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Showing posts with label Takunabi. Show all posts

Hotaru's Light 14, Hikayat Genji 13 of 13, Psychometrist Eiji 25 of 25 (Level Comics 11 January 2012 manga)

Hotaru's Light 14, Hikayat Genji 13 (Level Comics)

Hotaru no Hikari © Hiura Satoru/Kodansha [First serialized in Kiss] · Asakiyumemishi © Yamato Waki/Kodansha [First serialized in Mimi]. Published in Indonesia as Hotaru's Light and Hikayat Genji by Elex Media/Level Comics

In the penultimate Hotaru's Light

Hotaru and Seiichi-san's secret is revealed, the news spreading quickly from the office to Hotaru's family. Hotaru's brother corners Seiichi and demands that he take responsibility, and to his chagrin, Seiichi agrees, saying he will marry Hotaru.

Hotaru should be ecstatic that the man she loves has (suddenly) proposed to her, so why the doubts?

Meanwhile, in the ultimate Hikayat Genji:

Hikayat Genji vol 13 of 13
By Yamato Waki

Kaoru goes to Uji to accompany Ukifune whom he fell in love with, partly for her resemblance to Oigimi. But word reaches Nio no Miya and he forces himself on Ukifune. After this, what awaits Ukifune? And how does she view either Kaoru or Nio no Miya?

I preview the other finale—Psychometrist Eiji (volume 25)—after the release list, but lemme just ask Level Comics up here: How about teh Psychometrer sequel? :D OK, ok, I'll just focus on the new titles (ROMICs) streeting today.

New Level Comics titles
Agatha Christie series

Agatha Christie: The Secret of Chimneys (Level Comics)

Agatha Christie, Tome 1:
Le Secret de Chimneys

by François Rivière, Laurence Suhner
(Emmanuel Proust Editions)
Published in Indonesia as
Agatha Christie:
The Secret of Chimneys

by Elex Media/Level Comics

Level double-launches the Emmanuel Proust Editions' Agatha Christie graphic novel series with Agatha Christie: The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie, Tome 1: Le Secret de Chimneys) and Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie, Tome 2: Mort sur le Nil).

In case you haven't read the originals, The Secret of Chimneys traces the link between an English mansion, Chimneys, and the small Balkan state of Herzoslovakia that draws a handsome adventurer, a money magnet and the most beautiful woman in London into a web of intrigue and assassination.

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile, meanwhile, brings in the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Beautiful and wealthy Linnet Ridgeway suffers torment after she appropriates her best friend's fiancé for herself. A ‘chance’ meeting brings them all together on a deadly Nile river cruise.

Level Comics manga (2012.01.11)

  1. A Spirit of the Sun (Taiyou no Mokushiroku) vol 13 of 17 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
  2. LC: A Spirit of the Sun 13

    Taiyou no Mokushiroku太陽の黙示録
    by Kawaguchi Kaiji
    Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
    Volume 13 (chapters 87-93) first published in Japan 2006.11

    Awards
    Winner, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards, in the Seinen/General category
    Grand Prize winner for the comic category, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival

    Other languages
    French (Tonkam's Spirit of The Sun, tome 17: Le troisième pays per 2009.12)

    Adaptations
    Adapted into an anime special by Madhouse (two episodes)

  3. Happy Hello Work at Age 21 (Takunabi) vol 5 of 5+ by Yamaguchi Katsumi, in collaboration with Watanabe Chiho
  4. LC: Happy Hello Work at Age 21 v5

    Takunabiたくなび」 by Yamaguchi Katsumi,
    in collaboration with Watanabe Chiho
    Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
    Volume 5 (chapters 43-48 + Takunabi Bangai-hen Episode 00 Tokubetsu Yomikiri Touchline) first published in Japan 2006.06

  5. Hikayat Genji (Asakiyumemishi) vol 13 of 13 by Yamato Waki [Finale]
  6. LC: Hikayat Genji 13

    Asakiyumemishiあさきゆめみし
    by Yamato Waki
    Kodansha Mimi, shoujo
    Volume 13 first published in Japan 1993.07

    Related/reissues
    Adapted from Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu
    Reissued in seven volumes in 1993 under the KCDX imprint. Also re-released in bunkoban (Asakiyumemishi Genji Monogatari Kodansha Manga bunko: seven volumes, 2001.08 and Asakiyumemishi Genji Monogatari Kodansha Aoi Tori bunko: five volumes, 2006.10–2008.02) and kanzenban (Kanzenban KCDX Asakiyumemishi The Tale of Genji: 10 volumes, 2008.04–2008.07)

    A Genji Monogatari Asakiyumemishi Illustrations book was published in December 1984, while the Asakiyumemishi no Sekai Genji Monogatari Navi BOOK guide was issued in April 2005.

    Other languages
    English (Kodansha Bilingual Comics; partial)

  7. Hotaru's Light (Hotaru no Hikari) vol 14 of 15 by Hiura Satoru
  8. LC: Hotaru's Light 14

    Hotaru no Hikariホタルノヒカリ
    by Hiura Satoru
    AKA IT'S★ONLY★LITTLE★LIGHT★IN★MY★LIFE
    Kodansha Kiss, josei
    Volume 14 first published in Japan in 2009.06

    Adaptations
    The 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix award-winning Glow of Fireflies live-action adaptation aired between July and September 2007 on NTV. The 10-episode drama starred Ayase Haruka ((Amemiya Hotaru) and Fujiki Naohito (Takano Seiichi). The pair reprised their roles in the 11-episode second season that aired between July and September 2010 on the same network.

  9. Jormungand vol 5 of 10+ by Takahashi Keitarou
  10. LC: Jormungand 5

    Jormungandヨルムンガンド
    by Takahashi Keitarou
    Shogakukan Sunday GX, seinen
    Volume 5 (chapters 25-30) first published in Japan 2008.10

    Other languages
    English Jormungand (VIZ Media: seven volumes per 2011.05 • volume 8 street date: 2012.01.10)

    Adaptations/Related
    A Jormungand drama CD was bundled with manga volume 9 (JP release: 2011.02), the Mini art book "Ricochet" drama CD with volume 5 (JP: 2008.10).

  11. Psychometrist Eiji (Psychometrer Eiji) vol 25 of 25 by Ando Yuma & Asaki Masashi [Finale]
  12. LC: Psychometrist Eiji 25

    Psychometrer EijiサイコメトラーEIJI
    by Ando Yuma & Asaki Masashi
    Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen
    Volume 25 first published in Japan 2000.10

    Other languages
    French Psychometrer Eiji (Kana/Dargaud: 25 volumes), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore 感应少年 Eiji: 25 volumes), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)

    Related series/Reissues
    Re-released in 12 bunko volumes (2003.06 to 2003.11)
    Sequel: Psychometrer (began serialization in Young Magazine No. 22-23, street date: 2011.04.25; two volumes per 2011.11 • volume 3 street date: 2012.02.06)
    KPC (Kodansha Platinum Comics): Psychometrer Eiji - Satsujin Chef (one volume, 2011.11.16); Psychometrer Eiji - Aoi zameta-te (2011.10.19); Psychometrer Eiji - Jude no Mokushiroku (2011.09); Psychometrer Eiji Satsujinki Justice (2011.08); Psychometrer Eiji - Silent Stalker (2011.07); Psychometrer Eiji - Tokei Shikake no Ringo (2011.06); Psychometrer Eiji - Satsujin Oni Mebius (2011.05)
    Kunimitsu (spin-off; 27 volumes)

  13. Tomo'o (Danchi Tomoo) vol 13 of 19+ by Oda Tobira
  14. LC: Tomo'o 13

    Danchi Tomoo団地ともお」 by Oda Tobira
    Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
    Volume 13 first published in Japan 2009.01

    Recognitions
    Nominated for the 11th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

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European comics/BDs (2012.01.11)

  1. [Premiere] Agatha Christie: The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie, Tome 1: Le Secret de Chimneys) by François Rivière, Laurence Suhner (Heupe Sarl-Emmanuel Proust Editions)
  2. [Premiere] Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie, Tome 2: Mort sur le Nil) by François Rivière, Solidor (Heupe Sarl-Emmanuel Proust Editions)
  3. Smurf: Pensmurf Perhiasan (Le Schtroumpfeur de Bijoux, Tome 17) by Peyo (Le Lombard)
  4. Smurf: Smurf Magang (L'Apprenti Schtroumpf) by Peyo (Dupuis)
  5. Smurf: Smurfin (La Schtroumpfette, Tome 3) by Peyo (Dupuis)
  6. Tanguy & Laverdure: Skuadron Bangau Putih (Tanguy et Laverdure L'intégrale, Tome 2: L'escadrille des cigognes; Mirage sur l'Orient; Canon bleu) by Charlier & Uderzo (Dargaud)
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Love & Collage 10, Jio 8, Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 1 by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji (Level Comics 4 August 2010 manga)

Also, Franco-Belgian bande dessinée or as Level styles it, ROMICs (Lucky Luke - Sang Hakim, Smurf Magang, Michel Vaillant - Tragedi Bercy, and Yakari - Terbang Laksana Gagak).

Love & Collage 10 (Level Comics)

Ai Kora © Inoue Kazurou/Shogakukan (First serialized in Shonen Sunday)
Published in Indonesia as Love & Collage by Level Comics (Elex Media)
[Artwork provided by Level Comics]

Contains [SPOILERS!]

Woe is Hachibe! A new teacher blows into his class, and this Sajima-sensei apparently hates him with a passion uncontested. As if it weren't enough that Sajima-sensei constantly singles Hachibe out for punishment, the teacher also precipitates both Hachibe's eviction from the girls' dorm AND his out and out expulsion from school.

Just what is the deal with Sajima-sensei and what connection does he have to the blue-cat-eyed girl in the photograph Hachibe stumbled on in the teacher's house? Find this out, as well as what more's in store for the bullet train breasts (and other discrete attributes) fetishist, in volume 10 of Love & Collage, Inoue Kazurou's endearingly warped and ecchi take on harem comedies, streeting this Wednesday.

Jio 8 of 19 by Kishimoto Seishi

If you followed the Wiki-excerpted suggestion of IGN critic A. E. Sparrow-san to read this series when you feel you've outgrown Naruto, you'll have been anticipating Jio's further exploits. Wait no more; in Jio 8, our hero and his allies return, still questing for the legendary O-Parts. As plot luck would have it, they run into the giant Orphen O-Parts, the ancient relic of a transport bearing for Rock Bird City, site of the O.P.T. Olympics. Ruby, who wants the grand prize, orders Jio and Ball to enter, but it ain't going to be that easy: the pair first has to go through an elimination round to determine the two participants to the Rock Bird event. Can Jio and Ball make it past the qualifying contest?

Adding to blurb above (thanks to VIZ, already finished with it O-Parts Hunter run):

A chance encounter and a case of mistaken identity pit Jio and Cross against each other in a battle that almost seems foreordained—and though Cross is unaware of the creature lurking inside Jio's heart, he can't fight the strange feeling that they've met somewhere before. Will Ruby be able to intervene before these two formidable O.P.T.s tear each other apart?

[From O-Parts Hunter 8 description (VIZ Media edition)]

Volume 8 contains chapters (29) The Fated Two (30) The Kabbalah's Angel (31) Olympia's Prelim Round and (32) The Chosen Two.

NEW TITLES: Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji

A new month and we get a new seinen series: Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy. Originally Kachuu Hana, the Big Comic serial is another cooking manga, albeit not quite Bambino! (despite superficial similarities such as our hero(ine) Hana also dreaming of becoming Top Chef and working for a premier restaurant like Ban). This manga sees ghosts! But I'm getting ahead of myself; backtracking:

Nakamura Hanako, trainee cook at the famous Yokohama Chinatown restaurant Manten Daihanten, meets Yokihi, the ghost of a Tang empress from way, waaaay back. New status as a haunt has not precluded the former empress from enjoying delicious food. Now, how does “fly lice” cooked by idle royalty—who has had all this time to turn into the fried rice expert—taste? And can genki Hana's own version stand up in comparison?

The chapter titles beg inference that Hana will be introduced to other ghosts by Yokihi — which makes me think: Ghost Only (m&c!), rather than Level's Bambino!. Editor Tika-san recommends Nishi Yuuji- & Hikino Shinji-sensei's manga for the fried rice you will encounter (just how many varieties are there?) that come complete with yum detailed recipes. (Tika-san also edits the Bambino! series; don't you just envy her her deli-shus job?)

Level Comics manga (2010.08.04)

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  1. ARMS 18 of 22 by Minagawa Ryouji and Nanatsuki Kyouichi
  2. ARMS 18 (Level Comics)

    ARMSARMS
    by Minagawa Ryouji and Nanatsuki Kyouichi
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 18 (containing 11 chapters) first published in Japan 2001.07

    For those who can read Japanese, volume 18 contains chapters:

    1. 神槍~ミストルテイン~
    2. 記憶~リメンブランス~
    3. 聖餐~サクラメント~
    4. 神卵~ハンプティ・ダンプティ~
    5. 転移~テレポーテーション~
    6. 激震~バイブレーション~
    7. 帰還~リザレクション~
    8. 黙示~リベレイション~
    9. 地上~オン・ジ・アース~
    10. 激突~ショウダウン~
    11. 侵食~エンクローチメント~

    Related
    Series re-released in 12 volumes from 2007.06 to 2008.10

    Alternative language versions/serializations
    VIZ Media published Project ARMS in English (22 volumes as at 2009.05.12). Other global releases: France (by Kana; tome 22 released 2006.11), Italy (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), Germany (Planet Manga), Taiwan and Hong Kong (Tong Li). Serialized in Bahasa Malaysia in Kreko Komik Remaja (Malaysia).

    Awards
    Best Shounen Manga, 44th Shogakukan Manga Awards

    Adaptations
    TMS produced a 26-episode anime adaptation that aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 2001. Seiyuu Canna Nobutoshi voiced Takatsuki Ryo, with Takayama Minami as Kuruma Kei, Ueda Yuji as Tomoe Takeshi and Miki Shinichiro as Shingu Hayato. The Project ARMS: The 2nd Chapter sequel (episodes 27-52) broadcast from October 2001 through March 2002.

  3. Happy Hello Work at Age 21 (Takunabi) 3 of 5+ by Yamaguchi Katsumi, Watanabe Chiho
  4. Happy Hello Work at Age 21 volume 3 (Level Comics)

    Takunabiたくなび 」 by Yamaguchi Katsumi,
    in collaboration with Watanabe Chiho
    Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 2005.12

    Volume 3 contains chapters:

    • 20 あの頃の僕ら。
    • 21 仙台←→湯布院...1000km
    • 22 「ユクカワノナガレ」
    • 23 東京という戦場へ!!
    • 24 面接の素人VSプレゼンの達人!?
    • 25 ソフォクレス曰く!
    • 26 エネルギー注入
    • 27 掌(てのひら)のぬくもり
    • 28 暗示
    • 29 グループワークは戦争です!?(前編)
    • 30 グループワークは戦争です!?(後編)
    • 31 OVER
  5. Hikayat Genji (Asakiyumemishi) 3 of 13 by Yamato Waki
  6. あさきゆめみし 3

    [NOT Level's cover]

    Asakiyumemishiあさきゆめみし 」 by Yamato Waki
    Kodansha Mimi, shoujo
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 1982.09

    Related
    Adapted from the Japanese classic Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu

    Alternative language versions
    Partially translated into English as part of the Kodansha Bilingual Comics educational series.

  7. Jio 8 of 19 by Kishimoto Seishi
  8. Jio 8 (Level Comics)

    Jio666~サタン~ 」 by Kishimoto Seishi
    Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen
    Volume 8 (containing chapters 29-32) first published in Japan 2004.06

    Alternative language versions
    Published in English as O-Parts Hunter by VIZ Media (19 volumes as at 2009.12.08); in French by Kurokawa (tome 19 released 2008.12); and in Italian by JPOP

  9. Love & Collage (Ai Kora) 10 of 12 by Inoue Kazurou
  10. Love & Collage 10 (Level Comics)

    Ai Koraあいこら 」 by Inoue Kazurou
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 10 first published in Japan 2007.12

    Volume 10 contains chapters:

    • 91 油坂と小夜
    • 92 遊びたガール
    • 93 負け犬局長
    • 94 弾圧
    • 95 鎖島の過去
    • 96 傷心
    • 97 復活
    • 98 意外なパーツ
    • 99 手フェチで悪いか
    • 100 ゆれる乙女心です

    Alternative language versions
    Published in French by Kurokawa (tome 12 released 2009.11)

  11. Over Rev 13 of 31 by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team39
  12. Over Rev 13 (Level Comics)

    Over Rev!オーバーレブ!
    by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team39
    Shogakukan Young Sunday, seinen
    Volume 13 (containing 10 chapters) first published in Japan 2000.05

    Volume 13 contains chapters:

    1. 足元の穴
    2. 郷田策動!
    3. 乱入者あり!
    4. 限界への招待
    5. 滑走
    6. 奈落へのドリフト
    7. 決死のアクセル
    8. 悲しみの父
    9. 荒野に乾杯!
    10. 冒険者の過ち
  13. Tomo'o (Danchi Tomoo) 10 of 16+ by Oda Tobira
  14. Tomo'o 10 (Level Comics)

    Danchi Tomoo団地ともお 」 by Oda Tobira
    Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
    Volume 10 (containing 17 stories) first published in Japan 2007.07

    Volume 10 contains stories:

    1. 最後の最後にきまったなともお
    2. 死ぬかと思ったよなともお
    3. キミたちに明日はないのかともお
    4. ジ・アンダーテイカーかよともお
    5. 太く長~~いのがいいけどなともお
    6. まだ魔法だったようだともお
    7. 休みにも上手と下手があるともお
    8. さて右か左か前か後かともお
    9. ガツンと言ってやれよともお
    10. 気分次第が過ぎるぜともお
    11. 死ぬかと思ったよなともお
    12. 想像した者勝ちともお
    13. 珍しくとは失敬だよなともお
    14. パンチとハングリーで最強だともお
    15. 心は透けて見えないねともお
    16. ぐんぐん伸びるよなともお
    17. どこまでも続いていないのかよともお

    Recognitions
    Nominated for the 11th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

  15. [Premiere] Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy (Kachuu Hana) 1 of 12+ by Nishi Yuuji, Hikino Shinji
  16. Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 1 (Level Comics)

    Kachuu Hana華中華
    by Nishi Yuuji, Hikino Shinji
    AKA Central China Blossom
    Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2005.03

    Volume 1 contains:

    • 1 熱烈娘と幽霊
    • 2 芋娘と幽霊
    • 3 幽霊と消えた鍋
    • 4 幽霊と親切娘
    • 5 幽霊と寂しん坊
    • 6 幽霊と姉妹愛
    • 7 幽霊と姑娘(クーニャン)
    • 巻末付録
    • 楊貴妃直伝!!星の数ほどチャーハンレシピ物語

Level Comics bande dessinée (BD)/ROMICs (2010.08.04)

  1. Lucky Luke - Sang Hakim (Lucky Luke Tome 13: Le Juge) by Morris, René Goscinny
  2. Michel Vaillant - Tragedi Bercy (Michel Vaillant Tome 61: La fièvre de Bercy) by Jean Graton, Philippe Graton
  3. Smurf - Smurf Magang (Les Schtroumpfs Tome 7: L'Apprenti Schtroumpf) by Peyo
  4. Yakari - Terbang Laksana Gagak (Yakari Tome 14: Le vol des corbeaux) by Derib, Job

¹ Sources: Level Comics (artwork and summaries, unless indicated otherwise) and Elex Media STO 04 August 2010 (release schedule). Cover images and source summaries used here for reference with permission are © their respective intellectual rights holders.
² Level manga are priced at IDR 18,500 each except Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 1 (SRP: IDR 19,500). All ROMICs go for IDR 30,000 each.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links for other language versions.

Volume previews continued

ARMS 18 of 22 by Minagawa Ryouji, Nanatsuki Kyouichi

Defeat Keith Black and rescue Katsumi!!

After numerous protracted battles, Ryou reaches the Alice Chamber, stage of the ultimate showdown. But despite being reunited with his girlfriend, Ryou has to yet to overcome Keith Black who resorts to the cruelest of tactics, forcing Ryou to activate Jabberwock.

Will the Alice Chamber become Ryou's final resting place, or can the other Arms and their super nanotech prosthetics stop Jabberwock from destroying them all?

(The VIZ Project Arms 18: The Fourth Revelation: Remembrance blurb gives away what lies ahead for Ryou and friends: despite Ryo's amazing physical powers, he finds he's no match for Keith Black's powers of mind control. Instead of enemies, Ryo and his friends must fight the illusions in their own minds!

Happy Hello Work at Age 21 vol. 3 of 5+ by Yamaguchi Katsumi, in collaboration with Watanabe Chiho

Taku's struggle for gainful employment continues: this time, he tries to get past his innate laziness with Maki's help. But Taku soon loses his focus after hearing that Akane has gone on a trip to Yufuin — with another guy! Does this mean there's really no hope for a Taku x Akane Happy Ever After? And what of Maki, back in the glare of acting lights?

Hikayat Genji 3 of 13 by Yamato Waki

The Okami's death throws the palace into shambles, the vacuum sparking a fierce power struggle among the Fujiwara clans. The situation escalates when an enemy who detests Genji tries to eliminate the royal prince. What fate awaits Shining Genji?

Over Rev 13 of 31 by Yamaguchi Katsumi & Team39

The Drift Contest piques Acrobat's interest in Sawako and Ryoko, but the vote to recruit the pair is not unanimous. Gohda the Gorilla is totally against the idea, prompting a race to the death between him and Sawako.

Tomo'o 10 of 16+ by Oda Tobira

Keriko sees a balloon caught in a tree. Unable to get it herself because of her sore eye, she asks Tomo'o to retrieve the balloon for her. Tomo'o refuses because of a toothache, and eventually, Yoshinobu, after being stung by a bee, brings the balloon down. On the balloon, however, is a piece of paper that makes our trio angry — furious enough to actually want to hunt down the balloon's original owner.

What was on the piece of paper? And can they find the writer of the message?

ROMICs

Lucky Luke - Sang Hakim (Level Comics)

Lucky Luke - Sang Hakim

Lucky Luke - Sang Hakim (Lucky Luke - The Judge) by Morris, René Goscinny

Originally Lucky Luke Tome 13: Le Juge by Morris, René Goscinny (Dupuis, 1959)

Lucky Luke, who has to drive cattle to the distant New Mexican town of Silver City, passes through some wild territory, the most treacherous being that which only knows one law: the Law of the Judge. Lucky Luke gets on the wrong side of the “justice” who controls the region west of the Pecos and is put on trial for unspecified crimes. Can Lucky Luke teach this amateur judge a lesson he won't forget?

Michel Vaillant - Tragedi Bercy (Level Comics)

Michel Vaillant - Tragedi Bercy

Michel Vaillant - Tragedi Bercy (The fever of Bercy) by Jean Graton, Philippe Graton

Originally Michel Vaillant Tome 61: La fièvre de Bercy by Jean Graton, Philippe Graton (Graton Editeur, 1998)

Michel Vaillant and best friend Steve Warson come to Bercy to participate in a race that lets them meet the world's number one race driver. But Michel and Steve won't be driving their F1 cars; instead, they will be racing in go-karts. The pair also meets John Cabral, owner of the Fastnet IT company that not only sponsors the Bercy race but also launched an innovative chronometer program. Michel is forced to help Fastnet out after a young driver, Billy, makes off with a Fastnet program CD. A dangerous high speed go-kart chase ensues on the Parisian streets, but can Michel retrieve the stolen disk?

Smurf - Smurf Magang (Level Comics)

Smurf - Smurf Magang

Smurf - Smurf Magang (The Smurf Apprentice) by Peyo

Originally Les Schtroumpfs Tome 7: L'Apprenti Schtroumpf by Peyo (Dupuis, 1971)

A Smurf wants to apprentice to Papa Smurf and help the elder Smurf in his lab experiments, but Papa Smurf turns down the wannabe apprentice, saying the Smurf's too young. The curious Smurf, itching to get blue hands on the magic potion, steals into Gargamel's laboratory and tries to snaffle Gargamel's magic book. But sadly...

This volume also contains the stories Pièges à Schtroumpfs (Smurftraps) and Roméo et Schtroumpfette (Romeo and Smurfette).

Yakari - Terbang Laksana Gagak (Level Comics)

Yakari - Terbang Laksana Gagak

Yakari - Terbang Laksana Gagak (Flight of the Crows) by Derib, Job

Originally Yakari Tome 14: Le vol des corbeaux by Derib, Job (Dupuis, 1988)

Whilst sleeping, Slow Deer is abducted by a crow. Yakari and best friend Rainbow go after the thieving crow after being told that Slow Deer's life is in danger.

Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editor Lenny-san for the artwork and blurb provisioning

Other upcoming 4 August 2010 manga

Elex Media: Vampire Knight 2 · Topeng Kaca Bidadari Merah 11 · Claymore 15 · Coz We're Not Children 2 of 2 · Godhand Teru 25 · Hidamari Sketch 2 · Kurozakuro 5 · Look Up! 2 · New Sexy Simpleton 6 · Summer Storm! 3 ·Yureka 17 · Shonen Magz 75/2010

m&c!: Bleach 31 · ChimaChima Papetto by Hina · The Strawberry Marshmallow 6 · Triple Honey by Yamanaka Rico · Wizard in July by Tanaka Meca · Yowamushi Pedal, Go! 8 · Toutou and Friends - Ayam Panggang by Soffritti/Brrémaud/Reynès · Sejejak Harap by Gita/Rie

manga currently available (28 July 2010 street date)

  • Elex Media: BECK 20 · Dear Boys Act 3 vol. 3 · Fullmetal Alchemist 23 · Hayate The Combat Butler 22 · Kariage-kun 31 · A Kiss For My Prince 5 of 5 · Legend of Nereid 9 · Legend of The Cursed Sword 31 · Ruler of the Land 48 · Tena on S String 2 · Vitamin Cat 2 · Wild Life 7 | Mangazine: HanaLaLa 52, Shonen Star 69/2010
  • Level Comics: Angel Heart 4 · Bambino! 5 · Glass Chair 5 · New Comic Bomber 3 · Restore Garage 251 vol. 8 · Soul Eater 1 by Ohkubo Atsushi
  • m&c!: Ah Dear Banchou 5 · Because I Love You 1 of 2 by Akira Shouko · Bleach 30 · Dragon Girl 5 of 5 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 4 · Tell Me One Million Times 1 of 2 by Oobayashi Miyuki · You Can't Disappear from Me 1 of 4 by Aikawa Saki | Manhua: The Impeccable Twins Final Chapters 10 · The Story of Wang Fenglei 4 | AMERO: Quick & Flupke series: Maaf Bu!, Hidup Teknologi, Malapetaka, Kena Batunya, Tukang Kibul and Kencangkan Sabuk Pengaman | Mangazine: Cherry 45/2010 | KOLONI local comics: Satu Atap 2 · Merdeka: Di Bukit Selarong

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July 2010
Premiering Soul Eater by Ohkubo Atsushi and Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy by Nishi Yuuji · Ending Diamond Life

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