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Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:32 pm
by Onichan
English Name: The Beast Player Erin
Genres: Drama and Fantasy
Volumes: 4
Status: Finished
Author: Nahoko Uehashi
Publisher: Kodansha Ltd.
Kemono no Souja Erin is about a young woman who is drawn into a war between kingdoms.
10-year-old Erin is a young girl who lives with her mother in the Tai Koh Region in the small Village of Ake. She has a big love for animals, especially the Touda, dragon-like creatures used in the war.
Her mother Soyon was originally of the Mist People, an ancient clan who have members with green hair and eyes, and is rumored to follow in the ancient ways, practice magic, and hide in the mist.
But despite her genealogy, they stay in the village because Erin's late father was the son of the village chief and Soyon is the head Touda doctor.
First two volumes have been adapted into an anime (Aired in 2009), but there isn't any news of adapting the last two. There also isn't any information about an official translation of the novels.
I watched the anime a while back and loved it. I have heard the novel is a bit darker than the adaption and that the last two volumes are quite dark as well. I have the RAWs as well if they are needed.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:58 am
by Rohan123
Is that pic from the anime or a LN illustration?
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:56 pm
by Onichan
It's from the anime. The raw's I have don't have any real art in them.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:44 am
by Rohan123
Onichan wrote:It's from the anime. The raw's I have don't have any real art in them.
Well, I see. It would be better to somehow get your hands on some LN illustrations and add them to the opening post instead of the anime pic, since this is a request to get the LN translated after all.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:18 pm
by mada
Yay! One of my favorite animes. I didn't know that there is a topic/thread about it here. Hmm, about the story, can someone tell me about the coverage in comparison to the anime? Is it covered all the 50 episodes of the anime just by the first two volume of the book? And, what is the meaning of this,
Onichan wrote:I have heard the novel is a bit darker than the adaption and that the last two volumes are quite dark as well.
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Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:55 am
by Onichan
I heard it's darker because
Also because the 2nd half is even worse
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 11:49 pm
by Shiratori
Yes, please, please, I want to read this!
I wish I knew Japanese
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 11:48 pm
by DarkD1
I say no unless the translator is willing to skip the parts that have already been animated. The anime was terrific, I don't see a need to redo something that was already amazing. We need to stop redoing things which have good anime for them. There are plenty of things which don't even have anime for them yet which are great and haven't been translated at all. I really detest this habit we have of only translating something after its had an anime released for it, especially when the project is dropped before the point where the anime left off in the first place.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 12:06 am
by Shiratori
DarkD1 wrote:I say no unless the translator is willing to skip the parts that have already been animated. The anime was terrific, I don't see a need to redo something that was already amazing. We need to stop redoing things which have good anime for them. There are plenty of things which don't even have anime for them yet which are great and haven't been translated at all. I really detest this habit we have of only translating something after its had an anime released for it, especially when the project is dropped before the point where the anime left off in the first place.
Oh, but I would only read if it was the whole thing. Well, maybe I'd make an exception in this case since I really want to know what happens to Erin (even if it's something really depressing), but I'd rather have the complete LN.
First, because I would need to refresh the anime story. Secondly, I bet there are some differences in the LN that could cause some hard to understand situations later.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 4:11 am
by myuushii
DarkD1 wrote:I say no unless the translator is willing to skip the parts that have already been animated. The anime was terrific, I don't see a need to redo something that was already amazing. We need to stop redoing things which have good anime for them. There are plenty of things which don't even have anime for them yet which are great and haven't been translated at all. I really detest this habit we have of only translating something after its had an anime released for it, especially when the project is dropped before the point where the anime left off in the first place.
The anime only covers two of the four novels. And there are enough differences to to warrant the translation, the anime made some changes and was directed for children.
Re: Kemono no Souja Erin
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 5:40 pm
by bokusenou
It's not exactly a translation, but there's a translation game involving Kemono no Souja here:
http://gaiwa.proboards.com/thread/20/re ... a-advanced
It's for Japanese practice, so there's some parts where people stop and discuss the right way to translate grammar points, etc, but if someone really wants to read the novels, they're welcome to follow along.