Category: Books
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Miura Shion Interview Part 2: Comparing Dictionaries
Miura Shion is the writer of Fune wo Amu (2011) otherwise also known as The Great Passage. Starting from October 14, an anime adaptation will be broadcast on the noitaminA block. For this reason I decided to translate an interview with the author over the course of the next couple of months while the anime is airing. The…
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Hatsuno Sei x Ooya Hiroko Dialogue Part 3: What’s next for HaruChika?
This is the third and last part of the dialogue between HaruChika author Hatsuno Sei and book reviewer Ooya Hiroko. The author talks about the use of social minorities in his works and the next developments in HaruChika. Translated from the article at honto.jp on March 30, 2016. Longing for an utopia filled with heavy themes Ooya: HaruChika is a humor…
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Miura Shion Interview Part 1: Encountering a Dictionary
Sanseidou published an interview with Miura Shion in 2013. Miura Shion is the original author of Fune wo Amu (2011) otherwise known as The Great Passage. Its movie adaptation (2013) went on to be selected as Japan’s submission for the “Best Foreign Language Film” at the 86th Academy Awards. Starting from October 14, an anime adaptation will be…
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Hatsuno Sei x Ooya Hiroko Dialogue Part 2: One Foot into Fantasy
The second part of the dialogue between HaruChika author Hatsuno Sei and book reviewer Ooya Hiroko on the fantasy elements in HaruChika and his other works. Translated from the article at honto.jp on March 30, 2016. HaruChika has one leg in fantasy, doesn’t it? Ooya: Hatsuno-san. In 2002 you debuted with “Mizu no Tokei”(Water Clock), which was modeled after…
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Hatsuno Sei x Ooya Hiroko Dialogue Part 1: HaruChika Anime Adaptation
Thie first part of a translation of a dialogue between HaruChika author Hatsuno Sei and book reviewer Ooya Hiroko on the HaruChika anime adaptation and the novels. Originally posted at honto.jp on March 30, 2016. Talking with that person about books – 6: Hatsuno Sei x Ooya Hiroko (2016/03/20) In this corner book reviewer Ooya Hiroko…
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Joker Game Author Yanagi Kouji Interview: “Last Waltz”
A translated interview with Joker Game author Yanagi Kouji originally published on Shukan Bunshun Web (March 1, 2015). Shukan Bunshun Web conducted the interview a few months after the release of the fourth book in the novel series. A first-rate spy mystery which pulls tricks on its readers Yanagi Kouji-san published his latest work “Last Waltz” of the Joker…
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HaruChika Author Interview (Dokusho no Izumi)
HaruChika author Hatsuno Sei was interviewed in September 2015 for University Co-Op’s Dokusho no Izumi column. University Co-Op released the first two sections on the website with the remainder published in their magazine. The interview contains some spoilers for stories occurring after the HaruChika anime. The first section in particular has talk about the most recently published book “Planet Charon”. If you prefer…