Why are light novels called light novels?

Is Edge of Tomorrow based on a book?

Overall this manga is quite a good read, the art is quite good, it sure won't disappoint for those who like war and fighting themed mangas.

Edge of Tomorrow, based on the Hiroshi Sakurazaka graphic novel All You Need Is Kill, stars the duo as soldiers battling an alien invasion, with Cruise playing the wartime neophyte to Blunt's hardcore warrior. It was a critical success upon release, earning winning reviews for its refreshing take on the genre.Mar 1, 2019

You might be surprised to hear that the latest Tom Cruise science-fiction epic, “Edge of Tomorrow,” which hit theaters here recently, has a Japanese pedigree. It is based on the short novel “All You Need is Kill” by award-winning author Hiroshi Sakurazaka.Jul 12, 2014

'All You Need Is Kill' Novelist Is Now Writing a Sequel. In an interview published in the May issue of Shueisha 's Miracle Jump magazine on Tuesday, novelist Hiroshi Sakurazaka revealed that he is now working on the sequel to his All You Need Is Kill novel.Apr 15, 2014

All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka with illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Like Alita: Battle Angel, Edge of Tomorrow is technically not an anime movie, since the light novel it is adapted from, All You Need Is Kill, doesn't have an anime adaptation, but again this is just a technicality.
Feb 19, 2022

All you need is kill is a very short military sci-fi novel written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. It follows the strange phenomenon encountered by a young soldier named Kiriya Keiji on his first day of battling the alien menace known as the Mimics.

It is interesting enough to read through, but don't expect anything complex, I judged it based on the fact it's an 17 chapter manga and for such length the plot was realised pretty well, but I originally hoped they would make it a bit longer, skipping less small details.Jan 9, 2014

The word “light novel” is actually not an English word. It is a wasei-eigo (literally translated “Japanese-made English”) which is a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. The term is everywhere used where you read such novels.

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What anime is Edge of Tomorrow based on?
Directed by Doug Liman with a screenplay written by Christopher McQuarrie and the writing team of Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, its story is adapted from the 2004 Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. The film takes place in a future where most of Europe is occupied by an alien race.
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How many books does All You Need Is Kill have?
There are now seven volumes in the series, and it was adapted as a manga in 2008 and as a television anime series in 2009. Sakurazaka published All You Need Is Kill with Super Dash Bunko in 2004 and with it earned his first Seiun Award nomination for best of the year honors in Japanese science fiction.