J-Novel Club Announcement Round-Up from Cloud Matsuri November 2020

Anime Limited were not the only Japanese related media publisher to unveil a list of new title announcements, as US based localiser and book publisher J-NOVEL CLUB hosted their own industry styled panel to give UK (and potentially worldwide based) viewers of the stream a recap of previously announced titles and what to expect from the the future.

YenPress Announces New Light Novel & Manga Titles at MetaVerse; including Bofuri

American based book publisher YenPress recently appeared during the digital event MetaVerse to announce a slew of new titles, including localisation and release plans for both light novel and manga variations of Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense and the In Another World With My Smartphone Manga.

YenPress Announces Sword Art Online Platinum Collector’s Edition for December Release

Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online continues to be a popular franchise with the light novel being adapted into various forms of media including manga, anime and games; but today American based book publisher have announced plans to release a “Platinum Collector’s Edition” release of the light novel.

Amazon Removes Selective J-Novel Club and YenPress Manga & Light Novel titles from its Store

In some rather concerning news Anime News Network has reported that a small number of Manga and Light Novel franchises published by J-Novel Club, YenPress and Dark Horse Comics are being removed (delisted) from Amazon without prior notification to the respective publisher. Currently titles such as How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, Clockwork Planet, The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan and I Shall Survive Using Potions! have been removed from the Amazon US storefront while in the UK YenPress titles No Game No Life and No Game No Life Please, as well as Dark Horse Comics titles Eromanga Sensei and Oreimo have been removed.

J-Novel Club Announces Thirteen New Titles at Anime Expo Event

This past weekend J-Novel Club took part in the Digital Anime Expo event, known as Anime Expo Lite, to announce a selection of new Light Novel and Manga titles; with highlights including Slayers and Record of Wortenia War.

Seven Seas Entertainment Announce New Light Novel and Manga Titles Including The Demon Girl Next Door Manga Series

Usually at this time of year both home video and book publishers go to various events, such as Anime Expo, and announce a slew of new titles; but with COVID-19 continuing to have an impact across the world various publishers are doing there own thing. FUNimation, Manga UK, Anime Limited and YenPress for instance chose to take part in digital events to announce new titles while book publisher while Seven Seas Entertainment (otherwise known as Go Manga) opted to go down the traditional route of announcing titles through social media and their website over a week long period.

YenPress Announces Six Light Novel and Six Manga Titles at Digital Anime Expo Event; including Reign of the Seven Spellblades

Following on from last week’s new title announcements American based book publisher YenPress took part in the digital Anime Expo event to announce even more new additions to their line-up, including an art book of the Overlord anime series.

YenPress Announces New Manga and Light Novel Licenses Including A Certain Magical Index SS

Ahead of the online Anime Expo event this weekend American based localisation and publishing house YenPress have today announced a slew of new title acquisitions including the light novel collection of A Certain Magical Index SS and the manga series of The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap.

J-Novel Club Announces New Digital and Print Licenses

Late last week American based publisher J-Novel Club hosted a live-stream event that saw the company announce a slew of digital and print title licenses; including When the Clock Strikes Z and Monster Tamer.

YenPress Announces New Titles Including Sword Art Online Progressive Transient Barcarolle Manga and Highschool DxD Light Novel

The wounderful people at YenPress have once again taken to social media to reveal a slew of new title announcements with highlights including the Sword Art Online Progressive Transient Barcarolle manga and The Highschool DXD light novel.