Sol Press Discussion Thread
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They really shouldn’t license any more LNs until they can demonstrate that they can put out more than the first volume of a series.
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That's how I felt about Cross Inf for the longest time (some of that may have been a product of not understanding the Web Novel aspect to some of their licenses, that the stories weren't written yet necessarily).
I think more licenses is ok, as long as they put out the volume 2s alongside them. Otherwise, I'm there with you on that.
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Dunno what they've been up to with taking so long for any news on Vol 2 to come out for either of their current LNs (it's already been half a year…), but they've got announcements coming for next month, at least.
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Sol Press promising "exciting announcements" for this event.
https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1049363127635042305?s=20
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@terrence
Wow, 18-20 more days. Little bit of a letdown. Hopefully they have some LNs announcments, whether it be new licenses or vol 2 releases... -
Our translator here for Infinite Dendrogram and Sorcerous Stabber Orphen is working on a project for Sol Press.
DistantValhalla: Make sure to keep your eyes peeled at the end of the month! That's right, folks, it's time to work with yet another company. I'll be at Kumoricon with Sol Press finally unveiling another one of my projects! What could it be? What form of media might it be? Find out soon!
https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1049365718838509568?s=17
Hmm, Light Novel or Visual Novel... Or maybe they're starting their manga too (I think there's been a portal on their site since launch)? Hmmm.
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Sounds like visual novel and light novel focus in their main industry panel.
There is a late night 18+ panel as well. Unsure if they'll hold some stuff for that or no.
https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1054429036821274626?s=20
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If they announce new LN series before v2 of their existing series...
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@legitpancake @TUSF I think both of the LN Series they liscensed were one hit blunders that didn't make it. Weren't both of them tie in novels to VNs?
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No, Strongest Gamer had two volumes in Japan, Battle Divas had three.
I haven't read Battle Divas (and no way am I going to considering how badly they bungled Strongest Gamer), but it seems obvious that Strongest Gamer must have been canceled after the second volume because the first volume was definitely not setting up a two volume series.
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@guspaz said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
I haven't read Battle Divas...
Battle Divas definitely seems like it should be more than 3 volumes. They give the amount of Divas in volume 1, and I remember thinking they'd really have to squeeze some in and not develop some to have them all appear and the story wrapped by volume 3.
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Is there a way to tell between whether something has been cancelled or if the author just dropped it?
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I didn't realize that there were more than one volume for each, I just remember reading that Sam figured they picked the series they did since they were going to be less of a risk to translate since both series were cancelled already.
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Sol Press Tweeted:
We'll be live from @kumoricon shortly with our first panel! We have a lot to share, so be sure to tune in!https://t.co/dyWD8Wa4qh https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1056251579534315520?s=17
Stream link:
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1mrGmnBBkDBJyWhy Shouldn't A Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love announced!!
One more LN announced (I missed the trailer, it had Meta in the title).
Distribution Platform for LN, VN, Manga, etc. First major distribution platform dedicated to Otaku interests across publishers and not tied to a more broad content platform (at least that's the intention). Definitely the first of its kind in the VN space stateside.
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I wonder what this was going to be... Hopefully we see it in the future.
Steiner HELLZONE 💀 DistantValhalla Tweeted:
We literally decided this twenty minutes before the panel as the thing I was supposed to announce got delayed by the Japanese side. https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1056280109458440192?s=17As a side note, Sol Press did confirm more announcements for tonight. About 8 hours from now (1:00 AM EST afaik).
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Sol Press Tweeted:
RT Fred_the_Barber: All right! Those all ages announcements were nice, but the night is still young, folks. https://t.co/2P77TOZkBK https://twitter.com/Fred_the_Barber/status/1056361121827831808?s=17O_O
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I am more looking forward to there other title, Redefining the Meta at VRMMO Academy, but the demon Lord title sounds interesting too, & man was I happy when I looked at my tweeter account & saw the announcement for Strongest gamer volume 2
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Night conference (18+) is live:
Sol Press (@SolPressUSA) Tweeted:
We're live with our 18+ panel! More announcements coming your way! https://t.co/etAuKNAiKx https://twitter.com/SolPressUSA/status/1056412248724267009?s=17Nothing too major, just a few more VN announced (one of them looked colorful + apparently "gritty" in its second trailer).
I missed the trailer for Battle Divas. Hope it goes up at some point on YouTube.
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@rootbeermaster The problem is that V2 came out February 25, 2016. There is no V3 published for Strongest Gamer, neither any news about it.
It looks like an interesting series, too, which is too bad. Does anyone know if there is any WN for it? Or is it LN only? I haven't been able to find any WN.
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@terabyte said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
It looks like an interesting series, too, which is too bad. Does anyone know if there is any WN for it? Or is it LN only? I haven't been able to find any WN.
I haven't found a WN for either. =(
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@terrence said in New Challenger Approaches! Sol Press Shines Down with Two LN Licenses:
I wonder what this was going to be... Hopefully we see it in the future.
Steiner HELLZONE 💀 DistantValhalla Tweeted:
We literally decided this twenty minutes before the panel as the thing I was supposed to announce got delayed by the Japanese side. https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/1056280109458440192?s=17Xev apparently said on 4chan that it'd be a manga.
