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North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 10-16
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent Season 2 anime; Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece, My Kitten is a Picky Eater manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Afro Samurai - The Complete Series + Resurrection Season 2 BDCite Crunchyroll US$39.98 November 12 Megazone 23 - The Complete Trilogy BDPlease AnimEigo US$39.99 November 12 The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent ...
J-Novel Club Reveals 9 New Novel, 2 New Manga Licenses
From Villainess to Healer, Shannon Wants to Die! novels, more debut today on service
― J-Novel Club announced on Thursday that it has licensed nine new light novel and two manga titles. The light novel titles include: Title: From Villainess to Healer (Kaifukushoku no Akuyaku Reijō)
Author(s): Punichan (writer), Yoh Hihara (illustrator) Release Date: Launches today with Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 1
Summa...
Seven Seas Licenses Contrast, Kaya-chan Isn't Scary, 6 Other Titles
Also licensed: Shindou-kun's Tight Squeeze, You Will Become My Wife, The Feisty Omega and His Twin Mates, Cats With Jobs manga; True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation - Recollections audiobooks
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Contrast
Creator(s): itz
Release Date: (July 2025, Boys Love label)
Summary: Kanata is a handsome ...
Twin Star Cyclone Runaway Yuri Sci-fi Novels Listed as Ending With 4th Volume
Issui Ogawa launched novel series in 2020
― Online retailers are listing the fourth novel volume of Issui Ogawa's Twin Star Cyclone Runaway yuri sci-fi novels as the final volume. The volume will ship on January 22. The novels' story is set 6,000 years after humanity has spread out across the stars, and takes place inside a gigantic city ship orbiting a remote gas giant. The ship is home to a civiliz...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 3-9
86 Eighty-Six, The Vexations of a Shut-in Vampire Princess anime; Kagurabachi, Colette Decides to Die manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date 86 Eighty-Six BDPlease Viz Media US$44.98 November 5 Dragon Ball Z Complete Series BDPlease Crunchyroll US$142.49 November 5 Dragon Ball Super Complete Series BDPlease Crunchyroll US$142.49 November 5 Planetes BDPlease Crunchyrol...
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Light Novels Gets Short Story Collection
Novel series' 20th, final volume ships alongside short story collection in December
― Overlap lists the 20th and final novel volume of Dojyomaru's How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Genjitsushugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki) light novel series as shipping this December. Overlap also lists a new short story collection book for the novel series that will ship in the same month. The short story book co...
The Fall 2024 Light Novel Guide
It's time to crack open your next book! Our guide includes light novels, deep-dives into anime series, and a retrospective from horror manga master, Junji Ito!
― Welcome to Anime News Network's Fall 2024 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in September or October or is an upcoming November release. This guide focuses exclusively on series premieres...
The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter BL Novels, Manga Get Anime
Series centers on office worker who gets stuck in fantasy world
― Kadokawa revealed on Friday in the sixth volume of on Kazuki Irodori's manga adaptation of storywriter Yatsuki Wakatsu and illustrator Kikka Ohashi's The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter (Isekai no Sata wa Shachiku Shidai) boys-love light novel series that the franchise is getting an anime adaptation. Yen Press is releasi...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 27-November 2
Level 1 Demon Lord And One Room Hero, The Executioner and Her Way of Life Limited Edition anime; Lycoris Recoil, Tiger & Dragon manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 2 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 October 29 The Executioner and Her Way of Life Limited Edition BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$179.98 October 29 Level 1 Demon Lord And...
Sakamoto Days Manga Gets New Spinoff Novel
Renka Misaki writes Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues novel launching on December 4
― Shueisha will release a spinoff novel of Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga titled Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues (Sakamoto Days: Assassin Blues) on December 4. Renka Misaki is writing the novel. The spinoff novel will include exclusive episodes. Misaki also wrote the manga's first novel adaptation titled Sakamoto Days K...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 20-26
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation anime; Diary of a Female Lead: Shujinkou Nikki, My Boyfriend is a Dog manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Afro Samurai - Resurrection - Director's Cut BDPlease Crunchyroll US$14.98 October 22 Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation BDCite Viz Med...
Kōji Miura's Blue Box Manga Gets Novel Adaptation on December 4
Miura, Nanao write Ao no Hako Prologue novel
― This year's 47th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Kōji Miura's Blue Box manga will get a novel adaptation titled Ao no Hako Prologue (Blue Box Prologue), slated for release on December 4. Miura and Nanao are writing the novel, which will include stories about the characters before the manga's main story. Miura first...
Kodansha USA Licenses As the Gods Will, India Calling Me Now, Sheeta's Little Big World, 7 More Manga
Also: A Curtain Call for You, You Can't Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister, My Instructor Won't Yield, Shoot Juliet Down, Nezumi's First Love, Before You Go Extinct
― Kodansha USA announced at New York Comic Con on Sunday eight new print releases and two new digital releases in English. In addition, the company announced it will release new volumes of the Blue Lock manga in print every month starting in Jul...
Yen Press to Release The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novel Physically/Digitally on November 29
Yen Press confirmed on Friday that it will release The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekijō), the new volume in Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series, digitally in English on November 29. The publisher also revealed that it will ship a physical version at a later date. As listed on Kadokawa's BookWalker Global store, Andrew Cunningham is translating the novel. The X...
The Unaware Atelier Master Novels Get TV Anime in April 2025
Mikako Komatsu, Asami Seto, Minami Tanaka star in fantasy series
― Alphapolis announced on Friday that Yousuke Tokino's The Unaware Atelier Master (Kanchigai no Atelier Meister) light novel series is getting a television anime adaptation that will premiere in April 2025. Hisashi Ishii (Rainy Cocoa in Hawaii, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear) is directing the anime at EMT Squared. Deko Akao (Higehiro, Komi Can't C...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 13-19
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a, Panzer World Galient anime; Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Afro Samurai: Director's Cut BDPlease Crunchyroll US$19.96 October 15 NieR:Automata Ver1.1a BD 1Cite Aniplex of America US$149.98 October 15 My Hero Academia Season 5 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$32.9...
Gintama Spinoff 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei Gets 1st New Novel in 6 Years
New Soreyuke Dai Kyūgi Taikai novel debuts on December 4
― 3-Nen Z-Gumi Ginpachi-Sensei (Class 3-Z's Teacher Ginpachi), Tomohito Ōsaki's spinoff novel series of Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, is getting its first new novel volume in six years on December 4. The novel is titled Soreyuke Dai Kyūgi Taikai (Go Forth to the Great Ball Game). Ōsaki's spinoff novel series is set in Gintama High School and...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 6-12
Zom 100 Bucket List of the Dead, Otaku no Video anime; Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated, Monster Marriage Shop manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Castlevania Nocturne Season 1 BDPlease Warner Home Video US$39.99 October 8 Classroom for Heroes BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 October 8 Otaku no Video BDAnimeNewsNetwork AnimEigo US$19.95 October 8 Ouran High...
BookWalker Global Store Lists English Release for The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novel on November 29
Worldwide simultaneous release planned for series' 1st new volume in 4 years
― Kadokawa's BookWalker Global store is listing that The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekijō), the new volume in Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series, will launch in English on November 29. The listing lists Yen On as the publisher with translation by Andrew Cunningham. BookWalker describes ...
Saika Fushimi Plans to Resume Magician Who Rose From Failure Manga in Spring 2025 After Cancer Battle
Artist reveals cancer is in remission
― The 100th issue of Micro Magazine's Comic Ride digital manga magazine featured a message from The Magician Who Rose From Failure (Shikkaku kara Hajimeru Nariagari Madōshi dō! The Comic) manga artist Saika Fushimi on September 30. In the message, Fushimi revealed that her cancer is in remission, and that she will work hard to be able to resume the manga in sprin...
Seven Seas Licenses Cat Man, Lion Hearts, The Trapped Former Villainess Wants to Escape from the Sadistic Prince, 3 Other Titles
Also licensed: PUNKS TRIANGLE, I'm in Love with the Older Girl Next Door, Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō audiobook
― Seven Seas announced the following licenses on Wednesday: Title: Cat Man
Creator(s): Parari
Release Date: April 2025 (single volume)
Summary: Hachisuke is a cat humanoid living in a world where humans and cats coexist. But Hachisuke is withdrawn and has difficulty being love...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 29-October 5
Show Time! 2, Outbreak Company anime; Otaku Vampire's Love Bite, Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized! manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Outbreak Company Season 1 BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$59.98 October 1 Show Time! 2 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Ascendent Animation US$24.99 October 1 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Da...
Classroom of the Elite Light Novels Conclude 2nd Year Arc
Final volume ships on November 25
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for Syougo Kinugasa's Classroom of the Elite series revealed on Wednesday that the Classroom of the Elite: Year 2 (Yōkoso Jitsuryoku Shijō Shugi no Kyōshitsu e 2-nen Sei Hen) light novels will end with volume 12.5 on November 25. The fourth season of the Classroom of the Elite anime will cover the first semester of the Yea...
J-Novel Club Adds 7 New Light Novels, 3 New Manga
Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain, The Tanaka Family Reincarnates, more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced on Thursday that it has licensed seven new light novel and three manga titles. The light novel titles include: Title: Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain (Imokusa Reijō Desu ga Akuyaku Reisoku o Tasuketara Ki ni Iraremashita)
Author(s): Ageha Sakura (writer), Kurodeko (illustrator)
Release Date...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 22-28
Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage, Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island anime; Suzume, The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Space Pirate Captain Harlock BDPlease Discotek US$79.99 September 24 The Eminence in Shadow Season 2 BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 September 24 GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka SDBDAnimeN...
The Tyrant's Etiquette Tutor Korean Novels 1-3 Review
Livia is hypercompetent without feeling overdone, and that's a major strength of this trilogy.
― Unlike its Japanese light novel counterparts, Korean web/light novels tend to favor what they call "transmigration" rather than full-out reincarnation. This does sometimes involve the death of the heroine/villainess (book dependent), but more often, my reading experience has shown that characters aren't a...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 15-21
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond anime; Detroit: Become Human -Tokyo Stories, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 2 BDPlease Viz Media US$69.99 September 17 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond BDCite Crunchyroll US$34.98 September 17 Ya Boy...
Shangri-La Frontier Cheat Codes: How Its Creators Built Its Video Game World
Before Sunraku returns in season two, ANN spoke with light novel author Katarina and manga creator Ryōsuke Fuji on fleshing out its VR world.
― Shangri-La Frontier is an exciting action anime showcasing the fun exploits of our main character Sunraku. With a shoebill bird mask and an assortment of daggers by his side, Sunraku seeks to overcome challenges and learn more about the god-tier game Shangri...
Dokidoki! Precure Anime Gets Sequel Novel Set 10 Years Later
Show's head writer Ryota Yamaguchi writes September 17 novel
― Kodansha announced on Thursday that it is publishing a sequel novel to the Dokidoki! Precure anime, 10 years after the anime's final episode. Ryota Yamaguchi, the head writer of the original anime, penned the novel, while the show's original character designer Akira Takahashi drew the cover art. The novel will ship on September 17, months...
Medaka Box Artist Akira Akatsuki Draws Manga of Yugo Aosaki's Award-Winning Light Novel Glico With Landmines
Manga launches in Young Animal on October 11
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that Medaka Box artist Akira Akatsuki will launch a manga adaptation of Undead Girl Murder Farce light novel author Yugo Aosaki's Jirai Glico (Glico With Landmines) novel on October 11 in this year's 20th issue of Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine. Kadokawa published the original novel in November 2023. The novel has won t...
The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time Novels 1-2 Review
The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time is one of the better villainess light novel series to make it over.
― Villainess stories, whether in novel, manga, or anime format, all share a few basic truths, and one of them is that if the “villainess” turns out to be good, it must follow that the “heroine” is actually bad. Bakufu Narayama's The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time does use that genre ...
Twin Engine, Straight Edge Host Literary Contest With Winner Guaranteed Anime Adaptation
16 anime studios to participate as judges
― Twin Engine and Straight Edge announced on Friday that they will be hosting an "Anime de Sekai e! Shōsetsu Taishō" (literally: Anime to the World! Novel Prize, titled "Aniseka Novel Award" for short) literary award. The winner of the contest will be guaranteed a novel and an anime adaptation of their work. Twin Engine and Straight Edge will also consider ma...
Haruhi Suzumiya's 1st New Light Novel Volume in 4 Years Releases on November 29
Worldwide simultaneous release planned, currently unclear if release will include languages other than Japanese
― The official X/Twitter account for Nagaru Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series revealed on Saturday that the previously announced new volume in the franchise, titled Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekijō (The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya), will release on November 29, and will have a simultane...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 25-31
Hell's Paradise, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition anime; Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi, Someone's Girlfriend manga ship
― The weekly North American Anime, Manga Releases article will be off for the two next weeks, and will be back in mid-September. Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Am I Actually The Strongest? Season 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 27 B...
Cross Infinite World Licenses Ayakashi and the Fairy Tales We Tell Ourselves, How I Became King by Eating Monsters More Light Novels
Also: How I Swapped Places with the Villainess, Beat Up Her Fiancé, and Found True Love, The Frugal Priestess Becomes a Saint
― Cross Infinite World announced on Tuesday that it has licensed four new light novel series: Title: Ayakashi and the Fairy Tales We Tell Ourselves
Creators: Kosuzu Kobato (story), Meij (art)
Release Date: September 30 (digital), physical version at later date Synopsis: When H...
48 Hours Left! BookWalker Discounts for ANN Readers & Subscribers
The $3, $5 and $7 discount offer on BookWalker ebooks ends August 29.
― Anime News Network and BOOK☆WALKER have arranged to give all ANN readers a discount on their next purchase of an eligible English eBook at the BOOK☆WALKER Global Store. All ANN readers get US$3 off. Click here for more details ANN Newsletter subscribers get US$5 off. A link to the $5 discount coupon will be included in the newsle...
J-Novel Club Adds 3 New Light Novels, 1 New Manga (Updated)
The Dorky NPC Mercenary Knows His Place, Dimension Wave, more titles added
― J-Novel Club announced during its Anime NYC panel on Sunday that it has licensed three new light novel titles and one new manga title. The light novel titles include: Title: The Dorky NPC Mercenary Knows His Place (Kimo Ota Mob Yōhei wa, Mi no Hodo o Wakimaeru)
Author(s): Toryuu (writer), hamm (illustrator)
Release Date: La...
Kodansha USA Licenses Attack on Titan FLY, Last Samurai Standing, Manchuria Opium Squad, More
Also: 2 BL titles from Takiba
― Kodansha USA Publishing revealed a new digital license for September and new print licenses for summer 2025 at its panel at Anime NYC on Saturday. Summer 2025 Print Licenses: Title: Last Samurai Standing (Ikusagami)
Authors: TATSUZ (based on novels by Shōgo Imamura)
Summary: In a rapidly changing world, a sinister game of life-or-death brutally culls Japan's fading wa...
Seven Seas Licenses Pet Shop of Horrors, Ichi the Killer, 9 More Titles
Complete collection releases for Black and White: Tough Love at the Office, SHWD also revealed
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced during its panel at Anime NYC that it has licensed the following titles: Title: I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class (Class no Dai Kirai na Joshi to Kekkon suru Koto ni Natta.) manga
Author(s): Mosskonbu, based on Seiju Amano's original YouTube manga
Release D...
Yen Press Announces Licenses 14 Manga, 8 Novels for February, March 2025 Release
Maboroshi; Liar, Liar; I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History; meth-e-meth; Sword Art Online Ordinal Scale, more
― Yen Press announced during its industry panel at Anime NYC on Saturday that it has licensed the following manga and light novels for release in February and March 2025: Title: I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History (Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo) novels
Creato...
A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Novels Get TV Anime
Light novel series launched in 2015
― NBC Universal announced during the "NBC Universal Japan Anime Industry Panel" at Anime NYC on Friday the anime adaptation of Firehead and YahaKo's A Wild Last Boss Appeared! light novel series. The company also revealed a visual featuring the main character, "Black Winged Tyran" Lufas Maphaahl. Update: The anime is confirmed as a television anime. J-Novel Club r...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 18-24
Helck, The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 anime; Too Many Losing Heroines!, Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Part 1 BDPlease Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 20 Bungo Stray Dogs Season 5 BDCite Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 20 FLCL BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$39.98 August 20 Helck BDPlea...
BookWalker Discounts for ANN Readers & Subscribers
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Oops, AI Named This Girl 'Latina' in Kiraku Kishima's New Novel
The Ossan Newbie Adventurer author asked AI for common names of women from South America
― One difficult aspect of creating a story is naming the characters, especially fantasy and science fiction names or names from cultures the author isn't familiar with. Such was the case for light novel author Kiraku Kishima (The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the F...
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 19 Review
Between Bell and Lyu's near-disaster in the Dungeon, Freya's abduction of Bell, and the war game between Hestia and Freya Familias, it's almost inevitable that the arc that tries to calm things back down would feel a little underwhelming.
― It's never easy to come down from an epic on the scale of the last couple of arcs of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon. Between Bell and Lyu's near...
No. 6 Novels Get Stage Musical Adaptation in November
Novels also inspired manga, anime
― Nelke Planning announced on July 26 that writer Atsuko Asano and illustrator Hinoki Kino's No. 6 novels are inspiring a stage musical adaptation that will run in Tokyo from November 8-17 and in Osaka from November 22-24. The musical will star Hikaru Imamaki as Sion and Kazuki Furuta as Nezumi (Rat). The staff revealed more cast members on Monday, including: Iroha K...
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Light Novels Reach 5 Million Copies
Light novels set feat as first in Kadokawa's Sneaker Bunko imprint's romantic comedy stories' history
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account of writer Sunsunsun and artist Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san) light novel series revealed on August 13 that the series has exceeded 5 million copies in circulation (including i...
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025
Junichi Suwabe stars as Ken'ichi
― Kadokawa announced on Saturday that Umiharu's The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World manga adaptation of author Hifumi Asakura and illustrator Yamakawa's Arafō Otoko no Isekai Tsūhan Seikatsu light novel series is inspiring a television anime adaptation that will debut in 2025. The anime will star Junichi Suwabe as Ken'ichi. Square Enix's Ma...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 11-17
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy anime; The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store, Alpha Wolfgirl x Omega Wolfboy manga ship"
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Set 18 BDPlease Viz Media US$49.98 August 13 The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$69.98 Augus...
The Dangers in My Heart Manga Gets Light Novel
Light novel with 4 stories launches on September 25
― Publisher MF Bunko announced on Tuesday that Norio Sakurai's The Dangers in My Heart (Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu) manga will get a light novel written by Kota Nozomi (When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace) and illustrated by Sakurai and sune on September 25. Pre-orders are open now. MF Bunko shared Sakurai's cover. The novel will follow ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 4-10
Sweet Reincarnation, Is the Order a Rabbit? Bloom anime; Tokyo Revengers: A Letter from Keisuke Baji, Pupposites Attract manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Is the Order a Rabbit? Bloom BDCite Sentai Filmworks US$49.98 August 6 Sweet Reincarnation BDAnimeNewsNetwork Crunchyroll US$69.98 August 6 Print Manga Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Alpi ...
Vampire Hunter D: The Rose Princess Novel Gets Manga
Saiko Takaki returns to draw new manga that launched on July 31
― Asahi Shimbun Publishing announced on July 31 that Saiko Takaki will adapt the ninth novel in Hideyuki Kikuchi and Yoshitaka Amano's Vampire Hunter D novels, "The Rose Princess," into a manga. The serialization began on July 31 on Asahi Shimbun's Sonoroma+ website. The manga will update twice a month, on the 15th and 30th. Dark Horse C...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 28-August 3
To Your Eternity anime, Noss and Zakuro manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Lupin the 3rd: Princess of the Breeze! BDPlease Discotek US$39.99 July 30 Lupin the 3rd: The Secret Page of Marco Polo! BDCite Discotek US$39.99 July 30 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's BDAnimeNewsNetwork Discotek US$39.95 July 30 Mazinkaiser OVA BDPlease Discotek US$39.95 July 30 Space Empe...
Nana Nanato's VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream Light Novels to End Main Story in 10th Volume
Light novel series launched in 2021; ongoing anime adaptation premiered on July 7
― The ninth volume of Nana Nanato's VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream light novel series revealed on July 20 that the main story will end in the light novel's 10th volume. According to Nanato, by the time that they had finalized the plan for the fifth generation, they decided that th...
Zegapain STA Film Gets Spinoff Novel
Holonic: Girl shipped on July 29
― Book publisher Tokyo Sogensha published a spinoff novel for Bandai Namco Filmworks' Zegapain STA (Zegapain Statement Alpha) film sequel titled Holonic: Girl on Monday. The novel is a full-length original story by Yuya Takashima (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury novel adaptation, sci-fi research for Zegapain ADP film) that follows the story after the events...
Shogakukan Plans to Release Light Novel App in U.S., Canada Using AI Translation
App to aim to release 400 works within 2 years including Shiotaiō no Satō-san ga Ore ni Dake Amai novels
― The Nikkei newspaper reported on Wednesday that Shogakukan will release a new app in the United States and Canada titled "Novelous" (spelling not confirmed) that will use AI translation to release light novel series in English. The app is slated to launch this year. Nikkei stated the app will al...
Shigeru Sagazaki's From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Light Novels Get TV Anime in April 2025
Akio Kazumi directs Passione x Hayabusa Film anime
― A website opened on Thursday to reveal the television anime adaptation of Shigeru Sagazaki's From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman (Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru: Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei Shita Deshitachi ga Ore o Hōttekurenai Ken) light novel series, which will air in April 2025. The website also revealed the...
A Magical Girl Retires Novel Review
Why is it that magical girls are magical girls? The answer to that question is the theme of award-winning South Korean author Seolyeon Park's English debut, A Magical Girl Retires.
― Why is it that magical girls are magical girls? The answer to that question is the theme of award-winning South Korean author Seolyeon Park's English debut, A Magical Girl Retires. It's not an attempt to stake out a gend...
The New Recruit Volumes 1-2 Novel Review
The New Recruit is a treat for office romance fans and a good BL novel series featuring some very explicit content.
― The New Recruit, a Korean BL novel, is a sign of a changing publishing landscape. By this I mean that by the fall of 2024, it will be available in English in three different formats: this original novel, published digitally by Mullebooks, the all-ages version of the manhwa, available ...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 21-27
Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 anime; Aria of the Beech Forest, My Name is Zero manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Kitty's Portraits of Passion BDPlease Kitty Media US$29.99 July 23 Kitty's Private Passions BDCite Kitty Media US$29.99 July 23 My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 BDAnimeNewsNetwork Aniplex of A...
Soup Forest Novel 1 Review
Soup Forest is a story to read when you want to escape from the horrors of the news cycle. It's truly cozy in the sense that it's like reading under a warm blanket in front of the fire.
― Although cozy fantasy has arguably always existed as a subgenre, especially within the world of light novels where it crosses paths with iyashikei works, it's only recently become known as its own special category o...
'Toradora!,' Reincarnated as a Sword, Perfect Blue, More Get English Audiobooks in August
Seven Seas also launches The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain, The Evil Queen's Beautiful Principles audiobooks
― Seven Seas Entertainment announced on Thursday that it will release the following English audiobook adaptations of Japanese light novels: Title: Toradora!
Creator(s): Yuyuko Takemiya and Yasu
Narrator: Cassandra Lee Morris
Release date: August...
Street Fighter 6 Game Unveils Teaser Trailer for Terry Bogard
Fatal Fury character joins Street Fighter 6 this fall
― Capcom revealed a new teaser trailer for Terry Bogard, the new DLC character for its Street Fighter 6 game, during the EVO fighting game tournament on Sunday. The character is debuting in the game this fall. English version: Japanese version: Terry Bogard is a crossover character from SNK's Fatal Fury fighting game series, and is the second char...
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 14-20
Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out anime; Captain Momo's Secret Base, Battle Royale: Enforcers manga ship
― Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Date Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works BDPlease Sentai Filmworks US$34.98 July 16 Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out BDCite Aniplex of America US$59.98 July 16 Soul Eater - The Complete Ser...
Yashiro's Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu Light Novel Gets TV Anime
Story of an aristocrat's eldest son raising his half-brother to prevent future assassination launched in 2018
― TO Books revealed on Wednesday that Yashiro's Shiro Buta Kizoku desu ga Zense no Kioku ga Haeta node Hiyoko na Otōto Sodatemasu (I'm a White Pig Aristocrat, But I Regained My Memoried from My Previous Life, So I'm Raising a Younger Brother) light novel series will get a television anime ada...
Ascendance of a Bookworm Light Novels Get Stage Musical
Stage play runs in Tokyo from October 4-14, Osaka from November 2-3
― TO Books announced on Wednesday that Miya Kazuki's Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujō - Shisho ni Naru Tame niwa Shudan o Erandeiramasen) "biblia fantasy" light novel series will get its first musical stage play adaptation titled Honzuki no Gekokujō ~Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan o Erande Iraremasen (Ascendance of a B...
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 and 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...
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