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Light novel

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A is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting high-school and middle-school students (young adult demographic). [1]

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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ASCII Media Works

, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Baku Yumemakura

is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer.

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Boogiepop series

The of Japanese light novels is written by Kouhei Kadono and illustrated by Kouji Ogata.

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Bunkobon

In Japan, are small-format paperback books, designed to be affordable and portable.

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Comptiq

is a Japanese computer game magazine, first published in 1983, by Kadokawa Shoten.

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Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book and manga publisher.

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Del Rey Manga

Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann.

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Dengeki Bunko

is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks).

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Dengeki G's Magazine

is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games.

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Dengeki hp

was a Japanese magazine published by MediaWorks centered on publishing light novels that's aimed at young adult male readership.

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Dengeki Novel Prize

The is a literary award handed out annually (since 1994) by the Japanese publisher ASCII Media Works (formerly MediaWorks) for their Dengeki Bunko light novel imprint.

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Digital Manga

Digital Manga is a company that licenses and releases, in English, Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise.

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Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo)

, frequently abbreviated as "Doramaga" or "DM", is a Japanese light novel and manga magazine aimed at young adult males, first published in 1988.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Faust (magazine)

is a literary magazine published irregularly by Kodansha since 2003 promoted as a "Fighting illustory magazine." Square-bound like novels, all volumes have remained in print.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Haruhi Suzumiya

is a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito and which were adapted into other media.

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Hideyuki Kikuchi

is a Japanese author known for his horror novels.

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ISO 216

ISO 216 specifies international standard (ISO) paper sizes used in most countries in the world today, although not in Canada, the United States, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic.

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Japanese Brazilians

are Brazilian citizens who are nationals or naturals of Japanese ancestry, or Japanese immigrants living in Brazil.

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List of light novel labels

This is a list of light novel labels i.e. Japanese publishing imprints that release light novels.

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List of light novels

A list of titles.

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Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense.

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Live action

Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses actors and actresses instead of animation or animated pictures.

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Media franchise

A media franchise, also known as multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game.

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Middle school

A middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school.

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No Game No Life

is a light novel series by Yū Kamiya.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Paperback

A paperback is a type of book characterized by a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Pixiv

is a Japanese online community for artists.

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Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the 1950s.

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Record of Lodoss War

is a franchise of fantasy novels by Ryo Mizuno based on the work he originally created for a world called Forcelia as a rules-free setting for role-playing games (RPGs).

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Reddit

Reddit (stylized in its logo as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Serial (literature)

In literature, a serial, is a printing format by which a single larger work, often a work of narrative fiction, is published in smaller, sequential installments.

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Seven Seas Entertainment

Seven Seas Entertainment is a publishing company located in Los Angeles, California.

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Slayers

is a Japanese light novel series written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi.

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Tankōbon

is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series or corpus.

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The Heroic Legend of Arslan

is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka.

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The Sneaker

is a Japanese light novel magazine that was published by Kadokawa Shoten between 1993 and 2011, that was aimed at young adult males.

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Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx Entertainment, is an American distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Visual novel

A is an interactive game genre, which originated in Japan, featuring mostly static graphics, most often using anime-style art or occasionally live-action stills (and sometimes video footage).

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Viz Media

VIZ Media LLC is an American manga and anime distribution and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Wasei-eigo

are Japanese-language expressions based on English words or parts of word combinations, that do not exist in standard English or whose meanings differ from the words from which they were derived.

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Yen Press

Yen Press LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group.

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Yoshiki Tanaka

is a Japanese novelist.

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Young adult fiction

Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction published for readers in their youth.

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Yuu Kamiya

Thiago Furukawa Lucas (born 10 November 1984), who goes by his pen name, is a Brazilian-Japanese novelist and illustrator.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel

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