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MFrontier
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 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:14 pm
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Having enjoyed the anime, I might check this out!
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dm
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:26 pm
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Excited to hear about this --- though I'm now embarrassed to say that I didn't know his The Night is Short, Walk on Girl is already available in English.
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ab2143
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:10 am
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Finally!
I hope someone picks up The Eccentric Family too
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ChrissyC
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:06 am
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That's pretty far. I watched the anime when I was in middle school. The sequel novel will release when I'm probably done with college!
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The Mad Manga Massacre
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:40 am
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Hallelujah! Harlequin is doing a non-romance imprint.
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LegitPancake
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:31 am
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Since it’s a non-LN publisher, I hope they won’t give it a weird western cover. I kinda doubt they’ll be using the original anime-style cover.
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dm
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:27 am
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| LegitPancake wrote: | | Since it’s a non-LN publisher, I hope they won’t give it a weird western cover. I kinda doubt they’ll be using the original anime-style cover. |
I wonder what they'll call it. Tatami Galaxy might be a challenging title to market to Western audiences, too. How many booksellers will file it in science fiction, I wonder....
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Lord Geo
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:24 am
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| dm wrote: |
| LegitPancake wrote: | | Since it’s a non-LN publisher, I hope they won’t give it a weird western cover. I kinda doubt they’ll be using the original anime-style cover. |
I wonder what they'll call it. Tatami Galaxy might be a challenging title to market to Western audiences, too. How many booksellers will file it in science fiction, I wonder.... |
I've seen The Night is Short, Walk on Girl's novel be shelved with the manga at my local Barnes & Noble, just like light novels are, so I imagine that Tatami Galaxy will be given the same placement.
Bookstores know exactly who these kinds of releases should be aimed at, when it comes to shelving.
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Shay Guy
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:13 pm
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| dm wrote: | | I wonder what they'll call it. Tatami Galaxy might be a challenging title to market to Western audiences, too. How many booksellers will file it in science fiction, I wonder.... |
I've always liked The Tatamiad as a possible localization of the Japanese title. 
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Lord Geo
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:23 pm
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| Shay Guy wrote: |
| dm wrote: | | I wonder what they'll call it. Tatami Galaxy might be a challenging title to market to Western audiences, too. How many booksellers will file it in science fiction, I wonder.... |
I've always liked The Tatamiad as a possible localization of the Japanese title. |
I'm positive that they'll just keep "The Tatami Galaxy" for the title, simply because it's already the title it's known as in English. Changing the title wouldn't be a good decision, as it creates confusion & makes it harder to promote to fans of the anime (which I'm sure the publisher will be trying for, to some extent).
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Joa
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:44 pm
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| dm wrote: |
| LegitPancake wrote: | | Since it’s a non-LN publisher, I hope they won’t give it a weird western cover. I kinda doubt they’ll be using the original anime-style cover. |
I wonder what they'll call it. Tatami Galaxy might be a challenging title to market to Western audiences, too. How many booksellers will file it in science fiction, I wonder.... |
The tweet refers to them as The Tatami Galaxy and Tatami Time Machine Blues, so I'm sure that's what they'll be called.
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Shay Guy
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:37 pm
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| Lord Geo wrote: | | I'm positive that they'll just keep "The Tatami Galaxy" for the title, simply because it's already the title it's known as in English. Changing the title wouldn't be a good decision, as it creates confusion & makes it harder to promote to fans of the anime (which I'm sure the publisher will be trying for, to some extent). |
No doubt. It just never seemed like a great translation to me. :/
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