Yen Press has announced a license for the novel Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?, by Shunji Iwai and Hitoshi Ohne. Fireworks began as a 45-minute Japanese TV film written and directed by Shunji Iwai in 1993, which later saw theatrical release in 1995. An anime film adaptation of this… Read More Yen Press Licenses Fireworks Novel
English Title: Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! Japanese Title: ç§ã€èƒ½åŠ›ã¯å¹³å‡å€¤ã§ã£ã¦è¨€ã£ãŸã‚ˆãï¼ — Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! — “I Said Make My Abilities Average!” Author: FUNA Illustrator: Itsuki Akata — 亜方逸樹 Translator: Diana Taylor Genre: Comedy, Isekai, Fantasy Original Run: May 2016 – ongoing English… Read More Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!
From the outside, Japanese subcultures feel like they don’t belong on this Earth. Documentaries about these underground subcultures depict people whose lives can be defined as “drifting” and “antisocial” trying to engage in what looks like to be maddening occult activities. One such subculture is the so-called underground idol subculture (地下アイドル). Documentaries uploaded to YouTube… Read More JPN Review: Melody Lyrik Idol Magik
Cross Infinite World has announced a new light novel license for Mia and the Forbidden Medicine Report. It is described as “a mystery story set in a steampunk magic academy.” Like Cross Infinite World's other releases, the source material is a Japanese web novel. (In this case, a novel on Syosetsu, titled ミアã¨ç¦æ–ã®å‰µè–¬ãƒ¬ãƒãƒ¼ãƒˆ.) It was… Read More Cross Infinite World: Mia and the Forbidden Medicine Report
Happy new year! Actually it’s already almost been a whole month. Sorry for only getting to the yearly recap post now, but real life and this blog have both kept me quite busy the last several weeks. New light novel entries, updates for light novel entries, updating the preorder page and current releases page, catching… Read More This Year in English Light Novels 2017
Two high school girls desperately in love with each other point their rifles toward the 3,000 cops marching into the school. They want their vengeance and more importantly, their love, to be remembered before they are either gunned down or captured. They kiss and it is that moment — that eternal moment that will sweeten… Read More JPN Review: Vanilla – A Sweet Partner
