CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

I know this relates to books, but I think more people in this forum would be more knowledgable on the question.

Just how many animes/games have been made into actual novels? I know only now have they started to get licensed and come over here and they are looking appealing to me... Here's all of the one that I know have been lincensed so far, but what else is there?

.hack//AI Buster (well kinda... there's also .hack//ZERO and novels based on the game that are unlicensed)
CLAMP School Paranormal Detectives
Full Metal Alchemist
Gundam SEED
Love Hina
Onegai Twins
Onegai Teacher
Paradise Eve (well a game, but still)
RahXephon
Slayers
Vampire Hunter D

Another short question... I'm curious to know just how much sexuality they'll depict into words :/ Onegai Teacher looked like an interesting anime but the ecchi just pushed me away from it... maybe the novel's more light-hearted? :/ Probably the thing that interests me with the novels is that they are like a fan-fic, but the real published deal. Oh and one ore question... are these more first person views or narrative?

Tactics, D. Gray-man, and Fushigi Yuugi I know for a fact have spawned their own respective novels. I believe there's at least one more D. Gray-man novel coming as well.

And if this counts, the series Kyou Kara Maou was based on a series of books called Maru-Ma.

Wow...I have a question about this too. Does the own respective mangaka write the novels?

I think Sailor Moon is a novel too.

Puguni wrote:Wow...I have a question about this too. Does the own respective mangaka write the novels?

I think Sailor Moon is a novel too.

I knwo the mangakas do the art for them but as for author... not sure on that one :/

Were those Sailor Moon novels, those "Sailor Scout Handbooks" or whatever that Tokyopop had that was just little stories about each senshi? I think that's all they were... I'm guessing they were American made too.

In Japan... many anime/manga start as novels: Vampire Hunter D, Slayers, Crest of the Stars, Battle Royale, IGWP, etc. Others have novels as a part of their stories (Fushigi Yuugi). Not sure if any have gone from anime/manga to novels.

It was announced this past week that a couple of Love Hina novels will be translated to English and will be coming out the first of next year. Also, I believe some of the Read Or Die novels will also be making their way to the States.

Rev. Doc wrote:It was announced this past week that a couple of Love Hina novels will be translated to English and will be coming out the first of next year. Also, I believe some of the Read Or Die novels will also be making their way to the States.

I was unaware that Love Hina had novels attached. I'll have to give that a try

Boogiepop Phantom was based on novels which will soon be appearing on US shelves. *dances*

i have the hack AI buster novel, its good.

Back in the 1980s Jack McKinney wrote a whole series based on Robotech.

I was in Waldenbooks last week, and very surprised to see Fullmetal Alchemist novels. (As you know about, because they're already on the list in the first post.)

Anyways, has anyone read any of these? Are they any good?

I bought the .hack novel. Depending on how good it is I may get the Gundam Seed one as well.

But to answer the quaestion I only knew about .hack, Gundam Seed, and Full Metal Alchemist having novels. Though I have seen Macros novels.

I suppose you mean Macross as opposed to Jack McKinney's novels which are
labeled Robotech.

Those Jack McKinney books were nigh unto awesome. The man captures those blazing starfights so vividly that his books are just a thrill to read. Most enjoyable novel/anime conversion I've ever read, personally...much, much better than the original Mobile Suit Gundam novels.