A new month, a new batch of links to various light novel posts: On the blog titled éŠæˆ¯ã®å¢ƒç•Œ, xelns reminds me–now that I’ve finished the two Dangan Ronpa VN games, I ought to take a look at the prequel light novels for Dangan Ronpa Zero. Otakutwins Reviews gives a quick light novel suggestion: Book Girl… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (November 2014)
English Title: A Certain Magical Index Japanese Title: ã¨ã‚ã‚‹é”è¡“ã®ç¦æ›¸ç›®éŒ² -- Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu Author: Kazuma Kamachi — éŽŒæ± å’Œé¦¬ Illustrator: Kiyotaka Haimura — ç°æ‘ ã‚ヨタカ Translator: Andrew Prowse, Yoshito Hinton Genre: Urban Fantasy, Action, Adventure Original Run: April 2004 – October 2010 English Run: November 2014 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: Dengeki Bunko (ASCII Media Works)… Read More A Certain Magical Index
The first volume of A Certain Magical Index and the second volume of Accel World have recently been released by Yen Press. They are available in paperback, and can be purchased online. A Certain Magical Index vol 1: Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Book Depository Accel World vol 2: Amazon — Barnes and Noble… Read More News: A Certain Magical Index 1, Accel World 2 Released
Though this site focuses more on light novel news for English-speaking regions, a recent release in Japan should be of interest to those who enjoy import games. Dengeki Bunko, a Japanese publisher of many popular light novel franchises, has collaborated with Sega to create an arcade fighting game featuring many characters from various light novels… Read More News: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Releases in Japan
We’re already a few days into November, so it’s time for another post linking some light novel articles I’ve come across the past month. The Alice in the Country of Diamonds light novel released in English this past month. For an extensive review of that, you can read one on themadpuppy85’s Tumblr blog. From Melodicity, a… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (October 2014)
Many of my favorite indie horror games made in Japan have received light novel adaptations or spin-offs, and I’ve been able to collect a few of them during my time living here. For Halloween, I took some pictures of a few illustrations found in these books: Shiro no Noroi This book is the standard size… Read More Halloween Special: Japanese Horror Light Novels
