Category talk:Japanese Editions

Leads on other books by the same publisher as for Black Widow Company

See File talk:Black Widow Company Japanese.jpg for how I got to this point. On a hunch, I dropped the name of the publisher in there along with "BattleTech" and got six hits on "Batorutekku". Three appear to be duplicates, however. (See after this list.)

• https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=富士見書房+BattleTech&qt=results_page
  • Tales of the Black Widow Company
  • Gray Death Legion 1
  • Gray Death Legion 2
  • Gray Death Legion 3
  • Gray Death Legion 4
  • Gray Death Legion 5
  • Gray Death Legion 6

(Updated with the full list of six now that I have better context.--Talvin (talk) 08:54, 8 July 2022 (EDT) )

If I search that for "Batorutekku", I also get:

• バトルテックがよくわかる本 ("A book that understands Battletech well") (Original/not translation?)
• 決戦！独立愚連隊 : バトルテック・ノベル. ("The decisive battle! Independent Fools: Battletech Novel.") I am not sure if this is a translation or an original. I mean, what BattleTech Novel could that describe the plot of.... OK, I'll stop. ;) --Talvin (talk) 13:23, 7 July 2022 (EDT)

And one on Ebay

Not sure if this is one of the above or no: https://www.ebay.com/itm/173875767821?hash=item287bcdaa0d:g:cbYAAOSwtZJZAE50

Gonna grab a screenshot and a save of the image if I can for future reference.--Talvin (talk) 13:50, 7 July 2022 (EDT)

Research Notes

Found the following series posted on Amazon.

Series (富士見文庫―富士見ドラゴン・ノベルズ) Translation (Fujimi Bunko - Fujimi Dragon Novels)

• ISBN 978-4829141694 バトルテック〈1〉グレイ・デス軍団の誕生 Translation: BattleTech 1: The Birth of the Grey Death Legion
• ISBN 978-4829141700 バトルテック〈2〉サンダー断層(リフト)の決戦 Translation: Translation: BattleTech 2: Thunder Fault (Rift) Showdown
• ISBN 978-4829141717 バトルテック〈3〉傭兵たちの星 Translation: Battletech 3: Mercenary Star
• ISBN 978-4829141724 バトルテック〈4〉レジス奪回作戦(オペレーション) Translation: BattleTech 4: Regis Recapture Operation (Operation)
• ISBN 978-4829141731 バトルテック〈5〉偽りの報酬 Translation: BattleTech 5: False Rewards
• ISBN 978-4829141748 バトルテック〈6〉栄光のグレイ・デス軍団 Translation: BattleTech 6: The Glorious Grey Death Legion

By comparing ISBN's, one can determine that the OCLC Gray Death Legion entries Talvin found correspond to the second, third, and sixth entries of the above. --Dude RB (talk) 22:23, 7 July 2022 (EDT)

(Also these six are attributed to William H. Keith on the Amazon site.)

Some links regarding the other two OCLC entries above.

ISBN 9784829142677: [1]

which seems to be a BattleTech game guide.

ISBN 9784829127681: [2]

which is puzzling, further research needed. --Dude RB (talk) 22:34, 7 July 2022 (EDT)

OK, I am going to go back and add the other three that I found and assumed to be duplicates, because it is looking more and more like they broke the trilogy up into six books. --Talvin (talk) 08:17, 8 July 2022 (EDT)