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Kono Light Novel Ga Sugoi!
is an annual light novel guide book published by Takarajimasha. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels according to readers polled on the Internet and votes from "collaborators" (critics, influencers, and other people related to the light novel industry). An introduction to each of the works comes with each listing, along with an interview of the light novel's author or authors for first place. Many of the light novels that have been listed in this guide book were later adapted into anime series. Most of the light novels listed contain a series of volumes, but some single-volume light novels also get listed. The first release of the guide book was on November 26, 2004 and is the 2005 listing. The latest release is the 18th volume on November 23, 2021 and is the 2022 listing. ''A Certain Magical Index'' has appeared in the top 10 in 10 out of 19 issues, ''Sword Art Online'' has appeared in 9, ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' appeared in 7 and ''Baka an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Novel
A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a ''wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, and is published in the '' bunkobon'' format ( A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 3–9-month intervals. Light novels are commonly illustrated in a manga art style and are often adapted into manga and anime. While most light novels are published only as books, some have their chapters first serialized monthly in anthology magazines before being collected and compiled into book format, similar to how manga is published. Details Light novels developed from pulp magazines. To please their audience, in the 1970s, most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushoku Tensei
is a Japanese light novel series by and illustrated by Shirotaka. The series is about a jobless and hopeless man who dies after having a sad and withdrawn life and reincarnates in a fantasy world while keeping his memories, determined to enjoy his new life without regrets under the name Rudeus Greyrat. Originally published on the internet web novel website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in November 2012, a year later it was announced the series would receive a print release under Media Factory's MF Books imprint with illustrations done by a Pixiv user called A manga adaptation by Yuka Fujikawa began serialization in the June 2014 issue of ''Monthly Comic Flapper''. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the ''tankōbon'' volumes of the manga for localization in North America. The company also has licensed the original light novels. An anime television series adaptation by Studio Bind aired from January to December 2021. A second season is set to premiere in 2023. ''Mushoku Tensei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines ''Gunzō'', ''Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary ''Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine ''Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from ''Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current legal name since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisio Isin
, stylized as NISIOISIN to emphasize the palindrome, is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer. Nisio debuted in 2002 with the novel ''The Beheading Cycle'' (the first in his ''Zaregoto'' series), which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Prize at twenty years of age. In 2005, he began his long-running ''Monogatari'' novel series, which was published in 28 volumes as of 2021, and was later adapted as a highly-successful animated series of the same name, produced by Shaft. His ''Katanagatari'' novels, ''Medaka Box'' manga series, '' Jūni Taisen'' novel, and ''The Beheading Cycle'' have also been adapted as anime. He has also collaborated with ''Death Note'' writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata to write the light novel '' Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases''. Between 2009 to 2016, he ranked among the top 10 best-selling authors in Japan, ranking as the best-selling in 2012 and 2014. As of November 2022, his novels and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaregoto (series)
is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books in nine volumes. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Nisio's debut in 2022, the tenth volume of the series was announced titled ''Kidnap Kidding: The Blue Savant and the Daughter of the Nonsense User'', expected to be released on February 8, 2023. It was then followed by a seven-volume spin-off series also published by Kodansha Books, the series, focusing on the Zerozaki clan. A second spin-off series focused on Jun Aikawa titled series was serialized in the ''Mephisto'' magazine, and was collected by Kodansha in five volumes. First two volumes of ''Zaregoto'' were initially released in North America by Del Rey Manga, but have since been republished by Vertical, who also released the third volume. An eight-episode original video animation series adaptation of the first volume by Shaft was released b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Kadokawa may refer to: *Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group **Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker **Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publishing side of Kadokawa with its brand companies **Kadokawa Light Novel Expo, an event held yearly by Kadokawa Corporation, dedicated to news for their various light novel series. **Kadokawa Pictures, the film production branch, at various times called Kadokawa Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc. and Kadokawa Shoten Pictures, Inc. **Kadokawa Shoten , formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines su ..., a publishing house, or its subsidiaries. Currently a brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing * Genyoshi Kadokawa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noizi Ito
is a Japanese light novel and video game artist. She is employed by the H-game maker UNiSONSHIFT and is a part of the circle Fujitsubo-Machine. Unlike most romanized Japanese words and names, Noizi Ito's name uses the Kunrei-shiki romanization form. Ito is well known for her work as the character designer and artist for the ''Shakugan no Shana'' novel series which spawned a manga and anime series. She has also worked on the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' novel series along with its author Nagaru Tanigawa. Their work has also led to an anime television series titled after the first book in the series, ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''. Interview with Noizi Ito at Sakura-Con 2010 The-O Network Online She is also the character designer for the 2012 anime series '' Another'' and for the Virtual YouTuber Tenjin Kotone. Career Ito first began creating characters around the time she graduated from middle school. She grew up at a time when fighting games were popular with her and her classmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagaru Tanigawa
is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an anime television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series ''Amnesia Labyrinth'', which was serialized in ''Dengeki Bunko Magazine''. Career Tanigawa was born in Nishinomiya City, Hyōgo Prefecture. He attended Hyōgo Prefectural Nishinomiya Kita High School before attending and graduating from the Kwansei Gakuin University with a degree in law. After graduating from university, he worked as a manager at a women's clothing store before making his official debut in March 2003 with the novel ''Dengeki!! Aegis 5'' under Dengeki Bunko's ''Dengeki Moeoh'' magazine. On June 7 of the same year, the eighth Sneaker award-winning novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' and Taniga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitose Is In The Ramune Bottle
is a Japanese light novel series written by Hiromu and illustrated by raemz. Shogakukan published the first volume under its Gagaga Bunko imprint in June 2019. A manga adaptation with illustrations by Bobcat began serialization in Square Enix's '' Manga UP!'' in April 2020. Media Light novels The series is written by Hiromu and illustrated by raemz; its first volume was published by Shogakukan under its Gagaga Bunko imprint on June 18, 2019. As of August 2022, seven volumes and one short stories volume have been released. In July 2021, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for English publication. In 2022, the government of Fukui budgeted 6 million yen for a pop-culture tourism campaign collaboration with ''Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle''. Volume list Manga A manga adaptation, illustrated by Bobcat, began serialization in Square Enix's '' Manga UP!'' website on April 12, 2020. As of November 2022, the individual chapters have been collected into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Shiina
is a Japanese freelance illustrator and manga artist. They have worked on light novel and children's book covers and illustrations as well as game package and character design. They are best known for their illustration work on the ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' by Miya Kazuki. They won the Dengeki Game Illustration Gold Award in 1998, and their cover art for the ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' won the ''Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!'' in 2018 and 2019. Biography From about the time of 5th or 6th grade in elementary school, they began seriously creating drawings, and—in high school—began submitting work to contests. Shiina found work at a game company and did the character designs for ''Purikura Daisakusen'' in 1996. They created the character designs for ''Tales of Commons'' (2005), ''Tales of Wahrheit'' (2006), and ''Tales of the World: Material Dungeon'' (2008) in the '' Tales of Mobile'' series of mobile phone games from Bandai Namco Games. In 2008, Shiina worked with fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miya Kazuki
is a female Japanese light novelist and essayist. Career Kazuki started writing novels when she was in her second year of junior high school. After taking an entrance exam, she entered into a national university before graduating and becoming busy with work, stopping her from writing. Once she was married and her child entered kindergarten, Kazuki had more free time, which she used to start writing again. From 2013 onwards, she started publishing her novel ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō which saw success. In 2015, she officially debuted with said series under the T.O. Books imprint. From 2015 to 2017, Kazuki founded a research group and wrote for the magazine ''Minna no Toshokan'' (みんなの図書館) where she published her essays about issues surrounding libraries. Bibliography Novels * ''Ascendance of a Bookworm'' (本好きの下剋上 〜司書になるためには手段を選んでいられませ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirabi
is a Japanese illustrator. His notable works include ''The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!'' (2015–present), ''Myriad Colors Phantom World'' (2013–2016) and '' 86'' (2017–present). In ''Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! is an annual light novel guide book published by Takarajimasha. The guide book publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels according to readers polled on the Internet and votes from "collaborators" (critics, influencers, and other p ...'', Shirabii ranked 8th in 2017 and 2018, and ranked 1st in 2019 and 2020. Notes References External links * * * * * Japanese illustrators Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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