CL Novels: Now being Fanslated

[Cassius335 offline]

I'm more worried about UK getting them. We barely get any CL stuff over here.

Yea My bro saw some CL figures but by the time i got there they had sold out.

Matt Geczy once brought a little Odd figurine for a young relative, and was playing around with it when THE LEG BROKE OFF!

Just imagine that for a second - Odd's VA, playing with a little Odd, probably add-libbing dialogue, and the leg comes off!

At least he still had a leg to stand on... sort of. 'Course, he'd have to get around by hopping, but...

[Taelia offline]

That would be a HOOT!

(I miss Matt, by the way.)

[Blueyedblonde offline]

ohmigosh, no way. I must have that book. >D

[Oran offline]

The cover of the book looks really nice! Are they really going to release the book under the author "Jeremy Belpois"? It's going to feel surreal looking up the book at the library.

Last name: Belpois
First name: Jeremy
Title: Code Lyoko

*Enter* then something really weird happens..

[Carth]

http://worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php? ... 062408.htm

I just found this article here...it's nothing we haven't heard already, but I just felt really encouraged by its last line.

"We want to work with companies in the U.S. and throughout Europe to develop these characters and brands into new and very unique story ideas, not episodic books, but to create 'proper' storytelling novels."

Four more months...four more months...^o^

[Lyoko Wario offline]

I'll have plenty of reading to do next year.

First, Code Lyoko, then And Another Thing. (H2G2 #6)

Heh heh... I can't wait!

[optimus304 offline]

GOOOD evening Ladies and gentle men. Im sure many of you our sad about my last news story. how about some good news

Fresh of the heels of the Movie and Season 5 rumors

We now have 4 cl books on the way. the first is due in march of 09. These books are the works of the authors of Ulysses Moore and Century. Written by the winner of the Mondadori Junior Award 2007.


first is called/ underground castle. march of 09
second is called /City with no name. Sept 09
Third is called/ return of the phoniex. March 10
and the final one is called/ Army of Nothing. Sept 10

Here is my proof link as well.
http://newarcadia.net/index.php?Pag=pub ... 7&Brand=15

[Carth]

I am this close to exploding in fits of glee right now. Thiiiiis close.

One, those names. Those don't sound like the names of innocuous little children's books, do they? 83 I like the last one the most.

And it's good to see a closeup of that there cover art. Aelita looks kinda...bad up close, but JEREMIE HAS BLUE EYES ASDFGHJKL! And we still can't see the guy. Ah well.

I did some poking around, and found a paragraph with more detail on the story. Apparently, all four will be (ghost)written by Mr. Jeremie Belpois, and focus on, quote, "the adventures of the present and investigations into the past".

And lookit dis.

And a criminal organization that will stop at nothing to get the supercomputer to control the real world.

Project Carthage's modus operandi? Maybe? Yes? No? Pie?

The only thing I don't like is the release dates (FIVE more months?! T^T) but that's small potatoes. It's everything I dreamed the books would be. Wow. Wow.

More interesting bits I found-

Children who take on the adult world with the help of an artificial intelligence, which starts off as their enemy.

Technical specifics
Hardcover
Format 14 x 20,2 cm
352 pages + a 16 page dossier*
* sixteen photographic pages with all the case notes, investigations, photographs, maps, habits and secrets of the story's heroes, straight from the secret files of the Men in Black.

I'm sorry, I'm just geeking out right now. Five months. Five months.

*sits and waits for book*

[Tangent128 offline]

Oh wow. Are those the English release dates, or will we have to wait longer?

Children who take on the adult world with the help of an artificial intelligence, which starts off as their enemy.

Interesting... of course, that description could just be a misunderstanding of the plot.

But still, the other details suggest something like what season four should've been.

[TheAppleFreak]

Oh wow. Are those the English release dates, or will we have to wait longer?

Children who take on the adult world with the help of an artificial intelligence, which starts off as their enemy.

Interesting... of course, that description could just be a misunderstanding of the plot.

But still, the other details suggest something like what season four should've been.

That also could be a plot twist for season 5, but I doubt that. Especially after reading that trope, though I don't know who Cowboy Bebop is.

[Carth]

Huh...maybe I was a bit too enthusiastic. But I agree with Tangent on this point- it sounds like a lot of what I was expecting in Season 4. Well, I guess I can assume this was sort of going on in the background. Or maybe, based on the fact that the paragraphs aren't really going past the Season 2 finale, it could be a retelling of the entire series, with everything from Season 3 on rewritten. Who knows.

On another note, there's been some additions to the site since this morning. There's a downloadable "flyer" for the book (the English could be better, but very nice aesthetically speaking), and this. Apparently, there'll be thumbnails in there eventually.

Also, we've got an author name- Pierdomenico Baccalario. The cover art was done by some talented guy named Iacopo Bruno. Italian men with unpronounceable names, please do your best. =D

(Altamente Confidenziale- Highly Confidential. Uomini in Nero- Men in Black.)

[TheAppleFreak]

Great find, Carth!
I can't wait until 2009 now...

*sits on chair, waiting expectantly*

[Sciron offline]

888DD (eek, six eyes.)

*drools*

This is...awesome. And moreso that apparently all the attention is being focused on the books, since apparently the movies have been put on hold. :/

Apparently that last line related to the US ("with U.S. companies" or something), so apparently they'll be in English for sure. Just an observation for those of you that may find it unclear.

Oh, and they used "develop"...just some speculation, but does that mean that they'll be pushing past the end of the series?

But the summary for the first series is a bit contradictory to my last line; apparently it's revolving around the start of the series and/or before...?

[TB3]

THIS was worth signing in for!

Yo guys, Teebs here, now an employee of the police force (which is where I've been for the past few months, job-hunting and then settling into my post), and WOW, just WOW - I'm seriously SQUEEing here - I haven't SQUEE'd in months!

SQUEEEEEEEE!

Life is good

EDIT 1:
I just checked the demensions of the book against a ruler - it's a full-size novel! I was expecting something small, but 352 pages - as long as the font-size isn't too big, that's a LOT of story-space...and a 16 page dossier, direct from the files of the MiB! YAYZORS!

And interesting how it specifies the supercomputer as 'military' - finally, we may see our questions answered!

(chanting)

"PROJECT CARTHAGE! PROJECT CARTHAGE! PROJECT CARTHAGE!"

EDIT 2:
Uh, guys, the story's website appears to have updated, and now we have some more details:

A: The city in which the stories take place is named 'Kadic' - who'da thunk it?

B: The Men In Black are AMERICAN, and apparently were responsible for covering up the story of 'Professor Hopper' and his supercomputer

C: Unless this is a translation error, XANA is now a 'she'

D: Our new villans are a terrorist organisation called 'The Green Pheonix'

This might have been stuff already discussed here, but it's new to me, and it's exciting!

ROLL ON THE GOOD TIMES!

[Lyokosui offline]

Here is another article about the distribution of the books
http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20080801/atlantyca.html

This is the most important part of the article in my opinion

The first two Code Lyoko chapterbooks will roll out in Italy in March 2009 and September 2009, with another two due out in 2010. All four books will eventually be compiled in a 350-page novel format aimed at kids eight to 12 that will be supplemented with a 16-page insert of color illustrations.

Mazzuco hopes to sell the format to a French publisher as a first effort to establish it across Europe. She'll be shopping the concept around at the Frankfurt Book Fair this October, and should have an English-language version ready by then to introduce to North American publishers.

So, we will not be getting the book on March 2009, but a few months after at most(I hope). Unless you want the entire novel format, then you best be finding something to do in the meantime.

[Tangent128 offline]

@TB3: Glad to see you again!

And wow. Haven't seen that yet.

I guess the big question is, are these novels sequels or alternate continuities?

Either way, I need to get them once they're in English... and read them... and spam TV Tropes with examples...

[Sciron offline]

I'm getting a little annoyed, because it's extremely hard to tell of the location of the story in the series. :/ It does seem to be revealing stuff about the past, but so far it seems like the stories will take place post-S4.

That's my deductive reasoning though, so don't trust it unless you would trust me with your life.

[Tangent128 offline]

I have a hunch (68%) that it'll probably be a different continuity. I also have a hunch (93%) that if so, it'll be better than the show was.

[JesusFreak offline]

I have a hunch (68%) that it'll probably be a different continuity. I also have a hunch (93%) that if so, it'll be better than the show was.

I have a hunch that the art style is an example of said hunches.

[Tangent128 offline]

Here is another article about the distribution of the books
http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20080801/atlantyca.html

This is the most important part of the article in my opinion

...<snip>...

No, this is:

Atlantyca's writers plan to explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a female protagonist's mom, which are never fully explained in the TV series. In the books, the kids will embark on a mission to find her, says CEO Claudia Mazzuco.

OK, I'm squeeing now.

[Carth]

Here is another article about the distribution of the books
http://www.kidscreen.com/articles/magazine/20080801/atlantyca.html

This is the most important part of the article in my opinion

...<snip>...

No, this is:

Atlantyca's writers plan to explore the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a female protagonist's mom, which are never fully explained in the TV series. In the books, the kids will embark on a mission to find her, says CEO Claudia Mazzuco.

OK, I'm squeeing now.

Antea Hopper Antea Hopper Antea Hopper Antea Hopper YES. Great article. This just keeps getting better and better.

@TB3: Glad to see you again!

And wow. Haven't seen that yet.

I guess the big question is, are these novels sequels or alternate continuities?

Either way, I need to get them once they're in English... and read them... and spam TV Tropes with examples...

Screw English, pardon my language. I'm going to Amazon.fr, ordering the book in French, and translating it myself. It'll make a nice project. 8D

Oh, and hi, TB3! Great to hear about the police force job. Good luck saving the world from the evil computer virus- I mean, uh, those evil Welsh criminals! Yes. You live in Wales, right?

OH AND GUYS that thumbnail page got updated. It has thumbnails on it now! Four are just show background art, and one is the cover we've seen before, but there's four I've never seen. Thing is, we can't make them any larger. :/ Anyone know what "Didascalia" means?

[Lyoko Wario offline]

Oy... I was super happy after reading TB3's post but then something really got me. I'll be dying to get the books as soon as they come out, but knowing that they'll eventually be released as one big volume is obviously the wiser choice. Just like I did with the CL DVDs (buying the three "volumes" then the complete season, then being unable to find someone who will give me more than a penny for the "volumes") I'd better get ready to lose some cash on this deal. I'm far too obsessed to think critically, and that bothers me.

Secondly, I didn't expect the books to be full of sex and murder, (in fact, good thing these are not) but the idea of being aimed at kids ages 8-12, though logical, bothers me as well. If these are the same kids Harry Potter was aimed at, or the kinds of kids that would understand Mrs. Hertz's lectures, then I'm good, but I'm highly, highly dubious about the quality if it turns out they're holding back on the compound sentences.

Let's hope for the best...

[Tangent128 offline]

Well, which kind of kid are plots involving government conspiracies targeted at?

According to Google, "Didascalia" is Italian, and means... *drum roll*

Caption. *brick'd*

[Lyoko Wario offline]

Well, which kind of kid are plots involving government conspiracies targeted at?

According to Google, "Didascalia" is Italian, and means... *drum roll*

Caption. *brick'd*

...

About the Didascalia.

[Carth]

Well, which kind of kid are plots involving government conspiracies targeted at?

According to Google, "Didascalia" is Italian, and means... *drum roll*

Caption. *brick'd*

...

About the Didascalia.

...

lolplaceholder. It does tell me, though, that this page is being updated constantly. And that makes me happy and stuff.

The Character page is lulz. The kids and XANA are nothing we don't already know (besides confirmation of their ages- did we know that, or were their ages fanon?). It also appears that Project Carthage, or the name at least, has been retconned out of this continuity. It seems like the MIB and TGP are like an amalgamation of what we thought they were.

And this bit about Yumi got me.

She has to cope with an annoying little brother and a swarm of admirers.

Lampshaaade.

I sure hope it's the Harry Potter crowd. There's probably a good chance- I mean, I've never heard the words "quadrilogy" and "para-American", and here they are using them. Of course, that might just be the Italians using English structure to make words that might be words. Who knows.