The Rising of the Shield Hero seems to be not out yet, it should be 19th August, at least accoring to Amazon.
List of Light Novels Released in English
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The Rising of the Shield Hero seems to be not out yet, it should be 19th August, at least accoring to Amazon.
Gemsy-chan
Shrine Maiden
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
This week's releases:
The Saga of Tanya the Evil 5: Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
86 -eighty six- 1
Durarara!! 12
Accel World 17: Cradle of Stars
Skeleton Knight in Another World 1 (E-Book ONLY)
The Saga of Tanya the Evil 5: Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
86 -eighty six- 1
Durarara!! 12
Accel World 17: Cradle of Stars
Skeleton Knight in Another World 1 (E-Book ONLY)
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
Yen Press have licensed:
A Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga/Oda Nobunaga to Iu Nazo no Shokugyou ga Mahou Kenshi yori Cheat datta node, Oukoku wo Tsukuru Koto ni Shimashita
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under GA Novel
- Series ongoing in Japan at 3 volumes
- Written by the same author as Killing Slimes for 300 Years...
- The web novel is finished on 169 chapters
The Greatest Mao is Reborn to Get Friends/Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Murabito A ni Tensei Suru
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under Fantasia Bunko
- The web novel is ongoing on 4 volumes
- The light novel is ongoing on 3 volumes
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town/Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu you na Monogatari
- Published in Japan under GA Bunko
- Winner of a merit award in the 8th GA Bunko Taisho contest, and thus an increasingly rare case of a first novel that was not originally a web novel (it's the only one in this batch that wasn't).
- The series is one of GA Bunko's bigger titles, and certainly one of the biggest to not have an anime adaptation yet
- Series ongoing in Japan at 6 volumes
World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country & Dungeon Seekers/Sekai Saikyou no Kouei: Meikyuukoku no Shinjin Tansakusha
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under Kadokawa BOOKS
- The web novel is ongoing in Japan on 143 chapters, not divided into volumes
- Series ongoing in Japan on 4 volumes
All scheduled for release in October.
A Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga/Oda Nobunaga to Iu Nazo no Shokugyou ga Mahou Kenshi yori Cheat datta node, Oukoku wo Tsukuru Koto ni Shimashita
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under GA Novel
- Series ongoing in Japan at 3 volumes
- Written by the same author as Killing Slimes for 300 Years...
- The web novel is finished on 169 chapters
The Greatest Mao is Reborn to Get Friends/Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Murabito A ni Tensei Suru
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under Fantasia Bunko
- The web novel is ongoing on 4 volumes
- The light novel is ongoing on 3 volumes
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town/Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu you na Monogatari
- Published in Japan under GA Bunko
- Winner of a merit award in the 8th GA Bunko Taisho contest, and thus an increasingly rare case of a first novel that was not originally a web novel (it's the only one in this batch that wasn't).
- The series is one of GA Bunko's bigger titles, and certainly one of the biggest to not have an anime adaptation yet
- Series ongoing in Japan at 6 volumes
World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country & Dungeon Seekers/Sekai Saikyou no Kouei: Meikyuukoku no Shinjin Tansakusha
- Originally a web novel serialised on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published in Japan under Kadokawa BOOKS
- The web novel is ongoing in Japan on 143 chapters, not divided into volumes
- Series ongoing in Japan on 4 volumes
All scheduled for release in October.
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
This week's releases:
No Game No Life 8
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 5 (Physical release)
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord 3 (Physical release)
The Magic in This Other World is Too Far Behind! 1 (Physical release)
The Magic in This Other World is Too Far Behind! 2 (Physical release)
In Another World with My Smartphone 3 (Physical release)
If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 1 (Physical release)
If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 2 (Physical release)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 1 (E-Book ONLY)
Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 20 (E-Book ONLY)
No Game No Life 8
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest 5 (Physical release)
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord 3 (Physical release)
The Magic in This Other World is Too Far Behind! 1 (Physical release)
The Magic in This Other World is Too Far Behind! 2 (Physical release)
In Another World with My Smartphone 3 (Physical release)
If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 1 (Physical release)
If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord 2 (Physical release)
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 1 (E-Book ONLY)
Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 20 (E-Book ONLY)
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
This week's releases:
NieR: Automata: Short Story Long 2
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 4 (E-Book ONLY)
Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! 6 (E-Book ONLY)
Battle Divas 2 (E-Book ONLY)
Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World 2 (E-Book ONLY)
Cooking with Wild Game 2 (E-Book ONLY)
NieR: Automata: Short Story Long 2
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 4 (E-Book ONLY)
Didn’t I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?! 6 (E-Book ONLY)
Battle Divas 2 (E-Book ONLY)
Strongest Gamer: Let's Play in Another World 2 (E-Book ONLY)
Cooking with Wild Game 2 (E-Book ONLY)
Arveene
School Idol
Oh! I'd completely missed that Strongest Gamer finally got a volume 2 release date. Better get that pre-ordered.
More looking forward to Abilities Average though. It rounds out my top 3 favourite LNs, although quality tends to vary a lot volume-to-volume. Hopefully this is a good volume.
More looking forward to Abilities Average though. It rounds out my top 3 favourite LNs, although quality tends to vary a lot volume-to-volume. Hopefully this is a good volume.
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
This week's releases:
Berserk: The Flame Dragon Knight
Clockwork Planet 4 (Physical release)
Outbreak Company: The Power of Moe 8 (E-Book ONLY)
Restaurant to Another World 1 (E-Book ONLY)
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the (Little) Apocalypse 13 (E-Book ONLY)
Berserk: The Flame Dragon Knight
Clockwork Planet 4 (Physical release)
Outbreak Company: The Power of Moe 8 (E-Book ONLY)
Restaurant to Another World 1 (E-Book ONLY)
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the (Little) Apocalypse 13 (E-Book ONLY)
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
Seven Seas have licensed:
SCP Foundation: Iris of the Mirror World / Kagami no Kuni no Iris
- Published under Hifumi Books
- A single volume was published in Japan in September last year. It is clearly marked as volume 1 so I would assume the series is ongoing.
- Written by Akira, the author of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai and much much more (indeed Akira is perhaps the single most prolific writer in the industry)
- Uses the setting of the SCP Foundation, with Iris (SCP-105) as the main heroine. You can read up more about the project elsewhere on the internet.
- The Japanese title is a pun on the Japanese title of Through the Looking Glass, which is Kagami no Kuni no Alice
- Volume 1 is scheduled for English release in January 2020
SCP Foundation: Iris of the Mirror World / Kagami no Kuni no Iris
- Published under Hifumi Books
- A single volume was published in Japan in September last year. It is clearly marked as volume 1 so I would assume the series is ongoing.
- Written by Akira, the author of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai and much much more (indeed Akira is perhaps the single most prolific writer in the industry)
- Uses the setting of the SCP Foundation, with Iris (SCP-105) as the main heroine. You can read up more about the project elsewhere on the internet.
- The Japanese title is a pun on the Japanese title of Through the Looking Glass, which is Kagami no Kuni no Alice
- Volume 1 is scheduled for English release in January 2020
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
J-Novel Club have licensed:
Middle-Aged Businessman Makes a Name for Himself in Another World Thanks to Goddess Power / Arafoo Eigyou-man, Isekai ni Tatsu!: Megami Power de Jinsei Nidome no Nariagari
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published under K Lanove Books
- The web novel is on hiatus right at the start of volume 3, and the light novel on hiatus on 2 volumes.
Record of Wortenia War / Wortenia Senki
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou, which started publishing as far back as 2009. Note, though, that the web novel has been subtitled "Web version", which usually means the print version is radically different.
- Published in Japan under HJ Novels
- The web novel is ongoing on 6 volumes.
- The light novel is ongoing on 12 volumes.
- Part 1 of volume 1 is available to read now.
Seriously Seeking Sister! Ultimate Vampire Princess Just Wants Little Sister: Plenty of Service Will Be Provided / Tonikaku Imouto ga Hoshii Saikyou no Kyuuketsuki wa Mujikaku Gohoushichuu
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published by TO Books
- The web novel is complete on 3 volumes
- The light novel is complete on 1 volume
They have license rescued:
Crest of the Stars/Seikai no Monshou
AND licensed:
Banner of the Stars/Seikai no Senki
Crest of the Stars:
- Published in Japan under Hayakawa Bunko JA, where it is finished as a 3 volume novel
- Previously released in full by Tokyopop and was one of the best selling light novels in English of the first English light novel boom.
- An anime adaptation aired in Winter 1999
- J-Novel Club will be retranslating the series from scratch.
- Parts 1-4 of volume 1 are available to read now.
Banner of the stars:
- Series ongoing on 6 volumes, 23 years after it started
- Published in Japan under Hayakawa Bunko JA
- Anime adaptations aired in Spring 2000 and Summer 2001, with a film in 2001 and OVA series in 2005.
They have also announced physical releases for:
- Ascendance of a Bookworm (coming in the Autumn)
- An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bridge (coming in Autumn/Winter)
- Full Metal Panic! (triple-volume hardcover omnibus coming late 2019/early 2020)
- Crest of the Stars (triple-volume hardcover omnibus coming late 2019/early 2020)
(they also licensed Side-by-side Dreamers/Soine Dreamer, but this is not a light novel)
Middle-Aged Businessman Makes a Name for Himself in Another World Thanks to Goddess Power / Arafoo Eigyou-man, Isekai ni Tatsu!: Megami Power de Jinsei Nidome no Nariagari
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published under K Lanove Books
- The web novel is on hiatus right at the start of volume 3, and the light novel on hiatus on 2 volumes.
Record of Wortenia War / Wortenia Senki
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou, which started publishing as far back as 2009. Note, though, that the web novel has been subtitled "Web version", which usually means the print version is radically different.
- Published in Japan under HJ Novels
- The web novel is ongoing on 6 volumes.
- The light novel is ongoing on 12 volumes.
- Part 1 of volume 1 is available to read now.
Seriously Seeking Sister! Ultimate Vampire Princess Just Wants Little Sister: Plenty of Service Will Be Provided / Tonikaku Imouto ga Hoshii Saikyou no Kyuuketsuki wa Mujikaku Gohoushichuu
- Originally a web novel published on Shousetsuka ni Narou
- Published by TO Books
- The web novel is complete on 3 volumes
- The light novel is complete on 1 volume
They have license rescued:
Crest of the Stars/Seikai no Monshou
AND licensed:
Banner of the Stars/Seikai no Senki
Crest of the Stars:
- Published in Japan under Hayakawa Bunko JA, where it is finished as a 3 volume novel
- Previously released in full by Tokyopop and was one of the best selling light novels in English of the first English light novel boom.
- An anime adaptation aired in Winter 1999
- J-Novel Club will be retranslating the series from scratch.
- Parts 1-4 of volume 1 are available to read now.
Banner of the stars:
- Series ongoing on 6 volumes, 23 years after it started
- Published in Japan under Hayakawa Bunko JA
- Anime adaptations aired in Spring 2000 and Summer 2001, with a film in 2001 and OVA series in 2005.
They have also announced physical releases for:
- Ascendance of a Bookworm (coming in the Autumn)
- An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bridge (coming in Autumn/Winter)
- Full Metal Panic! (triple-volume hardcover omnibus coming late 2019/early 2020)
- Crest of the Stars (triple-volume hardcover omnibus coming late 2019/early 2020)
(they also licensed Side-by-side Dreamers/Soine Dreamer, but this is not a light novel)
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Gemsy-chan
Shrine Maiden
Yay physical release for FMP
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
This week's releases:
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 8: Axis Church vs. Eris Church
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 5
The Devil is a Part-Timer 13
Re:Zero Ex 3: The Love Ballad of the Sword Devil
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 4
Baccano! 10: 1934 Peter Pan in Chains. Finale
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride 5 (E-Book ONLY)
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 4 (E-Book ONLY)
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement (E-Book ONLY)
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 8: Axis Church vs. Eris Church
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 5
The Devil is a Part-Timer 13
Re:Zero Ex 3: The Love Ballad of the Sword Devil
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level 4
Baccano! 10: 1934 Peter Pan in Chains. Finale
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride 5 (E-Book ONLY)
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer 4 (E-Book ONLY)
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement (E-Book ONLY)
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Gemsy-chan
Shrine Maiden
Just Baccano for me
Jaysgba
Combat Butler
No such thing as too many light novels.
Arveene
School Idol
KonoSuba, Reincarnated as as Slime, Killing Slimes, and Devil is a Part-timer for me...
...to add to the other 14 volumes I still haven't caught up on. At least I've been able to prevent the backlog from increasing in size this past month
Also, I believe that the first volumes of Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement and Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy are coming out on the 26th. Or at least the digital editions are. Just in case anyone wanted to pick up the third of FUNA's triumvirate.
...to add to the other 14 volumes I still haven't caught up on. At least I've been able to prevent the backlog from increasing in size this past month
Also, I believe that the first volumes of Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement and Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy are coming out on the 26th. Or at least the digital editions are. Just in case anyone wanted to pick up the third of FUNA's triumvirate.
kuuderes_shadow
Thousand Master
Indeed it does. I missed it as a result of trying to do it too quickly.