[Update 25 October 2011: Xenocross Volume 1 is now available.]
[Update 26 October 2011: Xenocross will be published in Indonesian.]
[Update 16 November 2011: The subscription option for Eden of Xeno has been cancelled. In its place, two new bundles have been released on Eden of Xeno: One containing only the first five volumes of Music Box of Memories in English and Japanese and one containing volumes 2-5 of Xenocross in English. These packages will be updated with new content as it becomes available at no extra charge.]
Xenocross, the yuri anthology e-book by Eden of Xeno, is the flagship product for their online publishing system, featuring a multi-part Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo story, titled Music Box of Memories. It will be drawn by a number of manga artists, starting with Amano Miki (formerly known as Asagi Ryu), who provided the cover above.
As you can see from the cover, the story will involve all ten characters simultaneously. Although this is an all-new story, it will reference many plot details from Fuguriya’s products, especially the light novels. However, it must be emphasized that Fuguriya has no input or other involvement in this product, and Eden of Xeno will have no involvement with anything else on this site.
Xenocross will be published on Eden of Xeno’s own online system. Purchasing it will involve opening an account on their site and buying it to a virtual bookshelf. It can then be read at any time from their site; this will be the only way to access it. You can help us test this system now; see this post for details.
Xenocross will launch in English, Spanish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, and Indonesian at a price of 888 yen per issue (approximately $12 USD/€8 EUR/£7 GBP as of 25 October 2011), with a portion going to the Japanese non-profit organization Bridge For Smile. Each language will be sold separately, but they will all be priced identically. There is the possibility for an English/Japanese bilingual package if demand for such an option is great enough. There will also be subscription pricing that will open access to all of Eden of Xeno’s library. The current plans are 4,000 yen (approximately $53 USD/€38 EUR/£33 GBP) for three months and 12,000 yen ($158 USD/€113 EUR/£99 GBP) for twelve months. All prices are subject to change.
This post will be updated as more details become available. There are also some localization issues that you are welcome to discuss.
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Wow, the art style looks great. Hope the translation goes smoothly and I will be keeping my eye on this e-book.
I don’t really get it but I think i get it =3. But I’m all Fired Up To Read It Using a translator regardless how many years it would take! >=O
The English version is being released ahead of the Japanese version, so that won’t be necessary.
I don’t get a single thing but as a fan I shall get that “e-book”! (I felt like an idiot not understanding anything)
Do you know there the reason why Asagi-sensei changed his pen name? Is Amano his real one?
Regardless, I greatly look forward to the anthology, I’m sure it will be delightful.
It’s my understanding that he used both names as pen names and wants to unify them.
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Wow, looks incredible! Can’t wait!!
Aahh exciting news! But one thing. Due to the different style of art, the only couple that I instantly recognise is Reo x Mai. As for other couples, I need to rack my brain to find similarities to recognise who is who. I’m not saying the art isn’t good though! It’s great, though I wish it’ll be a little more similar to the original art / drawings.
Absolutely love this anthology’s theme!
Do you need a kindle or similar to read this or will you be fine just reading it on a normal PC?
If so I’m going to buy it!
You won’t need anything more than your computer to read it.
Seems interesting, but where would you purchase it.
Since this is an electronic copy, will you receive access to editions in other languages?
Xenocross will be published on Eden of Xeno’s own online system. Purchasing it will involve opening an account on their site and buying it to a virtual bookshelf. It can then be read at any time from their site; this will be the only way to access it. Each language will be sold separately, but they will all be priced identically. There is also the possibility for an English/Japanese bilingual package if demand for such an option is great enough. The final price has not been decided yet. Further details regarding this system will be posted at a later date.
Eden of Xeno has opened a pre-launch site for testing. Please report all errors you find. The test period will end on 5 September 2011. Please make an effort to find as many errors and glitches as possible by that date.
All materials shown on the test site are not property of Eden of Xeno and are for testing purposes only. Do not make any purchases at this time; there is an error preventing your purchases from appearing on your bookshelf.
There will be subscription pricing that will open access to all of Eden of Xeno’s library. The current plans are 4000 yen (approximately $51.03 USD/€35.73 EUR/£31.14 GBP) for three months and 12000 yen ($151.03 USD/€107.19 EUR/£93.41 GBP) for twelve months.
Just wondering, but when will this be released and how can we order? *shot*
sorry for the dumb questions, but I’m really looking forward to this and I have never bought anything like this before lol
As per the update, debugging the Eden of Xeno storefront has priority. We apologize for the delays.
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I’ll be quite interested in this if a DRM-free download is for sale in the future.
Same here. My internet connection is terrible, often it’s worse than dial-up speeds. Would prefer a way to read this offline.
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Already made two account and using different e-mail, but I didn’t get any registration mail. Made the accounts 3 days ago and can’t add anything to my cart thanks to that stupid registration mail… I already sent a mail to the site but there’s no response at all =\… Is Eden of Xeno still testing their site or something?
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The story it’s great but Asagi Ryu’s styles of story and his art ruin everything…too much fan service. Wish they will choose other great artist like the original artist Peco.
Ack… I just registered and didn’t get a registration email. I went ahead and paid for Xenocross Vol.1 anyway since there didn’t seem to be anything stopping me doing so. But now nothing shows up on my bookshelf… I thought the testing period is over? Help!
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Thanks, the issue has been solved.
I bought volumes 1 through 5 in English~
I gotta say though, the translation and editing jobs on some of the stories are rather iffy. The Sono Hanabira content is all well done, but I’m really bothered by the awkward English in most of the others.
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