One Peace Books just announced that the first book in The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has received an audiobook, and it's available on Audible, Audiobooks, BookBeat, Hoopla Digital, Libro, and YouScribe. Professional actor Kurt Kanazawa is the book's narrator, and he spoke to Otaku USA about his training, his approach to doing audio books, and some of his favorite anime.
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https://otakuusamagazine.com/interview-the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-audiobook-narrator-kurt-kanazawa/
f you're looking for a new way to experience Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero light novels, One Peace Books just released the first volume in audiobook form. Narrated by actor Kurt Kanazawa—who recently appeared in Grey's Anatomy—the first entry in the series is available now via audiobooks.com, with a release on Amazon, Apple Books, Audible, NOOK Audiobooks, Spotify, and other audiobooks sellers coming soon.
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https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/06/27-1/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-light-novel-gets-audiobook
From its first volume, Yuki Fumino's I Hear the Sunspot has been a thoughtful, gently-paced story about two young men finding each other and learning how they want to live their lives. It has impressively maintained that tone and feeling even as the protagonists grow together and apart by turns, and the final volume of its second series, I Hear the Sunspot: Limit, is no exception.
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https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/i-hear-the-sunspot/limit/gn-3/.171862
I have to say, in the world of disability manga, I really do think I Hear the Sunspot is one of the best — if not the best — manga about a disability that I have found.
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https://bloomreviewsblog.com/2021/04/13/i-hear-the-sunspot-limit-manga-volumes-1-3-series-review/
If you've been following Taichi and Kohei (and their friends) throughout the five volumes of I Hear the Sunspot, you'll be as desperately keen as I was to see if their nascent relationship has finally foundered after the heart-breaking last pages of Limit #2.
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https://animeuknews.net/2021/04/i-hear-the-sunspot-limit-volume-3-review/
Yuki Fumino's subtly complex, resonant, and heartfelt dramatic manga series I Hear the Sunspot premiered in 2013 and has sporadically extended into five ongoing collected books. The touching series is ostensibly about the intimate friendship that develops between a pair of college classmates, one of whom suffers from hearing loss.
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https://www.animenation.net/blog/i-hear-the-sunspot-limit-3-review/
The secret to success in Japan's cut-throat business world? Being as selfish as possible.
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https://metropolisjapan.com/my-pointless-struggle-yohei-kitazato/
The newly translated inspirational memoir My Pointless Struggle is now available, by accomplished Japanese author, publishing guru, hookah lounge operator, and real estate CEO Yohei Kitazato. Kitazato combines exciting retellings of his adventurous mishaps—which include exploring a legendary South American isle and boxing against a world champion—with daring, pragmatic advice for truly courageous dream-chasers.
My Pointless Struggle is now available on Amazon, B&N, and IndieBound.
The isekai genre is everywhere these days, and it's safe to say that its popularity won't be losing steam. That said, even with the genre's saturation, there are still plenty of interesting isekai titles that are being released. Farming Life in Another World is one such manga that takes the trope and spins it on its head, crafting a subdued yet satisfying series.
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http://all-comic.com/2020/farming-life-in-another-world-volume-1/
Otaku USA spoke to both Naito and Tsurugi about their work, the manga adaptation, and what experience they have farming.
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https://otakuusamagazine.com/exclusive-interview-a-chat-with-the-creators-of-farming-life-in-another-world/
