November 27, 2024

Twelve Kingdoms novels licensed

Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the Twelve Kingdoms novels by Fuyumi Ono. (Just for the record, I am not involved in any way.)
Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea (part 1) will be released in July 2025 in paperback format. The ebooks will also be made available on digital platforms. (Fuyumi Ono has resisted releasing the novels in electronic format. The Japanese editions are still not available from BookWalker or the Kindle store.)

TokyoPop published the English translations back in 2007. The license was not renewed and the books have gone out of print. When it comes to localizing manga and light novels, Seven Seas has a much bigger presence in the market. It makes sense that they would be handed the baton this time around.

Let's hope they make the most of the opportunity. Though it's not encouraging that only part 1 of Shadow of the Moon is being released first, rather than an omnibus edition. At that pace, publishing the entire series could take a long time.

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posted by Eugene [9:00 AM]   
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# posted by Blogger C.B.
11/28/2024 8:06 AM   
I have the whole series (the ones published before she wrote the last ones) and I'm wishing to the universe that éditions Milan will take up the French mental again and publish the last few novels in the same format because I love the size and look of my series! Hopefully, this new licensing will spur them into action.
# posted by Anonymous whalelala
12/02/2024 5:22 PM   
This is an interesting development. I think I’ll stick to your translations once I finally get around to reading them .
# posted by Anonymous Lims
12/06/2024 2:49 PM   
I was totally not expecting this turn: kind of came to turns that this series would never get a re-license and also I really enjoyed your translations. Now I am curious to see how it goes and hopefully they publish the title until the most recent novels.
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