A new anime season is upon us, and I’d like to briefly spotlight a few series airing in Japan that are based on light novels. IÂ will update this page with links to official streaming services for those who are interested in watching these series as they premiere. Chaika: The Coffin Princess – Avenging Battle Gonna… Read More News: Fall 2014 Anime Based on Light Novels
September has passed away, and it’s time for some more links to light novel-related blog posts: Melodicity delves a bit into the world of Blazblue light novels. There’s quite a few of them, it turns out! Noninfinite has compiled a nice list of upcoming English light novels, including their ISBNs and book titles. Here is… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (September 2014)
For general information on this series: Missing entry This review is for the first volume of Missing by Gakuto Coda. The English edition was released by Tokyopop in November 2007. One more volume was eventually released, but the remaining eleven novels were never localized. Note that artwork by Shin Midorikawa was included in the original Japanese edition, but not for the English… Read More Review: Missing — Spirited Away
I’ve bought a bunch of light novels recently, and thought I’d share some photos of them. This will be similar to my “Introduction to Light Novels” page, but perhaps this post can be considered the 102 course? Here’s some of my recent purchases–most of them were used but still in nice condition. Light novels are cheap to… Read More Feature: A Look into Japanese Light Novels
The first volume of Attack on Titan: Before the Fall has recently been released by Vertical Publishing. It is available in paperback, and appears to be downloadable for Nook as well. You can purchase the book from online retailers such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Book Depository. Synopsis: Before the fall, and before the… Read More News: Attack on Titan – Before the Fall Vol 1 Released
English Title: Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Japanese Title: 進撃ã®å·¨äºº Before the Fall — Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall — “Advancing Giants: Before the Fall” Author: Ryo Suzukaze Illustrator: Thores Shibamoto Translator: Genre: Fantasy, Post-Apocalypse, Adventure Original Run: 2011 – 2012 English Run: 2014 – 2015 Japanese Publisher: Kodansha LightNovel (Kodansha) English Publisher: Vertical… Read More Attack on Titan: Before the Fall
