English Title: Ao Oni Japanese Title: é’鬼 — Ao Oni — “Blue Demon” Author: Kenji Kuroda Illustrator: Karin Suzuragi Translator: Alexander Keller-Nelson Genre: Horror, Survival Game, Drama Original Run: February 2013 – ongoing English Run: January 2018 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: FreeGameNovel (PHP Institute) English Publisher: J-Novel Club Volumes in Japanese: 5 (Completed) Note: There… Read More Ao Oni
On Halloween, J-Novel Club announced two new horror light novel licenses for their online service: Yume Nikki: I Am Not in Your Dream, written by Akira and illustrated by Aco Arisaka Based on the cult hit game, the novelization of Yume Nikki follows a lonesome girl into the bizarre dreamscapes that await her when she… Read More New J-Novel Club Titles: Yume Nikki and Ao Oni
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
