Every year since 2005, a light novel guide book titled Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) is published in Japan, featuring lists such as top 10 most popular light novels and top 10 favorite light novel characters. To create their final listings, the poll works with multiple categories of voters: the homepage… Read More Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2015
As the year comes to a close, I thought it would be fun to put together a few blog posts in the form of “top 10” lists. I have at least three of these in mind, but for now I’ll start with a list of my favorite anime shows that are based on light novels series.… Read More Favorite Anime Adapted from Light Novels
Digital Manga is an English publisher of manga and novels from Japan, specializing primarily in online and ebook releases. Included is the Juné imprint which is focused on manga and light novels from the yaoi (boys’ love) genre. Note that most of the books on this list are digital-only, and that a few of them have… Read More Yaoi and Shounen-Ai from Digital Manga
Many of my favorite indie horror games made in Japan have received light novel adaptations or spin-offs, and I’ve been able to collect a few of them during my time living here. For Halloween, I took some pictures of a few illustrations found in these books: Shiro no Noroi This book is the standard size… Read More Halloween Special: Japanese Horror Light Novels
For those in need of another book to read this Halloween season, I’ve recently released a web novel titled I’m (Sort of) an Expert on Ghosts. This can be read online or downloaded to an e-reader for free. And as part of the “light novel experience,” you will find ten lovely illustrations in this book drawn… Read More I’m (Sort of) an Expert on Ghosts
I’ve bought a bunch of light novels recently, and thought I’d share some photos of them. This will be similar to my “Introduction to Light Novels” page, but perhaps this post can be considered the 102 course? Here’s some of my recent purchases–most of them were used but still in nice condition. Light novels are cheap to… Read More Feature: A Look into Japanese Light Novels
