Every year since 2005, a light novel guide book titled Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) is published in Japan, featuring lists such as top 10 most popular light novels and top 10 favorite light novel characters. To create their final listings, the poll works with multiple categories of voters: the homepage… Read More Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2016
Another year has passed, and it’s time to take a look at the light novel series that have sold the most copies in Japan for 2015. Over the course of 2015, the top-selling light novels were: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? — 1,220,217 The Irregular at Magic High School… Read More Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan (2015)
This might turn out to be a long post, because I need to cover news and links for both this month and the previous one. Sorry for not getting a December post put together, but hopefully this will make up for it a bit. Let’s start with the LN releases from the last couple months:… Read More Light Novel Notes (January 2016)
Here are the anime based on light novels that will be airing in Japan this season (with links to their English simulcasts -- I will update as more are potentially announced). What shows are you going to watch this winter? Based on Light Novels: Durarara!!x2 (Part 3 of Season 2) — Crunchyroll Gate (Season 2) —… Read More Winter 2016 Anime Based on Light Novels
English Title: Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles Japanese Title: ダンス イン ザ ヴァンパイアãƒãƒ³ãƒ‰ — “Dance in the Vampire Bund” Author: Nozomu Tamaki, others Note: This book features seventeen stories written by various writers, which were published in doujinshi by the original creator of the manga series (Nozomu Tamaki) Illustrator: Nozomu Tamaki Translator: Genre: Supernatural, Action, Romance… Read More Dance in the Vampire Bund: Secret Chronicles
A new year has arrived, and I thought it would be worthwhile taking a brief look back at how things have fared for English light novels over the course of 2015. In 2014 I counted 18 releases… How many do you think there were in 2015? January: Vampire Hunter D 22 February: A Certain Magical… Read More This Year in English Light Novels 2015
