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Kadokawa Launches 'Novel 0' Light Novel Label

Kadokawa announced on Monday that it will launch a new light novel label named "Novel 0" on February 15. The label will produce works aimed at 30-year old males, and it will have the theme of "A cool adult way of living." Kadokawa has opened a website for the label, which shows the label's concept visual.

Kadokawa revealed the upcoming projects for the label, which include:

• Kacchū Monogatari (Armor Story; tentative title) by Isao Miura (The Sacred Blacksmith), illustration: Runa (The Sacred Blacksmith)
• S20/Sengo Tokyo no Taimaroku (S20/Post-War Tokyo Exorcism Chronicles) by Hiro Ito (Majestic Prince script, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya light novel) and Hirokazu Minemori (Zettai Jō-senpai no Yōkai Gaku Kōza), illustration: Masayuki Takano (Blood Alone)
• Muhō no Bengonin: Hōtei no Petenshi (Lawless Council: Courtroom Imposter) by Tooru Shiwasu (Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensō), illustration: toi8 (MAOYU, Chain Chronicle)
• Ryū to Seigi: Jinma Chōtei Kyoku Sousa File.01 (The Dragon and Justice: Human-Demon Arbitration Bureau Investigation File.01) by Yūta Sen (Monster Days), illustration: Hana Amano (Show, Monster Days)
• Instant Magi by Juntarō Aoki (Galileo no Mahōjin), illustration: Mitsuru Obunai (ufotable)
• An as-yet untitled work by Hikaru Sugii (Heaven's Memo Pad), illustration: Jinsei Kataoka (Deadman Wonderland)

In addition, the label will also have upcoming works from the following authors:

• Yoshinobu Akita (Orphen)
• Keishi Ayasato (B.A.D. Beyond Another Darkness)
• Yūichi Uchibori (Warawanai Kagakusha to Saku Hana no Mahōtsukai)
• Kazuma Ōtorino (Nanana's Buried Treasure)
• Takaya Kagami (Seraph of the End)
• Okina Kamino (Cat Planet Cuties)
• Keiichi Satou (Rage of Bahamut: Genesis director) and Kenji Saito (Trinity Seven)
• Ao Jūmonji (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash)
• Okonau Suzuki (Buta wa Tonde mo Tada no Buta?)
• Hisashi Suzuki (Magical Warfare)
• Noritake Tao (Galge no Sekai yo, Yōkoso!)
• Shō Tomono (Lunar Saga)
• Hijiri Niimi (Boku to Do-S to Fujoshi to Nōkin)
• Keika Hanada (The house in Fata morgana)
• Tsukasa Higuchi (Double Access)
• Ko Maisaka (Himiko-Den)
• Ryo Mizuno (Record of Lodoss War)
• Iori Miyazawa (Boku no Maken ga, Urusai Ken ni Tsuite)
• Chōshirō Miwa (Steins;Gate Enkan Rensa no Ouroboros)
• Tōki Yanagimi (AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon")
• Ryō Yoshigami (Psycho-Pass Genesis)
• Matsuri Yoshino (Anzu in a bad mood)

Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web