How is everyone’s new year coming along? I hope everyone’s been able to read a light novel or two this past month. Did you forget your new year’s resolution to read at least 100 of them this year? ;P I have a few LN-related links to share from Frog-kun’s blog Fantastic Memes: Identity through Inou-Battle —… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (January 2015)
シュガーアップル・フェアリーテイル -- Sugar Apple Fairytale The novel: Amazon.jp -- Books Kinokuniya -- YesAsia The fan translation (by Yami Mitsu): Aqua Scans MAL Entry -- Forum (Note: This site's central focus is on light novels officially translated and published in English, but at times I will post reviews for stories that have only been translated by fans. Please… Read More Review: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Vol 1)
Sega has announced today that the light novel crossover fighting game Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax will be localized for the West. It is a 2D fighter featuring 14 playable characters along with 23 support characters, mostly from popular Dengeki Bunko light novel franchises. The video game will release on the PS Vita and Playstation 3 this summer.… Read More News: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax to be Localized
I’m a bit late for this, but thanks to Frog-kun (Fantastic Memes) for posting about this news recently. On December 24th, Impress QuickBooks (a Japanese e-book publisher), released three of their “light novellas” in English. A light novel contest was held on Conyac, a crowd-funding translation website, and Impress QuickBooks then published the three winning… Read More News: Impress QuickBooks Releases LN Ebooks
English Title: Whether it Rains or Shines Tomorrow Japanese Title: 明日ãŒé›¨ã§ã‚‚æ™´ã‚Œã§ã‚‚ Author: Madoka Harumi Illustrator: Nacht Translator: Chelsea Inaba, Yoshino Kazuki Genre: Romance, Drama Original Run: 2014 English Run: 2014 Volumes: 1 English Publisher: Impress QuickBooks Volumes Published in English: 1 (COMPLETE) Average Price Per Volume: Google Play $3 -- iTunes $3 – BookWalker $3 Synopsis: When Itsuko woke up in the health… Read More Whether it Rains or Shines Tomorrow
English Title: The Akiba Labyrinth: A Little Trip with My Little Big Japanese Title: ã‚¢ã‚ãƒè¿·å®®ï½žå°ã•ãªå…ˆè¼©ã¨å°æ—…è¡Œ Author: Maho Illustrator: Chiwawa Iwasaki Translator: Dawn Croft, Susumu Fukuhara Genre: Fantasy, Comedy Original Run: 2014 English Run: 2014 English Publisher: Impress QuickBooks Volumes in Japanese: 1 (Completed) Volumes in English: 1 (Completed) Average Price Per Volume: Google Play $3 -- iTunes $3 — BookWalker $3 Synopsis: My Big is… Read More The Akiba Labyrinth
