Back in 1996 there was a Sega arcade game you could play called Virtual On: Cyber Troopers, in which you and a friend could control giant robots (via two pilot joysticks, mad scientist-style) and attempt to beat each other up. Some things happened, and then in 2018 a new game of this sort was released… Read More Let’s Play A Certain Magical Virtual-On
J-Novel Club made some new announcements at the Otakuthon anime convention. (They also held a Q and A session — you can watch the full industry panel here.) Physical copies for How Not to Summon a Demon Lord will release either late 2018 or early 2019, same time as In Another World with My Smartphone.… Read More Three New J-Novel Club Licenses
In the original Summer Reading Program 2018 schedule, I listed Shinonome Yuuko Loves Short Stories volume 1 as the light novel we would read and then discuss around August 18th. Unfortunately, it turns out that volume was never fully-translated into English. I was under the impression that it was, but it looks like the fan… Read More Next Summer Reading Discussion Will Be Bokushinu
English Title: The Eccentric Master and the Fake Lover Japanese Title: ã²ããã‚Œå¸«åŒ ã¨å½ã‚Šã®æ‹äºº — Hinekure Shishou to Itsuwari no Koibito Author: Roka Sayuki Illustrator: Itaru Translator: Charis Messier Genre: Comedy, Isekai Fantasy, Romcom Original Run: April 2015 – August 2016 (web novel) English Run: August 2018 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: N/A English Publisher: Cross Infinite World… Read More The Eccentric Master and the Fake Lover
English Title: Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? Japanese Title: 打ã¡ä¸Šã’花ç«ã€ä¸‹ã‹ã‚‰è¦‹ã‚‹ã‹ï¼Ÿæ¨ªã‹ã‚‰è¦‹ã‚‹ã‹ï¼Ÿ — Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? — “Uchiage Hanabi” Author: Hitoshi One, Shunji Iwai (original screenplay) Illustrator: N/A Translator: Stephen Kohler Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy Original Run: June 2017 English Run: August 2018 Japanese… Read More Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
English Title: Dawn of the Mapmaker: The Surveyor Girl and the Forbidden Knowledge Japanese Title: ä¹åä¹ã®é»Žæ˜Ž ï¼æ¸¬é‡å°‘女ã¨ç¦ã˜ã‚‰ã‚ŒãŸçŸ¥è˜ï¼ — Tsukumo no Reimei: Sokuryou Shoujo to Kinjirareta Chishiki Author: Akira Nashiki Illustrator: MonoKubo Translator: Charis Messier Genre: High Fantasy, Adventure Original Run: November 2015 – February 2018 (web novel) English Run: July 2018 – ongoing Japanese Publisher:… Read More Dawn of the Mapmaker
