Translation guide
The process or product of adapting a film, TV show, or other media into a novel.
Referring to a book that is a novelization of a movie, game, etc.
The most common and direct loanword for a novelization product.
この映画のノベライズを読みました。
I read the novelization of this movie.
Literally 'novel version', used for novelizations of movies, anime, etc.
アニメの小説版が発売された。
The novel version of the anime was released.
Referring to the act of turning something into a novel.
Adding 化 (change into) to the loanword to express the process.
その映画はノベライズ化された。
That movie was novelized.
A slightly more formal or technical term, also common.
そのゲームのノベライゼーションが出版された。
The novelization of that game was published.
Native Japanese term for 'novelization' as a process.
人気ドラマの小説化が決まった。
The novelization of the popular drama has been decided.