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J-Novel Club Announces the Licensing of Light Novel Series Outbreak Company

Authored by the Light Novel Master himself, Ichiro Sakaki, creator of Scrapped Princess, Chaika - The Coffin Princess, and Bluesteel Blasphemer!


SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – September 28th, 2017 – J-Novel Club LLC is proud to announce the acquisition of a hit light novel series from Kodansha Ltd., “Outbreak Company”. The first half of volume 1 is available now at j-novel.club for Members, as well as a free ~40 page preview of the series. The E-Book for volume 1 will go on sale in November of this year. This is J-Novel Club's second license of a series from Kodansha, Ltd.written by the amazing author Ichiro Sakaki, who is the master of combining fantastical world building with moe tastes!

Outbreak Company is an 18 volume light novel series authored by Ichiro Sakaki, who is the master of combining fantastical world building with moe tastes. From the classic series Scrapped Princess to the more recent Chaika - The Coffin Princess, his works often find themselves adapted into both manga and anime, and Outbreak Company is no exception with its 2013 anime adaptation that left audiences begging for more! And now with J-Novel Club's license, fans can experience the full story of the light novels!

J-Novel Club Membership is only $4.50 a month for an annual membership, and gives you a new chapter a week from all 14 of our ongoing series, including “Clockwork Planet”, “Invaders of the Rokujouma!?”, “If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord”, “Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest”, “Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash”, “The Faraway Paladin”, “In Another World With My Smartphone”, “Bluesteel Blasphemer”, “Mixed Bathing in Another Dimension”, “How a Realistic Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom”, “Paying to Win in a VRMMO”, “I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse”, “My Little Sister Can Read Kanji”, and “My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World”.

Announced Title List:

Outbreak Company by Ichiro Sakaki, Illustrations by Yuugen
アウトブレイク・カンパニー 萌える侵略者 Worldwide English Digital Rights

Well, Whaddya Know, Another Isekai Light Novel!

The year is 20XX, and Shinichi Kanou is a pretty typical otaku: he loves anime, manga, games, and light novels, but his devotion to the two-dimensional hasn't always made him the most popular guy around.

What he doesn't know is that Japan has discovered a portal to another world in the vicinity of Mount Fuji. The government sees a great chance to make a profit, if they can keep the secret long enough to corner the market on exports to the Holy Eldant Empire, their point of first contact with this new land.

The people of the Eldant Empire, though, only have eyes for one of Japan's traditional exports: pop culture. When it quickly becomes evident that government bureaucrats and “Japanimation” don't really mix, the bigwigs realize they're going to need help bringing “otaku culture” to the Eldant masses.

Enter Amutech, a purveyor of “general entertainment” that's secretly run by the Japanese government. Shinichi lands a job as the company's general manager, whereupon he learns the state's biggest secret. Now he finally has a chance to put his nerd know-how to good use spreading the otaku gospel in the Eldant Empire. And wait... he has to work with a half-elf maid, an empress, AND a female soldier to get the job done?

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