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INTEREST: Twelve Kingdoms Gallery Exhibition and Cafe Open in Tokyo




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here-and-faraway



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:55 am Reply with quote
I'll bet the exhibit and art book are lovely.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:43 pm Reply with quote
here-and-faraway wrote:
I'll bet the exhibit and art book are lovely.


Yeah I'm thinking the same thing too. Wish I could check the exhibit out if I go to Japan.
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utawoutau



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:59 pm Reply with quote
Speaking of which…

When is someone going to get around to animating the rest of the 12 Kingdom light novels? One of my top two favorite anime of all time.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:18 pm Reply with quote
mdo7 wrote:
Wish I could check the exhibit out if I go to Japan.


I know right? I love Twelve Kingdoms.
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Weazul-chan



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:49 pm Reply with quote
utawoutau wrote:
Speaking of which…

When is someone going to get around to animating the rest of the 12 Kingdom light novels? One of my top two favorite anime of all time.
eh, I'd rather not have them animate the final novel proper until the series gets picked back up because it really ended frustratingly incomplete. I seriously wanted to throw something at the end since it's been left unfinished so long. the one before that I'd like to see animated tho, even if it has little direct impact on what was covered in the arcs used in the anime.

I have to admit tho, I'd rather see the light novels start back up than anything else get animated.
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xyz



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:59 pm Reply with quote
The art is gorgeous. I want the Twelve Kingdom artbook so bad. ;_;
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:33 pm Reply with quote
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Finally, a janken (paper-scissors-rock) tournament is scheduled for the last day.


Looks like that purple-haired girl loses, scissors cuts paper. Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:32 pm Reply with quote
Coincidentally, Dorothy "Youko" Elias-Fahn also played Konan the paper shinobi in Shippuden.
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:10 am Reply with quote
Weazul-chan wrote:
I have to admit tho, I'd rather see the light novels start back up than anything else get animated.


There was a new short story collection last year, which was accompanied by a change in publisher. The new publisher reissued the whole series thus far with new Yamada covers, and a different cover design. (First rule of collecting a long Japanese novel series as it comes out: it WILL change publishers midway, and you'll either have to rebuy books or be content with an inconsistent set of covers.)

The new publisher isn't known for light novels, and I think it's iffy whether the term should be applied to this series. Even when the "White Heart" editions (a shoujo light novel label) were coming out, Kodansha kept a non-illustrated "mainstream" edition in print simultaneously, targeting general readers. With the change of publisher, we've probably seen the last of any 12 Kingdoms material coming out from a light novel imprint.

As for when we'll see more, that's anybody's guess. Ono seems to publish in bursts rather than a steady stream. The good news is that she's finished her revision of the Ghost Hunt novels, so those at least aren't taking up space in her schedule anymore.

As for that art book, I'll just borrow the immortal words from "Wayne's World" and say, "It will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine...!"
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:22 am Reply with quote
Incidentally, Final Fantasy XIV Cafe opened in Akihabara:

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