Seven Seas has announced a license for the novel Record of Lodoss War: The Grey Witch. This fancy-looking hardcover is planned to release on October 31, 2017 for 25 dollars. The book will include illustrations by Yutaka Izubuchi. Record of Lodoss War was a series of fantasy novels released in Japan from 1988 to 1993,… Read More Seven Seas Licenses Record of Lodoss War
J-Novel Club has added two new light novel series to its lineup: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom — by Dojyomaru (with art by Fuyuyuki) Paying to Win in a VRMMO — by Blitz Kiva (with art by Kuwashima Rein) Realist Hero Synopsis: “O, Hero!” With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma found himself summoned… Read More J-Novel Club: Realist Hero and Paying to Win
A surprise announcement from Yen Press has appeared: The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria (AKA Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria [AKA Hakomari]) has been licensed for official English release. The synopsis: Kazuki Hoshino leads the easy-going life of a typical high school student -- until the appearance of a new girl in… Read More Yen On: The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria
More light novels in English! Yen Press recently announced two new novel licenses: 1) Sound! Euphonium, and 2) Magical Girl Raising Project. It looks like both are planned to release in the summer of 2017. Note that the tweet for Sound Euphonium specifies the license is for the first novel. Both series have anime adaptations… Read More Yen On: Sound! Euphonium and Magical Girl Raising Project
I wasn’t planning on putting together another one of these this month, but we just got three big pieces of news all at once! This has been an exciting time for English light novels… First up, some news I was hoping to hear ever since seeing the movie… Makoto Shinkai’s novel for Your Name has… Read More Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 3)
I feel a bit swamped lately, what with all these light novel shenanigans. But there’s still loads more to look forward to before this month is over! First, a quick recap of upcoming releases: The Tokyo Ghoul novel releases October 18th. After that, DanMachi: Sword Oratoria vol 1, Psycome vol 2, and SAO Progressive vol… Read More Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 2)
