is a Japanese

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 languag ...

series written by Kō Nigatsu and illustrated by Saba Mizore. It began publication in February 2020 under

ASCII Media Works ASCII ( ), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Because of ...

Dengeki Bunko is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks). It was established in June 1993 with the publication of '' Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania'' volume one, and is a light novel imprint a ...

imprint. As of January 2023, eight volumes have been released. A

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

adaptation illustrated by Umemi Makimoto was serialized in ASCII Media Works' ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

Dengeki Maoh is a Japanese seinen magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks). It first went on sale on October 27, 2005, and is sold every month on the twenty-seventh. The magazine features information on video games, manga, and light nove ...

'' from March 2020 to July 2021, with its chapters collected into three ''

tankōbon is the Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...

'' volumes. An

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series adaptation has been announced.

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Media

Light novel

Written by Kō Nigatsu and illustrated by Saba Mizore, ''Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote'' began its publication on February 7, 2020, under

imprint. As of January 2023, eight volumes have been released.

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Umemi Makimoto was serialized in ASCII Media Works' ''

'' magazine from March 27, 2020, to July 27, 2021. It has been collected into three ''

'' volumes, published from August 2020 to September 2021.

Anime

television series adaptation was announced on December 21, 2022.

Reception

In 2019, ''Seiyū Radio no Ura Omote'' won the Grand Prize at the 26th

Dengeki Novel Prize The is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint. The contest has discovered many popular and successful light novelists, like K ...

. The series ranked 15th in the ''

bunkobon In Japan, are small-format paperback books, designed to be affordable and space saving. The great majority of ''bunkobon'' are A6 (105×148mm or 4.1"×5.8") in size. They are sometimes illustrated and like other Japanese paperbacks usually ...

'' category and eighth in the new work category of the 2021 edition of

Takarajimasha is a Japanese publishing company based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is known for publishing subculture-oriented fashion magazines aimed at teens, fashion magazines in general, as well as guide books. History The company was founded on September 22, ...

's ''

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 ...

'' guide book; it ranked 16th in the ''bunkobon'' category of the 2022 edition.

References

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* * {{Anime News Network, light novel, 26757 2020 Japanese novels Anime and manga based on light novels ASCII Media Works manga Dengeki Bunko Dengeki Comics Light novels Seinen manga Upcoming anime television series