Update: Nau exclusively Elex covers (plus a few tweaks here and there)
Topeng Kaca Deluxe 17 doesn't appear on this list — postponed to the 28th. Look for it then.
Barista © Muronaga Kumi & Hanagata Rei/Houbunsha
[Serialized in Shuukan Manga Times]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Before we start ordering some kohi, Houi! Jouso! Ketsu!
first:
Yagyou sends Gen's master Hanashima Atora to train Karasumori's guardians, and Yoshimori, Gen and Tokine will have to show that they have teamwork in spades, or else. Meanwhile, Shigemori's pal Matsudo Heisuke registers on Kokuboro's radar and...
VIZ hints at a looming disaster for our three kekkaishi-in-arms
in its Kekkaishi, Vol. 9 synop: Their loyalty to each other is really tested when the Kokuboro princess falls ill, and the ayakashi attempt to cure her! Plus, Gen receives a strange gift from an enemy—one that may reveal something about himself that he would prefer not to know!
(Yeah, yeah, you saw it in the anime; now read the source manga.)
Kekkaishi 9 compiles chapters 76 through 85: Caged Bird,
Hanashima Atora,
Raizo,
Dog Fight,
Gagin and Hekian,
A Rat,
Assault,
The Final Journey,
The Master's Throne
and Agony.
[*NOT Elex chapter titles]
For more recent Kekkaishi chapters, check out the Indonesian Shonen Sunday—Shonen Star—still running Tanabe Yellow's shounen award-winner. Issue 16/2011 streeted 14 September. Kekkaishi ended in Japan with the release of volume 35 on 18 August.
Q.E.D. 37 of 40+ by Katou Motohiro
Elex understates it when it describes Katou Motohiro's shounen tantei manga Q.E.D. (the other top DO WANT! this release sked) as just an exciting and compelling detective story.
I wax eloquent about this manga Quite Elegantly Done
here, but for those who don't need Q.E.D.'ing, blurb —
Murder strikes at the heart of the FBI. "Criminal Profiling" seminar participant Seto Koichi, lead investigator in the case of confiscated drug theft within the police force, is found dead in his room. Suspicion falls on his partner Arita Seiji. How will Toma solve this case?
Elex's Q.E.D. preview refers to Kuliah Pembunihan
or Satsujin Kōgi
(Murder Lecture) that first appeared in Magazine E-no's July 2010 issue. The other case collected in volume 37 is the anime-troped Anima
(September 2010 issue).
And speaking of E-no, that mangazine ceased publication in June and was replaced by Monthly Shōnen Magazine +. Q.E.D. moves to the new mangazine, alongside a new Q.E.D./C.M.B. crossover starring Q.E.D.'s Touma Sou and his equally genius cousin, C.M.B.'s Sakaki Shinra this October. (Also speaking of C.M.B., volume 16 is scheduled for 28 September.)
New Elex titles: Barista by Muronaga Kumi & Hanagata Rei
Japanese Kouki Aoi works as a barista in an Italian bar in Rome. Because of his expertise, a major player invites him to establish an Italian bar back home.
(Yup, switched the former synopsis with the one on the back cover blurb.)
Elex focuses on the seinen manga's more mature and laid-back
narrative style. My question: In comparison to what? (Starts thinking of other similarly-set titles and can only come up with...The Drops of God, the Coffee version :P)
Volume 1 spans eight episodes: Bicerin kenangan,
Caffè latte ajaib,
Caffè papa,
Mocca harta karun,
Cappuccino keberuntungan,
Suka duka apprendista,
Bar sejati
and Harga diri primo.
Barista has compiled five volumes as at 16 July. It continues to serialize in Houbunsha's Shuukan Manga Times. For other works by writer Hanagata Rei and manga-ka Muronaga Kumi, scroll down.
Elex Media manga (2011.09.22)
- [Series Premiere] Barista 1 of 5+ by Muronaga Kumi and Hanagata Rei
- BECK 27 of 34 by Harold Sakuishi
- Dodge Fighters (Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters) 7 of 10 by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo
- Kekkaishi 9 of 35 by Tanabe Yellow
- Kojiro 2 of 7 by Muraeda Kenichi
- Mixim 11 volume 5 of 12 by Anzai Nobuyuki
- Natane 2 of 6 Deluxe (Nijiiro Togarashi [Bunko]) by Adachi Mitsuru
- Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Q.E.D. Shomei Shuryo) 37 of 40+ by Katou Motohiro
- RAVE - Plue's Dog Diaries (Rave: Plue no Inu Nikki) 3 of 3 by Mashima Hiro [Finale]
 | BECK 「ＢＥＣＫ」 by Harold Sakuishi |
Awards
Winner, 2002 Kodansha Manga Awards for the Shounen category (tied with Nonaka Eiji's Cromartie High School)
Serializations/Other languages
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
English BECK:Mongolian Chop Squad (TOKYOPOP: till volume 12), French (Akata/Delcourt: 34 volumes per 2010.03), Italian (Dynit), German (Tokyopop Germany; lapsed) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
Adaptations
Anime adaptation (till manga volume 11) by Madhouse featuring seiyuu Namikawa Daisuke (Tanaka Yukio/Koyuki), Ueno Yuuma (Minami Ryuusuke) and Saiki Miho (Minami Maho). Twenty-six episodes aired from October 2004 to March 2005 on TV Tokyo.
A BECK live-action film directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, starring Mizushima Hiro (Ryuusuke) and Satoh Takeru (Koyuki), premiered 4 September 2010 in Japan.
Related
Guidebooks: BECK The Guidebook Complete Edition (Japan release: 2010.08); BECK Live! -Festival & Movie Guide- (2010.07); BECK At Last 33 1/3 (2008.10); BECK Music Guide (2005.10); BECK Volume 00 The Guidebook (2004.03); BECK Volume 0 The Guidebook (2002.11)
 | Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters |
 | Kekkaishi 「結界師」 by Tanabe Yellow |
Awards
Winner, 52nd Shogakukan Manga Awards for the Shounen category
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Kekkaishi (VIZ Media: 27 volumes per 2011.08 • volume 28 street date: 2011.10.11), French (PIKA Édition: tome 27 shipped 2011.06), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 17 released 2011.05 • Band 18 per 2011.11.18), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 结界师 #34 released 2011.07), traditional Chinese (Rightman Publishing Limited Hong Kong and Tong Li Taiwan), Italian (Planet Manga), Malaysian (PCM Comics), Korean (Bookbox), Spanish (Editorial Ivrea Spain), Vietnamese (Kim Dong)
Adaptations
Sunrise's 52-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Yoshino Hiroyuki (Sumimura Yoshimori) and Saitou Rie (Yukimura Tokine), aired in Japan from October 2006 to February 2008. The anime aired on Animax Asia from 15 February to 27 April 2011.
Related
An official TV animation guide book (released 2006.12 under the Shonen Sunday Comics Special imprint) and two official strategy guides for Wii and Nintendo DS (Wonderlife Special: 2007.06 (Nintendo DS), 2007.11 (Wii))
 | Kojiro 「光路郎」 |
Reissues
Rereleased in four wide-ban from 1999.03 to 1999.09 and in four bunkoban from 2010.04 to 2010.07
Related series
Imouto Sensei Nagisa AKA Hot for my samurai teacher! (ongoing serialization in Monthly Shonen Sunday)
Titles published under Shimanaka Shoten's Island Comics Primo imprint: Koujiro: Dai unabara o koete (Japan release: 2004.11); Koujiro: Tatta hitori no onīsan (2004.10); Koujiro: Totte oki no hankachīfu (2004.09); Koujiro: Sensei janē, Koujiro da! (2004.08)
 | MiXiM 11 「ＭＩＸＩＭ☆１１」 |
Other languages
English Mixim 11 (Chuang Yi: volume 5 released 2010.05)
 | Nijiiro Togarashi (bunko) |
 | Q.E.D. Shomei Shuryo 「Ｑ．Ｅ．Ｄ．証明終了」 |
Awards
Winner, 2009 Kodansha Manga Awards for the Shounen category (tied with Mashima Hiro's Fairy Tail)
Other language versions
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 神通小偵探 Wonder Little Detective volume 37 released 2011.03)
Related series
C.M.B. (side story, ongoing, 18 volumes as at 2011.10.17) and the upcoming Q.E.D./C.M.B. crossover manga to premiere in Monthly Shōnen Magazine + on 20 October.
Adaptations
A 10-episode live action renzoku starring Nakamura Aoi as Touma Sou and Takahashi Ai as Mizuhara Kana aired in Japan from January to March 2009 on NHK.
 | Rave: Plue no Inu Nikki |
Related series
Groove Adventure RAVE (main story; 35 volumes)
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Barista 「バリスタ」
by Muronaga Kumi and Hanagata Rei
Houbunsha Shuukan Manga Times, seinen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2010.03