Sega-related light novels

Talk about Sega related literature, mainly the popular japanese 'light novel' books that are often written for games which are basically easy to read pulp paperbacks.

If all goes right, we should be seeing the novelizations of the original Grandia translated to English, so you can enjoy the charming cast and story without spending 50+ hours on the game.

I have the books themselves in my possession but my Japanese is not good enough to do the job, but I will commission someone to help out. Serious enough that I'll pay money for a hastier translation effort, and even recommend it to be licensed to a publisher, even if it's only in e-book format.

Let me know if there's any other Sega light novels to talk about.

There was a light novelization of the Lunar series games (also by GameArts who did Grandia). I have them but my Japanese is not good enough to read them at an enjoyable pace.

Were these the first or second Lunar games, or both? Would be interested in knowing. Could also commission a translation for them, too.

I know there is a series of light novels based on Lunar: Silver Star Story. I think the first one was published right after the release of the game on the Saturn. There weren't any Lunar novels published during the MD's time.

There was also a 2-volume Langrisser II light novel and a Shining Force light novel that were both released at around the same time as the games came out. And there's also a 3-volume Shining Force manga (it's weird) and a Lunar manga.

Some of the coolest, though, are the Phantasy Star single-player game books (similar to Fighting Fantasy). One each was released for Phantasy Star I-III. You keep track of stats, roll dice for combat, and all that fun stuff.