November 2nd Newsletter! On writing and anime!
Added 2021-11-16 19:37:11 +0000 UTCHello patrons!
This is the second newsletter of November... I think. I wrote a first newsletter, right? Right?!
Ahem.
Anyway, Incubus 4 has finished and now I'm taking all the comments people have posted and making changes to the manuscript based on them. I should be done soon. Then it's off to my editor. The story will remain up for this month. Next month, I'll begin posting chapters for the next A Most Unlikely Hero volume!
There's not much to say about my work right now. I've been... working hard. It's more than just writing these days. Since no longer being exclusive with Amazon, I'm having to learn about advertising, marketing, newsletter...ing...is that a word? Anyway, I'm basically studying all the things I neglected because I can't rely on Zon and their wonky algorithms anymore. It sucks, but I don't want to risk having Amazon terminate my account over someone stealing my stories and posting them online again.
To take the edge off the frustrating tedium that is studying, I'm watching as much anime as I can whenever I have a free moment. I've just finished a re-watch of Sword Art Online seasons 1, 2, and the Ordinal Scale movie. I never saw seasons 3 and 4 and couldn't remember what happened in the previous seasons. Now that I am refreshed, I plan to finish the series. Of course, I'm also watching quite a few seasonals. Mushoku Tensei continues to reign supreme as my favorite, but Banished From the Hero's Party is hitting that sweet spot for my romantic needs. Also, Rit is hot AF. I'm so jealous of Gideon.
Are you watching any anime right now? What are you watching? What do you like about it?
Comments
Probably not. Manga are costly. I am paying my American Kitsune artist around $1,400-1,600 every month to make it. I can't afford to pay another artist that much. I'm not making enough money for that.
2021-11-30 13:14:37 +0000 UTCSo I'm wondering is there or will there be a manga version of the Wiedergeburt books coming out?
Andy Holewinski
2021-11-30 08:22:01 +0000 UTCThe anime has been pretty much spot on to the LN. The fact the studio was created to make the anime helps with that
Daniel Glasson
2021-11-19 14:03:55 +0000 UTCLOL Steven. I too am watching all of those things you've mentioned plus a few other Chinese ones as well. I'm having a lot of fun with the assassin one its following the manga pretty closely. Kicked out of the hero's party to is one of my faves. I also noticed that the anime weakest to the strongest is coming out with a second season in the winter or no in January, excuse me. And as an aside I can't wait to start reading a little more of a most unlikely hero that's one of my favorite as well. 😁😎
Tim Nielsen
2021-11-17 09:51:47 +0000 UTCAlso: Mahoutsukai no Yome: Hoshi Matsu Hito (The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star)(Sep 2016 to Sep 2017) = 8.12 Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride)(Oct 2017 to Mar 2018) = 8.08 Mahoutsukai no Yome: Nishi no Shounen to Seiran no Kishi (The Ancient Magus' Bride: Google translation = West Boy and Knight of Sex)(Sep 2021 to Sep 2022) = 7.64
Steven Alexander
2021-11-17 01:45:26 +0000 UTCAlso, in order of story events: Doupo Cangqiong (Jan to Apr 2017) = 7.27 Doupo Cangqiong 2nd Season (Mar to May 2018) = 7.58 Specials relate to events around the second season: Doupo Cangqiong Specials (Sep to Oct 2017) = 7.44 Doupo Cangqiong 2nd Season Specials (Apr 2019) = 7.58 Doupo Cangqiong: San Nian Zhi Yue (Oct 2021 to ?) = 7.64 Doupo Cangqiong 3rd Season (Jul to Sep 2019) = 7.69 Doupo Cangqiong 4th Season (Mar to Aug 2021) = 8.04
Steven Alexander
2021-11-17 01:31:18 +0000 UTCI’d say that’s fitting descriptor (TokyoPop lists Fantasy, Leading Ladies, Slice of Life). Even though think I recall in one place they labeled SciFi which I wouldn’t really see Persay
2021-11-17 01:11:28 +0000 UTCTwo big scenes that had a lot of it in the manga and LN were missing it in the anime. Don't want to say which specifically to avoid spoiling for our nonmanga/LN viewers
Daniel Glasson
2021-11-17 01:10:06 +0000 UTCI would personally like to see Berserk of Gluttony get made into an anime.
2021-11-17 01:08:30 +0000 UTCIt's my current favorite light novel series.
2021-11-17 01:07:08 +0000 UTCThat's a slice of life if I'm not mistaken.
2021-11-17 01:06:39 +0000 UTCI think they just haven't reached that point in the series yet.
2021-11-17 01:06:06 +0000 UTCNote that the rankings were current as of post, but change over time.
Steven Alexander
2021-11-17 01:05:27 +0000 UTCAlso: Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo (The Daily Life of the Immortal King) = 7.31 Xian Wang de Richang Shenghuo 2 (The Daily Life of the Immortal King 2) = 8.00
Steven Alexander
2021-11-17 00:57:56 +0000 UTCAlso: Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru (The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat) = 7.71
Steven Alexander
2021-11-16 23:03:10 +0000 UTCRandom research on MyAnimeList with the rankings of each (higher is better) Saihate no Paladin (The Faraway Paladin) = 7.92 86 = 8.20 86 Part 2 = 8.64 Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World) = 7.37 Isekai Shokudou 2 (Restaurant to Another World 2) = 7.64 Bokutachi no Remake (Remake our Life!) = 7.50 Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu (Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut) = 7.37 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) = 8.35 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2 (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2) = 8.66 Mieruko-chan = 7.47 Vanitas no Karte (The Case Study of Vanitas) = 7.92 Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shimashita (Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside) = 7.16 Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - note: 2nd season coming out January 2022) = 7.20
Steven Alexander
2021-11-16 22:56:30 +0000 UTCMyAnimeList web pages: Top Airing Anime, Top Upcoming Anime, Top TV Series, Top Movies, (basically all the Top links), & Most Popular Anime are good places to start looking for good anime. How about stories by other authors you would like to see made into an anime. What’s your favorite story(s) by another author(s) you would like to see made into an anime?
Steven Alexander
2021-11-16 21:45:50 +0000 UTCI haven't been watching much anime recently, but I most certainly agree that Mushoku Tensei is among the best (at least based on the LNs, which I've been reading as they come out in English)
Arthur V.
2021-11-16 21:41:15 +0000 UTCBanished, My Senpai is Annoying, and I have a few others of the upcoming dubs I’ll pick up. And working through my DVD piles (Really loved finally getting around to watching Aria the Animation)
2021-11-16 19:45:48 +0000 UTCBanished from the Hero's Party is awesome. I love how they made Ares seem just as slimy as he did in the LN/manga. I am glad they cut the brocon stuff down a bit in the anime
Daniel Glasson
2021-11-16 19:45:16 +0000 UTC
