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Post by justusrstone on Jan 14, 2018 20:08:00 GMT -5
As each anime season passes, light novels become a larger influence on projects being produced. Now that the official English market for light novels have a healthy number of titles, I think it's time to talk about them!
I envision a panel focused on people new to light novels. What are light novels? What's the history of their development? Who are the main players in releasing light novels in English? What titles are available, and where should new fans begin?
Any other light novel related topics would of course be welcome.
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Post by crownowa on Jan 14, 2018 21:16:09 GMT -5
Is it true that there are so many issekai light novels that there's now a quota?
I'd like to know which English publishing companies are making good translations. I've heard that Tanya the Evil has a good translation but that's it.
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Post by justusrstone on Jan 14, 2018 21:29:33 GMT -5
LOL, well English publishers are still pumping out the Isekai books, but I know some Japanese LN competitions have banned any Isekai stories.
Tanya the Evil was very good! It's from Yen On, one of the biggest publishers of light novels in English.
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Post by crownowa on Jan 14, 2018 21:41:50 GMT -5
Isn't Tanya from a newer branch of that company? I'm borrowing it from a friend when he's finished with it.
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Post by kyo on Jan 14, 2018 22:08:45 GMT -5
I’d say 1 of the main company’s that release English light novels would be Yen Press LLC
Yen Press is an American publishing company, that is co-owed by Hachette Book Group and Kadokawa Corporation. They own translation rights to many different genres of light novels, which most have become an anime series.
Examples would be: • No Game No Life •Devils a Part Timer •Sword Art Online(the LN us better then the anime, fight me)
These three are also great for people just starting/wanting to get into light novels.
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Post by crownowa on Jan 14, 2018 22:46:17 GMT -5
No one's ever told me that the English novel for SAO is even decent ><
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Post by justusrstone on Jan 15, 2018 10:47:52 GMT -5
Yen Press, as Kyo mentioned, is the parent company. Around 2014 they created a sub-company called Yen On for their light novel releases. I think their initial thought was because they licensed some light novels they also had the manga for, they wanted a clear way to differentiate between the two. I agree with Kyo, the SAO novels are better than the anime. Generally, they expand more on character development and in some cases have a little smoother story as the anime cut some stuff out. That said, most of the issues people have with SAO are still present, so it's not like a hater of the anime is going to suddenly love the light novels.
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Post by ryukomatoiii on Feb 20, 2018 15:52:35 GMT -5
would love to attend this one!
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