Reddit reviews Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn (1)

Definitely my all-time favorite anime. Here's a guide for getting into the series.

Note that the image is out of date; there's a remake coming out next year, the original series is being brought over to the west some time soon, and the first English release of the novels comes out next week.

>Its rather easy to market and sell novels these days with online distribution of written works
>There seems to be an increase lately in novel type works related to manga and anime being translated into english. For example, the first Record of Lodoss War novel is finally officially being translated into english.

That sounds very optimistic, given Dark Horse's track record with Berserk. They don't even sell Berserk in a digital format yet, despite the license holder doing so (because of the license holder apparently, but my point remains). You're putting your bets on the adaptation of Lodoss War (and LoGH too, recently). But those are different publishers with different priorities.

> I imagine that if they are going really dee into Grunbeld's backstory via novel that it has little relevance towards the plot of the main storyline and that it is going to be so in depth that to incorporate it into the manga would be burdonsome.

This is backwards. The novel is likely being written to flesh out ideas Miura had about Grunbeld's story into a novel-length format. That story's incorporation in the manga was never going to be a 200-page monster. The apostle origin stories are never even close to that long, so there's no reason to assume Grunbeld's would be different.

Try online stores? The first five of the ten novels have been translated to English. The sixth will be released later this month!

You always have the option of the just reading the novels.


Edit: Grammar fix.

Readaptation coming in 2017, as well as the first few novels getting translated into English, and even more the original series is getting an official western release.

The books have just recently been translated. You can buy it here on Amazon.

I've never read it, but here you go.
https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Galactic-Heroes-Vol-Dawn/dp/1421584948

Try legend of the galactic heroes


https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Galactic-Heroes-Vol-Dawn/dp/1421584948

I'd recommend watching the anime first as there is no other translation or fan translation for the novel series.

Novels

Japanese light novel series, Legend of the Galactic Heroes sounds like a perfect match for that.

The Lost Fleet series, by Jack Campbell is interesting to me, as the main character is somewhat chronologically displaced, and politics are a large factor for character interactions.

Only the first novel has been translated as of now. The second one is going to come this month that too extremely soon.

Here's the Amazon link.

Here's the goodreads review link

Here's a video review link. (See this whole review first and no, it's not a light novel )

Skip anything isekai. Try works by Nomura Mizuki, her works usually got a detective novel-like feel.

If you feel really into scifi/politics, try Legend of Galactic Heroes