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Juuni Kokki novels to be published stateside in '07!
Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:09 pm
by Pez001
Big News!
Newsarama article wrote:Last week, manga publisher TOKYOPOP unveiled Pop Fiction, a line of original and licensed young adult prose titles debuting in October. Priced between $7.99 and $10.99, Pop Fiction’s initial releases will feature serialized teen novels by international creators, from Europe's best-selling Magic Moon to Asia's hottest titles, Scrapped Princess, Kino no Tabi: Book One of The Beautiful World and Witches' Forest: The Adventures of Duan Surk.
Tokyopop has published a few prose novels based on its manga properties such as Slayers, .hack//AI buster, .hack//Another Birth, CLAMP School Paranormal Investigators, Gravitation, Devil May Cry, Love Hina, Seikai: Crest of the Stars and Mobile Suit Gundam Seed but Pop Fiction is its biggest foray into the YA prose market.
later on, he mentions...
One other “big” title under the Pop Fiction imprint is Fuyumi Ono's popular The Twelve Kingdoms series of novels, slated for March 2007.
From
http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthr ... ?p=1972050
via
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/
Is this good or bad? who knows. All I know is I'm glad they're finally bringing the books over.
Novels
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 6:28 am
by Jinx999
Brilliant!
I only hope they don't start taking down the online translations now, before the books come out. I'd go mad with impatience.
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:49 am
by nightchaser
March 2007? That my b-day! I actually get something I want for my b-day next year! How cool is that?
The waiting begins...
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:56 am
by zitch
Just one word:
Yay!
Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:28 pm
by scorchpop
YAY! I'm sooooo happy! I always have trouble reading the longer stories online, they hurt my eyes >.<, so it will be nice to finally have it in book format.
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 12:51 am
by Shusei 2
Man, first I got to see FFVII advant children today, and now this? I'm in heaven. Best late evening ever!
Re:News of Twelve Kingdoms
Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 10:09 pm
by Shanonn
Finally!!! I hope they actually publish it. And who know, if the novels get more international fans, maybe they will bring back new episodes of the anime. And inspire the author to write more books.
Shanonn
Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 12:43 am
by beranda
Awesome news!
But a year to wait...
And also, who'll do the translation? And what will the cover art and design? I'd like to see all the original drawings and pictures.
Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 10:44 pm
by Star_pixi
OH mah gawd this is amazing news!! Perhaps all that publicity will get the anime going once again...that would be wonderful. When people start reading the books they'll want the anime...oooh this is wonderful!
otyaku.com confirms
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:20 pm
by Shanonn
I visited otyaku.com today. I guess ToyokoPop is going to release the Twelve Kingdoms in english in March of 2007. Harunako is going to take down the contents of his novel translations. He doesn't know exactly when. I'll be sorry to see the site go. Here is the link if you want to read it. (
http://www.otyaku.com/wordpress/) I am glad that the novels are being translated.
Shanonn
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:10 pm
by Mercury Omega
*dances*
Yes! Just what the fandom needs! I'm really grateful for the dedication and hard work of the online translators but having the novels in your hands and the ability to take them with you everywhere is just amazing. I can't wait for 2007 to arrive.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 4:04 pm
by Spadge
Best news ever.
Thanks all for the heads up.
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:59 pm
by renovan
I sure hope the Novels they bringing over go past the Anime episodes released!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:02 pm
by Spadge
Erm, no, not at all, I hope.
The anime was remade from the novels in such a way as to make it a more accessible series, and one of the ways this was done was to rebase the series around a central character, rather than sticking to the original idea of the different time periods covered in the books.
Or so I thought, anyway.
Re: otyaku.com confirms
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:59 pm
by fragile_bloom
Shanonn wrote:I visited otyaku.com today. I guess ToyokoPop is going to release the Twelve Kingdoms in english in March of 2007. Harunako is going to take down the contents of his novel translations. He doesn't know exactly when. I'll be sorry to see the site go. Here is the link if you want to read it. (
http://www.otyaku.com/wordpress/) I am glad that the novels are being translated.
Shanonn
Is this for real? Have they officially said they will publish all the novels in English? I will hate to see the online versions go. I wonder if it's going to be easy for us to buy or order the books.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:27 am
by bLkPari
How long do you think the novel is going to be? I'm glad that its still continuing.
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:53 pm
by Elysium
bLkPari wrote:How long do you think the novel is going to be? I'm glad that its still continuing.
Right now the novel is not exactly continuing... and the author is writing horror stories...
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:30 pm
by zitch
Oh? Where did you hear this?
I don't mean to cast doubt. I honestly want to know!
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:32 am
by Elysium
I am very interested to know as well!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:48 am
by Elysium
It has been said that the next book is in progress for the last five year now, and Ono-sensei has published a couple of other things during the time...
But one should never give up the hope.
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:02 pm
by Elysium
A quick search at Amazon.co.jp gave roughly four books, three 黒祠の島 and one ゴーストハント(The Ghosthunt)...