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NOVELUS: Shogakukan Launches Light Novel and Manga App

Major Japanese publisher Shogakukan has launched NOVELUS, a new manga and light novel app with plans to publish Western light novels

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  • Shogakukan unveils NOVELUS, an app bringing Japanese light novels and manga to Western audiences.
  • NOVELUS offers English translations of over 80 popular titles, many previously unavailable in English.
  • Readers can engage with others, rate works, and enjoy unique features like character icons.
  • Upcoming contest for original English light novels to be featured on the NOVELUS app.

Shogakukan, one of the major publishers in Japan, has launched NOVELUS, a new app for its iconic Japanese light novels and manga. Japan's light novel scene has few parallels elsewhere, producing many popular works across multiple genres – especially in fantasy, romance, and adventure. For the first time, Shogakukan's NOVELOUS app will put English translations of the most popular series (and brand-new series) into the hands of Western audiences in the United States and Canada. You can take a look at the official website. 

NOVELUS: Shogakukan Launches Light Novel and Manga App
Graphic: Shogakukan

With the launch of NOVELOUS, new readers and Western fans of Japanese light novels and manga alike can enjoy more than 80 of Japan's favorite works. These include light novels like the dark fantasy Witch and Hound and romantic comedy Too Many Losing Heroines!, to manga like the action-packed Kengan Ashura. Most of these works have never been published in English before, and many more will be added after launch.

NOVELUS: The Latest Digital Manga and Novel App With Big Global Plans

The NOVELOUS app further develops the light novel readership community, allowing friends and family to share their favorite series, as well as rate and leave impressions about their favorite works. Easily identify which characters are currently speaking in any light novel work with dedicated character icons and speech bubbles for ease of reading. In the future, Shogakukan will also include original, light novels in NOVELOUS written in the West. Look forward to an upcoming competition where participants can submit their own English light novels for a chance to win a prize and be featured in the NOVELOUS app!

NOVELUS: Shogakukan Launches Light Novel and Manga App
Graphic: Shogakukan

"Many Western fans discover their favorite stories through anime, but are less familiar with the original manga or light novels those anime are based on," says Yuki Wada, NOVELOUS' producer. "Light novels, in particular, are not well known in the West, so we wanted to share the incredible work of these authors with a global audience."

NOVELOUS is now available on iOS and Android. Readers can unlock long-term access to new chapters with in-app Paid coins or, in the short term, Free coins for readers looking to browse new stories without commitment.

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Adi TantimedhAbout Adi Tantimedh

Adi Tantimedh is a filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist. He wrote radio plays for the BBC Radio, “JLA: Age of Wonder” for DC Comics, “Blackshirt” for Moonstone Books, and “La Muse” for Big Head Press. Most recently, he wrote “Her Nightly Embrace”, “Her Beautiful Monster” and “Her Fugitive Heart”, a trilogy of novels featuring a British-Indian private eye published by Atria Books, a division Simon & Schuster.
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