Vertical has recently announced the following light novel licenses: Attack on Titan: Before the Fall — Kyklo Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City Update from Vertical: @cho_desu more details were given but people didnt report them. Both are omnibus releases Kyklo due Late Spring/Early Summer & Mistress Fall — Vertical (@readvertical) October 15,… Read More News: Vertical Licenses More Attack on Titan LNs
English Title: Mobile Suit Gundam: Awakening, Escalation, Confrontation Japanese Title: 機動戦士ガンダム— “Kidou Senshi Gandamu” — Mobile Suit Gundam Author: Yoshiyuki Tomino Illustrator: Haruhiko Mikimoto, Yoshinobu Aohachi Translator: Frederik L. Schodt Genre: Sci-fi, Mecha, Military Original Run: 1979 English Run: 1990, 2004 Volumes: 3 Note: The current English release includes all three volumes in one book. English Publisher:… Read More Mobile Suit Gundam
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
