Hagane no Renkinjutsushi © Arakawa Hiromu
Square Enix [First serialized in Shonen Gangan]
Published in Indonesia as Fullmetal Alchemist by Elex Media
The dwarf in the test tube finally captures his prize. Sacrificing the five who opened the Gate of Truth—Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, Izumi and Hohenheim—he seizes god-like powers. But the people have not been idle in the centuries of darkness...
Find out if Father succeeds in absorbing all the souls in Amestris in the penultimate Fullmetal Alchemist, compiling chapters 104 through 106, The Center of the World,
The Throne of God
and The Abyss of Pride.
Topeng Kaca 6 of 24+ Deluxe by Miuchi Suzue
Fresh from the success of “Hurricane Hill” and “A Rock Smiles,” Maya takes on the supporting role of Chie in the drama Muenzakura.
Despite having to go on-stage with a draft script, Maya manages to wing it with the help of co-star Himekawa Ayumi.
But the challenges won't desist. Now Maya has to unleash another storm in Topeng Kaca 6 Deluxe: Badai Panggung (2) by joining the audition for the role of Helen Keller.
Otomen 10 of 12+ by Kanno Aya
Actually, the two Hakusensha shoujo manga in this Elex release—Ciuman Dewa 2 and Otomen 10—tied for third place in the DO WANT! stakes. But since Otomen 10 has been on the back burner since September 2010, blurbing that:
All masks melt in the summer heat, making anti-otomen enforcer Kasuga's blood pressure rise as he sees just how far from the stereotypical ideal the students are. Chemistry teacher Kibino steps up with a wonder drug that promises to make Asuka-chan forget his otomen hobbies and transform Ryo into a girly girl.
NEW ELEX TITLES: Doraemon Movie: Nobita & Kerajaan Robot
Elex double launches Doraemon Movie: Nobita & Kerajaan Robot [First] and [Last], based on the Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom feature film that premiered in Japan March 2002. Nobita and Doraemon help out a young robot Poko and the robots who have had their emotions excised from them by the cruel Empress Janne.
Each compilation retails for IDR 24,000.
Reissues
After the recent volumes 1-10 and 11-20 box sets, Elex reissues the Detektif Conan volumes 41-50 box set. Still costs IDR 160,000/set.
Mangazines: Shonen Magz 2/2011
School Rumble
© Kobayashi Jin
Kodansha
[Weekly Shonen
Magazine]
Despite the latest Shonen Magz spotlighting Kobayashi Jin's School Rumble on the cover (right), the featured serial for Issue 2/2011 is Kindaichi Case Files by Amagi Seimaru & Sato Fumiya:
Someone whispers from the sidelines: his head will be cut off and placed in Chidamari.
And true to that legend in the Igo world, a decapitated head is found atop a reversed Igo board during an Igo club training camp.
Other shounen (and seinen) manga in serialization: BECK by Harold Sakuishi, Blazer Drive by Kishimoto Seishi, Code:Breaker by Kamijyo Akimine, Fairy Tail by Mashima Hiro, Ghost's Doctor by Sato Yuki, Tokkyu! by Kubo Mitsuro & Komori Yoichi, Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE by CLAMP and Vinland Saga by Yukimura Makoto.
Elex Media manga (2011.02.02)
- Ciuman Dewa (Kamisama Hajimemashita) 2 of 8+ by Suzuki Julietta
- Crayon Shinchan 2 of 50 by Usui Yoshito
- Crows 16 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
- Detektif Conan Seri Animasi TV 24 by Aoyama Gosho
- Detektif Conan Spesial 34 of 36+ (Meitantei Conan Special) by Aoyama Gosho, Abe Yutaka & Maru Denjiro
- Dodge Fighters (Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters) 2 of 10 by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo
- Doraemon 2 of 45 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Japanese binding re-release)
- [Premiere] Doraemon Movie: Nobita & Kerajaan Robot (First) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [Premiere] Doraemon Movie: Nobita & Kerajaan Robot (Last) by Fujiko F. Fujio [Finale]
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) 26 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu
- Here is Greenwood (Deluxe) 2 of 6 (Koko wa Greenwood) by Nasu Yukie
- Otomen 10 of 12+ by Kanno Aya
- Piano Hutan (Piano no Mori) 18 of 19+ by Isshiki Makoto
- Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 10 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Topeng Kaca Deluxe (Glass no Kamen) 6 of 24+ by Miuchi Suzue
 | Crayon Shin-chan 「クレヨンしんちゃん」 |
Other languages
English (partially translated by ComicsOne and CMX), French (J'ai Lu, then, Casterman), Spanish and Catalan (Planeta DeAgostini Comics Spain), German (EMA), Italian ( Panini Comics) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
Adaptations
Shin'ei Doga's anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Yajima Akiko (Shin-chan), has been running since April 1992, with the 699th episode airing on 2010.05.07. At least 18 movie sequels have been released between July 1993 and April 2010.
 | Crows 「クローズ」 by Takahashi Hiroshi |
Related series
Worst (sequel, 25 volumes as at 2010.11) and Crows Zero (spin-off; nine volumes as at 2010.08)
Adaptations
Two live-action prequel movies: Crows ZERO (Japan theatrical release: October 2007) and Crows ZERO II (April 2009), directed by Miike Takashi and starring Oguri Shun (GPS leader Takiya Genji) and Yamada Takayuki (Serizawa Tamao)
 | Meitantei Conan Special 「名探偵コナン 特別編」 |
Related
Detektif Conan (main story) and the special editions drawn by Aoyama-sensei's assistants that diverge from the main plot
 | Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters |
Volume 2 chapters:
13. おそるべし忍術ドッジ！
14. ファイターズの弱点
15. ターゲットは美々ちゃん
16. レギュラーはわたさない！
17. 変幻自在！嵐山三人衆
18. 森の中の死闘！
19. オレは死んじゃいない！
20. まんが家チームの挑戦状
21. 魂のユニフォーム！
22. 勝利のデザイン
23. 嵐を呼ぶルイナママ！
24. サポーター第１号！
25. 海から来た強力コンビ！
26. 決着は全力対全力!!
 | Doraemon 「ドラえもん」 |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 27th Shogakukan Manga Awards, Grand Prize, the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1997) and the Excellence Award, Japan Cartoonists Association Awards (1973)
Related series
Doraemon Plus (sequel; 5 of 5 volumes), Daichouhen Doraemon (side story; 24 of 24 volumes); Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden (spin-off; 21 volumes, ongoing) and The Doraemon's Special (spin-off; 12 volumes)
Adaptations
A 52-episode anime adaptation by Nippon TV (1973.04 - 1973.09), a 1,787-episode series by Shin-Ei Animation (broadcast on TV Asahi from 1979.04 - 2005.03), a 2005 adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation and Studio Pierrot (premiered 2005.04.15; 300+ episodes) and numerous movies
 | Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom |
 | Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom |
 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Hashiguchi Takashi's Yakitate!! Japan [volume 19 streets concurrently with FMA 25])
Other languages
English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media: volume 24 per 2011.01.18 and Chuang Yi: volume 23 released 2010.03), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi 钢之炼金术师 #27 per 2011.01.18), French (Kurokawa tome 25 per 2011.01.13), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Planet Manga), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain; latest volume 25), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen) and Portuguese (JBC Brazil)
Adaptations
A 51-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between October 2003 and October 2004, followed by a film sequel (Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, July 2005) and a second 64-episode series Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood that aired between April 2009 and July 2010. A handful of OAVs were also released. The latest Fullmetal Alchemist: Mitos no Sei-Naru Hoshi movie is scheduled to premiere on 2 July 2011. Seiyuu Park Romi and Kugimiya Rie play brothers Edward and Alphone Elric in all the Hagaren adaptations.
Two Fullmetal Alchemist audio drama series have been produced. Three volumes comprise the pre-anime first series: The Land of Sand, False Light, Truth's Shadow and Criminals' Scar. The second series, bundled with Shonen Gangan, consists of Ogutāre of the Fog (Shonen Gangan April and May 2004 issues) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Crown of Heaven (November and December issues).
Related
Spin-off light novels written by Inoue Makoto and illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. First serialized in Shonen Gangan, six volumes have been released: The Land of Sand (2003.02; source material for anime episodes 11 and 12) · The Abducted Alchemist (2003.09) · The Valley of White Petals (2004.04) · Under the Faraway Sky (2004.10) · The Ties That Bind (2005.06) · A New Beginning (2007.03).
A pair of The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist manga artbooks and three manga guidebooks, as well as three The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime artbooks, a Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Profiles character guide book, and six fanbooks (TV Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Official Fanbooks for the first series and one for the second) have also been released.
 | Koko wa Greenwood 「ここはグリーン・ウッド」 |
Other languages
English Here is Greenwood (VIZ Media; nine volumes)
Adaptations
A six-episode anime OAV starring seiyuu Sasaki Nozomu (Hasukawa Kazuya), Sakamoto Chika (Kisaragi Shun), Iwata Mitsuo (Ikeda Mitsuru) and Seki Toshihiko (Tezuka Shinobu) released in Japan between November 1991 and March 1993 and a 13-episode live-action renzoku that aired on Tokyo MX from July to September 2008 (Cast: Izawa Yuki, Suzuki Hiroki, Miura Riki and Sato Yuuichi)
 | Otomen 「オトメン（乙男） 」by Kanno Aya |
Other languages
English Otomen (VIZ Media: volume 9 per 2011.02.01 • volume 10 street date: 2011.05.03 and Chuang Yi: volume 10 per 2010.09), French (Akata/Delcourt: tome 10 per 2010.06 • tome 11 street date: 2011.03.09), German (Carlsen Verlag: Band 3 ships 2011.02.25), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 乙男 -粉紅系男孩 10 per 2010.02)
Adaptations
Live-action adaptation starring Okada Masaki (Asuka) and Kaho (Ryo) aired on Fuji TV from 1 August to 3 November 2009.
 | Piano no Mori 「ピアノの森」 by Isshiki Makoto |
Awards
Recipient, Grand Prize for Best Manga, 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival
Other language versions
Published in traditional Chinese by Sharp Point Press (Taiwan)
Adaptations
The Piano Forest, an animated movie adaptation by Madhouse, starring Kamiki Ryunosuke (Kyuu, Tantei Gakuen Q live-action drama) as Amamiya Shuuhei and Ueto Aya (Azumi, Azumi) as Ichinose Kai premiered 2007.07.21 in Japan. The film was nominated for the 2008 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year and in the Theatrical Film category at the 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
 | Sanzoku Ou 「山賊王」 by Sawada Hirofumi |
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (concluded)
 | Glass no Kamen 「ガラスの仮面」 by Miuchi Suzue |
Related
Glass no Kamen tankoubon
Adaptations
Three anime and two seasons of a live-action drama
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Kamisama Hajimemashita 「神様はじめました」
by Suzuki Julietta
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.01
Other languages
English Kamisama Hajimemashita (VIZ Media; volume 1 per 2010.12.07 • volume 2 street date: 2011.03.01)