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Twilight Out of Focus Volumes 1-4 Manga Review
Twilight Out of Focus treats difficult subjects with respect and doesn’t lean into melodrama unless its in service of the plot, while the characters read like believable high schoolers, disproportionately confident and squirming with anxiety at the same time.
― Twilight Out of Focus, a mature-rated BL series published by Kodansha, may have first come to the attention of English-language readers when ...
Yen Press Licenses Hereditary Triangle, Luciole Has a Dream, Blend-S, More Manga/Novels
Also: Be My Worst Nightmare!; Revenge Agent Hizumi-san; Stomp, Kick, Love
― Yen Press announced during its panel at Anime Expo on Friday that it has licensed the following manga and light novels for release in December. The company will also release the Sword Art Online abec Artworks New World artbook and 3-in-1 omnibus edition of Etorouji Shiono's Übel Blatt manga in December and a complete box set...
J-Novel Club Adds 8 Light Novels, 4 Manga
The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters, Lacey Longs for Freedom, Duchess in the Attic, more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced during its Anime Expo panel on Saturday that it has licensed eight new light novel titles and four new manga titles. The light novel titles include: Title: The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters (Kaibutsu-tachi o Suberu Mono)
Author(s): Sin Guilty (writer), NAKAMURA 8 (illustrator)
Relea...
J-Novel Club Announces Winners of English Light Novel Contest
John W. Rohman wins Grand Prize, Quadrillian, Cathfach, Laura M. Drake win First Prize
― J-Novel Club announced the winners of its "JNC Original Light Novel Contest" during its Anime Expo panel on Thursday. The contest sought entries for original English light novels over the past year. J-Novel Club also announced that it will hold another contest this year, with more details announced at a later da...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 30-July 6
Gurren Lagann The Movie –Childhood's End-/–The Lights in the Sky Are Stars- anime, Burst Angel manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the next week, and will be back in mid-July. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 July 2 Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time Limited Edition...
Monogatari Off & Monster Season Anime Gets New Short Stories About Yoasobi Theme Song
"Nadeko Past," "Shinobu Future" available to read on Monogatari website
― Monogatari author NisiOisin released two new short stories "Nadeko Past" and "Shinobu Future" on the official Monogatari website on Sunday. The stories are the basis of the MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season anime's theme song "Undead" by YOASOBI. YOASOBI released the song digitally on Monday. MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONS...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 23-29
Oshi no Ko, The First Slam Dunk, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc anime; Kaina of the Great Snow Sea manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 25 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Limited Edition BDCite Aniplex of America US$169...
Once Upon a Witch's Death Novels Get TV Anime in 2025
Yoshino Aoyama, Yoshiko Sakakibara star in anime at EMT Squared
― Kadokawa announced on Friday that author Saka an illustrator Chorefuji's Once Upon a Witch's Death: The Tale of the One Thousand Tears of Joy (Aru Majo ga Shinu Made: Owari no Kotoba to Hajimari no Namida) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation in 2025. Manga adaptation artist Kenu Amearare drew an illustration to ...
Mizuki Tsujimura's Goman to Zenryō Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Manga author Kaori Tsurutani launched novel's manga adaptation on June 20
― Manga author Kaori Tsurutani (BL Metamorphosis) launched the manga adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura's Gōman to Zenryō (Arrogance and Virtue) novel on Asahi Shimbun Publications' Shōsetsu TRIPPER literary magazine's website web TRIPPER on June 20. The manga launched with three chapters available, and new chapters will be updated...
Seven Seas Announces 2 Audiobooks, Licenses Guilty Smile, Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent Manga, 4 More Titles
Also announced: Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?, Play Me Softly, Rozen Maiden Collector's Edition
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Shigeru Haijima's Only I Know the World Is Ending and Getting Killed by Rampaging Beasts Only Makes Me Stronger, MAMITA's Wanna Be My Dress-Up Lover?, Kou Unazuki's Guilty Smile, Naruki's Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent, Kakeru Tsukin...
Seiju Amano's Class no Dai Kirai na Joshi to Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta. Story Gets TV Anime
Hinaki Yano stars as protagonist Akane Sakuramori
― Aniplex revealed on Monday that Seiju Amano's Class no Dai Kirai na Joshi to Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta. (I Ended Up Marrying the Girl in My Class I Hated the Most) story is getting a television anime adaptation, and also revealed the anime's teaser visual and main cast. The anime will star Hinaki Yano as the protagonist Akane Sakuramori (featured in...
A Ballad of Sword and Wine Danmei Novel Review
This pitch-perfect enemies-to-lovers novel might be too dense for those new to the genre.
― If you're a BL fan who hasn't discovered danmei (Chinese homoerotic romance novels), now is a great time to jump on the bandwagon – just maybe not with A Ballad of Sword and Wine as your first title. It's a good book and will improve even more as the story continues. Rather it's that this is the densest danmei...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 16-22
Sister and Giant: A Young Lady Is Reborn in Another World, Sword Art Online: Kiss & Fly, Senpai, This Can't Be Love!, Chasing Spica manga ship
― Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Adachi and Shimamura GN 5Please Yen Press US$13.00 June 18 Adults' Picture Book: New Edition GN 2Cite Yen Press US$15.00 June 18 Ako and Bambi GN 2AnimeNewsNetwork Yen Press US$15.00 June 18 A...
Moriarty's Perfect Crime Novels Get 'Light Anime' Debuting on July 19
Ryōta Suzuki, Yuri Noguchi star in anime
― Animation ID announced on Thursday that Kuromeika's Moriarty's Perfect Crime (Mirai no Kuromakukei Akuyaku Reijō Moriarty no Isekai Kanzen Hanzai Hakusho) novels are inspiring a "light anime" that will air on CBC TV starting on July 19. Imageworks Studio is animating the series with production cooperation from nanogram and Studio Kaiba. Yōsuke Kubo (Dahlia i...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 9-15
Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning anime; Naruto: Sasuke's Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust, Night of the Living Cat manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Buddy Daddies BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 11 Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning BD/DVDCite Shout! Factory US$26.98 June 11 Kitty's Vault Klassics: High 5 Pack BD (adult)...
'Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu's' Mito Launches New Manga
Manga adapts Akira Shikimi's Seijin Kōshaku-sama ga Last Boss da to Iu Koto o Watashi dake ga Shitteiru story
― Overlap announced on June 3 that manga creator Mito will launch a manga adaptation of Akira Shikimi's Seijin Kōshaku-sama ga Last Boss da to Iu Koto o Watashi dake ga Shitteiru ~Tensei Akujo wa Hametsu Kaihi o Mosakuchū~ (Only I Know that the Saintly Duke is the Last Boss ~The Reincarnated ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 2-8
Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill, Is The Order a Rabbit? anime; No Game No Life: Chapter 2 Eastern Union Arc, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 June 4 Is The Order a Rabbit? Season 1 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks U...
Kadokawa Debuts Kadokawa Masterpiece Comics Label to Adapt Literary Classics into Manga
Manga adaptations of The Silent Miaow, The Legends of Tono, The Alchemist, more announced
― Kadokawa announced a new manga label named Kadokawa Masterpiece Comics on Monday, focusing on manga adaptations of worldwide literary classics. The label's first titles include a manga adaptation of Paul Gallico's The Silent Miaow (Neko-go no Kyōkasho) by Katana Sajima debuting on July 20, Kunio Yanagita's The...
Full Metal Panic's Shoji Gatoh Is Unnerved to Be the Rare Light Novelist With Short Titles
Gone are the days when names of Japanese novels were short
― Since about the mid-2000s, the length of Japanese light novel titles (referring to the actual name of the work) has slowly become longer and longer. Back then, there used to be titles like Slayers, Record of the Lodoss War, or Maria Watches Over Us. Today, there's a deluge of longer titles like That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Campf...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 26-June 1
My Home Hero, Belladonna of Sadness anime; Only the Stars Know, Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Belladonna of Sadness 4K BDPlease Discotek US$39.95 May 28 BLUELOCK Season 1 Part 2 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 28 Chie the Brat BDPlease Discotek US$69.95 May 28 Digimon Adventure 02 English Dub BDPlease Discote...
Undead Girl Murder Farce Author Yugo Aosaki's Taiikukan no Satsujin Novel Gets Manga
Manga based on mystery author's award-winning debut work launches on June 21
― The July issue of Kadokawa's Comic Alive magazine revealed on Monday that Yugo Aosaki's Taiikukan no Satsujin (Murder at the School Gym) novel is inspiring a manga adaptation that will launch in the Comic Alive+ website on June 21. The novel's story begins with a locked room whodunnit: the death of Kazegaoka school's broad...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Astrea Record Novel One Review
When even the author says this story will hurt, you know it will be bad.
― When even the author says this story will hurt, you know it will be bad. That's assuming, of course, that you weren't prepared for it going in. The fate of Astrea Familia is well-known to readers and viewers (and players) of the various Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon iterations, and the most recent season of ...
Kinnikuman Franchise Gets 2nd Mystery Novel on July 4
Oginuma X writes again, original creator Yudetamago supervises 2nd novel Kinnikuman Akuma Chōjin Atami Ryokō Satsujin Jiken
― Shueisha's Jump J-Books website is listing a second mystery novel for the Kinnikuman series titled Kinnikuman Akuma Chōjin Atami Ryokō Satsujin Jiken (Kinnikuman Devil Superhuman Atami Trip Murder Case), which will release on July 4. Oginuma X is again writing the novel, and o...
Tokyopop Publishes Novels, Manga of Yū Nagira's My Beautiful Man BL Series
1st volume of novel, Megumi Kitano's manga debut on July 16
― Tokyopop confirmed on Thursday that it has licensed Yū Nagira's My Beautiful Man (Utsukushii Kare) boys love light novel series, as well as Megumi Kitano's manga adaptation of the same novel series. Tokyopop will ship the first volume of both the novel and manga series digitally and in print on July 16. Tokyopop describes the novel series:...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 19-25
A Galaxy Next Door, The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime; Hirayasumi, Mysterious Disappearances manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Dead Mount Death Play Part 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 21 Dr. Stone Season 3 Part 1 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 21 Food Wars! The Second Plate BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 May 21 A Galaxy Next Do...
The Unimplemented Overlords Have Joined the Party! Novel 1 Review
The book feels like a deliberate combo of SAO, Log Horizon, and Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town, and that works better than you might expect.
― If this story feels familiar, that's on purpose. In their afterword, author Nagawasabi64 says that they've noticed that the "trapped in a VRMMORPG" genre made popular by SAO has fallen out of favor, which made them want to ...
Blue Lock Manga Listed With New Prologue Novel
Blue Lock: Tatakai no Mae, Bokura wa. Aryū, Barō, Yukimiya novel debuts on July 17
― Amazon listed a new light novel for Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's Blue Lock manga titled Blue Lock: Tatakai no Mae, Bokura wa. Aryū, Barō, Yukimiya (Blue Lock: Before the Fight, We are Aryu, Barō, Yukimiya) that will ship on July 17. The novel is penned by Momo Moegi and Nomura. The light novel series is se...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 12-18
KONOSUBA - An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 anime; My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Kei X Yaku: Bound By Law manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 14 Kitty Twin Treats - Volume 3 BDCite Kitty Media US$39.99 May 14 Kitty's Twin Treats - Volum...
'Shōsetsuka ni Narō' Novel Website Scraped for A.I. Developer
Over 700,000 works sourced from self-publishing website
― Naro FanDB, an unofficial fan X (formerly Twitter) account for the Japanese novel website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, posted on April 27 that a public dataset from the RyokoAI project scraped about 711,700 works from the website. Datasets can be used for the training of A.I. models. Netizens questioned the ethics of using works from Shōsetsuka ni Narō...
Kogitsunemaru's Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time Light Novels Get TV Anime in January 2025
Main cast, staff, teaser visual, video revealed
― A website opened on Thursday to reveal a television anime adaptation of Kogitsunemaru's Izure Saikyō no Renkinjutsu-shi? (Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?) light novel series, which will premiere in January 2025. The website also revealed the anime's main cast, staff, and a teaser promotional video and visual. The novel series' illustrator Hi...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 5-11
Mob Psycho 100 III, KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World anime; Star Wars: Visions: The Manga Anthology, Mobsters in Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 7 Mob Psycho 100 III BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 May 7 Mob Psycho 100 III Limited Edition BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll...
Banished from the Hero's Party Light Novels End With 15th Volume
Light novel series launched in 2017
― The 14th volume of Zappon and Yasumo's Banished from the Hero's Party (Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita) light novel series revealed on May 1 that the series will end in its 15th volume. Yen Press is publishing the light novels in English, and it describes the story:
Red was once a member of the...
Adachi and Shimamura Novels Will Not End in 12th Volume
Series planned up to characters' high school graduation
― Hitoma Iruma revealed in his April update post on the Kakuyomu website that the Adachi and Shimamura (Adachi to Shimamura) yuri novel series will not end in volume 12 as previously planned. The author noted he was unsure of when the series would end, but that he planned to continue the story until the characters' high school graduation for no...
Yū Shimizu, Asagi Tōsaka's The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Novels End in 16th Volume
Novel series launched in 2019
― The 15th volume of Yū Shimizu and Asagi Tōsaka's The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai) light novel series revealed on April 25 that the novel series will end in its 16th volume. The final volume's release date has not been announced. Kadokawa published the first volume of Shimizu's novel series with Tōsaka's illustrations in May 20...
Seven Seas Offers Audiobooks for I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, I'm in Love with the Villainess, 4 Other Titles
Other titles are I Had that Same Dream Again, At Night, I Become a Monster, Until I Meet My Husband, Loyal Soldier, Lustful Beast
― Seven Seas announced today the company is launching audiobook adaptations under its audiobook imprint Siren of Yoru Sumino's I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, I Had that Same Dream Again, At Night, I Become a Monster, Ryousuke Nanasaki's Until I Meet My Husband memoir, Inori ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 28-May 4
Blue Giant, The Dangers in My Heart anime; Fed Up With Being the Spoiled Queen's Genius Butler, I Ran Away and Built the World's Strongest Army, My Sister Took My Fiance and Now I'm Being Courted by a Beastly Prince manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Blue Giant BDCite Shout! Factory US$26.98 April 30 The Dangers in My Heart Season 1 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmw...
The Spring 2024 Light Novel Guide
From Classroom for Heroes to Management of a Novice Alchemist, we have reviews of the newest light novels in our guide!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2024 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our ongoing manga guide! This season, we have 20 novels with reviews in the guide for you to browse. Every included novel was published in March or April or will be released in May. This guide focuses...
Mizuki Tsujimura's Gōman to Zenryō Novel Gets Live-Action Film
Taisuke Fujigaya, Nao star in September 27 film
― Mizuki Tsujimura's Gōman to Zenryō (Arrogance and Virtue) novel is inspiring a live-action film adaptation that will open on September 27. The film stars Kis-My-Ft2 idol group member Taisuke Fujigaya as Kakeru Nishizawa, and actress Nao as Kakeru's fiance Mami Sakaniwa. Kentarō Hagiwara (live-action Tokyo Ghoul, Blue Period) is directing the film. Yuk...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 21-27
Monogatari Final Season, Otaku Elf anime; A Brief Moment of Ichika, Soseki Natsume's Kokoro manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Monogatari Series - Final Season Complete Set BDCite Aniplex of America US$429.98 April 23 Otaku Elf BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 April 23 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Ancient Magus' ...
Baku Yumemakura's Garoden Novels Get Netflix Anime on May 23
Ryōta Takeuchi stars as Jūzō Fujimaki in NAZ anime
― Netflix Japan revealed on Monday a trailer to announce the anime adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's Garoden novels titled Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf, which will premiere worldwide on the streaming service on May 23. Netflix Anime's YouTube channel is also streaming the anime's trailer with English subtitles. The anime stars: Ryōta Takeuchi as ...
Hanashi Media to Release Observation Records of My Fiancée Light Novel Series in English
1st of 2-volume series to release digitally on July 30
― Hanashi Media announced on Thursday that it will release author Shiki and illustrator Wan Hachipisu's Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess (Jishō Akuyaku Reijō na Konyakusha no Kansatsu Kiroku) light novel series in English digitally. The company describes the story: Exceptionally gifted to his ow...
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Anime Gets Novelization
Show's writer Yūki Yaku pens novelization, with 1st novel adapting 1st 4 episodes launching on May 20
― Shogakukan is listing a series of novelizations for Doga Kobo's original television anime series Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night (Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai), with the first novel covering episodes 1-4 launching on May 20. Writer Yūki Yaku (Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki), the head writer and scr...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 14-20
Rozen Maiden anime; Trinity Seven Revision, Snowball Earth manga ship"
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Rozen Maiden BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$119.98 Sentai Filmworks Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date 15 Minutes Before We Really Date GN 2Please Yen Press US$15.00 April 16 Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture GN 3Cite ...
Cross Infinite World Licenses Let's Get to Villainessin', Soup Forest, 3 More Light Novels
Also: By a Twist of Fate, I'm Attending the Royal Academy in Disguise, more
― Cross Infinite World announced on Tuesday that it has licensed five new light novel series: Title: By a Twist of Fate, I'm Attending the Royal Academy in Disguise
Creators: Ringo (story), Tsukasa Satsuki (art)
Release Date: May 31 (digital), physical version at later date Synopsis: Cesia, a mere servant, is attending the Ro...
The New Gate Anime Gets Browser Game
Pre-registration for THE NEW GATE Best Collection is open now
― CTW announced on Friday the television anime of Shinogi Kazanami's light novel series The New Gate is getting a browser game adaptation titled THE NEW GATE Best Collection on the G123 service. Pre-registration is available now. The game will be free to play with optional in-game purchases. Players can craft gear and go on adventures with...
Trapped in a Dating Sim Novelist Yomu Mishima Launches New Project in Fall
Final volume shipped on March 29
― The 13th and final volume of of Yomu Mishima's Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai Desu) light novel series revealed on March 29 the author will launch a new project in the fall. Mishima launched the novels on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Be Novelists) website in 2017 and ended it there in ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 7-13
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time: Super Extra anime; Engage, The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time: Super Extra Complete Collection BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 April 9 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A...
Canine Detective Chris: The Shiba Inu Detective Tracks Down the Stolen Jewels! Novel Review
Canine Detective Chris, one of the four launch titles for Yen Press' middle-grade light novel imprint, digs into several of the trends in middle-grade mystery that make it so appealing, chief among them the intelligent animal of its title.
― Mystery is one of the staples of middle-grade fiction, alongside fantasy and school stories. From The Westing Game and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. F...
Midori Amagaeru's Online! The Unbeatable Game Light Novel Ends in 27th Volume
Novel series' 26th volume releases on Wednesday; 27th, final volume to release on May 9
― Writer Midori Amagaeru revealed on their X (formerly Twitter) account that their Online! The Unbeatable Game light novel series will end in its 27th volume on May 9. The novels' 26th volume (image right) will release on Wednesday. Yen Press licensed the novel series and released the first volume on December 12. ...
J-Novel Club Adds 5 New Light Novels, 4 New Manga
Manga including To Another World... with Land Mines!, My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World, more launch on Friday
― J-Novel Club announced on Friday that it has licensed five more light novel series and four more manga series. The new licenses include: Title: From Two-Bit Baddie to Total Heartthrob: This Villainess Will Cross-Dress to Impress! (Mob Dōzen no Akuyaku Reijō wa Dansō Shite Kōryaku T...
The Detective is Already Dead Gets Spinoff Novel About Charlotte
Spinoff novel ships on May 24
― The official Twitter account for Nigojū and Umibōzu's The Detective Is Already Dead (Tantei wa Mō, Shindeiru) light novel series revealed on Tuesday that the novels will have a new spinoff novel titled Charlotte wa Tada, Jiken o Tokitai. Tantei wa Mō, Shindeiru. Code:RED that will ship on May 24. Hoko Hinachi is penning the novel, and Minori Chigusa is drawing the art....
Rascal Does Not Dream Novel Series Enters Final Arc
Concluding 14th, 15th novels ship in August, October with drama CDs
― Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko label announced on Friday that Hajime Kamoshida's Seishun Buta Yarō (Rascal Does Not Dream) light novel series is entering its final arc and approaching its conclusion. The 14th novel, titled Seishun Buta Yarō wa Girfriend no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Girlfriend), will ship on August 9. The ...
Tsukasa Tanimai's Teogonia Novels Get TV Anime
Fantasy series follows struggle of boy living in harsh world
― Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures announced on Friday that Tsukasa Tanimai's Teogonia light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures describes the story: It's a time of warfare where relentless battles continue between human and demi-human tribes like the Ash
Monkeys (Macaque) and pig people (Ogres) i...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 31-April 6
Black Bullet anime; Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate, Bless manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Black Bullet BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$28.99 April 2 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Acid Town Graphic Novel (GN) 5Please Tokyopop US$13.99 April 2 Bless GN 1Cite Kodansha USA US$13.99 April 2 Boruto: Naruto Next Gene...
Natsuhiko Kyōgoku's Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari Novel Series Ends in Next Volume in June
Series' final novel Owari no Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari slated for release on June 19
― Kadokawa is listing Natsuhiko Kyōgoku's Owari no Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (image right) as the final novel of his Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari (Requiem from the Darkness or literally, Hundred Stories) novel series. The company will publish the final volume on June 19. Kyōgoku launched the novel series with Kōsetsu Hyaku...
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens Light Novels Enter Final Arc in April, End in May
Novel series launched in 2014
― Writer Chiaki Kisaki revealed on Twitter on Sunday that the Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens light novel series will end with the 14th volume on May 24. The novels will enter the final arc with the 13th volume on April 25. The story of the novels takes place in Fukuoka. At first glance, the city seems like a peaceful one, but under the surface, crime is running rampant. The cit...
Icori Ando Launches Manga Adaptation of Naoki-Winning Hamon Novel
Manga series to serialize on Kadokawa's Comic Hu platform
― Kadokawa's Comic Hu announced on Twitter on March 29 that Icori Ando will adapt Hiroyuki Kurokawa's Naoki Prize-winning novel Hamon (Expulsion) into a manga series on the platform in late April. The Hamon book follows the unlikely pair of the construction consultant Ninomiya and the gangster Kuwahara. The book is the fifth in an overall "Eki...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 24-30
Berserk, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War anime; The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Stitches manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Berserk BDPlease Discotek US$59.95 March 26 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1 BDPlease Viz Media US$44.98 March 26 Fist of the North Star: Legend of Kenshiro BDCite Discotek US$29.95 March 26 Futakoi BDAnimeNe...
1st Girls & Panzer das Finale Novel 'Temporarily' Pulled From Sale on Release Day
Due to production circumstances, MF Bunko J will not release novel now, but may do so later
― Kadokawa's MF Bunko J imprint announced that the first novel volume adapting the Girls und Panzer das Finale film series has been "temporarily" pulled from sale on Monday, the same day it was scheduled for release. The company stated that this was due to various circumstances of the production process. MF Bu...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 17-23
Urusei Yatsura anime; I Want a Gal Gamer to Praise Me, Sword Art Online: Progressive - Canon of the Golden Rule manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Urusei Yatsura Seasons 1-2 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$89.98 March 19 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date #DRCL midnight children GN 2 (hardcover)Please Viz Media US$27.00 March 1...
Seven Seas Licenses 1 Light Novel, 4 Manga Series
Seven Seas to release The Strange House manga, Monster Marriage Shop manga, more later this year
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the The Strange House manga; the I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine, but Somehow I Became Entangled with a Righteous Prince light novel and manga series; the Monster Marriage Shop manga; and the Chotto Dake...
Ganbatte Ikimasshoi Novel Gets Theatrical Anime in October
Film stars Sora Amamiya, Akari Kitō, more star in high school sports anime
― Shochiku announced on Thursday that Yoshiko Shikimura's Ganbatte Ikimasshoi novel is getting a theatrical anime adaptation that will debut on October 25. The film's title roughly translates to "let's go and give it our best" but was used as a cheer (or rallying cry) at the high school alma mater in Ehime prefecture of the or...
Rei Kawahara's Accel World Light Novels Reach 'Climax' in Next Volume
Light novel series launched in 2009
― The 27th volume of Reki Kawahara's Accel World light novels revealed on March 8 that the series will reach its "climax" in the next volume. Yen Press publishes the novels in English and describes the story: Prepare for a full dive! Even in the future, all the advances and innovation in the world can't change the dynamics of the school playground. And for Haruyuk...
I'm a Behemoth Light Novels Get TV Anime
Tasuku Hatanaka, Riho Sugiyama, Hinaki Yano to star
― Hakusensha announced on Monday that Nozomi Ginyoku's I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet (S Rank Monster no “Behemoth” dakedo, Neko to Machigawarete Elf Musume no Pet Toshite Kurashitemasu) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation. The anime will star Tasuku Hatanaka as Tama, ...
Takaya Kagami's Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu Sequel Light Novel Resumes Serialization, Starts Final Arc
Legend of the Legendary Heroes' light novel sequel previously announced to end in 18th volume
― Writer Takaya Kagami revealed on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday that his Dai Densetsu no Yūsha no Densetsu sequel light novel series will resume serialization in Kadokawa's Dragon Magazine May issue on Tuesday, and it will also signal the start of the novel series' final arc. There was no previ...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novels 17-18 Review
The conclusion of the "Fertility Arc" drags in places, but it's bittersweet and remarkably fulfilling, and that makes up for many of its deficiencies.
― Spoiler Warning: This review will contain spoilers for volumes sixteen and seventeen of the light novel series. Freya is tired of waiting. She's decided that if she can't have Bell through fair means (or at least "fair" in her mind), she'll resort to...
Fate/Strange Fake Novels End With 10th Volume
Series' 9th volume released on March 8
― The ninth novel volume of Ryohgo Narita's Fate/strange Fake spinoff story revealed on March 8 that the series will end with its next volume. Narita noted in his afterword that he decided to adjust the novels' finale after deciding to write the story of the ninth volume and the last volume at the same time. Narita (Baccano!, Durarara!!) first published the Fake...
Seven Seas Licenses An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey, I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! Light Novels
Seven Seas releases An Autumn in Amber in September, I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! in August
― Seven Seas announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey and I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! light novels. Seven Seas will release author Mei Hachimoku and illustrator KUKKA's An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey (Kohaku ...
Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose Light Novels End with 13th Volume
Light novels launched in 2019
― The 12th volume of Shūichi Nimaru's Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Come (A Romantic Comedy Where the Childhood Friend Absolutely Will Not Lose) light novel series revealed on March 8 the 13th volume will be the final one. The novels inspired an anime adaptation in April 2021. The anime starred Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Inori Minase, Ayane Sakura, Saori Onishi, and N...
Nazuna Miki's 'I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic' Light Novels Get Anime Adaptation
Ken'ichi Ishikura helms anime at Studio Deen, Marvy Jack
― Happinet announced on Friday that Nazuna Miki's I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima datta kara Mahō wo Kiwamete Mita) light novel series will get an anime adaptation, and revealed a teaser visual. The light novels' illustrator Kabocha, the manga adaptation artist Rio...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 10-16
Suzume, The Legendary Hero Is Dead! anime; One Piece: Shokugeki no Sanji, The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Akiba Maid War BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 March 12 The Legendary Hero Is Dead! BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 March 12 One Piece Season 13 Voyage 6 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$44.98 March 12 Suz...
Yen Audio to Release Audiobook of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Light Novels
Audiobook release set for August
― Yen Audio, Yen Press' imprint for audiobooks, announced on Monday that it will release an audiobook adaptation of Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian light novels in August. The voice cast will be announced at a later date. Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the story: Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Sei...
Hanashi Media Licenses Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Light Novels
1st volume debuts digitally on March 30
― Hanashi Media revealed last Thursday it has licensed Kei Azumi's "alternate-world social reform fantasy" novel series Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- (Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū). The company will release the first novel volume in English digitally on March 30, with pre-orders now open. Hanashi Media describes the story: Makoto Misumi was an average, every...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9
RWBY: Ice Queendom, Insomniacs After School anime; Medalist, A-DO manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Insomniacs After School BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 Redo of Healer BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 March 5 RWBY: Ice Queendom BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$49.99 March 5 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date A-DO Graph...
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Light Novels End With 20th Volume
Series debuted in May 2016, got anime adaptation in July 2021
― The afterword in the 19th volume of Dojyomaru's How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Genjitsushugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki) light novel series revealed last week that the series will end with its 20th volume. The anime adaptation debuted in July 2021. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan. The anime's second part premiere...
Yuu Tanaka's Reincarnated as a Sword Webnovel Ends
Series launched in September 2015
― The Shōsetsuka ni Narō website published the final chapter of Yuu Tanaka's Reincarnated as a Sword (Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita) webnovel on Thursday. Tanaka launched the novels on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in September 2015, and Gentosha began publishing the series with illustrations by LLO in July 2016. The 17th volume will release in Japan on March 29. Tomow...
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory's Ikumi Hino Launches New Manga
Manga launching on March 27 adapts Yukito Mukaihara's story
― The April issue of Kadokawa's Comic Rex magazine revealed on Tuesday that Ikumi Hino will launch a manga adaptation of Yukito Mukaihara's Kabeyaku nado Fuyō to Tsuihō Sareta S-kyū Bōkensha, Dorei Kaihō Skill o Kushi Shite Shijō Saikyō no Kunizukuri (An S-Rank Adventurer Tank is Kicked from the Party and Uses His Slave Release Skill to Buil...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 25-March 2
I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills, Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army anime; The Blue Wolves of Mibu, A Kingdom of Quartz manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 February 27 Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure SDB...
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Gets Novel Adaptation
Novelist Mei Hachimoku writes prequel novel slated for April 17
― Shogakukan is listing a novel adaptation of Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga titled Shōsetsu Sōsō no Frieren ~Zensō~ (Novel: Sōsō no Frieren ~Prelude~) for release on April 17. Mei Hachimoku (The Mimosa Confessions, The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye light novels) is writing...
Tsukasa Fushimi, Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai Novel Gets Manga Adaptation
Jako draws manga debuting on March 8
― This year's fifth issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine revealed on Thursday that Jako will launch a manga adaptation of writer Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrator Hiro Kanzaki's Watashi no Hatsukoi wa Hazukashisugite Dare ni mo Ienai (My First Love is So Embarrassing, I Can't Tell Anyone) light novel. The manga will launch in the sixth issue on March 8. The ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 18-24
Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible, Himouto! Umaru-chan R anime; BLOOD BLADE, Whoever Steals This Book manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Himouto! Umaru-chan R Premium Box Set BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$149.98 February 20 Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 February 20 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price ...
Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture Duo Launch New Manga Adaptation
Akogare no Sakka wa Ningen ja Arimasen Deshita manga launches on March 15
― The March issue of Kadokawa's Comic Gene magazine revealed on February 15 the creative duo behind the Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture manga will launch a manga adaptation of the Akogare no Sakka wa Ningen ja Arimasen Deshita (The Author I Admired was not Human) light novel series (novel pictured at right) in...
Gundam Seed Freedom Novel Ends in 2nd Volume
2nd volume ships on March 26
― Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine announced on Twitter on February 14 that the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM novel based on the film by scriptwriter Liu Goto will end with the second volume on March 26. The first volume shipped on January 30, and recently had a large reprint. Goto penned the novelizations for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny a...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 11-17
My Life as Inukai-san's Dog, Spy×Family anime; I Want to End This Love Game, The White and Blue Between Us manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date My Life as Inukai-san's Dog BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$29.99 February 13 One Piece Season 13 Voyage 5 BD/DVDCite Crunchyroll US$44.98 February 13 Spy×Family Season 1 Part 2 BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$69.98 Febru...
Some of the best BL today comes from Taiwan
A partnership between the Taiwan Creative Content Agency and Japanese publisher Media Do has made four of Taiwan's best BL available to English readers now.
― Readers of queer romance already know that there are more options out there than Japanese BL. In the Western romance landscape, the genre is rapidly expanding, and that's branching out into Western comics as well. Korean manhwa offers M/M optio...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 4-10
Handyman Saitou in Another World, Revenger anime; The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, Gazing at the Star Next Door manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Handyman Saitou in Another World BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 February 6 Revenger BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 February 6 Tears to Tiara BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$79.98 February 6 Print Manga Releases ...
Yen Audio to Release Audiobook Adaptation of your name. Novel
Audiobook slated for July 2024 release
― Yen Audio, Yen Press' imprint for audiobooks, announced on Monday that it will release an audiobook adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's your name. film and novel in July 2024. The novel will serve as the basis for the audiobook. The voice cast will be announced at a later date. Shinkai wrote a novel version of the film in June 2016 prior to the film's release that...
Blade & Bastard: Warm Ash, Dusky Dungeon Novel Review
Blade & Bastard is reminiscent of the heyday of Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance novels, and like those, you don't have to be familiar with the source game.
― There may be other light novel authors as well suited to penning an adaptation/spin-off of the popular RPG series Wizardry than Kumo Kagyu of Goblin Slayer fame, but after reading the first volume of Blade & Bastard, it's hard to think of one. ...
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Novels' New Arc to End in 3rd Volume
New arc launched in December 2022
― Kadokawa is listing the third volume for the new arc of Miri Mikawa and aki's Sugar Apple Fairy Tale light novel series, titled Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Gin Satō-shi to Kogane no Chikai (Sugar Apple Fairy Tale: Silver Sugar Master and the Golden Vow), as the final volume. The volume will ship on March 1. Writer Mikawa and artist aki launched the new arc's first volum...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Audiobook 1 Review
The Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? audiobook is a standard fantasy experience primarily kept afloat by a few novel ideas and strong performances from the narrators.
― The Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? audiobook is a standard fantasy experience primarily kept afloat by a few novel ideas and strong performances from the narrators. It should be noted that this is m...
One Piece Gets New Heroines Light Novel
Original Heroines light novel published in 2021
― Shueisha revealed in a new listing that the One Piece franchise is receiving a new light novel titled ONE PIECE novel HEROINES [Colorful] on March 4. Jun Esaka will write the novel, and Sayaka Suwa will draw the illustrations. The novel will focus on the characters Hancock, Tashigi, Reiju, Uta, Nami and Robin. "episode: Hancock" tells the return of o...
Seven Seas Licenses Mushoku Tensei: Special Book, Recollections, Redundant Reincarnation Novel Volumes
Special Book debuts in August, Recollections in May, Redundant Reincarnation in November
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it has licensed the Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – A Journey of Two Lifetimes [Special Book], Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – Recollections, and Mushoku Tensei: Redundant Reincarnation light novel volumes. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnatio...
Zombie no Arureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai Novels Get TV Anime
Story centers on man who does whatever he wants in zombie invasion
― Frontier Works announced on Thursday that Rokuro Uraji's Zombie no Arureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai (I am the only one who is not attacked in the world filled with zombies.) novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will air on AT-X. The "zombie panic action" story takes place in a world that is suddenly floo...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 28-February 3
Bocchi The Rock!, Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World anime ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Bocchi The Rock! BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 January 30 The Case Study of Vanitas Season 1 Part 2 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 January 30 Giant Beasts of ARS BDAnimeNewsNetwork Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 January 30 Lovely Complex BDPlea...
Zombie no Afureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai Novels Get TV Anime
Story centers on man who does whatever he wants in zombie invasion
― Frontier Works announced on Thursday that Rokuro Uraji's Zombie no Arureta Sekai de Ore Dake ga Osowarenai (I am the only one who is not attacked in the world filled with zombies.) novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will air on AT-X. The "zombie panic action" story takes place in a world that is suddenly floo...
Liz Takayama's Parallel World Pharmacy Light Novel Series Ends in 10th Volume
Manga adaptation continues with reconstructed story
― Kadokawa's MF Books imprint published the 10th and final volume of Liz Takayama's Isekai Yakkyoku (Parallel World Pharmacy) light novel series on January 25. The series ended on the user-submission site Shōsetsuka ni Narou (Let's Be Novelists) on September 21. Takayama launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narou website in 2015. Kadokawa's MF Bo...
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