English Title: The Violet Knight Japanese Title: ç´«ã®é¨Žå£« — Murasaki no Hitomi — “The Violet Knight” Author: Yohna Illustrator: Ako Tenma Translator: Charis Messier Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Josei Original Run: 2008 – ongoing (web novel) English Run: 2016 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: N/A English Publisher: Cross Infinite World Volumes in Japanese: N/A Volumes in English:… Read More The Violet Knight
For general information on this series: The Irregular at Magic High School entry ~A guest review by Aaron~ Since its genesis as a web novel, The Irregular at Magic High School went on to be adapted into a 2014 anime that drew wildly differing opinions, with some hating it as an overly “talky†sci-fi power… Read More Guest Review: The Irregular at Magic High School (Vol 1)
In 2003, a nice Japanese person from Kodansha, named Katsushi Ota, decided to create, in collaboration with big names from the LN world, a magazine under the name Faust. And in 2008, decided that the English market was a good place to sell them. Del Rey Manga, (definitely one of my favourite publishers and the… Read More Editorial: A look on Faust
It’s time for light novel notes! I’m going to stop posting recent releases (I have those covered here), but I will go over what’s coming out soon. (Or in the case of The Violet Knight, what has just barely released.) The Violet Knight volume 1 (ebook) Amazon Release Date: September 12, 2016 Strike the Blood volume… Read More Light Novel Notes (September 2016)
English Title: The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water Japanese Title: å¦æˆ¦éƒ½å¸‚アスタリスク — Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku — “Academy Battle City Asterisk” Author: Yuu Miyazaki — 三屋咲 ゆㆠIllustrator: Okiura Translator: Melissa Tanaka, Haydn Trowell Genre: Magic School, Urban Fantasy, Romance, Harem Original Run: September 2012 – ongoing English Run: August 2016 – ongoing… Read More The Asterisk War
How was everyone’s summer? I hope you all had a good time reading light novels. I haven’t been keeping up with all the posts I’ve wanted to publish here, but I think it will be easier now that things have settled a bit with my move back to Japan and wrapping up the summer reading… Read More Light Novel Releases — July & August 2016
