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NOTE 3: If your book is part of a series, please just add the first volume so we can keep down the clutter. Unless, of course, there's a really good reason (the first two are released in English and are currently licensed, but the publisher has announced they aren't translating anything else, for example).

Please note, the following are NOT good reasons to vote for later volumes of a series:

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message 1: by Jean (last edited Aug 22, 2013 07:13AM) (new)

Jean Hi, I made a mistake and accidently put the manga adapation of Psychic Detective Yakumo instead of the light novel series. I tried to fix it but don't know how.

It should be this edition:
Akai Hitomi Wa Shitteiru by Manabu Kaminaga

not the manga series:
Psychic Detective Yakumo Vol. 1 (Suzuka Oda) by Manabu Kaminaga

Sorry about that.


message 2: by Selena (last edited Aug 22, 2013 12:17PM) (new)

Selena Pigoni Jean wrote: "Hi, I made a mistake and accidently put the manga adapation of Psychic Detective Yakumo instead of the light novel series. I tried to fix it but don't know how.

It should be this edition:
[book..."


All you'd have to do is un-vote for the wrong one and vote for the correct one. :) Which it seems you have.


message 3: by Nicole (new)

Nicole The Sword Art Online light novels were recently licensed by Yen Press.
Also for anyone interested, Vertical Inc will be looking at license requests soon. They have various stipulations, like length and who the original publisher is, but it's still worth checking out if you have anything that you wish was licensed.


message 4: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Serene wrote: "The Sword Art Online light novels were recently licensed by Yen Press.
Also for anyone interested, Vertical Inc will be looking at license requests soon. They have various stipulations, like length..."


I had heard about SAO, but sadly, I'm not a librarian on Goodreads, so I can't remove it from the list...

And thanks for letting us know about the Vertical requests. :D


message 5: by Nicole (new)

Nicole A Certain Magical Index has now been licensed by Yen Press! They also announced a new imprint for their novel releases, so hopefully this means they'll license a few more series from this list. I'm particularly hoping for Baccano and Durarara.


message 6: by Selena (last edited Apr 20, 2014 04:59AM) (new)

Selena Pigoni Serene wrote: "A Certain Magical Index has now been licensed by Yen Press! They also announced a new imprint for their novel releases, so hopefully this means they'll license a few more series from this list. I'm..."

Yay! I'll have to tell my friend who's big into the anime version.

Soon as someone adds the English edition to Goodreads (I feel it's a bit more official that way, and people really know why I'm removing it from the list), I'll get someone to remove it from the list. ;)

I'm hoping for Baccano and Durarara, too. The anime are so popular state side, I'm surprised they haven't translated the LNs yet...


message 7: by Selena (last edited Apr 22, 2014 06:02AM) (new)

Selena Pigoni Okay, so I found a report on the recent Yen Press Liscensing here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/...

Doesn't seem like Baccano or Durarara are on the list.
But it DOES look like Pandora Hearts Odds and Ends IS on the list, so once an English edition is posted for it, I'll ask a librarian to take it off this list.


message 8: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Noragami 1: Stray God is licensed by Kodansha Comics and is set to be released in the US in September.


message 9: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Looks like Yen Press has licensed a few new series! Info can be found here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news...

Once I see that the English editions are posted on Goodreads, I'll post here again and alert everyone who voted for these series with a link to their English adaptations!


message 11: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Looks like Yen Press is releasing more stuff in English, guys!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/...

Once I see the English editions on Goodreads, I'll post here again and alert everyone who voted for these series with a link to their English adaptations!


message 12: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni DURARARA!! will be available in English from Yen Press July of this year! Yay!


message 13: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Selena wrote: "DURARARA!! will be available in English from Yen Press July of this year! Yay!"

I FLIPPED when I heard this! The Durarara light novels where one of my top dream licenses! And if they do well, I suppose there's a greater chance for the Baccano light novels as well!

Tokyo Ghoul was licensed by Viz, and RustBlaster was licensed by Yen Press (but since I was the only one who had voted for it, I just removed my vote).


message 14: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Black Bullet, Vol. 1 will be available in English from Yen Press August of this year! Yay!


message 15: by Mayumi (new)

Mayumi Yen Press announced three new Manga titles, one of them is Horimiya!


message 16: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Mayumi wrote: "Yen Press announced three new Manga titles, one of them is Horimiya!"

Awesome! I can't wait to read it! :D Got a link to that announcement? I wanna read it.


message 17: by Mayumi (new)

Mayumi Selena wrote: "Mayumi wrote: "Yen Press announced three new Manga titles, one of them is Horimiya!"

Awesome! I can't wait to read it! :D Got a link to that announcement? I wanna read it."


It was a twitter announcement.


message 18: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Mayumi wrote: "It was a twitter announcement."

Sweet. :)


message 19: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Looks like Silber is being released as Dream a Little Dream in English in April!

Also, for those interested, there's a giveaway!


message 20: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/...

Looks like Yen Press is releasing "Irregular at Magic High School" manga and novels!


message 21: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Strike the Blood, Vol. 1 will be available from Yen On in September!


message 22: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni http://www.yenpress.com/2015/04/new-l...

New batch of licensing! Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun and Yowamushi Pedal are in this one! :D


message 23: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Just want to remind you all to only vote for the first volume unless there is a super good reason!

"I read all the previous volumes (illegally) online" is not a reason to vote for volume 12 of something that the first volume is not licensed.

"The series has been licensed, but I want them to publish this faster" is also not a reason to vote for volume 12 of a series.

So please, for the sake of this list staying neat, only vote for the first volume in the series.


message 24: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni The Irregular at Magic High School, Vol. 1 will be released in October!


message 25: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Horimiya, Vol. 1 will be released in October by Yen Press! Yay! :D


message 26: by Mayumi (new)

Mayumi Yen press just announced new licences for バッカーノ!The Rolling Bootlegs and やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 1 (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru) and Another Episode S


message 27: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Mayumi wrote: "Yen press just announced new licences for バッカーノ!The Rolling Bootlegs and やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 1 (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru) and [book:Another Ep..."

Awesome. :)


message 28: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Found the announcement for Baccano and all that http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/...


message 29: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol.1 is being released November 17th by Yen Press! :D


message 30: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Went to the bookstore and saw that Viz is now publishing Maid-sama! as 2-in-1 editions! Yay!


message 31: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Yowamushi Pedal is being released as an omnibus this winter by Yen Press! Yay!


message 32: by Mohamed (new)

Mohamed Ashraf Great list...
If all got licensed, I'll go broke...
I kept writing names of LNs & manga in the search and kept finding them
BTW
Shouldn't you get 'prison school' and 'Oregairu' off the list already

I wanted to add this one:http://myanimelist.net/manga/81711/Ko....
But I couldn't find it on Goodreads (╥_╥)


message 33: by Selena (last edited Sep 26, 2015 01:50PM) (new)

Selena Pigoni Mohamed wrote: "BTW
Shouldn't you get 'prison school' and 'Oregairu' off the list already"


Didn't realize they were on the list. :) Thank you for pointing them out. Prison School been removed from the list.

As for Oregairu, it doesn't look like anyone's added the English edition of the book yet to Goodreads. I take them off the list when the English version is on GR so I can point those who voted for it to the US Goodreads page. :)


message 34: by Mohamed (new)

Mohamed Ashraf Selena wrote: "Mohamed wrote: "BTW
Shouldn't you get 'prison school' and 'Oregairu' off the list already"

Didn't realize they were on the list. :) Thank you for pointing them out. Prison School b..."


Which reminds me that the English version of BACCANO got its goodreads page while it is on the list
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


message 35: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Mohamed wrote: "Which reminds me that the English version of BACCANO got its goodreads page while it is on the list
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... "


That one I've been holding off on because like Oregairu, Yen Press doesn't actually list it on their website (which is why the release date on the Baccano page is just 2016). I guess a more accurate explanation is I'm waiting for the publishers to actually list them on the site (and thus a GR page is made with correct information). A lot can go wrong in the meantime, you know? ^^;;;


message 36: by Nicole (new)

Nicole https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...

Haikyuu, Kuroko no Basket, and Yona of the Dawn have been licensed by Viz!
Aaahhh I'm so excited! This year has been filled with great licenses. I only have like 3 dream licenses left!


message 37: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Ooo! I was wondering how long until Yona of the Dawn would come out.


message 38: by Selena (last edited Oct 25, 2015 05:23PM) (new)

Selena Pigoni Baccano!, Vol. 1 will be released next April by Yen On! Yay! :D

(It's not listed on their site yet, but Amazon has a release date)


message 39: by ReadingFrog (new)

ReadingFrog Haikyu!! Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 will be released next summer, as well as Kuroko's Basketball Omnibus, Vol. 1.


message 40: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni ReadingFrog wrote: "Haikyu!! Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3 will be released next summer, as well as Kuroko's Basketball Omnibus, Vol. 1."

Awesome! Thank you for the heads up. :)


message 41: by ReadingFrog (new)

ReadingFrog No problem. Thank you for making this list! It's really handy since I don't keep up with manga licenses all the time, but I check the comments on this every so often and I freak out because all of my favorite series are now being licensed.


message 42: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni ReadingFrog wrote: "No problem. Thank you for making this list! It's really handy since I don't keep up with manga licenses all the time, but I check the comments on this every so often and I freak out because all of ..."

Ha ha, theoretically we do more than just manga and light novels, but not too many people add those. ;) I think we have a few German books on here.


message 43: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Got super excited when I saw this:

http://yenpress.com/2015/12/the-retur...


message 44: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 1 will be released by Viz August of 2016. :)


message 45: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong as I Expected, Vol. 1 will be released this June by Yen On. :)


message 46: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni Steins;Gate, Volume 1 was released October of last year by Udon Entertainment. Found this out wandering a book store.

Who knew, right?


message 47: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni We have reached 100 voters! Yay! :D


message 49: by Selena (new)

Selena Pigoni ReadingFrog wrote: "Tokyo Ghoul: Days (Tokyo Ghoul Light Novels, #1) will be released Oct 18, 2016 and Tokyo Ghoul: Void (Tokyo Ghoul Light Novels, #2) on Jan 17, 2017."

You don't know how happy that makes me. :) Thank you for the update!


message 50: by ReadingFrog (last edited Apr 17, 2016 04:59PM) (new)

ReadingFrog Vertical Comics also has a licensing survey going here on their tumblr. You can suggest up to three manga titles and one light novel title for English licensing. However, there are restrictions for what you can submit so read them carefully.


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