

New manga series!

Other news!

Ascendance of a Bookworm audiobook is coming! Narrated by the English voice actor for the anime!
Arifureta audiobook production is done, release date to come!
We're hiring! Check our jobs page for more info!
Kadokawa is holding a vertical scrolling comic contest! See here for details!
Announcing the J-Novel Club Original Light Novel Contest!!! See here for details!

Lily Garden

I'll be there in the front row 😊

myskaros

Announcements are out! See the third post in this topic for a recap!

BartzBB

@myskaros
Why is Hell Mode listed in new manga series?

myskaros

@BartzBB Because we only got the manga now and what we put out until now has been the light novel? I'm not sure I understand the question.

BartzBB

@myskaros
Sorry my bad. I always thought the manga was licensed.

Gamen

I'm still salty that both the anime and the manga of Knights & Magic ended at basically the same point - when I'd been pinning my hopes on the manga continuing past the anime - so I'm all for that one

kurosov

@myskaros said in [CONVENTION APPEARANCE] Anime Expo 2023 with J-Novel Club!:

Knight's & Magic

Holy shit, I was expecting this one to never get a licence from any translator.

jpwong

For anyone who wants to see the actual slides (as shown in discord)

spoiler

PuckGoodfellow00 0

"You Like Me Not My Daughter" "Knights and Magic." If you suddenly get "Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero" I'm going to think that one of you is reading my personal translation wish list from my thoughts...

Ran

Loved the panel! I'm looking forward to the extra one on Tuesday too, even if the way it was pitched made it sound like everyone who attends is going to be truck'd.

Gamen

@kurosov I always had a faint hope because JNC already had a few Hero Bunko series.

HarmlessDave

@PuckGoodfellow00-0 said in [CONVENTION APPEARANCE] Anime Expo 2023 with J-Novel Club!:

"You Like Me Not My Daughter" "Knights and Magic." If you suddenly get "Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero" I'm going to think that one of you is reading my personal translation wish list from my thoughts...

That would be nice. I loved the world building in which so many Japanese kids had been summoned to other worlds that they needed their own high school (and university? it's been a while since I watched it)

I'm looking forward to Knights, the anime was fun.

Terabyte

Crap, I mistakenly set the reminder for 4 July... 🤦‍♂️

I'll have a look at the new licenses now. 😅

Xyarn

Bookworm audiobook?! Whenever this comes out that may make it the fourth time I’ve bought the same volume. Physical, Kindle, JNC ePUB, and now audiobook (whenever it releases). I want to wish that this continues long into the future. Just like how Audible Japan uses Myne's seiyuu we'll have her English equivalent. Absolutely stunning.

Now to hope one day ya'll can do the unprecedented and get rights to the Drama CDs and release transcripts or get them dubbed with their English VA's. Dreaming a lot here…

dup

That panel was hype! I can't believe Knight's & Magic is finally getting an official translation, 6 years after the anime aired.

Reshes

Knights & Magic?! You beautiful amazing people thank youuuuu!!! I’ve been waiting for more since the anime ended. That was so long ago…

Lex

Nothing I was explicitly waiting, but I read mecha and that automatically makes me interested.

Lily Garden

I hope @jazzyjeoff and @zwabbit enter the en light novel contest; you guys have written some of the best ficlets on the forums and I would love to see what you guys could do with a full volume 😁