For general information on the series: Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers entry This review is for the first volume of Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers by Ishio Yamagata (with artwork by Miyagi). The English edition was released by Yen Press in April 2017. The second volume will be released in the following months… Read More Review: Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers (Vol.1)
Various light novel licenses have been announced recently, namely in the form of extending the scope of specific series that are already getting English releases. Firstly, Yen Press has announced a license for the Re:Zero Ex spinoff novels. The first volume, which focuses on side characters Crusch and Ferris, will release in English on November… Read More More LN Licenses: Re:Zero, Monogatari, Your Lie in April, Zaregoto
~A guest review by Frog-kun~ This is a review for volumes 1-4 of the Sword Art Online: Progressive light novel series, written by Reki Kawahara. The English edition was first released by Yen Press in March 2015, and the translation has since caught up to the Japanese publication. The series is still ongoing, with four… Read More Guest Review: Sword Art Online Progressive (Vol 1-4)
This review is for Welcome to the NHK, a standalone novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (with cover art by Yoshitoshi ABe). The English edition was released in October 2007 by Tokyopop. This book had been in my to-read pile for a long time. I had figured it would probably be a good story, but I… Read More Review: Welcome to the NHK
English Title: Bluesteel Blasphemer Japanese Title: 蒼鋼ã®å†’涜者<ブルースãƒãƒ¼ãƒ«ãƒ»ãƒ–ラスフェマ> — Aohagane no Boutokusha Author: Ichirou Sakaki Illustrator: Tera Akai Translator: James Rushton, Kevin Steinbach Genre: Fantasy, Adventure Original Run: April 2015 – April 2016 English Run: May 2017 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: HJ Bunko (Hobby Japan) English Publisher: J-Novel Club Volumes in Japanese: 4 (Completed) Volumes in… Read More Bluesteel Blasphemer
It’s almost that time of year again, when we read six light novels during the summer and post comments about them all on a fun little website I like to call englishlightnovels dot com. During the month of June, we will read and discuss two cool books: Your Name — by Makoto Shinkai The Disappearance… Read More Summer Reading Program: June 2017
