Eleven Elex titles were postponed for print production and distribution
reasons, so NikBabble™ got lopped off. Somewhat.
Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
To obtain the power of Kyubi, Naruto trains on a remote isle of Kumogakure Village. But when he succeeds in breaking the demon fox's seal, the liberated Nine Tails poises to engulf him. Not even Bee can help.
Just as Naruto comes the closest to losing to Kyubi's corruption, a figure from the past intervenes...
Talk about facing your demons! That Naruto volume 53 is titled Kelahiran Naruto
or The Birth of Naruto,
however, hints at the identity of Naruto's savior. Prepare for poignant :D
Naruto 53 compiles chapters 495–504: Dark Naruto, Defeated!!
· Reunion with Nine Tails!!
· Nine Tails vs. Naruto!!
· My Ma's Red Hair
· A New Seal!!
· The Birth of Naruto
· Nine-Tails Attacks!!
· The Fourth Lord's Death Match!!
· Minato's Reaper Death Seal!!
· Thank You.
[*NOT Elex chapter titles] (Btw, if you don't want [SPOILAGE], don't. Click. The Link!)
For other DO WANT! (Fullmetal Alchemist 27!), see after the release list.
Box sets: Too Terribly Tempting!
Elex boxes up droolicious that are Good Value — anyway you look at it (them). Volumes 1–3 of Tamura Yumi's Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji fantasy (reviewed »here by Raven-san) and the complete Beauty Honey (Vols. 1–3 of 3) by Matsumoto Tomo both go for IDR 24,000 a box set. The also complete Best Friend Survival! (Vols. 1–2 of 2) by Nakamura Seiko (originally Yuujou Survival!) and Vols. 1–2 of Kodama Yuki's set-in-1960s-Kyushu josei drama Apollon on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollo) retail for IDR 16,000/set. You can take Vols. 1–7 of Sasaki Noriko's Animal Doctor (Doubutsu no Oishasan) home for IDR 56,000 and I suggest you do as
From sticking an arm into a cow to check its internals, to fighting over which laboratory equipment to buy, to the territorial battles between chickens ... Doubutsu has it!
Per noted, Beauty Honey and Best Friend Survival! sets bundle complete series, but Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji remains current in Japan. Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji vol. 4 streeted February 2011; Elex's most recent release is volume 3 published April 2010. Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji 4, however, is advertised in the October Komikologi, if that entices you any.
Likewise an ongoing, Sakamichi no Apollo released its volume 7 in Japan last February. Elex has (obviously) published two volumes. No word yet on Apollon 3.
While Doubutsu no Oishasan has finished in its home country (was even reissued in eight bunkoban between 1995.12 and 1996.06), Elex's latest is Animal Doctor 8, which streeted last August. This series has been healthily regular in its release sked, hint hint :D
Gogogo Saiyuki
© Konishi Noriyuki
Shogakukan
[Corocoro Comic]
Published in Indonesia as
GOGOGO to the West
by Elex Media
Manga premieres: GOGOGO to the West by Konishi Noriyuki
I'm sure most of us, if not all of us, have bumped into the monk Sanzo and the Monkey King on their Journey to the West sometime, somewhere along the manga road. Gogogo Saiyuki is Konishi Noriyuki's shounen spin on the popular classic. Elex promises a hilarious!
ride ahead.
Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden debuted in 2008 in Corocoro Comic (home of Inazuma Eleven and Dorabase, among others). Elex indicates the manga status in Japan as 1–12 (Ongoing)
but I can only dig up to volume 7 (per 28 June 2011). So, that's the volume tally I use.
For other Konishi Noriyuki manga (including another Journey to the West fantasy), scroll down.
Mangazines: Nakayoshi 9/2011 and Shonen Star 17/2011
I fill in the shoujo debuts Elex teases in its Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 blurb: Kami Kami Kaeshi by Toyama Ema (Unyuuu~) and SGC! Survival Game Club or Sabagebu by Matsumoto Hideyoshi. No such premieres on the Shonen Star 17/2011 front, but the star in the spotlight is twins-troped AR∀GO by Arai Takahiro. [Babble continued behind the cut]
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.09.28)
- Arsène Lupin (Kaitou Lupin Series) vol. 4 of 5 by Maurice Leblanc and Kazumine Daiji
- Be Good vol. 2 of 6+ by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol (Orange Agency)
- Bride of the Water God (Habaek-eui Shinbu) vol. 4 of 15+ by Yun MiKyung
- C.M.B. (C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku) vol. 16 of 18+ by Katou Motohiro
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol. 27 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu [Finale]
- [Series Premiere] GOGOGO to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki) vol. 1 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki
- Inuyasha vol. 54 of 56 by Takahashi Rumiko
- Naruto vol. 53 of 57+ by Kishimoto Masashi
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) vol. 10 of 21+ by Ueda Masashi
- Topeng Kaca vol. 17 of 24+ Deluxe (Glass no Kamen [Bunko]) by Miuchi Suzue »Ex-9.22
- Wild Life vol. 20 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato
 | Habaek-eui Shinbu 「하백의 신부」 |
Other languages/serializations
English Bride of the Water God (Dark Horse: eight volumes per 2011.05 • volume 9 street date: 2011.11.01), French L'épouse du dieu de l'eau (Editions Clair de Lune: Tome 5 shipped 2011.08.18 • Tome 6 street date: 2011.11.03)
 | C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku |
Related series
Q.E.D. (main story, 40 volumes, ongoing) and the new Q.E.D./C.M.B. crossover that premieres in Monthly Shōnen Magazine + on 20 October 2011.
Other languages
Traditional Chinese C.M.B.森羅博物館之事件目錄 (Tong Li Taiwan: 17 volumes per 2011.09.08)
 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 |
Awards
Winner, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category, tied with Hashiguchi Takashi's Yakitate!! Japan. The manga also won Best Comic of the Year in the 2011 Seiun Awards.
Reissues/Other languages
Kanzenban volumes 1-7 released between 2011.6.22 and 2011.10.22
English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media [26 volumes per 2011.09.20 • volume 27 street date: 2011.12.20] and Chuang Yi [volume 23 released 2010.03]), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi 钢之炼金术师 #27 per 2011.01), French (Kurokawa tome 27 shipped 2011.07), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Panini Manga und Comic Band 24 per 2011.08 • Band 25 street date: 2011.10.11), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain: 27 volumes), 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: The Sacred Star of Milos movie premiered on 2 July 2011 in Japan. 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 2004).
Related
Spin-off light novels written by Inoue Makoto and illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. First serialized in Shonen Gangan, seven volumes have been published: The Land of Sand (JP release: 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) · Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk (2010.04).
Square Enix also published video game novelizations of Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (JP release: 2004.07), Curse of the Crimson Elixir (2004.12) and The Girl Who Surpasses God (2005.12).
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, one Fullmetal Alchemist Official Drawing Collection, 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. A post-manga guidebook Fullmetal Alchemist Chronicle was released in Japan on 29 July 2011.
 | Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden |
 | Inuyasha 「犬夜叉」 by Takahashi Rumiko |
Volume 54 chapters:
529. The Jewel's Completion
530. Graduation
531. Cloud of Jyaki
532. Inside Naraku's Body
533. Presence of the Jewel
534. Arrow of Shouki
535. Naraku's Darkness
536. The Kazaana's Limit
537. Final Sentience
538. Scent of Kagome's Blood
[*NOT Elex or Shonen Star chapter titles]
Serializations/other languages
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Inuyasha (VIZ Media: 56 volumes per 2011.01), French (Kana Tome 44 shipped 2011.08 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.02), Dutch (Kana), Spanish (Glénat Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico, LARP Editores Argentina), Italian (Star Comics), German (EMA, 56 volumes), Portuguese (Editora JBC Brazil), Swedish (Egmont Kärnan), Polish (Egmont Polska), traditional Chinese (Chingwin), Vietnamese (NXB Trẻ), Korean (Haksan)
Adaptations
Adapted into anime by Sunrise: the first season, based on volumes 1 through 36 and spanning 167 episodes, aired on Yomiuri TV from October 2000 until September 2004. The sequel, Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen, which picks up from volume 36 until series end, premiered October 2009. Seiyuu Yamaguchi Kappei, Yukino Satsuki and Morikawa Toshiyuki reprise their roles as Inuyasha, Kagome and Naraku. The sequel ended 2010.03.29.
At least four originally-conceived anime features have also been released: Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001.12), The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002.12), Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003.12) and Fire on the Mystic Island (2004.12). A prequel special Inuyasha Meguri Au Mae no Unmei Koiuta aired 2004.04.19 in Japan.
The Inuyasha novel Shōsetsu InuYasha written by Tomoko Komparu and illustrated by Takahashi Rumiko was published in December 2004 under the Shonen Sunday Comics Special label.
 | Naruto 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－」 |
Awards/Accomplishments
The American volume 7 won the 2006 Quill Award in the graphic novel category. Manga sales have topped 100 million copies in Japan, with over 89 million sold globally. Naruto is the #1 bestselling manga in Indonesia, with upwards of one million copies sold nationwide.
Other languages
English Naruto (VIZ Media: 52 volumes street date: 2011.09.06 • volume 53 street date: 2011.12.06; serialized in Shonen Jump USA), French (Kana: Tome 53 shipped 2011.07 • Tome 54 street date: 2011.11.04), Spanish (Ediciones Glénat Spain: latest edition #54; Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico; LARP Editores Argentina), Catalan (Glénat: latest volume #48), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 52 ships 2011.10.28; serialized in Banzai!), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Comix-ART), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen; serialized in Shonen Jump Sweden), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: NARUTO火影忍者 57 released 2011.09.19) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: 火影忍者 #57 per 2011.09.20)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot and Aniplex's 220-episode anime co-production, based on manga volumes 1-27, aired from October 2002 to February 2007 in Japan. Seiyuu Takeuchi Junko, Nakamura Chie and Sugiyama Noriaki returned in their roles as Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke in the sequel (manga volume 28 onwards) that premiered February 2007 on TV Tokyo. Naruto Shippūden is still ongoing (episode 230 airs 2011.09.29).
At least five OAVs, eight films and three light novels have also been released:
OAVS: Find the Crimson Four-leaf Clover! (2003) · Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2004) · Konoha Sports Festival (2004.08) · Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!! (2005.12) · Naruto: The Cross Roads (2010).
A short OAV was also included within the DVD Naruto x UT Original DVD
(shipped 2011.01.01).
Films: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08) · Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005.08) · Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006.08) · Naruto Shippūden (2007.08) · Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08) · Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08) · Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.07), Naruto Shippūden 5: Blood Prison (2011.07.30)
Three light novels written by Kusakabe Masatoshi: Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (2002.12) · Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003.12) · Adaptation of the first Naruto movie (2004.08)
Jump J Books also released Kishimoto Masashi- and Higashiyama Akira's Naruto Dokonjo Ninden, an autobiographical novel left by Jiraiya,
in the same month as the Gekijouban Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower novelization (2010.08)
Related
So far, seven movie-based manga: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08), Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth (2005.08), Great Excitement! The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island (2006.08), Naruto: Shippūden: the Movie (2007.08), Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08), Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08) and Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.08).
 | Shin Kobo-chan 「新コボちゃん」 |
 | Glass no Kamen 「ガラスの仮面 白泉社文庫」 |
Related
Glass no Kamen tankoubon (47 volumes per 2011.07.26)
The Glass Mask Comic Fanbook was released in Japan 2010.09 under the Hana to Yume Comics Special label.
Adaptations
Three anime series and two live-action drama seasons
 | Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato |
Awards
Winner, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category (2005)
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
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Box sets (2011.09.28)
- Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji, Vols. 1-3 (of 4+) by Tamura Yumi (Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji) [IDR 24,000/set]
- Animal Doctor, Vols. 1-7 (of 12) by Sasaki Noriko (Doubutsu no Oishasan) [IDR 56,000/set]
- Apollon on the Slope, Vols. 1-2 (of 7+) by Kodama Yuki (Sakamichi no Apollo) [IDR 16,000/set]
- Beauty Honey, Vols. 1-3 of 3 by Matsumoto Tomo –Complete– [IDR 24,000/set]
- Best Friend Survival!, Vols. 1-2 of 2 by Nakamura Seiko (Yuujou Survival!) –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]
Mangazines (2011.09.28)
- Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 (Kodansha Nakayoshi)
- Shonen Star 17/2011 (Shogakukan Shonen Sunday)
Kaitou Lupin 4
「怪盗ルパン ４ハートの７ 協力：麻生はじめ 浜田英作」
Original story by Maurice Leblanc; Illustrations by Kazumine Daiji
The Kumon Manga Library, educational manga
Volume 4 first published in Japan in 1998.03