Episode 25 – Arifureta

Welcome to another episode of the Light Novel Podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing the light novel series Arifureta From Commonplace to World’s Strongest. This one is released in eBook via J-Novel Club and in print by Seven Seas.

NEWS

GENERAL NEWs

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NOVELS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES

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GAMES FROM LIGHT NOVEL

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ANIME ADAPTATIONS

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‘Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World’ Light Novels Get Anime (12:19)

I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level TV Anime Announced (13:16)

The Journey of Elaina Casts an Enchanting Spell as a TV Anime (14:21)

‘Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town’ Light Novels Get TV Anime (15:42)

Monster Girl Doctor Light Novels Gets TV Anime

LIGHT NOVEL LICENSES

Seven Seas Licenses THE INVINCIBLE SHOVEL Light Novel Series (18:19)

Seven Seas Licenses PENGUINDRUM Novels (21:29)

Seven Seas Licenses Yoru Sumino’s I HAD THAT SAME DREAM AGAIN Novel (23:25)

Seven Seas Licenses KUMA KUMA KUMA BEAR Light Novels and Manga (24:29)

Yen Press Licenses Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering With You Novel (26:33)

J-Novel Club Adds By the Grace of the Gods (28:20)
The Underdog of the Eight Greater Tribes (29:32)

Sol Press Licenses Chivalry of a Failed Knight Light Novel Series (30:44)

MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT

2 More Arcs of The Irregular at Magic High School Novels Get Manga Adaptations

Yū Shimizu’s Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai Novels Get Manga

MAIN DISCUSSION (39:09)

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: Arifureta From Commonplace to World’s Strongest
JAPANESE TITLE: ありふれた職業で世界最強 “Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou”
AUTHOR: Ryo Shirakome
ILLUSTRATOR: Takaya-ki
PUBLISHER (English): J-Novel Club & Seven Seas
TRANSLATOR: Ningen
RELEASE DATE (English): May 2017
PURCHASE (Amazon.com): http://amzn.to/2ovUNjW
PURCHASE (iBooks): https://apple.co/2NMzOJh

SYNOPSIS:
Seventeen year old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They’re treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku’s wet dream quickly turns into Hajime’s nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime’s job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith’s level of strength?

PUBLISHER (Japan): Overlap Bunko
RELEASE DATE (Japan): June 2015
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 10 (still ongoing)
ANIME SERIES: Yes. Covered volumes 1-4
MANGA: Yes. Published in English by Seven Seas

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