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Lynxikat
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Have the staff at ANN ever thought about reviewing light novels? I know there are barely any released in the US (or outside of Japan really), but since a lot of anime are based off of light novels, has there been any thought to review the few light novels that have been released?
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Shiroi Hane
Encyclopedia Editor
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There have been the odd reviews of novels, light or otherwise, e.g.
Junk Force are light novels (they were illustrated by Eiji Komatsu) and Theron reviewed, for some reason, Volume 3 (ironically, the last of 5 volumes to be translated into English - note that the image in the review is from the 3rd Manga cover). I believe Gosick was also a light novel and Carlos reviewed Tokyopop's first volume. If you go to the full reviews list and search in the page for "novel" you will find some more. |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
 Posts: 2665 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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Carlo and I also both reviewed three of the Book Girl novels between us, and I also did a volume of Kieli. I believe Theron reviewed some of the Spice and Wolf novels as well.
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st_owly
 Posts: 5234 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland |
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There was also a review of the Strawberry Panic novel omnibus.
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18537 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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We do them for time to time. In addition to the above, I have also reviewed the first Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya novel, all of the Crest of the Stars novels that got released, most/all of the Boogiepop novels that got released, one .hack// novel, the original Moribito novel, and a few others that I don't think technically classify as light novels - a few of the Vampire Hunter D novels, all of The Twelve Kingdoms novels that actually got released, and an OMG novel, for instance. I may come back and do some of the later Spice and Wolf novels at some point, as that series is still being released and I'm still reading it (book 11/16 is due next month, I believe), but I stopped doing every one partly because my comments about them were starting to get repetitive.
I would be happy to do more of them if more came out and I try to keep an eye out for them. For instance, I fully intend to take a crack at the SAO novel when it comes out in the States next month, and I'd be all over the Fate/Zero novel if that ever gets released. (And for the record, that Junk Force novel got done because it was a random item in a mailer I got.) |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
Posts: 2665 Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City |
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I feel the same - if more came out, I'd absolutely review more. I may still do the final Book Girl and Kieli novels if there's any interest in them. In any event, I plan on reviewing the Alice in the Country of ______ light novel when Seven Seas gets that out, and probably others that seem to be on the horizon. |
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nobahn
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Count me as being very interested in such reviews. (of course, I'm actually in the process of ordering them, but nevertheless.....
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