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Blade & Bastard, Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight, 3 More Drecom Light Novels Get Manga Adaptation
The 100th Time's the Charm, I Only Have Six Months to Live, Stuck in a Time Loop also get manga adaptations
― New Japanese publisher DRECOM Media has revealed that it is launching a slate of manga based on five of its existing light novel series on June 23. DRECOM Media will serialize the manga on its website. The new manga adaptations are based on the following light novel series: Kumo Kagyu and so...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 4-10
Platinum End anime, March Comes in Like a Lion manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Platinum End Part 2 BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 June 6 Triage X BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 June 6 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Ayashimon Graphic Novel (GN) 2Please Viz Media US$9.99 June 6 The Case Study of Vanitas GN 9...
How to Win Her Heart on the Nth Try Novel
Find out why this office romance is a great beach read for newbie light novel readers.
― It can, at times, feel even more challenging to find light novels with adult characters than manga with the same. That, plus its real-world setting, makes How to Win Her Heart on the Nth Try by Ichine Kamijo instantly stand out. The story is set in an office setting, and its protagonists are both twenty-seven yea...
Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2023 (1st Half) — The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Sells 389,315
Suzume, Blue Lock, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Classroom of the Elite round out top 5
― This list covers sales of physical copies surveyed from November 21, 2022 to May 21, 2023. Rank Title Author Estimated Sales 1 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Writer: Saekisan/Illustration: Hanekoto 389,315 2 Suzume Makoto Shinkai 369,925 3 Novel Blue Lock Tatakai no Mae, Bokura wa Original ...
Seven Seas Launches Siren Audiobook Imprint With 3 Titles in June
Classroom of the Elite, Reborn as a Space Mercenary, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent get audiobooks
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Tuesday that it will launch a new audiobook imprint named Siren in June, with audiobooks planned for the Classroom of the Elite, Reborn as a Space Mercenary, and The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent novel series. The first audiobook volumes of all three se...
Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2023 (1st Half) — Suzume, Blue Lock Take Top 4 Slots
Classroom of the Elite, Apothecary Diaries, DanMachi, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Rohan Kishibe, Detective Conan round out top 10
― Pocket Monster Scarlet/Violet Kōshiki Guidebook Kanzen Story Kōryaku (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Official Guidebook: Complete Story Walkthrough), Pocket Monster Scarlet/Violet Kōshiki Guidebook Paldea Zukan Kansei Guide (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet Official Guid...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 28-June 3
Violet Evergarden: The Movie anime, Don't Call it Mystery manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aim for the Ace the Movie BDPlease Discotek Media US$19.95 May 30 Golgo 13 Live-Action BDCite Discotek Media US$24.95 May 30 Gunbuster: The Complete OVA Series BDAnimeNewsNetwork Discotek Media US$39.95 May 30 Kodocha: Complete Second Series BDPlease Discotek Media US$59.9...
Yen Press Reveals New Licenses Including Kana Akatsuki's Award-Winning Agent of the Four Seasons Novel
Fruits Basket artbook, Higurashi When They Cry: GOU anthology, more licensed
― Yen Press announced the following new licenses at a panel at MCM Comic Con in London on Saturday: NEW ARTBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Fruits Basket: Complete Anime Natsuki Takaya IllustrationsIn commemoration of the anime adaptation of the beloved Fruits Basket manga, celebrate the gripping tale of Tohru and the Sohmas with illustra...
J-Novel Club Licenses The Greatest Magician's Ultimate Quest, Moon Blossom Asura Light Novel Series
J-Novel Club to publish 2nd volume of BLADE & BASTARD on June 9 as simulpub release
― J-Novel Club announced on Friday that it has licensed The Greatest Magician's Ultimate Quest: I Woke from a 300 Year Slumber to a World of Disappointment and Moon Blossom Asura: The Ruthless Reincarnated Mercenary Forms the Ultimate Army light novels. The company will launch both series in English on June 9. J-Novel...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 21-27
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs, Date A Live IV anime; Yokohama Station SF, Magical Girl Incident manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Date A Live IV BD/DVDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 23 Majestic Prince BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 May 23 Pokémon Master Journeys DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Viz Media US$49.99 May 23 Trap...
Shakugan no Shana Light Novels Get 1st New Volume in 11 Years
New volume is 4th Shakugan no Shana S short story collection
― The official Twitter account for Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko light novel label announced on Tuesday that Yashichiro Takahashi's Shakugan no Shana light novel series will have a new volume tentatively titled Shakugan no Shana SIV. Dengeki Bunko editor and producer Kazuma Miki confirmed on his Twitter account that the new volume is the fourth ...
J-Novel Club Adds 7 More Novels, 5 More Manga; Reveals Audiobook for Full Metal Panic!
Company to also release audiobook for My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World
― J-Novel Club announced its new acquisitions during a livestream event on Twitch on Friday. The company has licensed seven new novels and five new manga. Additionally, J-Novel Club announced that it is producing audiobook series of Tamamaru's My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World and Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! l...
Full Metal Panic! Novels Get 25th Anniversary Sequel Set 2 Decades Later
Chapter 1 of Sōsuke, Chidori's daily family life debuts on July 20
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that Shoji Gatoh's Full Metal Panic! light novel series will launch a new story as it approaches its 25th anniversary this year. The new story is set in the present day about two decades after the climax of the main story, which concluded with a volume published in 2010. The sequel follows the daily fami...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 14-20
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody anime; Dark Gathering, Last Game manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aharen-san wa Hakarenai BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 16 The Dawn of the Witch BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 16 The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunch...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 7-13
Aoashi, The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 anime; Soloist in a Cage, Wolf Girl and Black Prince manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aoashi Season 1 Part 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 9 The Demon Girl Next Door Season 2 BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 May 9 Restaurant to Another World Season 2 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 9...
Yen Audio to Release Audiobooks of 'The Samurai and the Prisoner', Ishura Novels
Audiobooks debut in September, October
― Yen Audio, Yen Press' imprint for audiobooks, announced on Tuesday that it will release audiobooks for The Samurai and the Prisoner and Ishura novels in September and October, respectively. The company will announce voice actors at a later date. Yen Press will release Honobu Yonezawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurōjō) novel in English in June. Yen Press...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 30-May 6
Tomodachi Game, Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie anime; Shaman King Flowers, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Fate/Stay Night BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 May 2 Final Examination Kujira: Progressive BDCite Media Blasters US$19.99 May 2 Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 May 2 Tomod...
The Spring 2023 Light Novel Guide
Find your next page-turner in our light novel guide! Go back to the beginning with Sasaki and Miyano: First Years, or find out what happens when Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up!
― There are plenty of things that I could say about this Guide's crop of light novels, but the most striking to me is the balance: there's a much more equal slate of books aimed at a male and a female a...
The Abandoned Heiress Gets Rich with Alchemy Novel
The slavery trope crops again with little thought or consideration for how its utilized.
― Yes, this is another one – a light novel where one protagonist buys a romantic interest as a slave. By my count, The Abandoned Heiress Gets Rich with Alchemy is the third aimed at a female readership to be released in English, following The Alchemist Who Survived now Dreams of a Quiet City Life and Sugar Apple ...
Cross Infinite World Licenses I'll Use This Do-over to Become the Ideal Lady's Maid!, Making Jam in the Woods, More Light Novels
Also: Rising from Ashes: My Dear Emperor, You're Putty in My Hands!
― Cross Infinite World announced on Sunday that it has licensed the I'll Use This Do-over to Become the Ideal Lady's Maid!, Making Jam in the Woods: My Relaxing Life Starts in Another World, and Rising from Ashes: My Dear Emperor, You're Putty in My Hands! light novel series. Cross Infinite World will release the first volume of Saki...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 23-29
Urusei Yatsura, Sonic X anime; Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Boy's Abyss manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Chivalry of a Failed Knight Steelbook BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$99.98 April 25 GATE Steelbook BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$129.98 April 25 GaoGaiGar The King of Braves Final BDAnimeNewsNetwork Discotek US$29.95 April 25 Saint Tail BDPlease Discotek US$69.95 ...
Dead Mount Death Play Manga Gets Spinoff Novel
Spinoff novel about origins of character Solitaire launches on May
― This year's ninth issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine announced on Friday that Ryohgo Narita and Shinta Fujimoto's Dead Mount Death Play manga will get a spinoff novel, telling the origin story of the mysterious criminal Solitaire. The novel will launch on Square Enix's Manga UP! web manga site and app in May. Narita will w...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 16-22
Ya Boy Kongming!, Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei anime; K-ON! Shuffle, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Ya Boy Kongming! BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 April 18 Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei BDAnimeNewsNetwork Nozomi Entertainment US$59.98 April 18 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Ascendance of a Bookworm P...
Oshi no Ko Author Debuts Short Story that Inspired Anime's Opening Song
"45510" short story looks at Ai from different perspective
― The official Twitter account for Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga revealed a new short story by Akasaka on Wednesday titled "45510." The short story served as the basis for YOASOBI's opening theme song "Idol" for the manga's television anime adaptation, and looks at the story's idol Ai from a different perspective. The anim...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 9-15
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, To Love Ru anime; There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless..., My New Life as a Cat manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 April 11 One Piece Collection 31 BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$39.99 April 11 To Love Ru BDAnime...
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Anime Film Gets Novel Adaptation
Novel debuts on June 9 ahead of film's June 16 opening
― The official Twitter account of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover manga revealed on Monday that the Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King (Black Clover: Mahо̄tei no Ken) anime film will get a novel adaptation on June 9. Tabata is credited for the original work, and is serving as the novel's chief supervisor and original character designer. Atarō Kuma...
J-Novel Club Licenses Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight Light Novels
1st volume launches on April 19
― J-Novel Club announced on Wednesday that it has licensed author Fuyu Aoki and illustrator Minori Aritani's Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight (Doinaka no Hakugai Reijо̄ wa О̄to Elite Kishi ni Dekiai Sareru) light novel series as part of its J-Novel Heart brand. The company will release the novel online through its website and app starting with Volume 1 Part ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 2-8
Record of Ragnarok, Fantasista Doll anime; Tista, Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Limited Edition BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$84.98 April 4 Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Special Edition BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 April 4 Fantasista Doll BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 Apr...
Shinmai Ossan Bōkensha Fantasy Adventure Novels Get Anime
Kiraku Kishima's story centers on man who becomes adventurer after turning 30
― The official Twitter accounts of Hobby Japan's HJ Novels imprint and Comic Fire site announced on Friday that an anime adaptation of Kiraku Kishima's Shinmai Ossan Bōkensha, Saikyō Party ni Shinu Hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru (The Rookie Middle-Aged Adventurer Was Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party to Become In...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 26-April 1
DEEMO Memorial Keys, Mieruko-chan anime; The Valiant Must Fall, Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 BD/DVDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 March 28 Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 Limited Edition BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$84.98 Ma...
Re:Zero's 5th Arc Gets Manga Adaptation
Upcoming manga adapts "Stars that Engrave History" arc from volumes 16-20 of novels
― The official Twitter account for the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchise revealed on Saturday that the fifth arc "Stars that Engrave History" from Tappei Nagatsuki's original light novels will have a manga adaptation. The manga will launch this summer on the Comic Alive+ label of the ComicWalker websi...
Raven of the Inner Palace Novel 1
Raven of the Inner Palace's first novel should please fans of its adaptation. It's easy to see what changes were made and understand why they happened, and it never feels like one version negates experiencing the other.
― If you watched the 2022 anime adaptation of Kouko Shirakawa's Raven of the Inner Palace light novels and wondered how faithful it was to the source material, the answer turns out to...
Synduality: Noir Anime's Video Reveals Opening Song, July Premiere With Disney+ Simulcast
Also: Game's title is revealed as Synduality: Echo of Ada
― A stage presentation for Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and Bandai Spirits' Synduality project revealed on Sunday that the anime in franchise is titled Synduality: Noir. The anime will premiere in July and will stream exclusively and simultaneously on Disney+ worldwide. The presentation unveiled a new promotional video f...
Square Enix's Ketsugō Danshi: Elements with Emotions Game Unveils June 29 Launch, Manga & Novel
Game about boys who control chemical elements, must avert world's end by bonding
― The AnimeJapan 2023 special stage panel for Square Enix's Ketsugō Danshi: Elements with Emotions game announced on Saturday that the game will launch on June 29 for Nintendo Switch, and this summer for iOS and Android. The panel also announced that the game is spawning a manga and novel, both of which started serializi...
Villainess Level 99 Light Novels Get TV Anime
Series centers on college student who reincarnates as villainess in otome RPG
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that author Satori Tanabata and illustrator Tea's Villainess Level 99 (Akuyaku Reijō Level 99: Watashi wa Ura Boss Desu ga Maō dewa Arimasen) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. J-Novel Club announced earlier this month that it had licensed the novels, and it describe...
Saga of Tanya the Evil Author's Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune Sci-fi Novels Get Anime in May 2023
Netflix streams anime about orbital drop infantry in solar system conflict; starring Taito Ban, Asami Seto, more
― Netflix announced at AnimeJapan 2023 that it is producing an anime adaptation of author Carlo Zen and illustrator so-bin's Yakitori science-fiction novel series, titled Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune. The anime will debut exclusively on Netflix in May 2023. The sci-fi novels are set in...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 19-25
Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Saiyuki Reload Zeroin anime; Call the Name of the Night, Insomniacs After School manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Final Examination Kujira: Progressive BDPlease Media Blasters US$19.99 March 21 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$34.98 March 21 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Lenticular Cover Edition BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$...
Seven Seas Entertainment Licenses 'My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better', Black Night Parade Manga
Yomotsuhegui, Obey Me! The Comic, My Dog is a Death God, more also licensed
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better, Black Night Parade, Yomotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld, Obey Me! The Comic, and My Dog is a Death God manga. Seven Seas also licensed both the light novel and manga of Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero'...
'And you thought there is never a girl online?' Novels End
Series ends with 22nd volume
― Shibai Kineko announced on Twitter on Monday that his And you thought there is never a girl online? (Netoge no Yome wa Onna no ko ja Nai to Omotta?) light novel series will end with the 22nd volume as part of Dengeki Bunko's 30th anniversary project. Dengeki Bunko lists the volume as "coming soon." Kineko launched the series with illustrations by Hisasi in 2013, and the...
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Light Novels Get TV Anime
Series stars Sumire Uesaka, Kōhei Amasaki
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that writer Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. Russian Version Japanese Version Original illustrator Momoco and manga artist Saho Tenamachi both drew images to commemorate...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 12-18
Dragon Ball Super Super Hero, Blue Thermal anime; The Dragon's Betrothed, I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Blue Thermal BDPlease Shout! Factory US$26.98 March 14 Dragon Ball Super Super Hero BD/DVDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$34.98 March 14 Sing a Bit of Harmony BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$34.98 March 14 Watamote: No Ma...
The Disowned Queen's Consulting Detective Agency Novel 1
Octavia de Reine is a stellar heroine is this gaslamp mystery but its many elements might be overwhelming to readers jumping in.
― Sarasa Nagase is having a bit of a moment in English translation. The Disowned Queen's Consulting Detective Agency is the second of her light novel series to be translated, following I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (Yen Press), and with a third, The Do-Ov...
One Piece Odyssey Game Gets Novel
Jun Esaka pens novel in One Piece Magazine
― This year's 15th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Bandai Namco Entertainment's One Piece Odyssey game is getting a novel adaptation that is serializing in the One Piece Magazine "mook" (magazine book). The novel began serialization in the mook's 16th issue, which released on March 2. Jun Esaka (Naruto: Sasuke's Story-...
J-Novel Club Adds 'Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup' Novel
Heartwarming comedy series launched in Japan on January 10
― J-Novel Club announced on Friday that it has licensed writer Harunadon and illustrator Eda's Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup (Koi suru Majo wa Elite Kishi ni Horegusuri wo Nomasete Shimaimashita: Itsuwari kara Hajimaru Watashi no Dekiai Seikatsu) light novel. J-Novel Club is releasing the novel as a J...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 5-11
Love and Lies anime, Ayashimon manga ship"
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Love and Lies BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 March 7 Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 Part 2 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 March 7 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Am I Actually the Strongest? Graphic Novel (GN) 1Please Kodansh...
J-Novel Club Adds 6 Light Novels, 1 Manga, Arifureta Audiobook
Earl and Fairy, Magic Stone Gourmet, more licensed
― J-Novel Club announced on Friday that it has licensed six new light novel series and one new manga. The company additionally announced it will release storywriter Ryo Shirakome and illustrator Takayaki's Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest light novel series in audiobook form. Sound Cadence Studios will produce the audiobook with J-Nov...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 26-March 4
Jujutsu Kaisen anime, The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Aim for the Ace BDPlease Discotek US$49.95 February 28 Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the True Savior Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love BDCite Discotek US$29.95 February 28 Ghost Stories BDAnimeNewsNetwork Discotek US$49.95 February 28 Jujutsu Kaisen Se...
Hajime Kōmoto's Mashle: Magic and Muscles Manga Gets 2nd Novel
Mashle: Mash Burnedead to Fukkatsu no Jumon novel releases on April 4
― The official Twitter account of Hajime Kōmoto's Mashle: Magic and Muscles manga announced on Monday that it will get a second novel titled Mashle: Mash Burnedead to Fukkatsu no Jumon (Mashle: Mash Burnedead and the Resurrection Spell) by Kiyoko Hoshi. The novel will debut on April 4. The second novel will feature stories about Ma...
Hirano and Kagiura Novel
Spun off from the low-key and charming Sasaki and Miyano, Hirano and Kagiura's light novel adaptation is, well, low-key and charming.
― Spun off from the low-key and charming Sasaki and Miyano, Hirano and Kagiura's light novel adaptation is, well, low-key and charming. That's a good sign on several levels, not the least of which is that fans of Shou Harusono's cozy slow-burn storytelling can be assur...
I Shall Survive Using Potions! Novels Get TV Anime Starring Rin Kusumi
Series to premiere this year
― Kodansha announced on Friday that FUNA's I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will premiere this year. The anime will star: Rin Kusumi as Kaoru
Tomoyo Takayanagi as Francette
Moeka Koizumi as Emile
Haruki Iwata as Belle
Natsuki Kitagawa as Layette J-Novel Club licensed the novels,...
Monogatari, Zaregoto Protagonists Chat In New NisiOisin Promo Video
Author celebrates 20th anniversary since debut
― NisiOisin has been celebrating the 20th anniversary since his novelist debut with 20 separate projects, including new merchandise and books. The final project launched on Wednesday, and it's the most in-character way of capping things off: The author wrote a rambling 17-minute conversation between the protagonists of his two most famous works. Monogata...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 19-25
Love After World Domination, Giovanni's Island anime; Choujin X, The Great Cleric manga ship"
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Clannad BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 February 21 Giovanni's Island BDCite GKIDS US$22.98 February 21 Knight Hunters Eternity BDAnimeNewsNetwork Media Blasters US$29.99 February 21 Love After World Domination BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US...
Cross Infinite World Licenses Reincarnated Villainess Won't Seek Revenge, 2 More Light Novels
Company also licenses "Lovestruck Prince! I'll Fight the Heroine for My Villainess Fiancée!", "The Invisible Wallflower Marries an Upstart Aristocrat After Getting Dumped for Her Sister!"
― Cross Infinite World announced on Monday that it has licensed three new light novel series: Title: The Reincarnated Villainess Won't Seek Revenge
Creators: Akako (author) Hazuki Futaba (artist)
Release Date: April...
Tokyo Ravens' Kōhei Azano Pens New Code Geass Novel
Code Geass Arthur on the Misty Streets case file: beginning releases on March 1
― Kadokawa is listing that it will release a novel by author Kōhei Azano (Tokyo Ravens) with illustrations by sakusya2 titled Code Geass Arthur on the Misty Streets case file: beginning (Code Geass Kiri Kyō no Arthur case file: beginning). The novel will release on March 1. The novel is an adaptation of one of the stories...
Fox Tales Novel
The newest novel Tatami Galaxy's Tomihiko Morimi has "plenty of little gems secreted away within the text that make it in many ways a beautiful read."
― Fox Tales by Tomihiko Morimi, author of The Night is Short, Walk on Girl and The Tatami Galaxy, is more aptly a collection of vaguely interrelated short stories than a novel. The book consists of four roughly sixty-page stories all set in a more or l...
Yen Press Adds 12 Manga, 3 Light Novels
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years spinoff; Liar, Liar; more licensed
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed 12 manga, three light novels, and one graphic novel for release in August 2023. The titles include: Title: I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Spin-off: The Red Dragon Academy for Girls manga
Authors: Kisetsu Morita (story), Hitsujibako (art), Benio ...
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Light Novels Enter 'Last Stage' With 11th Volume
11th volume launches on March 17
― Amazon is listing the 11th volume of Yūki Yaku's Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki (Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun) light novel series as the start of its "last stage." Shogakukan will release the volume on March 17. Shogakukan published the first light novel volume written by Yaku and with illustrations by Fly in May 2016. The novels have ranked in the top 10 of the ranking ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 12-18
The Slime Diaries, World Witches Take Off! anime; Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Gap Papa: Daddy at Work and at Home manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Demon King Daimao BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 February 14 Dragon Ball GT DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$69.98 February 14 The Slime Diaries BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 February...
Digimon Seekers Project Revealed With Novel, Trailers, Merchandise
Novel to serialize in English, Chinese, Japanese starting on April 3
― Bandai revealed at its Digmon Con livestream event on Sunday that it will launch the Digimon Seekers project, which will include a novel, trailers, and merchandise. The project is the final project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise. The staff decided on the name "Seekers" for the new project since each character i...
Ishura Light Novels Get TV Anime Starring Yuuki Kaji, Reina Ueda
Visuals, character visuals revealed
― Kadokawa announced on Sunday that storywriter Keiso and artist Kureta's Ishura light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. Kadokawa also revealed two cast members and two visuals. Yuuki Kaji stars in the anime as Soujiro the Willow-Sword (first image below), and Reina Ueda plays Yuno the Distant Talon (second image). Kureta drew a celebration ima...
The Holy Grail of Eris Novel 3
Along with being one of the most consumable light novel series in English translation at only three volumes of main story, The Holy Grail of Eris is also one of the best.
― If left to its own devices, history is perfectly willing to repeat itself. Whether that's down to human nature or the cyclical nature of events is possibly up for debate, but when history tells us that ten years ago, a young woman...
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life Novels Get TV Anime
Adventure novels center on middle-aged man enjoying VRMMO game
― AlphaPolis announced on Friday that author Howahowa Shiina and illustrator Yamaada's Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudōki (A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life) light novel series is inspiring a television anime series. The staff revealed a teaser visual for the series. AlphaPolis' Alpha Manga service is releasing the novels' manga ad...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 5-11
Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Girls Beyond the Wasteland BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 February 7 Horimiya BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 February 7 Horimiya Limited Edition BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$89.98 February 7 How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 2 BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 February 7 Print Manga Releases T...
Kinnikuman Franchise Gets New Mystery Novel
Kinnikuman Yojigen Sappо̄ Satsujin Jiken launches on March 17
― Shueisha's Jump J-Books website is listing a new novel for the Kinnikuman series titled Kinnikuman Yojigen Sappо̄ Satsujin Jiken (Kinnikuman 4D Killer Murder Case), scheduled for release on March 17. Oginuma X is writing the novel, and original series creator Yudetamago is supervising. The mystery novel features the disappearance of Kinn...
Natsu Hyūga's Seijo ni Uso wa Tsūjinai Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Manga adaptation of fantasy mystery novel to launch on March 6
― The March issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine revealed on Monday that manga artist Yo Asami will launch a manga adaptation of Natsu Hyūga's Seijo ni Uso wa Tsūjinai (You Can't Lie to a Saint) novel in the magazine's April issue on March 6. Hyūga also announced on Twitter the manga adaptation of the novel on Monday: 来月号からです。よろしくお...
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight Novel
From the writer of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Even If This Love Disappears Tonight is a predictable book from start to finish. It hits all the notes of a sentimental teen love story to an almost clinical degree.
― I know for sure I don't have anterograde amnesia, because I've seen this premise before. The hero encounters a beautiful girl and their relationship deepens, only for him to discover that...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 29-February 4
Shaman King, Ascendance of a Bookworm anime ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 January 31 City Hunter: Movie & TV Special Collection BDPlease Discotek US$49.95 January 31 Dino Mech Gaiking BDPlease Discotek US$49.95 January 31 GaoGaiGar: The King of Braves BDPlease Discotek US$79.95 January 31 Sh...
I Shall Survive Using Potions! Novels Get Spinoff Manga
Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! Hanano to Lotte no Futari Tabi spinoff manga launched on Monday
― The official Twitter account of Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Sirius magazine announced that Sukima launched a spinoff manga of FUNA's I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu!) light novel, titled Potion-danomi de Ikinobimasu! Hanano to Lotte no Futari Tabi (I Shall Survive Using Potions! ...
J-Novel Club Adds 10 Light Novels, 4 Manga
Bookworm short stories, Reincarnated Mage with Inferior Eyes, A Pale Moon Reverie, more licensed
― J-Novel Club announced on Friday that it has licensed 10 new light novels and four new manga titles. The company additionally announced it will be adding state sales tax for 11 states on subscriptions and other purchases in the future, and also revealed a new rental system. The newly announced light nov...
Yen Press Licenses You Can Have My Back BL Light Novels
1st volume launches in July
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it has licensed writer Minami Kotsuna and artist Hitomi Hitoyo's You Can Have My Back (Senaka o Azukeru ni wa) boys-love fantasy light novel series. The company will release the first volume physically and digitally in July. Leorino, fourth son of a margrave and blessed with the face of an angel, is the reincarnation of Ionia, a knight ...
Trinity Seven's Kenji Saito Launches New Light Novel
Majo no Kaiden wa Te o Tsunaide novel launches in March with art by Puraco
― The official website for Kadokawa's MF Bunko J light novel imprint announced on Thursday that writer Kenji Saitō will launch a new light novel series titled Majo no Kaiden wa Te o Tsunaide - Hoshimi Seiko ga Kataru Ghost System (Hold Hands With the Witch's Ghost Story - Seiko Hoshimi Speaks of a Ghost System) in March. Purac...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 22-28
Inu-Oh, Lupin the 3rd Part 6 anime; Sword of the Demon Hunter Kijin Gentosho, A Condition Called Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date I'm Quitting Heroing BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 January 24 Inu-Oh BDCite GKIDS US$26.98 January 24 Lupin the 3rd Part 6 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$89.98 January 24 Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 BDPlease Animeigo U...
Qualia the Purple LN
Qualia the Purple is one of those stories where much of the enjoyment comes from having as little idea as to where it's going when you first experience it.
― Qualia the Purple is one of those books that can be challenging to review. Yes, there's the point that it deals in some dense scientific concepts and also dips into very dark, messy places as far as its material. But mostly, Qualia the Purple is...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 15-21
The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer anime; Doomsday With My Dog, I'm Quitting Heroing manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Black Clover Season 3 BDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$84.98 January 17 The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 January ...
Strike the Blood's Gakuto Mikumo Launches New Story
New story takes place on planet inhabited by monsters
― The official Twitter account for Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko imprint announced on Friday that Gakuto Mikumo (Strike the Blood, pictured right) has launched a new novel online titled Sword of Stallion: Taneuma to Yobareta Saikyō Kishi, Ringoku no О̄jo o Netore to Meijirareru. The story follows a princess and a knight on a planet inhabited by monster...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14
Platinum End, Himouto! Umaru-chan R anime; Helck, Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Boruto: Naruto Next Generations BD 14Please Viz Media US$49.98 January 10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations DVD 14Cite Viz Media US$44.98 January 10 Obey Me! Season 1 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$34.98 January 10 Platinum End Part 1 ...
Kana Akatsuki's Shunka Shūtō Daikōsha Novels Get New Manga Adaptation
Yuriko Asami draws new manga adaptation of novel series by Violet Evergarden author
― The official website of Kadokawa's G's Channel web service announced on Monday that Kana Akatsuki's Shunka Shūtō Daikōsha novel series is inspiring a new manga titled Shunka Shūtō Daikōsha Moka Momoyo (Four Seasons' Proxy Hundred Songs, Hundred Leaves; title romanization not confirmed). Yuriko Asami will draw the ma...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 1-7
Sabikui Bisco, Sasaki and Miyano anime; No Longer Allowed In Another World, I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Love, Election and Chocolate BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 January 3 Sabikui Bisco BDCite Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 January 3 Sasaki and Miyano BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 January 3 Prin...
Kazuma Kamachi Launches 'A Certain' Series Spinoff Novels About ITEM Group in March
Nilitsu illustrates novel series titled To Aru Anbu no ITEM
― Kazuma Kamachi announced on Twitter on Friday that he will launch a new novel series for his A Certain Magical Index franchise titled To Aru Anbu no ITEM (A Certain ITEM of the Dark Side) in March 2023. Nilitsu (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle, The Executioner and Her Way of Life) will be the illustrator...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Franchise Marks 10th Anniversary with 10 Projects
Including anniversary story, online global exhibit, plus 4-panel manga's return
― The official website for Fujino Ōmori and Suzuhito Yasuda's original Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? novel series and franchise launched a page on Friday to celebrate the franchise's 10th anniversary on January 15. The franchise will have 10 "major" projects to mark the milestone, and the website confi...
Surviving in Another World as a Villainess Fox Girl! Novel 1
Miku's twin sister Claire has been saying weird things since they were two about how she used to live in a place called “Japan” and now she's living in an “otome game.” How does this take on the 'reborn into my fav visual novel' hold up?
― Surviving in Another World as a Villainess Fox Girl is one of those titles that is more interested in hooking the reader than actually describing the book. It's no...
Former Kadokawa President Writes Novel About Starting Publishing Business Thanks to Middle School Girl
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya artist Noizi Ito draws cover illustration
― Former Kadokawa president Tatsuo Satо̄ flexed his storytelling muscles with an intriguing new novel: Taida na Ore ga Nazo no JC to Deatte Fukugyо̄ wo Kabushiki Jо̄jо̄ Sasechatta Hanashi ("I'm a Lazy Bum, But After I Met a Mysterious Middle School Girl, My Side Business Got On the Stock Exchange"). As the title so aptly desc...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 18-24
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc, Carole & Tuesday anime; Run Away With Me, Girl, The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the week of December 25-31, and will be back the next week. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Carole & Tuesday BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$89.98 Decem...
Mushoku Tensei, So I'm a Spider, So What? Light Novels Top 2022 BookWalker Global Sales
Isekai light novels once again dominate the rankings
― It seems that BookWalker Global users still can't get enough of the isekai genre. According to the yearly sales rankings released on Friday, the bestselling titles are the Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, So I'm a Spider, So What?, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Ascendance of a Bookworm, and Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of O...
Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel Series Approaches Conclusion in 2023
Novel's 32nd, 33rd volumes to release in spring, winter 2023
― Update on May 11, 2023: The novels' 33rd volume (12th volume of the fifth part) releasing in winter will be the final volume of the novels' fifth part, and will be the final volume of the novels' main story. Source: Ascendance of a Bookworm's 32nd volume Advertising in Miya Kazuki's 31st Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō - Shi...
I'm in Love with the Villainess Yuri Isekai Novels Get TV Anime in 2023
Yū Serizawa, Karin Nanami star in series at Platinum Vision
― GL Bunko announced on Tuesday that Inori's I'm in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijō) light novel series is inspiring a television anime adaptation that will premiere in 2023. Hideaki Oba (Love of Kill) is directing the anime at Platinum Vision. Ayumu Hisao (Love of Kill, Devils' Line) is both writing and overseeing...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 11-17
Banished From the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, Deep Insanity: The Lost Child anime; I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire, The Hunters Guild: Red Hood manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Banished From the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside BD/DVDPlease Crunchyroll/Funimation US$64.98 December 1...
Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novel Series Approaches Conclusion in 2023 (Updated)
Novel's 32nd, 33rd volumes to release in spring, winter 2023
― Update on May 11, 2023: The novels' 33rd volume (12th volume of the fifth part) releasing in winter will be the final volume of the novels' fifth part, and will be the final volume of the novels' main story. Source: Ascendance of a Bookworm's 32nd volume Advertising in Miya Kazuki's 31st Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō - Shi...
Unnamed Memory Light Novel Series Gets TV Anime in 2023
Yoshiki Nakajima, Atsumi Tanezaki star in anime at studio ENGI
― Kadokawa announced on Tuesday that Kuji Furumiya's Unnamed Memory light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation in 2023. Kadokawa also revealed. celebratory illustrations from novel illustrator chibi and manga artist Naoki Koshimizu. Kazuya Miura (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs, Kan Col...
Yen Press Licenses Honobu Yonezawa's Award-Winning Black Dungeon Castle Novel
Hyōka author's 2021 historical mystery won multiple prestigious awards
― Yen Press announced on Monday that it has licensed mystery writer Honobu Yonezawa's Black Dungeon Castle (Kokurōjō) novel, and will release it on print and digital in June 2023. Yen Press describes the novel: The winter of 1578, four years prior to the Honnnoji Incident. Araki Murashige has betrayed his ally Oda Nobunaga and hol...
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