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
English Title: Alice’s Tale Japanese Title: アリスã®ç‰©èªž — “Alice’s Tale” Author: Tadanori Kurashita Illustrator: Poyoyon Rock Translator: Braden Noyes, Mami Suzuki Genre: Sci-fi, Drama 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: Officially, I deal in stocks. My… Read More Alice’s Tale
I wrote an article titled “Predictions and Wishful Thinking for 2015 Light Novels” over at Organization Anti-Social Geniuses! I go over five English publishers and pick out a couple light novels that I think would be a good fit among their manga/novel lineups. You can click here to go straight to this article.
