Naruto 53, Fullmetal Alchemist 27 of 27, C.M.B. 16 (Elex Media 28 September 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

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)

1. Arsène Lupin (Kaitou Lupin Series) vol. 4 of 5 by Maurice Leblanc and Kazumine Daiji

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

2. Be Good vol. 2 of 6+ by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol (Orange Agency)
3. Bride of the Water God (Habaek-eui Shinbu) vol. 4 of 15+ by Yun MiKyung

Habaek-eui Shinbu 「하백의 신부」 by Yun MiKyung Seoul Cultural Publishers Wink, soonjung Volume 4 first published in Korea 2007.07

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)

4. C.M.B. (C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku) vol. 16 of 18+ by Katou Motohiro

C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku 「Ｃ．Ｍ．Ｂ．森羅博物館の事件目録」 by Katou Motohiro Kodansha Monthly Shonen Magazine, shounen Volume 16 (Op.43–46) first published in Japan 2011.02

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)

5. Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol. 27 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu [Finale]

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 by Arakawa Hiromu Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen Volume 27 (chapters 107-108 + side story) first published in Japan 2010.11

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.

6. [Series Premiere] GOGOGO to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki) vol. 1 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki

Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden 「ゴゴゴ西遊記－新悟空伝－」 by Konishi Noriyuki Shogakukan Corocoro Comic, shounen Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.01

7. Inuyasha vol. 54 of 56 by Takahashi Rumiko

Inuyasha 「犬夜叉」 by Takahashi Rumiko Full title: Sengoku Otogizoushi Inuyasha (InuYasha, A Feudal Fairy Tale) Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 54 first published in Japan 2008.07

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.

8. Naruto vol. 53 of 57+ by Kishimoto Masashi

Naruto 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－」 by Kishimoto Masashi Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen Volume 53: Naruto no shusshō (chapters 495–504) first published in Japan 2010.11

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).

9. New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) vol. 10 of 21+ by Ueda Masashi

Shin Kobo-chan 「新コボちゃん」 by Ueda Masashi Houbunsha Manga Time Comics, seinen/4-koma Volume 10 first published in Japan 2007.07

10. Topeng Kaca vol. 17 of 24+ Deluxe (Glass no Kamen [Bunko]) by Miuchi Suzue »Ex-9.22

Glass no Kamen 「ガラスの仮面　白泉社文庫」 by Miuchi Suzue Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume, shoujo Bunko volume 17 first published in Japan 1994.12

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

11. Wild Life vol. 20 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato

Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 20 (chapters 168-176) first published in Japan 2006.12

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)

1. Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji, Vols. 1-3 (of 4+) by Tamura Yumi (Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji) [IDR 24,000/set]
2. Animal Doctor, Vols. 1-7 (of 12) by Sasaki Noriko (Doubutsu no Oishasan) [IDR 56,000/set]
3. Apollon on the Slope, Vols. 1-2 (of 7+) by Kodama Yuki (Sakamichi no Apollo) [IDR 16,000/set]
4. Beauty Honey, Vols. 1-3 of 3 by Matsumoto Tomo –Complete– [IDR 24,000/set]
5. Best Friend Survival!, Vols. 1-2 of 2 by Nakamura Seiko (Yuujou Survival!) –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]

Mangazines (2011.09.28)

1. Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 (Kodansha Nakayoshi)
2. Shonen Star 17/2011 (Shogakukan Shonen Sunday)

Read more »

Wild Life 19, Dr. Koto 6, Defense Devil 5 (Elex Media 10 August 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Also, a couple of (Shueisha!) manga we haven't seen for a year: Real by Inoue Takehiko (volume 10) and Claymore by Yagi Norihiro (volume 16).

Wild Life © Fujisaki Masato/Shogakukan [First serialized in Shonen Sunday]; Dr. Koto Shinryoujo © Yamada Takatoshi/Shogakukan [First serialized in Weekly Young Sunday, currently in Big Comic Original]; Defense Devil © Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl/Shogakukan [First serialized in Shonen Sunday]. Published in Indonesia as Wild Life, Dr. Koto and Defense Devil by Elex Media

Updated with Elex artwork and blurbs and substantial NikBabble™

Tessho treats poor people's pets for free, but his goodness of  ♥ just lands him in hot water with Kanebakari, Meio University's stingy administrative chief. Kanebakari demands sanctions against Tessho for his sans university permission pro bono vet care.

Yup, Tessho and 2005 Shogakukan Manga Awardee Wild Life 19 are this week's hottest Elex GET!

And from vet, we move on to another manner of doctor, the middle of nowhere kind:

Dr. Koto 6 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi

Goto Kensuke alias Dr. Koto is the only doctor on the remote island of Koshiki, and it's to his credit that he can even perform surgery in such an isolated place.

One day, Dr. Koto gets into an accident in the mountains. He suffers from compartment syndrome, dislocated shoulder and loses consciousness because of his internal injuries.

Who's going to treat the doctor when the doctor himself is out?

Oh, dear. Dr. Koto's sitch goes way beyond a big pinch...Will a scream in his ear rouse the good doctor? I'm convinced that everything will turn out all right — and with no busted eardrums to additionally plague our heroic doctor. (I look to volumes 7 through 25+ for 100% confirmation that Dr. Koto survives.)

Elex notes that the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Awardee Dr. Koto Shinryoujo has sold as many as nine million copies in its home country. Wonder if/when local Dr. Koto will reach an equivalent sales milestone?

More previews after the release list.

Mangazines: Shonen Magz 8/2011 and Shonen Star 14/2011

Fairy Tail's Elsa (Erza) and Natsu headline the latest Shonen Magz, albeit BECK's guitarist/singer Koyuki part-times as cover boy. Meanwhile, Idamaria is Shonen Star 14's cover exorcist nun because Defense Devil is apparently not content with just the volume 5 release this street date. [Moar babble on the Indonesian Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday serials (waay) below.]

Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.08.10)

1. Bride of the Water God (Habaek-eui Shinbu) 3 of 15+ by Yun MiKyung

Habaek-eui Shinbu 「하백의 신부」 by Yun MiKyung Seoul Cultural Publishers Wink, soonjung Volume 3 first published in Korea 2007.02

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 4 shipped 2011.06 • Tome 5 street date: 2011.08.18)

2. Claymore 16 of 20+ by Yagi Norihiro

Claymore 「ＣＬＡＹＭＯＲＥ」 by Yagi Norihiro Shueisha Jump Square (previously serialized in Monthly and Weekly Shonen Jump), shounen Volume 16 first published in Japan 2009.05

Volume 16: Daichi no Kikoku (The Lamentation of the Earth) chapters:
84. Daichi no Kikoku Ⅱ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 2)
85. "Daichi no Kikoku Ⅲ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 3)
86. Daichi no Kikoku Ⅳ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 4)
87. Daichi no Kikoku Ⅴ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 5)
88. Daichi no Kikoku Ⅵ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 6)
89. Daichi no Kikoku Ⅶ (The Lamentation of the Earth, Part 7)
*NOT Elex chapter titles

Other languages
English Claymore (VIZ Media: 18 volumes per 2011.06 • volume 19 street date: 2011.11.01), German (Tokyopop Germany: Band 19 ships 2011.08.11), France and Spain (Glenat; latest French tome 18 per 2011.06), Italy (Star Comics), Russia (Comix-ART), Mexico (Grupo Editorial Vid), Brazil (Panini Comics Brasil) and Taiwan (Ever Glory: 獵魔戰記 18 released 2010.11)

Adaptations
Madhouse's 26-episode anime adapted the first 11 manga volumes and aired on Japan's NTV between April and September 2007, with seiyuu Kuwashima Houko as Clare.

3. Defense Devil 5 of 10 by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl

Defense Devil 「ＤＥＦＥＮＳＥ　ＤＥＶＩＬ」 by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 5 (chapters 38-47) first published in Japan 2010.06

Related
Adapted from the Sunday GX Akuma Bengoshi Kucabara one-shot

Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English and simplified Chinese volumes (Chuang Yi: English volume 2 released 2010.09 • simplified Chinese #8 per 2011.06)

4. Demon King (Majeh) 34 of 38+ by Ra InSoo & Kim JaeHwan

Majeh 「마제(魔帝)」 by Ra InSoo & Kim JaeHwan Daiwon C.I. Champ Comics, sonyun Volume 34 first published in Korea 2009.12

Other languages
English King of Hell (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes per 2009.08.04) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 魔帝 #35 per 2011.06)

5. Doraemon 11 of 45 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Right-to-left edition)

Doraemon 「ドラえもん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio Shogakukan Tentoumushi Comics, kodomo Volume 11 first published in Japan 1976.07 Premiered in Indonesia in left-to-right format (vintage ca. 1994)

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; 22 volumes as at 2011.05, 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

6. Dr. Koto (Dr. Koto Shinryoujo) 6 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi

Dr. Koto Shinryoujo 「Ｄｒ．コトー診療所」 by Yamada Takatoshi Shogakukan Weekly Young Sunday (later moved to Big Comic Original in 2008), seinen Volume 6 (chapters 57-67) first published in Japan 2002.07

Awards
Best General/Seinen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards

Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)

Other languages
French (Kana: Dr Kotô tome 19 and 20 shipped 2011.07 • Tome 21-22 street date: 2011.10.21) and traditional Chinese (Ching Win Taiwan: 離島大夫日誌 25 released 2010.11)

Adaptations
The award-winning Dr. Coto's Clinic, an 11-episode live-action TV drama starring Yoshioka Hidetaka as Dr. Coto/Goto Kensuke aired from July to September 2003 on Fuji TV, followed by two specials (the first aired between 9 and 10 January 2004 and the second from 12 to 13 December of the same year). A second also award-winning 11-episode season followed between October and December 2006.

Related
Dr. Koto My First BIG Specials: The Advent!, Miracle in the hand (2006.10) and My First BIG editions: Suspected, Despair (2006.11) and Consider (2006.12)

7. Lum, The Invader Girl (Urusei Yatsura) 30 of 34 by Takahashi Rumiko

Urusei Yatsura 「新装版　うる星やつら」 by Takahashi Rumiko Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen New edition (shinsoban) volume 30 released in Japan 2008.01

Awards
Winner, 26th Shogakukan Manga Awards, Shounen/Shoujo category

Other languages
English (VIZ Media), French and Spanish (Glenat)

Adaptations
A 195 episode-anime adaptation by Kitty Films, starring seiyuu Hirano Fumi (Lum) and Furukawa Toshio (Moroboshi Ataru), that aired from October 1981 through March 1986 on Fuji TV, 11 OAVs and six theatrical movies.

8. Mixim 11 volume 4 of 12 by Anzai Nobuyuki

MiXiM 11 「ＭＩＸＩＭ☆１１」 by Anzai Nobuyuki AKA MiXiM♀12 Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 4 first published in 2009.06

Other languages
English Mixim 11 (Chuang Yi: volume 5 released 2010.05)

9. Real 10 of 10+ by Inoue Takehiko

Real 「リアル」 by Inoue Takehiko Shueisha Young Jump, seinen Volume 10 first published in Japan 2010.11

Awards
Excellence Prize, 2001 Japan Media Arts Festival

Other languages
English Real VIZ Media (nine volumes per 2010.11 • volume 10 street date: 2011.11.15), French (Kana: Tome 9 shipped 2010.08 • Tome 10 street date: 2011.12.02), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa;), Italian (Panini)

10. Spiral: The Bonds of Reason (Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna) 14 of 15 by Shirodaira Kyo & Mizuno Eita

Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna 「スパイラル　推理の絆」 by Shirodaira Kyo & Mizuno Eita Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen Volume 14 (chapters 67-71) first published in Japan 2005.09

Other languages
English Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning (Yen Press: 15 volumes per 2011.04) and German (Carlsen Comics; Spiral - Gefährliche Wahrheit: Band 12 shipped 2011.06 • Band 13 street date: 2011.09.29)

Related
Spiral Alive (prequel; five volumes); a series of light novels; Mizuno Eita artbooks: SPIRAL Mizuno Eita Gashuu (2003.03) and Spiral All Along (2006.02; released with volume 15); and the Life is Spiral 「スパイラル完全解説本　ライフ・イズ・スパ」 guide, which includes the first draft of the Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna 「Sore sae mo toutoki hibi de」 drama (2003.03)

Adaptations
A series of audio dramas and a 25-episode anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, based on the first six volumes of the manga, with an alternate ending that aired on TV Tokyo from October 2002 to March 2003, starring seiyuu Suzumura Kenichi (Narumi Ayumu), Asano Masumi (Yuizaki Hiyono) and Ishida Akira (Eyes Rutherford).

11. Vinland Saga 6 of 10+ by Yukimura Makoto

Vinland Saga 「ヴィンランド・サガ」 by Yukimura Makoto Kodansha Afternoon (initially in Weekly Shonen Magazine), shounen/seinen Volume 6 first published in Japan 2008.06

Volume 6 chapters:
36. The Two on the Battlefield
37. The Meaning of Love
38. Outside the Cradle
39. The King Awakens
40. The Story of Thors
41. Joint Battle
42. Your Life or Death Is in My Hands
[*NOT Elex/Shonen Magz chapter titles]

Awards
Nominee, 2008 Manga Taisho award and Grand Prize winner, Manga division, Japan Media Arts Festival 2009

Other languages/serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing serialization)
French (Kurokawa: Tome 9 shipped 2011.03 • Tome 10 street date: 2011.10.13), Italian (Star Comics), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 海盜戰記 9 released 2011.03)

12. Wild Life 19 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato

Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 19 (chapters 159-167) first published in Japan 2006.09

Awards
Winner, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category (2005)

Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)

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Mangazines (2011.08.10)

1. Shonen Magz 8/2011 (Kodansha Shonen Magazine)
2. Shonen Star 14/2011 (Shogakukan Shonen Sunday)

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Naruto 51, Wild Life 15, Yotsubato 10 (Elex Media 6 April 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Also, Alice Academy 15 and not one, not two, but three series finales: Sanzoku Ou 13, Shade 3 and With My Brothers 11. Before you go checking 'em off the To Do List, check this out:

Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media

May contain   [SPOILERS!]

Naruto, still troubled by Sakura's sudden love confession, finally learns the intent of his Konoha peers: the elimination of Sasuke. As if that weren't enough, our hero gets a new shock when he hears the five Kage's decision from Gaara.

But of course the reason for Naruto 51's Sasuke vs. Danzo!! subtitle is Sasuke's capture of Konoha leader Danzo with Madara's help. Curtains rise on Sasuke's Revenge, Act II. [Additions from Kana's Naruto, tome 51 description]

(VIZ's Naruto, Vol. 51: A Hokage's Resolve, meanwhile, clarifies Sasuke's objective: to interrogate [Danzo] about the Uchiha clan and what really happened between the political factions of Konoha and his brother, Itachi.)

Yotsuba&! 10 of 10+ by Azuma Kiyohiko

While daddy Koiwai works, Yotsuba plays house under his desk. Then inspired by picture books, Yotsuba asks for lessons on how to make pancakes.

The above summary refers to chapter 64: Yotsuba & Pancakes. The other stories in the latest Yotsuba&! 10: Yotsuba & Play (chapter 63); Yotsuba & Jumbo (65); Yotsuba & the Electronics Store (66); Yotsuba & Home Appliances (67); Yotsuba & Lies (68); and Yotsuba & the Re-encounter (69). These are *NOT* Elex Media's chapter titles, and if you want the lowdown on the other six chapters, go here.

☆ I mentioned the 4.06 finales at the top of the post, and for three endings, Elex has one beginning — Mokke, the Family, Monsters, Shaman, Sisters, Spirits seinen slice of life manga from Kumakura Takatoshi, originally serialized in Afternoon. That preview and the rest of the summaries are (waaay) below.

Mangazines (2011.04.06)

Two Kodansha mangazines also street this Wednesday: Nakayoshi Lovely 10, codenamed Red Tulip and Shonen Magz 4/2011. You'll find out why Red Tulip if you scroll down.

Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.04.06)

1. Alice Academy (Gakuen Alice) 15 of 24+ by Higuchi Tachibana

Gakuen Alice 「学園アリス」 by Higuchi Tachibana Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo Volume 15 first published in Japan 2008.03

Other languages
English Gakuen Alice (TOKYOPOP: 15 volumes per 2011.02 • volume 16 street date: 2011.04.05), French (Glénat: L'académie Alice tome 22 ships 2011.06.08), German (Carlsen Comics Band 13 street date: 2011.08.26; serialized in Daisuki), Spanish (Glénat Espagne: Alice Escuela de Magia, latest volume 18), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Taiwan: 學園愛麗絲 21 per 2011.03.16). Previously serialized in the Indonesian HanaLaLa (discontinued).

Adaptations
Aniplex and Group TAC's 26-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Ueda Kana (Sakura Mikan), Park Romi (Hyuuga Natsume), Kugimiya Rie (Imai Hotaru) and Yasuda Miwa (Nogi Ruka), aired in Japan on NHK BS-2 from October 2004 to May 2005. The Animax Asia initial telecast ran from March to May 2006.

The anime cast also recorded dramas first broadcast on web radio. Sony Music Entertainment released Gakuen Alice Love Potion Chuiho, the first web radio CD recording, in January 2006. The second and third radio CDs Gakuen Alice Mono Wasure Machine and Gakuen Alice Chocolate Holic followed in February and March of the same year.

Related
An official Gakuen Alice Fanbook was released in May 2007; a special fanbook Pika Pika SP Fanbook was given away as a furoku in Hana to Yume.

2. Crayon Shinchan 5 of 50 by Usui Yoshito

Crayon Shin-chan 「クレヨンしんちゃん」 by Usui Yoshito (deceased) Futabasha Weekly Manga Action, seinen Volume 5 first published in Japan 1993.03

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), ran from April 1992 to December 2010. At least 18 movie sequels have been released between July 1993 and April 2010.

3. Crows 17 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi

Crows 「クローズ」 by Takahashi Hiroshi AKA Crows: Busou Sensen Reimeihen Akita Shoten Monthly Shounen Champion, shounen Volume 17 first published in Japan 1995.06

Related series

Worst (sequel, 26 volumes as at 2011.04) and Crows Zero (spin-off; nine of 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)

4. Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future 4 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Shogakukan English Comics)
5. [Series Premiere] Mokke 1 of 9 by Kumakura Takatoshi

Mokke 「もっけ」 by Kumakura Takatoshi Kodansha Afternoon, seinen Volume 1 first published in Japan 2002.06

6. Naruto 51 of 55+ by Kishimoto Masashi

Naruto 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－」 by Kishimoto Masashi Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen Volume 51: Sasuke VS Danzo!! first published in Japan 2010.04

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: 50 volumes per 2011.02 • Volume 51: A Hokage's Resolve street date: 2011.06.07; serialized in Shonen Jump USA), French (Kana: Tome 53 ships 2011.07.01), Spanish (Ediciones Glénat Spain: latest edition #52; Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico; LARP Editores Argentina), Catalan (Glénat: latest volume #46), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 49 ships 2011.04.22; 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: 火影忍者 54 per 2011.02) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: 火影忍者 #54 per 2011.02)

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 206 airs 2011.04.07).

At least five OAVs, seven 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: Kizuna (2008.08) · Naruto Shippūden: Hi no Ishi o Tsugumono (2009.07) · Naruto Shippūden movie, Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower (2010.07)

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
Six ani-manga based on the movies: 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) and Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.03).

7. Pirates and the Mermaid (Kaizoku to Ningyo) 2 of 4+ by Kiuchi Tatsuya

Kaizoku to Ningyo 「海賊と人魚」 by Kiuchi Tatsuya Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo Volume 2 first published in Japan 2009.07

8. Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 13 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi [Finale]

Sanzoku Ou 「山賊王」 by Sawada Hirofumi Kodansha Magazine Great, shounen Volume 13 first published in Japan 2009.11

Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (concluded)

9. Shade 3 of 3 by Ahn NohEun & CATTY [Finale]

Shade: The Other Side of Light 「쉐이드」 by Ahn NohEun (also Ahn No-Uhn) & CATTY AKA Shade: The Other Side of Light Seoul Cultural IQ Jump, sonyun Volume 3 first published in Korea 2007.10

10. Wild Life 15 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato

Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Volume 15 first published in Japan 2005.12

Volume 15 chapters*:
123. Please be quiet in the hospital
124. Goldfish love love
125. Hachibe and Mitsukuni
126. Waves of Planning
127. Overprotective transformation (or pervert)*
128. Treatment opening act
129. This is the love of - (omitted)
130. Weird old man
131. Mambo and Encore
*NOT Elex Media's chapter titles; mechanically translated by Japanese Dictionary

Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)

11. With My Brothers (Oniichan to Issho) 11 of 11 by Tokeino Hari [Finale]

Oniichan to Issho 「お兄ちゃんと一緒」 by Tokeino Hari Hakusensha LaLa, shoujo Volume 11 first published in Japan 2009.07

Other languages
English Me & My Brothers (TOKYOPOP)

Adaptations
Adapted into two audio dramas. The first LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD was released as a LaLa April 2007 freebie. Seiyuu Fukuen Misato, Kondō Takashi, Kamiya Hiroshi, Suzumura Kenichi, and Konishi Katsuyuki voiced Miyashita sibs Sakura, Masashi, Takashi, Tsuyoshi, and Takeshi. A second commercially-released CD went on sale in July 2007.

12. Yotsuba&! 10 of 10+ by Azuma Kiyohiko

Yotsubato 「よつばと！」 by Azuma Kiyohiko ASCII Media Works Dengeki Daioh, seinen Volume 10 (chapters 63-69) first published in Japan 2010.11

Awards
Winner, Excellence Award for Manga, 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival; nominee, 12th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award; 2nd Place, the 1st Manga Taishō

Related series
Adapted from manga one-shot Try! Try! Try! by the same creator

Other languages
English Yotsuba&! (Yen Press: nine volumes • volume 10 street date: 2011.10.25)), French (Kurokawa: Tome 9 per 2010.07), German (Tokyopop Germany: Band 9 released 2011.01), Italian (Dynit: volume 5 per 2007.10), Finnish (Punainen jättiläinen: latest volume 6); Korean (Daiwon C.I.: 요츠바랑! 10 released 2011.03.31), Vietnamese (TVM Comics: latest volume 8); Thai (NED Comics), traditional Chinese (Kadokawa Media Taiwan: 四葉妹妹！ shipped 2011.03.30)

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Mangazines (2011.04.06)

1. Nakayoshi Lovely 10: Red Tulip
2. Shonen Magz 4/2011

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