Episode 31 New Light Novel Licenses from April 2020

Episode 31 new light novel licenses april 2020

May 14, 2020April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Welcome to another episode. This time the Light Novel Podcast is covering the new licenses for English release that were announced at the end of April. There are titles from J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, Cross Infinite World, and Tentai Books! In total, ten new light novel series were announced!

CAST

Justus R. Stone

Terrence

Biogundam

Jean-Luc

Kyle

MAIN DISCUSSION

A Wild Last Boss Appeared!
Licensed by J-Novel Club
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2SZOTtq

Deathbound Duke’s Daughter
Licensed by J-Novel Club
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LseAOQ

Hello, I am a Witch and My Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion
Licensed by Cross Infinite World
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LsejM4

I’m in Love with the Villainess
Licensed by Seven Seas
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bse668

The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent
Licensed by Seven Seas
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cxnTZR

The Sorcerer King of Destruction and the Golem of the Barbarian Queen
Licensed by Seven Seas
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dD8Pda

There’s no way a side character like me could be popular, right?
Licensed by Tentai Books
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WUgPQw

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs
Licensed by Seven Seas
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LpSTPt

Welcome to the Diner of the Exiled!
Licensed by Tentai Books
Release TBA

Wild Times with a Fake Fake Princess
Licensed by J-Novel Club
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2WSfbid

Episode 30 Strike the Blood

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May 2, 2020April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Welcome to another episode. This time the Light Novel Podcast is covering the series, Strike the Blood! This ongoing magical-high school series featuring teens with super-powers granted either through magic or vampirification has inspired numerous seasons of anime, several manga adaptations and spin-offs, and countless pieces of merchandise. Yeah, it’s pretty popular! But is it really a vampire series? Or is it a shounen power series masquerading as a monster series?

NEWS

Re:Zero getting a mobile video game

Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki is getting a spin-off manga

Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Novels Get Manga

86 Getting an anime

New Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Anime Gets 2nd Season

Combatants Will Be Dispatched getting an anime

How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2021

Konosuba ends with volume 17

The Devil is a Part-Timer ends with volume 21

Cross Infinite World Licenses The Weakest Manga Villainess Wants Her Freedom!

MAIN DISCUSSION

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: Strike the Blood
Get it from Amazon: https://amzn.to/2yLVOz0
Get it from Book Depository: https://bit.ly/2KZEv0p
Get it from RightStuf: https://bit.ly/3d4X92y

JAPANESE TITLE: ストライク・ザ・ブラッド
AUTHOR: Gakuto Mikumo — 三雲岳斗
ILLUSTRATOR: Manyako — マニャ子
PUBLISHER (English): Yen On
TRANSLATOR: Jeremiah Bourque
RELEASE DATE (English): September 2015

SYNOPSIS: He never asked for this power. Kojou Akatsuki used to be an ordinary high school boy–but that was before he became the Fourth Primogenitor, the most powerful vampire of all time. Worse–he doesn’t even remember how it happened. Middle schooler Yukina Himeragi, meanwhile, is the Attack Mage sent to observe him–and to stop him if he gets out of control. But was it really a good idea to send a cute girl to observe a massively powerful vampire boy whose abilities activate whenever he gets aroused? And on an artificial island populated with all manner of demonic individuals, each with their own designs on the Fourth Primogenitor–?

PUBLISHER (Japan): Dengeki Bunko (ASCII Media Works)
RELEASE DATE (Japan): May 2011
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 21 (as of January 2020):
ANIME SERIES: Yes – https://amzn.to/35a2CT8
MANGA: Yes. Licensed for English release by Yen Press – https://amzn.to/2yNByNp

🎉Thanks for listening!

Episode 29 No Game No Life

March 28, 2020April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Welcome to another episode. This time we’re discussing Yuu Kamiya’s light novel series, No Game No Life. This one is being officially released in English by Yen On. We’ll be focusing on the first three volumes, because that’s what the anime was based on. But we can’t help but talk about some later volumes, including the sixth book which was turned into a feature film! This series sees brother and sister gamers being dragged into a world where all conflicts are resolved through games. Can they manage to bring humanity back from the brink?

NEWS

Otherside Picnic Sci-Fi Yuri Novels Get TV #Anime • Yumiri Hanamori

Yen On licenses Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World! Bonus Story: We are the Megumin Bandits!

Yen On Licenses The Garden of Words by Makoto Shinkai

Seven Seas Licenses YES, NO, OR MAYBE?

Seven Seas Licenses ROLL OVER AND DIE: I WILL FIGHT FOR AN ORDINARY LIFE WITH MY LOVE AND CURSED SWORD

Seven Seas License THE HIDDEN DUNGEON ONLY I CAN ENTER

Seven Seas Licenses the SARAZANMAI Light Novels

J-Novel CLUB License The Extraordinary, the Ordinary, and SOAP!

MAIN DISCUSSION

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: No Game No Life
Get it from Amazon: https://amzn.to/30Xgi1V
Get it from Book Depository: https://bit.ly/2UEsKk7
Get it from RightStuf: https://bit.ly/2Ji4gb9

JAPANESE TITLE: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ — “No Game No Life”
AUTHOR: Yuu Kamiya — 榎宮祐
PUBLISHER (English): Yen On
TRANSLATOR: Daniel Komen
RELEASE DATE (English): May 5, 2015

SYNOPSIS: Meet Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister who are loser shut-ins by normal standards. But these siblings don’t play by the rules of the “crappy game” that is average society. In the world of gaming, this genius pair reigns supreme, their invincible avatar so famous that it’s the stuff of urban legend. So when a young boy calling himself God summons the siblings to a fantastic alternate world where war is forbidden and all conflicts–even those involving national borders–are decided by the outcome of games, Sora and Shiro have pretty much hit the jackpot. But they soon learn that in this world, humanity, cornered and outnumbered by other species, survives within the confines of one city. Will Sora and Shiro, two failures at life, turn out to be the saviors of mankind? Let the games begin…!

PUBLISHER (Japan): MF Bunko J (Media Factory)
RELEASE DATE (Japan): April 2012
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 10
ANIME SERIES: Yes – https://amzn.to/36sJiQ0
MANGA: Yes. Licensed for English release by Yen Press – https://amzn.to/2vpptwi

🎉Thanks for listening!

Channel mascot, Shiori, artwork by Cetriya – https://www.youtube.com/user/tkawaii
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Episode 28 JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World

February 25, 2020April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Welcome to another episode. This time, we’re talking about the seires, JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World. We’ll be covering the first volume and its sequel, Summer. It obviously contains some mature and sensitive topics, so it’s best to use some discretion as to whether you should listen or read the books. That said, most of our discussion revolves around the characters and how this series looks to address the isekai series we most typically see.

NEWS

A Sister’s All You Need Novels End on 14th Volume

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Light Novels Gets TV Anime

Log Horizon TV Anime Gets 3rd Season in October

MAIN DISCUSSION

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World
Get it from Amazon: https://amzn.to/37t5N90
Get it from Book Depository: http://bit.ly/2RKzon8
Get it from RightStuf: http://bit.ly/38Xbmx9

JAPANESE TITLE: JKハルは異世界で娼婦になった — JK Haru wa Isekai de Shoufu ni Natta
AUTHOR: Ko Hiratori — 平鳥コウ
PUBLISHER (English): J-Novel Club
TRANSLATOR: Emily Balistrieri
RELEASE DATE (English): September 19, 2018

SYNOPSIS: record scratch freeze frame on Haru Koyama getting choked by a horny naked dude Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation. Not by choice, I can tell you that! It started when my weirdo classmate, Chiba, tried to save me from a runaway truck and got us both killed instead. Idiot. Then we got transported to another world, which I guess is like an otaku dream come true, or something? Chiba ends up with cheat abilities, and what do I get? Nothing! Lucky me, I get to be a sex worker instead. Gotta earn money somehow — but since I have to do it, I’m gonna kick ass at it. This world treats women even worse than the one we came from, so things get…rough. Still, I’ve made friends with some of the girls, and if I can juggle Chiba’s idiocy and Sumo the virgin’s emotions on top of all the various kinks my customers throw at me, things will be all right…won’t they?

PUBLISHER (Japan): Hayakawa Shobo
RELEASE DATE (Japan): December 2017
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 2
ANIME SERIES: No
MANGA: Yes. Not licensed for English release

🎉Thanks for listening!

Channel mascot, Shiori, artwork by Cetriya – https://www.youtube.com/user/tkawaii
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Episode 27 Our Top Reads of 2019

January 11, 2020April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Since 2019 came to an end, we decided to postpone JK Haru and instead take a look back at our favorite reads of 2019 and talk a little about some light novels we’re looking forward to in 2020.

Here’s the link for the survey mentioned in the podcast. To help celebrate Justus’ YouTube channel hitting 10k subscribers, we’re giving the chance for listeners to tell us which series we’ve previously covered that we should do a follow-up episode on!
https://s.surveyplanet.com/xEdeRu-H

NEWS

Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi 2020

The Detective is Already Dead Wins 15th Annual MF Bunko J Light Novel Rookie Award

Eromanga Sensei’s Manga Spinoff About Elf Yamada Ends

Kino’s Journey Manga Ends in Dengeki Daioh Magazine

Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town’ Light Novel Series Gets Slice-of-Life Spinoff Manga

Meidea Tensei Monogatari Novels by Kakuriyo’s Midori Yūma Get Manga

‘The 8th son? Are you kidding me?’ Novels Get New Manga

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime’ Anime Gets 3 More Original Anime DVDs

Nachi Kio’s Remake Our Life! Novel Series Gets Anime

Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshi Kōsei o Hirou. Novels Get Anime

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate Game Heads West in 2020

A Certain Magical Index Light Novels Get New Series in February

Seven Seas Licenses BUCK NAKED IN ANOTHER WORLD Light Novels

Cross Infinte World License The Misfortune Devouring Witch is Actually a Vampire?!

MAIN DISCUSSION

Episode 26 Anime NYC 2019 Light Novel Licenses

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November 29, 2019April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Welcome to another episode of the Light Novel Podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing the light novel licensing announcements made at Anime NYC 2019! Quite a number of new light novels were announced, and J-Novel Club even announced a brand new light novel imprint!

NEWS

Fortune Quest Light Novel Series ends after 30 year run (1:49)

Bishonen Tanteidan Gets an anime (4:24)

Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi (ReDo of Healer) Light Novel series gets an anime (5:28)

MAIN DISCUSSION

SQUARE ENIX

Nier: Automata YoRHa Boys (9:06)

VERTICAL

Bishonen Tanteidan (Pretty Boy Detective Club) (11:29)

YEN ON

High School Prodigies Have it Easy Even in Another World (16:56)

The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (22:10)

Banished From the Heroes Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (23:29)

In the Land of Leadale (27:06)

Three Days of Happiness (30:02)

High School DxD (32:37)

J-NOVEL CLUB

My Next Life as a Villainess All Roads Lead to Doom – coming in Print (41:20)
Sexiled – Coming in Print

Teogonia (42:23)

The World’s Least Interesting Swordsman (45:49)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Isekai (50:42)

The Economics of Prophecy (55:07)

Kobold King (1:01:51)

Outer Ragna (1:09:54)

Her Majesty’s Swarm (1:17:17)

Isekai Rebuilding Project (1:23:50)

J-NOVEL CLUB HEART (1:29:27)

Tearmoon Empire (1:38:45)

I Refuse to Be Your Enemy (1:45:23)

The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap (1:47:26)

Tales of Marielle Clarac (1:51:41)

The Bibliophile Princess (1:54:13)

🎉Thanks for listening!

Channel mascot, Shiori, artwork by Cetriya – https://www.youtube.com/user/tkawaii
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Episode 25 – Arifureta

November 21, 2019April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

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

Invaders of the Rokujouma!? Novels’ Kickstarter Ends With US$165,811 (3:00)
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-07/invaders-of-the-rokujouma-novels-kickstarter-ends-with-usd165811/.153020

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

🎉Thanks for listening!

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Episode 24 A Sister’s All You Need

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November 1, 2019April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Welcome to another episode of the Light Novel Podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing the light novel series A Sister’s All You Need. It’s released officially in English by Yen On.

NEWS

GENERAL LIGHT NOVEL NEWS

Boys Love Light Novel Label Platinum Bunko Ceases Publication

My Sister, My Writer Manga Ends With 4th Compiled Volume

Sohryuden Legend of the Dragon Kings Gets 1st New Volume in 16 Years!

J-Novel Club Launches First Ever Kickstarter! Fully Funded in 6 Hours!

Final Volume of My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected (Volume 14) Releasing November 19, 2019

ANIME NEWS

Date-A-Live gets new Anime Project – Adaptation of Spin-off Date A Bullet

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick-Up Girls in a Dungeon Gets 3rd Anime Season!

The Irregular at Magic High School Gets a new Anime Season Will adapt Volumes 9-11

Mao Gakuin no Futekigosha Light Novels Getting an Anime

Strike the Blood Series Getting a 4th OVA Series

Arifureta Gets 2nd Anime Season

Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Gets Anime

LICENSING NEWS

Seven Seas Licenses Adachi and Shimamura Light Novel Series

Viz Licenses Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece Novels

Cross Infinite World License New Light Novel Series Of Dragons and Fae: Is a Fairy Tale Ending Possible for the Princess’s Hairstylist?

MAIN DISCUSSION

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: A Sister’s All You Need
JAPANESE TITLE: 妹さえいればいい。 “Imouto sae Ireba ii.”
AUTHOR: Yomi Hirasaka
ILLUSTRATOR: Kantoku
PUBLISHER (English): Yen On
TRANSLATOR: Kevin Gifford
RELEASE DATE (English): May 22, 2018
PURCHASE (Amazon.com): https://amzn.to/2pkuVxL
PURCHASE (Book Depository): http://bit.ly/2vJG6Cu
PURCHASE (iBooks): https://apple.co/2XamMa9

SYNOPSIS: Itsuki Hashima is a novelist who’s hopelessly enamored with the idea of little sisters and is constantly surrounded by colorful characters. A world class genius and love-guru who’s beauty almost seems a waste on her. A girl who’s constantly troubled by her friendships, love interests, and can’t even find refuge in her dreams. A ridiculously talented illustrator. Each of them have as many problems and worries as the next and they never have a dull day together as they play games, travel, and work together. From the same author of the famous I Don’t Have Many Friends, Yomi Hirasaka!

PUBLISHER (Japan): Gagaga Bunko (Shogakukan)
RELEASE DATE (Japan): March 18, 2015
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 13
ANIME SERIES: Yes. Adapted Volumes 1-3 with content from volumes 4 & 5 https://amzn.to/32Uuwkb
MANGA: Yes. Not licensed for English Release

🎉Thanks for listening!

Channel mascot, Shiori, artwork by Cetriya – https://www.youtube.com/user/tkawaii
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Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin

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September 18, 2019April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this edition of the podcast we’re discussing the light novel series The Faraway Paladin. This one is released in English by J-Novel Club. It’s an isekai series with a very “High Fantasy” feel.

NEWS

Cross Infinite World Licenses Root Double -Before Crime * After Days-

My Next Life as a Villainess getting an anime

MAIN DISCUSSION

📔LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: The Faraway Paladin
JAPANESE TITLE: 最果てのパラディン “Saihate no Paladin”
AUTHOR: Kanata Yanagino
ILLUSTRATOR: Kususaga Rin
PUBLISHER (English): J-Novel Club
TRANSLATOR: James Rushton
RELEASE DATE (English): February 2017
PURCHASE (Amazon.com): https://amzn.to/3036JkP
PURCHASE (iBooks): https://apple.co/2kQ0NIb

SYNOPSIS:

In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he’s being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: “Who am I?” Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man’s land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin. “I promised you. It’s gonna take a while, but I’ll tell you everything. This is the story of the deaths of many heroes. It’s the story of how we died, and it’s the reason you grew up here.”

PUBLISHER (Japan): Overlap Bunko
RELEASE DATE (Japan): March 2016
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 4
ANIME SERIES: None
MANGA: Yes. Licensed for English release by J-Novel Club

Episode 22 Anime Expo 2019 Licensing Announcements

August 26, 2019April 2, 2021 | lightnovelpodcast

Hey there Light Novel Podcast listeners! The month of July brought us the largest anime convention in North America, Anime Expo! It’s where most of the companies involved in the anime, manga, and light novel business gather to meet fans and announce their upcoming projects. There were fifteen light novels announced at Anime Expo from the main light novel publishers. In this episode, we’re sharing our thoughts on those licensing announcements.

CAST

Justus R. Stone
Kyle C.
Biogundam
Terrence
Jean-Luc
Flyz

CAST

MAIN DISCUSSION

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SQUARE ENIX

VERTICAL

YEN ON

J-NOVEL CLUB

GENERAL NEWs

NOVELS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES

GAMES FROM LIGHT NOVEL

ANIME ADAPTATIONS

LIGHT NOVEL LICENSES

MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT

MAIN DISCUSSION (39:09)

NEWS

GENERAL LIGHT NOVEL NEWS

ANIME NEWS

LICENSING NEWS

MAIN DISCUSSION

NEWS

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