Anime Expo 2024 licensing announcements
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We're headed to AnimeExpo to make some new series announcements and also hold the Awards Ceremony for our JNC Original Light Novel Contest! Plus we'll have 2 booths this year! One with Kadokawa World Entertainment at #1300 and #4916 in the Exhibit Hall!
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Will the Award Ceremony be live-streamed or recorded for those who can’t go to AX?
“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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Not by J-Novel Club. Due to convention regulations we (vendors) can not stream.
If a fan streams it is at their own discretion.
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I really hope there will be one, or two titles (novel as well as manga) from my wishlist this time.
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I just hope there will be a lot of new licenses and not only a few. Best would be, if there would be something I like to read too, of course.
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@LadyYuri I don't know... "Lots of licenses" can be good (if there are a number of GOOD new translators involved), or disappointing. The variety can be good (if they're titles I like), or bad (if not).
I know there is a limit to my tastes and tolerances. I've managed to pick a few titles out of the last few batches, but I'm not someone that is the corporate target. JNC has widened their appeal quite a bit in the past few years, to become a general publisher. If they were targeting JUST my tastes, they'd be floundering.
Just so long as they keep SOME things I like.
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@SomeOldGuy I should have written ”a lot of good licenses which I like, or a from my wishlist“. You are totally right, licenses en masse don‘t mean that they are all good. The last license which was up to my taste was Goodbye, Overtime! This Reincarnated Villainess Is Living for Her New Big Brother. Other than that, it has been more than a year, since they last licensed something I liked (manga aside).
The reason I finally registered, was so that I could support the titles I wish getting licensed.
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Can anyone please update the licensing announcements? Or was it already shared in another post? Thanks.
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@learn_japanese_ay
Hello,
All staff are traveling back to their respective homes today from the convention. That is why it has yet to be updated.
When business hours resume tomorrow and the main post is updated I will drop a comment in this thread.
Thank you
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@learn_japanese_ay If you just want the list of stuff, all the announcements started streaming on Friday so it's all the newest items listed on the series page. One of the discord members was taking pictures, but since stuff was coming up on the web site faster than in the panel, I think they skipped a few slides.
Title wise it's as follows, I'm sure Rahul will do slides later.
No One Gets Past This Gatekeeper: The Unwanted Warrior Guards His New Post
The Reincarnator and the Goblin Maiden’s Happily Ever After: Using a Past Life to Keep a Joyful Wife
From Desk Job to Death Beam: In Another World with My Almighty Lasers
Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup (Manga)
Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight (Manga)
The Legendary Witch Is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess
Lacey Longs for Freedom: The Dawn Witch's Low-Key Life after Defeating the Demon King
Duchess in the Attic
EXP Is Golden
The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter (Manga)
The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist (Manga)There's a write up on ANN
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-05/j-novel-club-adds-8-light-novels-4-manga/.212770 -
@jpwong thanks a lot!
@Rahul-Balaggan thanks a lot! Wish you and your team a safe journey back home!
