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North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 7-13
Kaiju No. 8, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc, Black Butler: Public School Arc, Blue Exorcist - The Blue Night Saga anime ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Azumanga Daioh BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 December 9 Black Butler: Public School Arc BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 December 9 Blue Exorcist - The Blue Night Saga BDAnimeNewsNetwork Aniplex o...
Horror Collector Children's Novels Get TV Anime in Fall 2026
Series centers on boy in red hood who helps those caught in urban legends
― NHK announced on Friday that Midori Sato's Horror Collector novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will air on the NHK General in fall 2026. Sato writes the novels, Norio Tsuruta is the supervisor, and Yon draws the art for the novel series. Yen Press is releasing the novel series and Niko Yuki's manga ada...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 30-December 6
Gushing Over Magical Girls, Trinity Seven anime; Kaiju No. 8: Relax, I Won't Let Mistress Suck My Blood manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Gushing Over Magical Girls Limited Edition Steelbook BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$129.98 December 2 Trinity Seven BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$38.98 December 2 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price...
The Twelve Kingdoms: Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea Part Two Novel Review
Youko may have been thrown in the deep end, but no matter how deep the water, she was always going to have to learn to swim on her own.
― One of the most familiar fantasies in children's literature is that the protagonist is secretly royalty from another world. But what if that's more of a nightmare than a fantasy? That's the position Youko finds herself in in the second volume of Fuyumi Ono's classi...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Novels Get Side Story Series in 2026
Novels' 23rd, final volume shipped on November 29
― The 23rd and final volume of author Fuse and artist Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series revealed on Saturday that the novels will get a side story series, with the first part slated for release next year. Fuse serialized the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime story on the "Shō...
Under the Oak Tree Volume 2 Novel Review
Under the Oak Tree’s second hardcover release is just as beautiful as the first, and the story makes real progress, both in terms of Maxi’s relationship with her husband and with herself.
― Are you the sort of reader who gets irritated when characters are just one good conversation away from understanding each other? Then Suji Kim's Under the Oak Tree may not be the novel series for you. As anyone wh...
Tōko Amekawa's Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim Novels Get Anime Adaptation
Original story launched in 2022, manga adaptation launched in 2023
― TO Books announced on Thursday that Tōko Amekawa's Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim (Akutō Ikka no Manamusume, Tensei-saki mo Otome Game no Gokudō Reijō Deshita. Saijōkyū Rank no Akuyaku-sama, Sono Dekiai wa Fuyō Desu!) light novel series is getting an anime adaptation. TO Books also revealed that the book series has reached a cum...
Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Book Reveals 2026 Series Rankings
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten illustrator Hanekoto ranks #1 illustrator from #2 last year
― The 2026 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook reported its lists of the tope light novel series on Thursday.This year's New Title rankings have been split into "New Bunkobon" and "New Tankōbon and Novel" categories. Author Sekina Aoi and illustra...
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Light Novels to End in Volume 17
Final volume ships on January 7
― Amazon and other retailers are listing the 17th volume of storywriter Nekoko and illustrator NAJI yanagida's Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling (Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta: Saikyō Igai Mezasanee) light novel series as its final volume. Square Enix will ship the final volume on January 7.Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing both the light novel series and ...
Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint 1-2 Novel Review
When I reviewed the webtoon adaptation of SingNSong’s novel series Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, I said that it was for the smug readers. Having now read the first two books of the source material, I stand by that assessment.
― When I reviewed the webtoon adaptation of SingNSong's novel series Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, I said that it was for the smug readers. Having now read the first two books...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 9-15
I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down In History, I Parry Everything anime; Kingdom, D.N.Angel New Edition manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the next two weeks, and will be back in December. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Arifureta: From Commonplace To World's Strongest Season 3 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 November 11 I...
Toshiya Miyata's Kyōkai no Melody Novel Gets TV Anime
Drama CD cast reprise roles in anime
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that boy band Kis-My-Ft2 member and voice actor Toshiya Miyata's Kyōkai no Melody (Melody of the Boundary) novel is inspiring a television anime adaptation. The cast from the novel's drama CD adaptation will reprise their roles in the anime. Kadokawa unveiled the below video on Thursday for the franchise, which also features the dr...
Seven Seas Licenses Reborn as an Aristocratic Scoundrel, Love is Money, The Death Defying Princess, 4 More Titles
Doing Secret Things with the Holy Maidens manga, 7th Time Loop audiobook, more licensed
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday:Title: Reborn as an Aristocratic Scoundrel, I Broke the Game and Mastered Magic Beyond Limits! light novel and manga
Creator(s): Kaisei Kikuchi, Douma Oda, Rein Kuwashima
Release Date: September 2026 (volume 1, manga), October 2026 (volume 1, light novel d...
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? Light Novels End in 12th Volume
12th volume of Nana Nanana, Parum's light novel series shipped on November 8
― The official X (formerly Twitter) for Nana Nanana and Parum's Danjo no Yūjō wa Seiritsu Suru? Iya, Shinai!! light novel series announced that the series ended in its 12th volume, which shipped on Saturday. Nanana launched the light novel series with its first volume in January 2021, with illustrations by Parum. Kadokawa re...
Does the Light Novel Translation Process Need AI?
As machine translation tools under the banner of AI become increasingly accessible and easy to use, the light novel landscape is at a crossroads. Do light novel publishers compromise their product for more speed, and if so, by how much?
― Tristan “Arkada” Gallant was hooked on Ascendance of a Bookworm, an isekai light novel series that is currently being translated by J-Novel Club. But when Part 5 Vo...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 2-8
Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime; Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku?!, Cupid is Struck by Lightning manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Dragon Ball Super: Broly SteelBook BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$39.98 November 4 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Akane-banashi Graphic Novel (GN) 14Please Viz Media US$11.99 November 4 At 25:00 in Akas...
Institute of North Korean Studies Releases Webtoon Adaptation of Eun-kyung's Diary for Free
Original book depicts daily life of North Korean high school girl
― Eun-kyung's Diary, often referred to as the North Korean version of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, has been adapted into a webtoon and is available for free. The Institute of North Korean Studies (INKS) in South Korea announced that a webtoon depicting the daily life of a North Korean high school girl will be distributed th...
Seven Seas Licenses Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami, Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl, 4 More Titles (Updated)
Also licensed: Saving a Weapon Shop from Bankruptcy after the Demon King's Defeat; Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I'll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest!; more
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Saving a Weapon Shop from Bankruptcy after the Demon King's Defeat light novel
Creator(s): Kohji Natsumi, Reita
Release Date: August 2026 (volume 1...
JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World Gets Winter Novel
Novel launches on December 5
― Shinchosha's Comic Bunch Kai announced on Friday that Ko Hiratori's JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (JK Haru wa Isekai de Shōfu ni Natta) series will get a winter novel with illustrations by J-ta Yamada in the magazine beginning on December 5. Hiratori began serializing the story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Narō" (Let's Become Novelists) website in October 2016. Haya...
Mayo Momoyo's Always a Catch! Light Novels Get TV Anime in Spring 2026
Yū Serizawa, Atsushi Tamaru, Saori Hayami, Shūichirō Umeda, Taku Yashiro star in TROYCA anime
― A website opened on Monday and announced the television anime adaptation of Mayo Momoyo's Always a Catch! (Nigashita Sakana wa Ōkikatta ga Tsuriageta Sakana ga Ōkisugita Ken) light novel series, which will premiere in spring 2026. The website also revealed the anime's teaser visual, teaser trailer video, m...
Witch Hat Atelier Manga Gets Novel on November 21
Jun Esaka pens novel containing 3 short stories
― Kodansha is listing that Kamome Shirahama's Witch Hat Atelier manga is getting a novel titled Shōsetsu Tongari Bōshi no Atelier Special Stories that will ship on November 21. Jun Esaka (One Piece novel HEROINES, Naruto: Sasuke's Story--The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust) is writing the novel, with Shirahama credited with the original work. Shirahama...
Crossed Hearts Licenses Mai Ando's 'You're Way Too Cheeky, Chigaya-kun!' Manga
Company also licenses Dodo's The Abandoned Villainess Became A Zombie Korean novel series
― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, revealed on Wednesday that it has licensed Mai Ando's You're Way Too Cheeky, Chigaya-kun! (Namaiki sugiru yo, Chigaya-kun) manga, for a planned release in May 2026. Crossed Hearts describes the story: Ever since the day they met, no matter how ma...
The War With No Name Sci-Fi Book Franchise Set for Webtoon, Animated Adaptation
Robert Repino's original sci-fi story follows domestic cat-turned assassin during animal vs human war
― Television, video game, and comic book writer Curtis Baxter (Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1 comic, Cartoon Network's Ben 10 series) announced on October 23 he has acquired the rights to Robert Repino's acclaimed sci-fi book franchise The War With No Name and is producing a webtoon adaptation ...
Cross Infinite World Reveals 2 New Light Novel Licenses for December Debut
If the Heroine Wants My Fiancé, I'll Marry a Yandere Villain Instead!; Breaking Up Was the Plan, the Duke Falling For the Villainess Was Not! debut on December 31 digitally
― Cross Infinite World announced on Thursday it has licensed two more light novel series: author Kobako Takara and illustrator Jun Natsuba's If the Heroine Wants My Fiancé, I'll Marry a Yandere Villain Instead! (Heroine ni Konyaku...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 26-November 1
Let This Grieving Soul Retire, The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs The World's Greatest Clan anime; Monster-Colored Island, Nezumi's First Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Cyborg 009 VS Devilman BDPlease Discotek US$29.95 October 28 Golden Boy BDCite Discotek US$29.95 October 28 Let This Grieving Soul Retire Part 1 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$69.98 Octob...
Rich Girl Caretaker Novels Have Anime in the Works
Series centers on young lady from conglomerate family who is lazy, has no life skills
― The official X/Twitter account for Hobby Japan's HJ Bunko label revealed on Thursday that author Yusaku Sakaishi and illustrator Sakura Miwabe's Saijo no Osewa light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works. ◤特報📢◢•┈┈┈••✦✦••┈┈┈• 「#才女のお世話」 アニメ化企画進行中！•┈┈┈••✦✦••┈┈┈•最新11巻は10/31発売！https://t.co/MBm1XB4hmV pic.tw...
Full Metal Panic! Creator Shoji Gatoh to Launch New Project With Fantasia Bunko
More details to be revealed on November 20
― Kadokawa announced on Saturday during the "Fantasia Bunko Hōsōkyoku Aki no Dai Kanshasai" livestream event that Full Metal Panic! light novel author Shoji Gatoh is launching a new project with Kadokawa's Fantasia Bunko imprint. Kadokawa will reveal more details on November 20, the same day the third volume of Full Metal Panic! Family will ship. ◤◢◤◢◤◢ 特 報...
King's Proposal Novels from Date A Live Creators Have Anime in the Works
Yen Press releases series in English about boy who inherits power from witch
― Kadokawa announced on Saturday during the "Fantasia Bunko Hōsōkyoku Aki no Dai Kanshasai" livestream event that author Koushi Tachibana and illustrator Tsunako's King's Proposal (Ōsama no Propose) light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works. The event did not reveal any further details about the anime. Tsunako ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 19-25
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle, The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest anime; Innocent Rouge, Ripples in the River manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone BDPlease Shout! Studios US$29.98 October 21 Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance BDCite Shout! Studios US$29.98 October 21 Frieren: Beyond Journey'...
The Fall 2025 Light Novel Guide
From kaiju to K-Pop, we have a bevy of books to choose from! Find your next light novel series obsession or read the ultimate guide to 100 essential anime in our Light Novel Guide! Sponsored by Yen Press.
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2025 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release. This ...
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table Volume 1 Light Novel Review
It’s easy to see why this won the Excellence Award at the 18th MF Bunko J Light Novel Newcomer Awards in 2022, and why it’s getting an anime in 2026.
― Playing Death Games to put Food on the Table (henceforth DG) is far from the first time there's been a story about death games as a perverse form of entertainment for a shadowy group of elites who bankroll them. In fact, that's a major element of Squi...
Yen Press Licenses Four Child Life Novels
Also: audiobooks for My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, more
― Yen Press revealed on Wednesday that it has licensed author Himari Hino and illustrator Oriko Sakura's Four Child Life (Yotsugurashi) novel series for its JY for Kids middle-grade imprint for release on April 14, 2026. The company also announced audiobooks for the My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Banished f...
Kōji Miura's Blue Box Manga Gets 2nd Novel Adaptation on December 4
Miura, Nanao return to write Ao no Hako Interlude novel
― Shueisha is listing a second novel adaptation of Kōji Miura's Blue Box manga titled Ao no Hako Interlude (Blue Box Interlude), which will ship on December 4. Miura and Nanao are again writing the novel, which includes a story about Kyō Kasahara's own unrequited love and an episode about Taiki and Chinatsu's first part-time job experience.The m...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 12-18
Good Bye, Dragon Life, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 anime; Isekai Metaller, Makina-san's a Love Bot?! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Good Bye, Dragon Life BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 October 14 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 October 14 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2 L...
J-Novel Club Reveals New Manga, Light Novel Licenses; 3 Print Releases; Upcoming Audiobooks
New licenses include Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!, The Villainess Speaks Not novels, more
― J-Novel Club revealed licenses for 11 light novel series and two manga series at its panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. In addition, the company announced licenses for three works in print, and two audiobook licenses. IMG the-adorable-dungeon-master-ln-cover.jpg
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Yen Press Reveals 14 New Licenses, Delicious in Dungeon Board Game
Somato's kuro, Shima Shinya's Void: No. Nine manga; Shinano Sano's Shanti novel; more licensed
― Yen Press announced 14 new manga, graphic novel, and novel licenses at its panel at New York Comic Con on Saturday. In addition, the company announced it will release Monster Eater: Delicious in Dungeon the Board Game in English in May 2026. The game is inspired by the Monster Maker board game from 1998. ...
Studio Ghibli Animation Cels and More Hit the Auction Block!
There are over 2500 items in the auction, which runs from October 17th to October 21st, and
includes animation cels from Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Dragonball, Sailor Moon,
Akira, Cowboy Bebop, and so many more. ― Have you ever wanted to own a piece of anime history? Well now's your chance! Heritage Auctions has amassed an impressive collection of amazing animation cels, concept art,...
includes animation cels from Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Dragonball, Sailor Moon,
Akira, Cowboy Bebop, and so many more. ― Have you ever wanted to own a piece of anime history? Well now's your chance! Heritage Auctions has amassed an impressive collection of amazing animation cels, concept art,...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 5-11
ODDTAXI, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time anime; Kamudo, I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Girl Who Leapt Through Time BDCite Shout! Studios US$26.98 October 7 ODDTAXI BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$69.98 October 7 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date 365 Days to the Wedding Graph...
Yen Press Releases Light Novels on Tapas
Re:ZERO, Overlord, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, more
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it is partnering with Tapas to release its light novels on the platform, starting this month. Tapas users will be able to access the first five "episodes" of each series for free, and will have the option to pay to unlock or wait for free access to future episodes. Episodes will launch daily for each...
The Village Beyond the Mist Novel Review
The Village Beyond the Mist is a beautiful example of late twentieth-century children’s fantasy, pulling readers into a strange but familiar world alongside its heroine.
― If you weren't told that Sachiko Kashiwaba's 1975 middle-grade novel was the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, you wouldn't know. It's an even less obvious connection than How Do You Live?'s link to The Boy and the He...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 28-October 4
Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, Quality Assurance in Another World anime; Gran Familia, Boyfriend, Sometimes Girlfriend manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Blue Lock: Episode Nagi BDPlease Crunchyroll US$34.98 September 30 Castlevania: The Complete Series Limited Edition BDCite Viz Media US$154.98 September 30 Quality Assurance in Another World BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyr...
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter Volumes 1-3 Novel Review
Otherworlds, beware. Not only might you lose your most eligible bachelor to a stressed-out Japanese salaryman, but your entire foundation might be called into question.
― I have, in the past, referred to this series as being “isekai for grownups.” It's not a power fantasy. The protagonist isn't down on his luck, bullied, or otherwise deeply unhappy. He's a working adult, and not one particularly enra...
New English Publisher Crossed Hearts Reveals 3 Manhwa Licenses, License of Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion Novels
New Japanese manga, Korean webcomics, Asian novels publisher plans to debut 30+ series in 2026
― Crossed Hearts, a new California-based global English publisher, has announced the worldwide English-language print launches of three Korean manhwa titles: Baroness Goes on Strike, From a Knight to a Lady, and The Archduke's Adopted Saint. Each series will debut in premium full-color print editions with b...
3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-Sensei Spinoff Novels Get Full-Color Vertical-Scrolling Manga Adaptation on Jump Toon
Manga launches on October 6, same day as debut of novels' anime adaptation
― This year's 44th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that Tomohito Ōsaki's 3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Class 3-Z's Teacher Ginpachi) spinoff novel will get a vertical, full-color manga adaptation on Shueisha's vertical-scrolling manga service Jump TOON titled 3-Nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-Sensei Tou...
Grave of the Fireflies Novel Review
Reading the book through the film, there are many startling “omissions."
― For decades, literature lovers have fretted that some classics have been obscured by their animated film adaptations, which youngsters might see as definitive. How many people, for instance, now think of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Bambi and The Jungle Book as being films by Disney, rather than books by Lewis Carroll, Fe...
Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf Novel Series Ends in 13th Novel
Final novel launches on November 8
― Kadokawa is listing that Isuna Hasekura's Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf, a spinoff novel of his Spice and Wolf series, will end with its 13th volume on November 8. Hasekura began the spinoff novel series with illustrations by Jū Ayakura in April 2016. Kadokawa published the 12th volume on April 10. Yen Press is releasing the spinoff in English. Hasekur...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 21-27
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability, Bartender Glass of God anime; Dur-an-ki, Rock Is a Lady's Modesty manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Amazing Nurse Nanako BDPlease Media Blasters US$39.99 September 23 Bartender Glass of God Season 1 Premium Box Set BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 23 The Eminence in Sha...
Seven Seas Licenses I'm Fine With Being the Second Girlfriend, Printernia Nippon, 2 More Titles
Also: Space Orc: Barbarian Raider of the Stars, Aiming for the Queen!, Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn't Work!
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Space Orc: Barbarian Raider of the Stars, Aiming for the Queen! light novels
Creator(s): Kuruma Hino, Butcha-U
Release Date: August 2026 (volume 1)
Summary: In the far-off future, Earth's humans have finally expanded in...
Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods Volume 1 Novel Review
I certainly didn’t dislike the story, but it left me wishing there was something more substantive within its passages.
― The Tiny Witch from the Woods whizzes its way through its narrative in a manner that leaves no real impact on the reader. All of its attempts at establishing settings and characters are told so matter-of-factly that the story is robbed of any major intrigue or drama. I certainly di...
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Novels End in 23rd Volume
Final volume ships in Japan on November 29
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of Micro Magazine's GC Novels label revealed on Monday that author Fuse and artist Mitz Vah's That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) light novel series will end in its 23rd volume, which will ship in Japan on November 29. GC Novels revealed the final volume's cover illustration:◤◢ ...
Hanashi Media Licenses The New Gate, Re:Monster Novels
Both novels launch digitally in English on October 30
― Hanashi Media revealed on Saturday that it has licensed Shinogi Kazanami's The New Gate and Kogitsune Kanekiru's Re:Monster light novels. The company will release both digitally on October 30. Title: The New Gate: Where It Ends, It Begins
Author(s): Shinogi Kazanami (story), Makai no Jūmin (volumes 1-9 illustrator)
Synopsis: In the deepest level...
Yen Press Releases Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ~Prelude~, About a Place in the Kinki Region Audiobooks in English
Company releases omnibus of Rem's manga-style graphic novel of Gail Carriger's novel Soulless in March 2026
― Yen Press announced on Friday that it will release Mei Hachimoku's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ~Prelude~ (Shōsetsu Sōsō no Frieren ~Zensō~) light novel and Sesuji's About a Place in the Kinki Region light novel as audiobooks. Both novels will debut in audiobook form in spring 2026. The pros...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 14-20
Tower of God: Return of the Prince, Days with My Stepsister anime; Saint Seiya: Dark Wing, Spider-Man: Shadow Warrior manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Days with My Stepsister BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 16 Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 1 SteelBook BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$129.98 September 16 Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 Collector's E...
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's Light Novel's Audiobook Launches in English
Knox Riley narrates audiobooks launching on Thursday
― Seven Seas Entertainment's Siren imprint announced last Thursday that it will release audiobooks of Matsuri Akai's My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's (Assassin de Aru Ore no Status ga Yūsha Yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi Nodaga) light novel series in English on Thursday. Knox Riley will narrate the audiobooks. Akai began serializing...
Victoria of Many Faces Light Novels Get TV Anime
Chika Anzai, Shion Wakayama, Yōhei Azakami star in Studio DEEN anime
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that writer Syuu and illustrator Nanna Fujimi's Victoria of Many Faces (Tefuda ga Ōme no Victoria) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime will star: Chika Anzai as Victoria Shion Wakayama as Nonna Yōhei Azakami as Jeffrey Nobukage Kimura (Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, episode ...
Netflix Reveals Last Samurai Standing Live-Action Series' November 13 Premiere
Adaptation of Shōgo Imamura's novels star Junichi Okada, Kazunari Ninomiya, Masahiro Higashide, Taichi Saotome, more
― Netflix started streaming on Monday the teaser video for Last Samurai Standing, the live-action series adaptation of Shōgo Imamura's Ikusagami novels, which revealed the series' November 13 premiere. Netflix describes the series:
In the late 19th century during the Meiji period, 292 ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 7-13
Uzumaki, In the Land of Leadale anime; Sanda, Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date And Yet the Town Moves BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 September 9 I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives. Season 1 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 9 In the Land of Leadale BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 9 Uzu...
Villains are Destined to Die Volume 1 Novel Review
Oh, no, I’m sure some of you are thinking. Not another villainess isekai set in the world of an otome game.
― Oh, no, I'm sure some of you are thinking. Not another villainess isekai set in the world of an otome game. I can't blame you. Villainess isekai has become nearly as oversaturated as isekai power fantasies, as ubiquitous as pink-haired heroines and mysterious transfer students. But please, be...
Tōwa's The World's Strongest Rearguard - Labyrinth Country's Novice Seeker Light Novels Get TV Anime
Isekai light novels launched in 2017
― A teaser website opened on Monday and revealed the television anime adaptation of Tōwa's The World's Strongest Rearguard - Labyrinth Country's Novice Seeker (Sekai Saikyō no Kōei: Meikyūkoku no Shinjin Tansakusha) light novel series. The novels' illustrator Huuka Kazabana and the manga adaptation's artist Rikizo both drew illustrations to celebrate the anime ann...
French Novel Empire of the Ants to Be Adapted Into Korean Webtoon
Novel juxtaposes human, ant societies to explore survival, evolution, social structures
― French author Bernard Werber's bestselling novel Empire of the Ants will be reimagined as a webtoon, marking the first time the globally acclaimed IP has been adapted into the format. At a press conference in Seoul on September 3, Werber said, “Webtoons are an important medium to reach younger generations throug...
Gege Akutami, Yuji Iwasaki's New Short-Term Manga Revealed as Jujutsu Kaisen Spinoff
Also: Horror novelist Yumeaki Hirayama to pen Jujutsu Kaisen spinoff novel; franchise gets event in 2026
― This year's 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the new "Mojuro" manga teased last week from Jujutsu Kaisen manga creator Gege Akutami and Cipher Academy manga illustrator Yuji Iwasaki is actually a spinoff of Jujutsu Kaisen. The manga's full title is Juj...
Unbreakable Machine-Doll's Reiji Kaitō Launches New Light Novel Series on September 25
Hōkiboshi illustrates The Attempted Alliance novel
― Reiji Kaitō (Unbreakable Machine-Doll's) confirmed last month that he is launching a new light novel series titled Misui Dōmei (The Attempted Alliance) with illustrations by Hōkiboshi, scheduled for release on September 25. The coming-of-age story follows a high school student who can see a person's intent to kill. He encounters three "loner" girls...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 31-September 6
Wistoria: Wand and Sword, Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? anime; Adabana, The Princess I Loved in My Past Life is Now a Middle-Aged Dad manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero BD (subtitles-only)Please Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 2 Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 September 2 W...
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon Novel Review
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon is a magic realism exploration of grief and the intersection of life and death.
― What do the living owe the dead? What do the dead do for the living? There's no answer to these questions here. Still, Mizuki Tsujimura, author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror and A School Frozen in Time, encourages readers to think about them in this bittersweet, beautiful story about a...
Cross Infinite World Licenses The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor Short Story Collections
Also: "Ayakashi Moving Service" one-shot novel
― Cross Infinite World announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the following titles: Title: The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor: The Official History of the Continent of Platy short story collection
Creators: Sarasa Nagase (story), Mitsuya Fuji (art)
Release Date: November 30 (digital), physical version at later date
Synopsis: These are the ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 24-30
The Elusive Samurai, Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga anime; My Girlfriend is 8 Meters Tall, Futari Switch manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga BDPlease Aniplex of America US$149.98 August 26 City Hunter: Angel Dust BDCite Shout! Factory US$32.99 August 26 The Elusive Samurai BDAnimeNewsNetwork Aniplex of America US$144.98 Augu...
Webtoon, Web Novel Series A Man's Man Gets Live-Action Adaptation
Original webtoon garnered more than 470 million global views
― The webtoon and web novel A Man's Man is officially set for a live-action adaptation, with director Hee-won Kim attached to helm the project. Originally created as a web novel by Lucas, A Man's Man was adapted into a webtoon in 2020 and was serialized on Naver Webtoon. The story follows Yoo-hyun Han, an ordinary office worker who rises t...
To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You Novel Review
If you’re looking for true love, it’s in short supply in this series – in a healthy way, at least.
― Last year, I reviewed the first volume of the manga adaptation of To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You. I said at the time that the story was somewhat uncomfortable, and that, paradoxically, it would have benefited from being slightly more explicit, and that I was curious to read the original light...
The Twelve Kingdoms: Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea Novel Review
Whether you read the old English editions or missed them, it's worth picking this up, because you don't have to be an isekai fan (modern or otherwise) to appreciate a book this good.
― The isekai genre has taken a hit in recent years. For many, the term has become inextricably linked with storytelling shortcuts, male power fantasies, villainesses, and other tropes that have become so paper-thin from ...
Publang Announces New BL Manhwa, Web Novel Licenses at Anime NYC 2025
New lineup includes Payback, Debut or Die!, December, Passion
― At its Anime NYC 2025 panel on Friday, Publang, a BL-centered manhwa/webtoon/web novel publisher, revealed the upcoming release of four titles — two manhwa and two web novels — scheduled to launch next year. The new lineup includes the manhwa in print Payback and Debut or Die!, alongside a print version of the web novel December and a s...
J-Novel Club Adds 9 Light Novel, 4 Manga Titles
The Fearsome Witch Teaches in Another World light novel and manga, Looks like a Job for a Maid! novels, more licensed
― J-Novel Club announced during its panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed nine new light novel titles and four new manga titles. The new light novel titles include: Title: Finding My Way to (You) in This MMO World (Game no Sekai ni Tensei Shita Ore wa ○○ ni Naru Made)
Au...
Yen Press Licenses Bad Girl, Frieren: Prelude, Lycoris Recoil: Recovery Days, More Titles
7 novels, 5 manga titles licensed for March 2026 release
― Yen Press announced during its panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed 12 new titles, including seven novels and five manga titles. All the titles will release in March 2026. Title: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ~Prelude~ (Shōsetsu Sōsō no Frieren ~Zensō~) novel
Creator: Mei Hachimoku (story), Tsukasa Abe (art)
Summary: After the ...
Kakao Entertainment Shuts Down 11 Piracy Sites, Deletes 160 Million Illegal Works in 1st Half of 2025
Company has identified operators behind more than 130 sites, leading to closure of 29 since 2021
― Kakao Entertainment, the parent company of webtoon platform Tapas, announced on August 19 that it shut down 11 piracy websites worldwide and deleted more than 160 million illegally distributed works in the first half of 2025, as part of its ongoing global anti-piracy campaign. The company detailed its ...
Ize Press to Publish English Print Editions of The Star Seekers, Dark Moon: The Blood Altar Novels
Novels combine action-fantasy storytelling with music, imagery of HYBE's artists
― Ize Press announced on Monday that two HYBE original stories, The Star Seekers and Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, will receive their first English-language print novel editions before the end of 2025. The releases follow the previously announced October debut of the 7FATES: CHAKHO novel, completing a trio of K-pop–linked...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 17-23
No Longer Allowed in Another World, Queen's Blade Rebellion anime; A Man Who Defies the World of BL, Sacrifice of My Manly Soul manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 19 No Longer Allowed in Another World Season 1 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 19 No Longer Allowed in Another World...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Minor Myths and Legends Volume 2 Novel Review
Minor Myths and Legends’ second volume may not be quite as fascinating as the first, but it’s still a good read.
― Any creative writing teacher worth their salt will tell you that a writer needs to know eighty percent more about the story's world than the reader does. The reason is that the author knowing all the details about their world allows them to write a story where everything makes sense, eve...
Makoto Sanda's Majo Suiri Gothic Mystery Novels Get Manga
Yū Mitsuki launches manga adaptation of mystery series by Rental Magica, Lord El-Melloi author
― Yū Mitsuki launched a manga adaptation of Makoto Sanda's Majo Suiri (Witch's Deduction) novels on Kadokawa's Kadocomi manga website last Friday. The gothic mystery novels center on Kunori Orizue, a beautiful and mysterious girl who calls herself a "witch," when all manner of mysterious and questionable in...
WEBTOON Launches Novelization Line with Cursed Princess Club, The Kiss Bet
1st works in new line launch in November, February
― WEBTOON has announced a new publishing initiative through Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group: print novel adaptations of WEBTOON series. The program will debut with Cursed Princess Club: A Most Unusual Princess and The Kiss Bet: A Novel. New York Times-bestselling author Michelle Knudsen is adapting LambCat's original Cursed Princess Club: A Most Unusual ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 10-16
Looking For The Full Moon, Vampire Hunter D anime; Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe, The Demon King is Way Too Overprotective! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox BDPlease Media Blasters US$39.99 August 12 Looking For The Full Moon BDCite AnimEigo US$59.95 August 12 Vampire Hunter D BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$29.98 A...
Penguin Classics UK Publishes Grave of the Fireflies Novel on September 4
Akiyuki Nosaka's 1967 semi-autobiographical novel inspired Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli's 1988 anime film
― Penguin Classics UK is listing the English release of Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave of the Fireflies semi-autobiographical novel in the United Kingdom, on September 4. The novel's translator Ginny Tapley Takemori stated that the novel's English release will commemorate the 80th year since the end of t...
One Piece: Heroines Novels Get Anime
Writer Jun Esaka, artist Sayaka Suwa launched novels about One Piece series heroines in 2019
― The One Piece Day event and livestream on Sunday revealed that writer Jun Esaka and artist Sayaka Suwa's One Piece novel HEROINES light novel will get an anime adaptation, and also revealed a visual. 【#ONEPIECEDAY'25 生配信中】ONE PIECE magazineで連載していた『ONE PIECE novel HEROINES』がアニメ化決定🎬本編では見られないヒロインたちの魅力を描いたエピソード...
Fire head's Mercedes and the Waning Moon Light Novel Series Gets Anime
Story about woman reincarnated as vampire launched in 2018
― Japanese publisher TO Books announced on Thursday that Fire head's Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeoneering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat (Kaketa Tsuki no Mercedes: Kyūketsuki no Kizoku ni Tensei Shita kedo Suteraresō nanode Dungeon wo Seiha suru) light novel series is getting an anime adaptation. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━✨📣情報解禁📣✨「欠けた月...
Seven Seas to Release Audiobooks for Failure Frame, Most Notorious 'Talker'
Audiobooks debut later this month
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it is producing audiobook versions of the Failure Frame and The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan light novels. John Patneaude is narrating Failure Frame, and the first audiobook volume will debut on August 21. Seven Seas licensed both the light novel series and its manga adaptation, and it d...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 3-9
Wolf Children anime; Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia, Don't Hold Back, Lord Hades manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun Premium BD Box Set Please Sentai Filmworks US$199.98 August 5 RE-KAN! Complete Collection BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 August 5 Wolf Children BDAnimeNewsNetwork Shout! Factory US$2...
Gintama Spinoff 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei Gets New Novel on October 3
New novel titled Oide yo Rinkan Gakkō
― This year's combined 36th and 37th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Class 3-Z's Teacher Ginpachi) spinoff novel series by Tomohito Ōsaki will get a new novel volume on October 3. The novel is titled Oide yo Rinkan Gakkō (Going on a School Camp). Ōsaki's spinoff novel series of Hideaki Sora...
Publisher AlphaPolis Acquires Anime Studio White Fox
Tsukimichi, GATE publisher to make Re:Zero, Arifureta anime studio a wholly owned subsidiary
― Japanese publishing company AlphaPolis announced on Thursday that it will acquire the anime studio WHITE FOX, and will make WHITE FOX a wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition date is set for September 30. AlphaPolis stated in the announcement it is aiming to diversify its business into animation, merchand...
The Beginning After the End Kickstarter Campaign Launches August 5
Volumes 1-3 slated for 2026 release, with future volumes planned for future Kickstarter campaigns
― Comics news website K Comics Beat, part of Comics Beat, reported on Wednesday that Rocketship Entertainment's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a print release of TurtleMe's The Beginning After the End web novel series will launch on August 5, with the first three print novel volumes planned for a ...
Seven Seas Licenses Everything for Demon King Evelogia, Laughter in the Sunshine, 2 More Titles
Also licensed: Marriage to the Wolf: The Tale of an Inter-species Union, Remnant: Beastmen Omegaverse
― Seven Seas Announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Laughter in the Sunshine manga
Creator(s): Fuuki Maru
Release Date: May 2026 (BL label)
Summary: Taiyo Kiriyama knew he wasn't allowed to have pets in his apartment. But when he comes across an abandoned cat, he can't help but try to ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 27-August 2
Chainsaw Man, Plus-Sized Elf anime; Super String: Marco Polo's Travel to the Multiverse, Cat + Crazy manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Chainsaw Man Season 1 Limited Edition BDPlease Viz Media US$79.99 July 29 DearS BDCite Discotek US$39.95 July 29 Plus-Sized Elf BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 July 29 Osomatsu-kun SDBDPlease Discotek US$49.95 July 29...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 20-26
Solo Leveling, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian anime; Li'l Miss Vampire Can't Suck Right, MONSTER TRIBE manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Season 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 July 22 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Season 1 Limited Edition BDCite Crunchyroll US$79.98 July 22 Momokyun Sword B...
Seven Seas Licenses My Cat's Aura is Strong Today, The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System, 2 More Manga
Also licensed: The Babe at My Back Has Her Eye on Me. I'm Done For., DOGGO
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: My Cat's Aura is Strong Today full-color manga
Creators: Utako Uguisu
Release Date: May 2026
Summary: Kijineko-sama and Kuroneko-sama are two particularly prickly cats ruling over their humans and home. While their humans Kanenosuke and Sumire are always amused...
The Misfit of Demon King Academy Light Novels Enter Final Arc
Volume 17 ships on August 8
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Kadokawa's listing for the 17th volume in Shu's The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants (Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha ~Shijō Saikyō no Maō no Shiso, Tensei Shite Shison-tachi no Gakkō e Kayō) light novel series reports the story is entering its final arc. The volume ships on August 8. Square Enix...
The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power Novels Get TV Anime
Rie Takahashi, Makoto Furukawa, Haruka Shiraishi star in fantasy anime
― Earth Star Entertainment announced on Saturday that storywriter Almond and illustrator Yoshiro Ambe's The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power (Mujikaku Seijo wa Kyō mo Muishiki ni Chikara o Tare Nagasu) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime's official website lists an English title of The Obl...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 13-19
The World God Only Knows anime; The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows, Brain Damage manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Naruto Shippuden Set 7 BDPlease Viz Media US$39.95 July 15 The World God Only Knows: Ultimate Collection BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$99.98 July 15 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The 13th Footpr...
Seven Seas Licenses Workin' the Night Shift at Akumart, The Scum Laugh, 3 More Titles
Also: Venus Mission, Gladiator Battle Life licensed; Disciple of the Lich gets audiobook
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Venus Mission: From Former Assassin and Mercenary Middle-Aged Man, Reincarnated into Another World to Assassinate the Hero! light novel
Creators: MIYABI, Eito Nishikawa
Release Date: May 2026 (volume 1, Airship imprint)
Summary: Former mercenary S...
The Unimplemented Overlords Have Joined the Party! Light Novel Series' Listed as Ending With 10th Volume
10th volume ships on August 29
― Kadokawa is listing the 10th novel volume of Nagawasabi64 and Kawaku's The Unimplemented Overlords Have Joined the Party! (Mijissō no Last Boss-tachi ga Nakama ni Narimashita) light novel series as the final volume. The 10th volume will ship on August 29. Yen Press is releasing the novel series in English, and it describes the story: Young gamer Shuutarou is among the...
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