Everyone’s been eager for the third season of the anime that adapts Wataru Watari’s romantic comedy light novel series My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected, which is in production now. While we wait for that, though, the original series is about to come …Read more »
Fans of Natsume Akatsuki’s fantasy comedy light novel series KONOSUBA: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World can look forward to a nice bonus with the recently released anime film. Third week showings of Legend of Crimson will include free giveaways of newly-drawn colored paper panels by original novel illustrator …Read more »
The new TV anime adaptation of Yoshinobu Akita’s Sorcerous Stabber Orphen light novel series officially has a premiere date. According to the official website, the series will debut in January of 2020, and 10 more cast members have been announced along with the timing. In addition to Showtaro …Read more »
Look, at this point it’s way too easy to make fun of light novel titles, but this one is a doozy. Itai no wa Iya nanode Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu, AKA the elegantly localized title All points are divided to VIT because a painful one …Read more »
If you’ve ever wondered how Japanese creators feel about fan-translated material that’s distributed over the internet, well, here’s one example. Kugane Maruyama, who writes the Overlord series of light novels on which the anime is based, was informed by a fan last week that a fan translation …Read more »
Kazuma Kamachi’s A Certain series of light novels—including A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun—has inspired plenty of additional media, the latest of which is the A Certain Magical Index Imaginary Fest smartphone game. To promote the upcoming Japanese release, the official website recently kicked off a character popularity poll, …Read more »
Fans of Wataru Watari‘s original My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected light novel series are going to have to wait for any kind of official conclusion. According to the official site for Shogakukan’s GAGAGA Bunko label, the 14th and final volume has …Read more »
How many anime series start with a pair of panties sent in the mail? Here’s one that will, anyway. Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasuka?, a light novel series about just that, has been given the anime green light. The series by Tomo Hanama, …Read more »
Another fantasy light novel series officially has a TV anime on the way. This time the subject is Light Tuchihi’s This Hero is Invincible but “Too Cautious”, which will be animated by WHITE FOX, the studio behind Goblin Slayer, Re:ZERO, and more. The novel series—which …Read more »
There’s no shortage of adaptation material out there when it comes to fantasy light novels, and the latest to get the anime treatment is Kei Amagi’s Assassins Pride. The adaptation was announced during this past weekend’s Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai 2018 event, with further details to …Read more »
The How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord anime is on the way this summer season with its adaptation of the light novel series written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Takahiro Tsurusaki. Ahead of that, three more cast members have been added to the …Read more »
Based on the light novels written by Yukiya Murasaki and illustrated by Takahiro Tsurusaki, the How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord anime is set to make its debut on Japanese TV this summer. Yūta Murano directs the adaptation, with Kazeyuki Fudeyasu on series composition …Read more »
Another day, another light novel that gets the anime adaptation treatment. This time it’s Fuse and Mitz Vah’s That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which is currently being published in English by Yen Press. The announcement comes from an early look at volume …Read more »
Oricon, Japan’s tracker of all things sold, just released the stats on the best-selling light novels and manga of 2017 (how they did this before 2017 is actually over is anyone’s guess). Anyway, here’s how light novels and manga fared in the year 2017: Light …Read more »
Digital light novel service J-Novel Club announced the addition of a new series from famed light novelist Ichirou Sakaki, whose previous titles include Chaika - The Coffin Princess , Outbreak Company , and Scrapped Princess . His latest work is Bluesteel Blasphemer , which is …Read more »
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