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3605256 No.3605256 [Reply] [Original]

hey /lit/, I coming from /a/.

I am not sure if you ever heard of the novel "Shinsekai Yori" (From the new world) but it got an anime adaption. The last episode aired one week ago. A short trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FF8NDXNTg

Well, do you guys know any publisher who are interested in Sci-fi books like this?
Vertical is interested but they are scared by the lengths of the book.
http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/42116170457/any-chances-of-seeing-a-from-the-new-world-translation

Wiki page for Shinsekai Yori:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_New_World_(novel)

Would you be possibly also interested in this book?

>> No.3605265

>weeb shit

Fuck out of here gooklover.

>> No.3605266

>>3605265
>likes anime
>automatically weeb

When did /lit/ get so retarded?

>> No.3605270

>>3605266

>likes anime

>>>/a/
>>>/jp/
>>>/lbgt/

And don't come back faggot.

>> No.3605276

>>3605270

Get a load of this insecure piece of shit. What's wrong, your girlfriend getting published?

>> No.3605278

>>3605270
And we're supposed to be intellectuals here, not insufferable children. Grow up and suggest the man a book you moron.

I apologize OP, but at the moment I can not think of anything to help you.

>> No.3605280

>>3605276

>women "writers"

>>3605278

>likes chinese cartoons for little girls
>intellectual

Maybe you'll see the light once you move out in your 40's.

>> No.3605285

>>3605266
nah that's that one /pol/ asshole

>> No.3605287

>>3605280
You're not really good at this whole 'trolling' thing are you? This isn't a good attempt to piss me off, all you've done is spout something that has been done a thousand times. Come on, try harder next time.

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3605315

I expected /lit/ to be more civil to be honest. It's just like /a/ in here.

>> No.3605341

>>3605315
NIGGER

>> No.3605344

The summary and trailer looked nice. I'm going to look for the few episodes now...I'll report back.

>> No.3605348

>>3605315
That's only when the americans are posting
come back when the europeans are awake

>> No.3605512

>>3605256

Watched the first 4 episodes - was not impressed.

The pacing and general direction felt inisipid and my interest though initially quite high from reading the summary became lukewarm to non-existent overtime as I continued to watch it.

The art style wasn't impressive and the only redeeming thing I could think of regarding the show from what I watched was that it had a nice ending song.

Could you summarise the plot and what in your eyes made it so great as a sci-fi?

Maybe the book is better but from what I have researched it's not translated(?). Some things suffer when being adapted between mediums so maybe that was the problem?

>> No.3605535

>>3605256
>being a weeb
>does not expect to be treated like one
come back once you've started a khazamov thread

>> No.3605590

>>3605512
While the strong episodes are episode 16-25, I really liked the first episodes as well.

The series adaptes the novel throughout 1:1 with a few changes.

>> No.3605604

Are you asking if we'd be interested in a translation of the source material to the anime?

Maybe, I couldn't really get past the first episode of the anime.

Aren't the source materials for anime usually pulp fiction type books? or is this a full novel?

>> No.3605618

> Japanese

> literarure

HAHAHA.

> I coming from /a/.

Go the fuck back there?

>> No.3605624

First /sci/ then /pol/ then /mlp/ and now /a/, goodness me! I wonder whose next?

Looks like /lit/ coming up in the world.

You're the only one who has asked a vaguely relevant question so don't worry OP, sorry I have nothing constructive to add.

>> No.3605664

>>3605604
Normally only Light novels would get anime adaptions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel
Most of LN adaptions are shit because almost all LNs don't have a good story or are just fanservice series. LNs are aimed to Otakus/anime nerds or highschool students

SSY is one of the "real" / "full" novels

>> No.3605668

>>3605618
> Japanese

> literarure


So.. I'm assuming you don't read or something?

>> No.3605673

http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/42116170457/any-chances-of-seeing-a-from-the-new-world-translation

Like this page. Only 3000 more likes needed ;_;

>> No.3605689
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3605689

Psycho-Pass is better.

>> No.3605691

>First /sci/ then /pol/ then /mlp/ and now /a/, goodness me! I wonder whose next?

/hc/

>> No.3605695

>>3605624
>First /sci/ then /pol/ then /mlp/ and now /a/, goodness me! I wonder whose next?

>>>/hm/

>Who's the most handsome male author?

>>3605590

I think with my limited exposure to /a/ that SSY is incredibly overrated by its fanbase. I'm fine with people liking it if it's to their tastes but the fact they can't seem to understand that equally for a lot of people it was plainly dull with little redemption is saying something.

>> No.3605931

>>3605689
I couldn't get past the retarded guns

>> No.3605951

>>3605668
No, I'm saying the Japanese don't write.

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3605970

>weeaboos on /lit/

>> No.3606041

>>3605695
Who's the most handsome male author?

I'd fuck rimbaud or DFW.

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>>3605970

>this site

Where do you think you are?

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>>3606041
The answer is clearly Camus. Kerouac is alright, too.

>> No.3606100

>>3606060
maybe if he didn't smoke

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3606158

I know you want us to validate your tastes but thats not going to happen

>> No.3606165

>>3605512

This basically sums up my opinion exactly except I think I got like six or seven episodes in. What I've heard of the ending didn't sound awe-inspiring to me either.

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>>3606060
Camus is so hot. I also have a bit of a crush on Kafka. He's cute. I want to just hug him and tell him everything will be okay.

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>>3605951
You can't be serious.

>> No.3606279

so it's post apoc lit? I mean, there's a lot of that, check out The Stand or Oryx and Crake.

But not, to be honest, I wouldn't, it sounds pretty generic and I have a bunch of shit to read on my backlog.

>> No.3606296

I enjoyed the anime but I wouldn't read the book, especially if it's as long as you say. Even though I enjoy anime, I'll be the first to admit that the plot lines are generally too weak/generic for novel form.

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3606326

>>3606041

I've always had a crush on Mario Vargas Llosa.

Samuel Beckett was also dreamy. And he aged well I reckon.

>> No.3606357

>>3605668
This is how we can tell he's a crossboard shitposter. ignore him.

>> No.3606401

>>3606296
>I'll be the first to admit that the plot lines are generally too weak/generic for novel form.

It was a novel first and adapted to anime.

>> No.3606412

>>3606401
Whether it came first or after doesn't matter. What works in anime form will almost surely be boring in novel form.

>> No.3608290

>>3606279

More like both distopian and utopian lit.

>> No.3609036

>>3606279
post-human dystopian-upotia society