{"id":11145,"date":"2020-12-31T02:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T02:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2021-12-31T02:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T02:51:18","slug":"from-japan-manga-and-light-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=11145","title":{"rendered":"From Japan: Manga and Light Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5721 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spice-and-wolf-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spice-and-wolf-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/spice-and-wolf.jpg 316w\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeTextContainer3033978031902261664\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5722 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/black-butler-201x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/black-butler-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/black-butler.jpg 318w\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5724 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/attack-on-titan-201x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/attack-on-titan-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/attack-on-titan.jpg 318w\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"160\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"freeTextContainer3033978031902261664\" style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Manga:<\/strong> Japanese or Japanese-influenced comics and graphic novels. Usually printed in black-and-white. See <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/genres\/manga\">goodreads<\/a><\/span> lists. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Light novel: <\/strong><span id=\"freeTextContainer17558254124723201932\">(or Ranobe) is a style of Japanese novel typically not more than 40-50,000 words long, usually published in bunkobon size, and often illustrated. The text is often serialized in anthology magazines prior to collection in book form. See <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #333333; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/genres\/light-novel\">goodreads<\/a><\/span> lists.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>reviewers on twitter:<\/strong> <a class=\"account-group js-user-profile-link\" style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manga_critic\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"username u-dir u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\">@manga_critic<\/span><\/a><span class=\"username u-dir u-textTruncate\" dir=\"ltr\">, <a class=\"account-group js-user-profile-link\" style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mangabookshelf\" rel=\"noopener\">@mangabookshelf<\/a>, <a class=\"account-group js-user-profile-link\" style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrigidAlverson\" rel=\"noopener\">@BrigidAlverson<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"account-group js-user-profile-link\" style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/debaoki\" rel=\"noopener\">@debaoki<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPBianchini\">@SPBianchini<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>publishers:<\/strong> Vertical Comics, Kodansha Comics,\u00a0 Yen Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Manga: Japanese or Japanese-influenced comics and graphic novels. Usually printed in black-and-white. See goodreads lists. Light novel: (or Ranobe) is a style of Japanese novel typically not more than 40-50,000 words long, usually published in bunkobon size, and often illustrated. The text is often serialized in anthology magazines prior to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=11145\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11145"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11149,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145\/revisions\/11149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}