The Twelve Kingdoms Forum

hi i'm new, joined many weeks ago, but nvr really posted ^_^'' hehe...

i've got to know this great anime from tv...and got hooked! now i'm really intent on getting the novel...in total how many volumes are there? where can i get them? are there any english versions of the novel? i can't wait for 12K-TP to translate all of it...so i'm going to buy it first ^_^ :p lol

thanks alot!

-aevi

aevi wrote:in total how many volumes are there?

There are seven novels and a short story collection, but four of the novels may be divided into two volumes (depending on which edition you get).

Harunako has a good FAQ about them here:
http://www.otyaku.com/animeObserver/juu ... fo_FAQ.htm

aevi wrote:where can i get them?

Go to http://www.amazon.co.jp/ and search under 本 or 和書 for 十二国記.

aevi wrote:are there any english versions of the novel?

There are no licenced, commercially available translations in English. There are, however, a couple of other websites where fans are working on unlicenced translations:

Harunako has the short story Kasyo no Yume -- Toei [The Dream of Kasyo - Prosperity in Winter] completed and the start of three of the novels, Mashou no Ko [Son of the Demon], Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora [The Shore in Twilight, The Sky in Daybreak], and Higashi no Wadatsumi, Nishi no Soukai [The Sea God in the East, The Vast Sea in the West]. Harunako's site is at:
http://www.otyaku.com/animeObserver/index.html

Eugene Woodbury has the start of Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi [Shadow of the Moon, a Sea of Shadows] translated here:
http://www.eugenewoodbury.com/shadow/shadow_title.htm

wow u sure know alot! thanks alot for the info! it sure helped me alot

there's a kinokuniya bookstore in my country...is it possible that i can get the novels from there instead of ordering online? coz it will be quite costly for me to do so, plus my parents won't allow me to use their credit cards...

-aevi

are you by change from singapore? juuni kokki is aired at tv and there also kinokuniya in sg also....

yup i'm from s'pore and although junni kokki is aired on tv, i've missed several episodes. plus the anime series doesnt cover as much as the novels do, and is in a sense 'not the real story', so that's why i prefer to get the novels first...though i don't understand japanese at all lol. maybe i'll take up japanese lessons when i have free time. do you think kinokuniya will have junni kokki? i hope so...

I wrote:a couple of other websites where fans are working on unlicenced translations:

... Harunako's site is at:
http://www.otyaku.com/animeObserver/index.html

Eugene Woodbury has the start of Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi [Shadow of the Moon, a Sea of Shadows] translated here:
http://www.eugenewoodbury.com/shadow/shadow_title.htm

Here's another one to add to the list:
- Retroo's Site: http://students.washington.edu/alo/novel/index.html
Doing Kaze no Umi, Meikyuu no Kishi (Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth)

(Thanks to immi from the Otyaku forums for pointing this one out.)

well if they sell original novel, i will sure go there and buy all!! tell me if you find any juuni kokki related stuff there k (including poster, calendar etc) since i will be busy till may with my project and 1 day is really worth a lot for me..thanks

well I am new around here and I have become fairly interested in the story that I would like to know where I can rceive active translations of projects that have been discontinued or have otherwise been delayed, etc. I am eager to read the translations... as many I can get. Can anyone help? I am new at this, so I apologize in advance.

for ex) the translator of "Shadow of the Moon, A Sea of Shadows" (http://www.eugenewoodbury.com/shadow/shadow_title.htm)

Just to let you all know, the link to "Shadow of the Moon, Sea of Shadows" translations has changed. It's now http://www.eugenewoodbury.com/shadow/index.html

^_^