[CONVENTION APPEARANCE] Anime Expo 2023 with J-Novel Club!
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@myskaros
Why is Hell Mode listed in new manga series? -
@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.
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@myskaros
Sorry my bad. I always thought the manga was licensed. -
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
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@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.
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For anyone who wants to see the actual slides (as shown in discord)
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"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...
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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.
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@kurosov I always had a faint hope because JNC already had a few Hero Bunko series.
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@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.
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Crap, I mistakenly set the reminder for 4 July... 🤦♂️
I'll have a look at the new licenses now. 😅
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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…
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That panel was hype! I can't believe Knight's & Magic is finally getting an official translation, 6 years after the anime aired.
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Knights & Magic?! You beautiful amazing people thank youuuuu!!! I’ve been waiting for more since the anime ended. That was so long ago…
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Nothing I was explicitly waiting, but I read mecha and that automatically makes me interested.
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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 😁
“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
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Thanks for Knight's and Magic. I wonder what made it hard to license? Was it because the license holder was Square Enix?
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@clockwarriortock The Knight's & Magic LN isn't under Square (just the manga is), it's under Shufunotomo, the same publisher as The Apothecary Diaries, The Ideal Sponger Life and Seventh for JNC. Long ago on the Discord Sam mentioned the amount they wanted for it in the price was more than he thought it could sell. He confirmed the price was lowered from that, so JNC put in an offer.
Difference in what Japanese publishers think a series is worth and what English publishers think it can sell has kept a fair number of series away over the years.
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I wasn't able to find the right booth at anime expo -- unless it was the big kadokawa booth (hard to miss!) but they didn't seem to understand when I asked about J-Novel. (The folks at the booth when I went by were very friendly and helpful but there might have been a language issue too.)
Edit I found it! Wow, the kadokawa booth is huge. I didn't realize the parts across the aisles were all kadokawa too. It's right at the very front section.
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@Lily-Garden Thanks for the note. I don’t have anything written that is not a riff on Tearmoon Empire, and I don’t think I could produce a polished original work quick enough—but it might be fun to try!
