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The January 2008 issue of Ultra Jump magazine (on sale 19/12/2007) will contain a one shot manga adaptation of Hatsukoi Magical Blitz; a romance fantasy light novel series by Asuka Shota (author) and Tenhiro Naoto (illustrator).

Source: Ultimatum

The love comedy light novel series Kanokon by Katsumi Nishino (author) and Koin (illustrator) will be getting animated according to the obi strip on Kanokon volume 8 (which will be officially released on 22/11/2007).

The light novel series is being published by Media Factory under its light novel label MF Bunko J; a label aimed at teenage boys.

A manga adaptation, drawn by Rin Yamaki, is serializing in the seinen manga magazine Comic Alive, with 2 volumes currently released in tankoubon form.

The light novel series is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment, and its page for the light novel series is here.

Source: MoonPhase

From MangaCast comes the translation of the Gamers weekly light novel rankings (November 8, 2007).

A review of the "Shigofumi" light novel series. This series has been decided for an anime adaptation in 2008.

Japanese title: シゴフミ 〜Stories of Last Letter〜
English title: Shigofumi ~Stories of Last Letter~

Author: Ryo Amamiya
Illustrator: Poko
Available volumes: 3 volumes (ongoing)

Publisher: MediaWorks
Label: Dengeki Bunko

"Shigofumi" means "posthumous letter," the last message from a dead person. The cover page illustration (above) is Fumika and her long mace, dubbed Mayama. Their work is to deliver "Shigofumi" into the hands of the bereaved, or significant others of those that have passed. This volume consisted of three chapters, each with a different heroine: Aoi, Noriko and Arisa.

The first chapter starts on a sunny Sunday afternoon where Rika Ayase waits for Aoi Tsukishiro for lunch around half an hour, but Aoi doesn't appear. Rika gradually becomes worried. For her, Aoi is more than a friend – they had promised to "jump together from the roof of the building" to leave this world in a double suicide. Suddenly, a strange girl appears and tells her why Aoi delayed – she had been killed in a train crash.

In the next chapter, a magic show has just finished. In the green room, a young magician named Takaaki Soma is dressing to say his final goodbye to Noriko Hasegawa, his lover and magic assistant. Then, a strange girl walks into the room through the wall. She hands Noriko's "Shigofumi" to Takaaki in which Noriko writes only one sentence: "Take care, I wish your work becomes good". Takaaki simply returns the unopened letter to Fumika.

The last story features a young girl named Arisa, who cuts her fencing club activity for the first time ever. After the death of her father, Jill Belton, Arisa half-heartedly continues to fence, as she had received rigorous training from her father for many years. At the time she started fencing, he was pleased. But after a certain point, he stopped praising her and gave her pitying, disappointing looks. When she gets home, a strange girl is waiting and passes the letter from Jill to Arisa, but Arisa finds herself unable to open it.

Official anime website:
http://www.shigofumi.com/

Reviewed by: wakataka423

The light novel Kimi no Iru Basho by Yuu Hizuki (author) and Keiko Yamamoto (illustrator) will be getting a manga adaptation. The manga will be drawn by the same illustrator of the light novel.

The Kimi no Iru Basho light novel is the winner of Cobalt Bunko's 2007 romance grand prize.

The manga adaptation will start serialization in Margaret No.24 (on sale 20/11/2007).

Source: Ultimatum

The first issue of Dengeki Bunko's official magazine "Dengeki Bunko Magazine" will be published on December 10, 2007.

The magazine succeeds the light novel magazine Dengeki hp.

From MangaCast comes the translation of the Gamers weekly light novel rankings (November 1, 2007).

The popular gothic mystery light novel series GOSICK by Kazuki Sakuraba (author) and Hinata Takeda (illustrator) will be getting a manga adaptation. The manga will be drawn by Sakuya Amano, and it will start serialization in the January 2008 issue of Dragon Age magazine.

Source: MoonPhase

From MangaCast comes the translation of the Gamers weekly light novel rankings for the week of 19/10/2007 - 25/10/2007.