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J-Novel Club is a publishing company and subsidiary of Kadokawa specializing in the translation of Japanese light novels into English. It streams light novels and manga in regular installments before publishing finalized e-books. As of August 2021, J-Novel Club has licensed over 150 light novel and manga series and have published more than 800 e-books. It has licensed titles from many Japanese publishers, including Hobby Japan, Overlap, Kodansha, Earth Star Entertainment, Kadokawa Corporation, Micro Magazine, Shufu no Tomo, and Softbank Creative. It was acquired by Kadokawa Corporation on April 28, 2021.
On July 6, 2024 at Anime Expo 2024, J-Novel Cub announced a partnership with digital manga distribution site Azuki.
JNC Nina[]
On October 15, 2023, it was announced a new subsidiary titled "J-Novel Club Nina" or "JNC Nina" was launching to expand into the European market with weekly installments of light novels translated into French and German.
Notable titles available[]
- Light novels
- Ascendance of a Bookworm
- Amagi Brilliant Park (hiatus?)
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (completed)
- Beatless (completed)
- Bibliophile Princess
- Black Summoner
- By the Grace of the Gods
- Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
- Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
- Crest of the Stars (completed)
- Demon King Daimao (completed)
- Demon Lord, Retry!
- Earl and Fairy (completed, but English volumes pending)
- Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (completed)
- The Faraway Paladin (hiatus?)
- Full Metal Panic! (completed)
- Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
- Holmes of Kyoto
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
- If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord (completed)
- I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
- In Another World With My Smartphone
- Infinite Dendrogram
- Infinite Stratos (hiatus?)
- Invaders of the Rokujōma!?
- I Shall Survive Using Potions!
- Kokoro Connect (completed)
- The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy
- My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer (completed, but English volumes pending)
- My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me!
- My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! (completed, but English volumes pending)
- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (hiatus?)
- My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex
- Occultic;Nine
- Otherside Picnic
- Outbreak Company (completed, but English volumes pending)
- Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter
- Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
- Seirei Gensōki: Spirit Chronicles
- Slayers
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Wayward Journey (completed)
- Tearmoon Empire
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
- VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
- Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
- When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (completed, but English volumes pending)
- You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story
- Manga
- Ascendance of a Bookworm
- Bibliophile Princess
- Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
- Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Sui's Great Adventure
- Demon Lord, Retry!
- Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
- The Faraway Paladin
- Gushing over Magical Girls
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- Infinite Dendrogram
- I Shall Survive Using Potions!
- The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
- My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
- My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —AΩ—
- Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
- Seirei Gensōki: Spirit Chronicles
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Reckless Journey
- Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: The Youthful Journey
- Sweet Reincarnation
- Tearmoon Empire
- This Art Club Has a Problem!
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
- Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
- Audio books
- Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
- Black Summoner
- By the Grace of the Gods
- The Faraway Paladin
- Full Metal Panic!
- Hell Mode
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
- In Another World with My Smartphone
- Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World
- My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer
- My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World
- Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire
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External links[]
- Other info
- News
- Anime News Network - Azuki Announces New Partnership With J-Novel Club, Adds 21 J-Novel Club Titles by Rafael Antonio Pineda 2024-07-06 19:30 EDT
- Anime News Network - J-Novel Club Joins Hachette Book Group, Diamond Book Distributors in New Print Deal via Yen Press by Anita Tai 2024-03-06 12:15 EST
- Anime News Network - J-Novel Club Expands into Europe With JNC Nina Subsidiary for Light Novel Releases in French, German by Crystalyn Hodgkins 2023-10-15 10:00 EDT
- Anime News Network - Kadokawa Corporation Acquires U.S. Publishing Company J-Novel Club by Alex Mateo 2021-04-28 13:31 EDT