Hoping none of these manga decide to resked between this post's Sunday publication and Chuang Yi's on the date confirm. Although I doubt Are You Alice? will budge from 3 May, otherwise we're really heading into curiouser and curiouser territory. »Edit They did budge, but only by one day (streeted 4 May).
Are You Alice? © Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
Also, VAGABOND 24 and the simplified Chinese Kaichou wa Maid-sama! #12 and The Ravages of Time #41.
It's not the Alice in Wonderland bloodbath that Alice in the Country of Hearts is, but I still welcome Are You Alice?, starring a bishounen ‘Alice’ who must off the White Rabbit or it's off with his head!
, as Chuang Yi gleefully points out. Sounds plenty bloody enuf to me ^^
The josei Zero-Sum series adapts the Are You Alice? drama CDs (thanks for the list, Minty Utopians). Alice?'s CV is Sakupyon (Sakurai Takahiro).
In other 2D bishies, Tsukimori Can't. Spit. Something. Out in La Corda d'Oro 14, news that stands to shock Kaho-chan (and gladden the hearts of Tsukimori's rivals).
Chuang Yi previews excerpted Behind the Cut.
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.05.03)
- [Series Premiere] Are You Alice? 1 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
- Are You Alice? 2 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
- La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) 14 of 16+ by Kure Yuki
- VAGABOND 24 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
Volume 2 first published in Japan 2010.07
Kiniro no Corda 「金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
Volume 14 first published in Japan 2010.02
Related
Adapted from Koei's Kin'iro no Corda role-playing game (part of the Neoromance series also including the Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ games).
Other languages/serializations
Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (13 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 14 street date: 2011.09.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa) and French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10.04)
Awards
Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)
Adaptations
Yumeta's 25+1-episode La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2006 through March 2007, followed by the La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~ special (two episodes released 2009.03.26 and 2009.06.05). The cast included seiyuu Takagi Reiko (Hino Kahoko), Taniyama Kishô (Tsukimori Len), Itou Kentarou (Tsuchiura Ryotaro), Morita Masakazu (Hihara Kazuki), Kishio Daisuke (Yunoki Azuma), Fukuyama Jun (Shimizu Keiichi), Satou Akemi (Fuyuumi Shoko), Ishikawa Hideo (Kanazawa Hiroto), Konishi Katsuyuki (Ousaki Shinobu) and Miyano Mamoru (Kaji Aoi, La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~).
A La Corda d'Oro drama was bundled with three other LaLa series (Oniichan to Issho, Ryuu no Hanawazurai, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD given away with the April 2007 issue.
Vagabond 「バガボンド」 by Inoue Takehiko
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 24 (chapters 207-215) first published in Japan 2006.10
Related
Based on the novel Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji
Awards
Grand Prize for manga, 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival
Best Seinen/General Manga, 24th Kodansha Manga Awards
2002 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Other languages
Alternative English Vagabond (VIZ Media; 33 volumes per 2010.10), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 流浪汉 #32 per 2010.04), Indonesian (Level Comics: 33 volumes per 2010.10), French (Tonkam; tome 33 shipped 2010.12), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Argentina), German (EMA; Band 30 released 2011.01), Polish (Mandragora) and Portuguese (Conrad Brazil)
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Simplified Chinese manga and manhua (2011.05.03)
- 会长是女仆 (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) #12 of 12+ by Fujiwara Hiro
- 火凤燎原 (Huo Feng Liao Yuan: The Ravages of Time) #41 of 41+ by Chan Mou
Are You Alice? 「Ａｒｅ ｙｏｕ Ａｌｉｃｅ？」
by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.12
Related series
Adapted from the Are You Alice? drama CD series (that Minty Utopians compiled here) including the Original Series (Drink Me, Check Mate, Call me), Alice's Tea Party (March Hare, Knave of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty) and Unbirthday (Dyna → Cheshire Cat, XXX ↔ Alice, Tweedle Dee ~ Tweedle Dum, White Knight ∈ Regret, White Rabbit ← Bloodflower, Lewis Carroll ≠ Mad Hatter).
The drama series starred seiyuu Sakurai Takahiro (Alice?), Hirata Hiroaki (Mad Hatter / Lewis Carroll), Inoue Kazuhiko (Cheshire Cat) and Fujiwara Keiji (Dormouse), among others. [Info from Minty Utopians - Are you Alice? Characters/CD Organize]