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NEWS: Sword Art Online Light Novels Have 5.85 Million Copies


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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:08 am Reply with quote
the anime helps to sell one more million?
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RyanSaotome



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:17 am Reply with quote
Spotlesseden wrote:
the anime helps to sell one more million?


Yeah, so far since the anime begun, the Novels have been all over the top of the charts. Its been very successful for the original novels sales.

Like here are top 20 rankings from a couple weeks ago:

*1, 63,744 *63,744 Accel World Vol. 12
*2, 37,422 228,491 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
*3, 31,330 *31,330 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Vol. 5, Part 1
*4, 21,405 331,566 Sword Art Online Vol. 1
*5, 18,667 *49,199 One Piece Official Animation Guide White!
*6, 18,578 278,718 Sword Art Online Vol. 2
*7, 18,330 *18,330 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Vol. 7.5
*8, 16,730 252,880 Sword Art Online Vol. 3
*9, 16,427 476,189 Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou Vol. 3
10, 16,156 243,951 Sword Art Online Vol. 4
11, 14,444 *14,444 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai Vol. 2
12, 14,070 *54,578 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki Kids Edition
13, 13,952 *13,952 Goshujin-sama wa Yamaneko Hime Vol. 10
14, 13,219 916,742 Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou Vol. 1
15, 12,542 *12,542 Kemono no Souja Vol. 3 Small Size Edition
16, 12,294 221,872 Sword Art Online Vol. 5
17, 11,892 213,580 Sword Art Online Vol. 6
18, 11,786 119,964 Kagerou Days
19, 11,752 177,597 Sword Art Online Vol.10
20, 11,569 *11,569 Kemono no Souja Vol. 4 Small Size Edition

Hopefully we get a sequel to the anime.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:24 am Reply with quote
Deserved IMO. I havn't read it, but if it's at least AS good as the anime (And I'm assuming it's BETTER than the anime) then it's gotta be awesome.
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-MgZ_



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:40 pm Reply with quote
^ You can't even compare it to the Anime since the adaptation sucks and the LN is 1000000000x better.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 12:42 pm Reply with quote
And still no official English translation.

Come on, Yen Press! You guys could make a killing if you get this out while the iron is still hot!
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ConanSan



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:07 pm Reply with quote
Maybe Viz? That'd be awesome, sure as hell would love to buy it for my Kindle.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:47 pm Reply with quote
>Kindle

F*ck that stupid e-book shit, physical copy or bust.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:31 pm Reply with quote
Light novels don't sell well here. I wouldn't expect it.
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kryptkillor



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:32 pm Reply with quote
-MgZ_ wrote:
^ You can't even compare it to the Anime since the adaptation sucks and the LN is 1000000000x better.
I read a few chapters of vol 1 and thought it followed quite well, not as detailed as the LN and sure it did leave a lot of extra stuff out but the main idea is there and seems to follow truely. Also for those that doesn't like to read.

I hope they officially announce a sequel to the anime to continue the story arcs. Want to see GGO and Underworld arcs and given that the LN are doing well and is affected by the anime, that they would do it.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:38 pm Reply with quote
Chagen46 wrote:
>Kindle

F*ck that stupid e-book shit, physical copy or bust.
I quite like the convenience of my Nook. But I mostly read things at work, so not having to police two or three books a night is a major convenience(not to mention I can set the Nook down much faster than a book).
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:40 pm Reply with quote
kryptkillor wrote:
-MgZ_ wrote:
^ You can't even compare it to the Anime since the adaptation sucks and the LN is 1000000000x better.
I read a few chapters of vol 1 and thought it followed quite well, not as detailed as the LN and sure it did leave a lot of extra stuff out but the main idea is there and seems to follow truely. Also for those that doesn't like to read.

I hope they officially announce a sequel to the anime to continue the story arcs. Want to see GGO and Underworld arcs and given that the LN are doing well and is affected by the anime, that they would do it.


The anime is also projected at like 30k sales, so I doubt there will much issue making a new series.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:03 pm Reply with quote
kryptkillor wrote:
-MgZ_ wrote:
^ You can't even compare it to the Anime since the adaptation sucks and the LN is 1000000000x better.

I read a few chapters of vol 1 and thought it followed quite well, not as detailed as the LN and sure it did leave a lot of extra stuff out but the main idea is there and seems to follow truely.


Can't judge a LN just by a few chapters on Vol 1.
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:26 pm Reply with quote
Chagen46 wrote:
And still no official English translation.

Come on, Yen Press! You guys could make a killing if you get this out while the iron is still hot!


Sigh I want light novels over here legally as well in print forum, but it's not going to happen. Print media slowly fading away and these titles are niche as it is. I'd say it would be best to release/license these titles for e-readers to help cut down on risk of unsold stock.

Aye... well good for swords arts online it's nice to see a sales boost for slightly above average anime/great light novel.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:45 pm Reply with quote
Not to mention, translating pages and pages of just text is hard work. Manga only has like 10-20 bubbles per page, most of those one or two sentences, or perhaps even just a word. Anime may have a hundred lines per episode, but getting an entire book done is just a whole other level. That's time consuming for a translator, and expensive. Manga can be broken into people cleaning, typesetting, (or just editing in general) and translating, but with that division of labor you can obtain a brisker pace, and get more releases out quickly.
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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:03 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Not to mention, translating pages and pages of just text is hard work. Manga only has like 10-20 bubbles per page, most of those one or two sentences, or perhaps even just a word. Anime may have a hundred lines per episode, but getting an entire book done is just a whole other level. That's time consuming for a translator, and expensive. Manga can be broken into people cleaning, typesetting, (or just editing in general) and translating, but with that division of labor you can obtain a brisker pace, and get more releases out quickly.


not when can just use what is already translated and just correct their error and make improvement. It's legal to use fansub, there is nothing they can do about it.
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