Showing posts with label Zero-Sum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zero-Sum. Show all posts

di[e]ce 1 by Yamamoto Kana & Saki Otoh and You are Mine 1 by Ohta Saki (3L josei and shoujo manga out nau~)

Streeted 30 December 2011, according to Angelzon. Oh, and happy new year 2012 (I've been out with teh flu. :P)

di[e]ce 1 and You are Mine 1 (Tiga Lancar Comic)

di[e]ce © Yamamoto Kana & Saki Otoh/Ichijinsha [First serialized in Comic Zero-Sum] · Kimi wa Boku no Mono © Ohta Saki/Shogakukan [First serialized in Cheese!]. Published in Indonesia as di[e]ce and You are Mine by Tiga Lancar Semesta/3L

I'm betting di[e]ce by doujinshi circle Negahyst Yamamoto Kana and Saki Otoh will prove to be the next Tramp for 3L. What do you think?

Identical faces, same birthdays. The lives of Naruse Kazuki and Koutake Haruki are upended when they turn 16, the milestone marking the start of a deadly game in which their lives are forfeit.

So we get Survival, Best Friends, Chess Roles, Game of Death, Betrayal (Baka-Updates Manga user tags for di[e]ce).

I mentioned that Yamamoto Kana and Saki Otoh form the doujinshi circle Negahyst; Saki Otoh also belongs to the manga-ka group Naked Ape. Both have logged an impressive list of doujinshi (for Death Note, Eyeshield 21, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Naruto, Prince of Tennis)—see here and here—but every so often, manga series creep in like the shoujo Ken was a normal high-school student until he was killed...chasing after a riceball Shinigami Doggy, serialized in ASCII Media Works's Sylph (two Sylph Comics tankou per 2011.08) or Togainu no Chi, based Nitro+CHiRAL's visual novel of the same name (Sylph Comics: 2008.07).

I don't know what rating 3L gives di[e]ce 1—can't tell from the cover—but I'm assuming it's as safe as the no overt BL Togainu no Chi.

Meanwhile, Ohta Saki's You are Mine is clearly marked as suitable for a Teen audience, despite having originally serialized in Cheese! Let's assume that's for Older Teens, to be safe. (Scroll down for You are Mine's preview.)

3L josei and shoujo manga (2011.12.30)

  1. [Series Premiere] di[e]ce vol 1 of 6 by Yamamoto Kana & Saki Otoh
  2. di[e]cedi[e]ce」 by Yamamoto Kana & Saki Otoh
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, shoujo
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.09

  3. [Series Premiere] You are Mine (Kimi wa Boku no Mono) vol 1 of 2 by Ohta Saki
  4. Kimi wa Boku no Mono君はボクのもの」 by Ohta Saki
    Shogakukan Cheese!, shoujo
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2000.11

    Related
    Side story: to Yoru Made Matenai (eight volumes)

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La Corda d'Oro 17 of 17, Fullmetal Alchemist 26, Karneval 6 (Chuang Yi English manga out nau)

Street date: 19 December 2011

Fullmetal Alchemist 26, Karneval 6, La Corda d'Oro 17 (Chuang Yi)

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi © Arakawa Hiromu/Square Enix [First serialized in Shonen Gangan] · Karneval © Mikanagi Touya/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum] · Kiniro no Corda © Kure Yuki/Hakusensha [First serialized in LaLa]. Published in Singapore as FullMetal Alchemist, Karneval and La Corda d'Oro by Chuang Yi

I don't know how it happened, but I missed reporting volumes 24 and 25 of Chuang Yi's English FullMetal Alchemist (released 7 June 2011 and 16 June 2010 respectively). In any case, Come, God! Heed my call! volume 26 is heeeeere.

Full FMA 26 synopsis, also that of “Someone's out to kill me!” (~Karoku in Karneval 6) and “It's OVER?!” (La Corda d'Oro 17 of 17) after the release list.

Chuang Yi English manga (2011.12.19)

  1. FullMetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol 26 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu
  2. Hagane no Renkinjutsushi鋼の錬金術師」 by Arakawa Hiromu
    Square Enix Shonen Gangan, shounen
    Volume 26 (chapters 104–106) first published in Japan 2010.08

    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 1–8 released between 2011.06 and 2011.11; volumes 9 and 10 street date: 2011.12.22 and 2011.12.21
    Simplified Chinese tankoubon (also published by Chuang Yi: 钢之炼金术师 #27 per 2011.01), alternative English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media: 26 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 27 street date: 2011.12.20), Indonesian (Elex Media: 27 volumes per 2011.09), French (Kurokawa Tome 27 shipped 2011.07), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Panini Manga und Comic Band 25 per 2011.10), 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.

  3. Karneval vol 6 of 8+ by Mikanagi Touya
  4. Karnevalカーニヴァル」 by Mikanagi Touya
    AKA K∀RNEVAL
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
    Volume 6 first published in Japan 2010.10

    Other languages
    French (Editions Ki-oon: Tome 3 per 2011.12.08)

    Adaptations
    Adapted into a series of drama CDs: the first Karneval - Flightless Wings / Mermaid's Bottle, spanning Scores 12 through 15, initially offered only to Zero-Sum readers in late 2009, but eventually made commercially available. Frontier Works released the second Karneval Circus CD, covering Scores 3-8 in March 2010 (the same street date as volume 5). The drama starred seiyuu Shimono Hiro (Nai), Kamiya Hiroshi (Gareki), Miyano Mamoru (Yogi), Ono Daisuke (Hirato) and Endo Aya (Tsukumo). A third drama CD Karneval Rinoru (Scores 16-20) featuring the same voice cast, in addition to Hirakawa Daisuke (Akari) and Suwabe Junichi (Uro), went on sale in Japan 2010.09. A fourth drama CD Vinto streeted 2011.04.27. [Info from karnevalesque, the Karneval manga community]

  5. La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) vol 17 of 17 by Kure Yuki [Finale]
  6. Kiniro no Corda金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
    Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
    Volume 17 first published in Japan 2011.07

    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).

    Awards
    Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)

    Other languages/serializations
    Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (VIZ Media: 14 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 15 street date: 2012.03.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa; volume 8 per 2011.11), French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10)

    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.

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*NO* Gate7 #1 on the simplified Chinese side, FY Genbu Kaiden 10 (still) on teh English (Chuang Yi 8 November 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Update: Chuang Yi DID change its mind, or rather its release schedule [my screen cap version]. Both the simplified Chinese Gate7 and the Kekkaishi finale have been postponed. Completing the round-up: the English Otomen vol 12, RINNE volume 6 and the reskedded for the fourth time Metal Fight Beyblade vol 5.

Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 10 and Are You Alice? 3(Chuang Yi)

Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden © Watase Yuu/Shogakukan [Serialized in Rinka] · Are You Alice? © Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]. Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi

Unless Chuang Yi changes its mind, we can still look forward to Alice in tears, Takiko as near to, Asuka's cake and Rinne—Rinne's father, actually—owing money. (Previews below the release list.)

Chuang Yi English manga (2011.11.08)

  1. Are You Alice? vol 3 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
  2. Are You Alice?Are you Alice?
    by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 2011.01

    Related series
    Adapted from the Are You Alice? drama CD series (that Minty Utopians compiled) 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]

  3. Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden vol 10 of 10+ by Watase Yuu
  4. Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaidenふしぎ遊戯 玄武開伝」 by Watase Yuu
    Shogakukan Rinka (formerly in Sho-Comi, Fushigi Yuugi Perfect World and Flowers), shoujo
    Volume 10 first published in Japan 2011.06

    Other languages
    Alternative English Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden (VIZ Media: nine volumes per 2009.11), French (Tonkam : Fushigi Yugi: La Légende de Gembu Tome 9 shipped 2009.03 • Tome 10 street date: 2012.01.18), Spanish (Glènat España: Fushigi Yugi: Genbu. El origen de la leyenda), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press: 幻夢遊戲-玄武開傳 9 per 2009.02), Vietnamese (as Quyển Sách Kỳ Bí)

    Adaptations
    Five Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden drama CDs featuring seiyuu Yukino Satsuki, Sakurai Takahiro and Nagasawa Miki have so far been published. The first of the Geneon Entertainment drama CDs released 26 January 2005, the fifth by 25 July 2007.

  5. Metal Fight Beyblade 5 of 9+ by Adachi Takafumi »Ex-9.05; 9.20; 10.18
  6. Metal Fight Beybladeメタルファイト ベイブレード
    by Adachi Takafumi
    AKA Beyblade: Metal Fusion
    Shogakukan CoroCoro Comic, shounen
    Shinsōban volume 5 (chapters 20-23) first published in Japan 2010.06

    Related
    Spin-off of the original Beyblade anime series

    Other languages
    Indonesian (Elex Media: Volume 1 released 2011.08.18)

    Adaptations
    Tatsunoko Pro, Synergy SP and Nelvana collaborated on a Metal Fight Beyblade anime adaptation. Fifty-one episodes comprising Season 1 and the follow-up Battle Bladers aired on TV Tokyo from April 2009 to March 2010. The Metal Fight Beyblade 4D series premiered 3 April 2011 (episode 23 airs 2011.09.04).

    The Metal Fight Beyblade VS the Sun - The Movie: Sol Blaze, the Scorching-hot Invader animated feature premiered in Japan in August 2010.

  7. Otomen vol 12 of 13+ by Kanno Aya
  8. Otomenオトメン(乙男)」 by Kanno Aya
    Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume, shoujo
    Volume 12 first published in Japan 2011.02

    Other languages
    Alternative English Otomen (VIZ Media: 11 volumes per 2011.08 • volume 12 street date: 2012.02.07), Indonesian (Elex Media: volume 11 per 2011.02), French (Delcourt: Tome 12 shipped 2011.10.12), German (Carlsen Verlag: Band 7 per 2011.10.28 • Band 8 street date: 2011.12.16), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini)

    Adaptations
    Live-action adaptation starring Okada Masaki (Asuka) and Kaho (Ryo) aired on Fuji TV from 1 August to 3 November 2009.

  9. RINNE (Kyoukai no RINNE) vol 6 of 10+ by Takahashi Rumiko
  10. Kyoukai no RINNE境界のRINNE」 by Takahashi Rumiko
    AKA Circle of Reincarnation Rinne
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 6 (chapters 49-58) first published in Japan 2010.12

    Other languages
    Alternative English RIN-NE (VIZ Media: six volumes per 2011.07; serialized in ShonenSunday.com: latest chapter 89 A Black Cat's Life live per 2011.03.17), French (Asuka éditions Rinne Tome 7 shipped 2011.10.27), German (EMA Kyokai no RINNE Band 5 released 2011.09 • Band 6 street date: 2011.12), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press 境界之輪迴 (07) per 2011.07) and Indonesian (Elex Media: volume 5 released 2011.06)

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07-GHOST 8, Karneval 4, Vagabond 25 (Chuang Yi 5 July 2011 English manga) [UPDATED]

Added late-breaking Pokémon - Giratina and The Sky Warrior, the mangafication of the second Diamond & Pearl movie that surprisingly reappears as a newb. (originally advised in September 2010; don't tell me it didn't issue then and is only releasing naaaw?)

07-GHOST 8, Karneval 4, Vagabond 25 (Chuang Yi 5 July 2011 English manga)

07-GHOST © Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Karneval © Mikanagi Touya/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Vagabond © Inoue Takehiko/Kodansha [Serialized in Morning]
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi

No one can convince me that this 07-GHOST latest wasn't prompted by the anime's upcoming Animax premiere (12 July). Not when Chuang Yi's prior advised sked was (also) the 12th. Yes, call me a conspiracy theorist :D

Also, the second to the last Kekkaishi (#34) over on the simplified Chinese manga side.

Protagonists of Chuang Yi's 7.05 manga have "Dates with Destiny": Teito comes face to face with his past and future in 07-GHOST 8; Nai and Gareki confront their helplessness in Karneval 4; and Musashi emerges from his one-year reprieve from Yoshioka in VAGABOND 25. (Longer previews after the release list.)

Chuang Yi English manga (2011.07.05)

  1. 07-GHOST 8 of 12+ by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino
  2. 07-Ghost07‐GHOST」 by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
    Volume 8 (chapters 42-47) first published in Japan 2009.05

    Awards
    Double-first prize, 3rd Zero-Sum Comics Grand-Prix

    Other languages
    Alternative English 07-GHOST (Go! Comi: 7 volumes, dropped), French (Kazé Editions: Tome 4 shipped 2011.06 • Tome 5 street date: 2011.09.22), Indonesian (Elex Media: Series premiere: 2011.07.06)

    Related series
    07-GHOST CHILDREN (side story; one volume)
    A 07-GHOST Seal and Postcard Book was released by Gakken Marketing in 2009.09

    Adaptations
    Anime: Studio DEEN's 25-episode adaptation, starring seiyuu Mitsuki Saiga (Teito Klein), Namikawa Daisuke (Mikage) and Hayami Sho (Ayanami), aired in Japan from April through September 2009. Since the TV series' end, limited edition genteiiban have been bundled with the DVDs.

    Audio drama: The 07-Ghost: Kamisama ni Todoku Koibumi drama CD was released in Japan in 2007. The second 07-Ghost: Seventh District shipped February 2009 and a third special drama CD streeted the same year.

  3. Karneval 4 of 7+ by Mikanagi Touya
  4. Karnevalカーニヴァル」 by Mikanagi Touya
    AKA K∀RNEVAL
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
    Volume 4 (Scores 19-24) first published in Japan 2009.09

    Other languages
    French (Ki-Oon: Tome 1 and 2 double launch: 2011.10.13)

    Adaptations
    Adapted into a series of drama CDs: the first Karneval - Flightless Wings / Mermaid's Bottle, spanning Scores 12 through 15 was first offered only to Zero-Sum readers in late 2009, but eventually made commercially available. Frontier Works released the second Karneval Circus CD, covering Scores 3-8 in March 2010 (the same street date as volume 5). The drama starred seiyuu Shimono Hiro (Nai), Kamiya Hiroshi (Gareki), Miyano Mamoru (Yogi), Ono Daisuke (Hirato) and Endou Aya (Tsukumo). A third drama CD Karneval Rinoru (Scores 16-20) featuring the same voice cast, in addition to Hirakawa Daisuke (Akari) and Suwabe Junichi (Uro), went on sale in Japan 2010.09. A fourth drama CD Vinto streeted 2011.04.27. [Info from karnevalesque, the Karneval manga community]

  5. Pokémon - Giratina and The Sky Warrior (Pokémon: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin) by Hijioka Makoto
  6. Pokémon: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin
    ポケモン ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ」 by Hijioka Makoto
    Shogakukan Coro Coro Dragon Comics, kodomo
    This volume first published in Japan 2008.07

    Other languages
    Alternative English Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior! (VIZ Media/Viz Kids)

    Related
    Based on the Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior movie, the 11th film in the Pokémon franchise and the second movie in the Diamond & Pearl trilogy (sequel to Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai)

  7. VAGABOND 25 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
  8. Vagabondバガボンド」 by Inoue Takehiko
    Kodansha Morning, seinen
    Volume 25 (chapters 216-224) first published in Japan 2007.03

    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 32 per 2011.06.09 • Band 33 street date: 2012.01), Polish (Mandragora) and Portuguese (Conrad Brazil)

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Simplified Chinese manga (2011.07.05)

  1. 结界师 (Kekkaishi) #34 of 35 by Tanabe Yellow
  2. 史上最强之弟子兼一 (Shijou Saikyou no Denshi Kenichi) #42 of 43+ by Matsuena Syun
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Black Butler 11, 07-GHOST 1 by Amemiya Yuki & Ichihara Yukino, Hero Tales 3 (Elex Media 6 July 2011 manga)

Also, Miuchi Suzue's Topeng Kaca 14 Deluxe that was postponed from 28 June.

Black Butler XI nabs the lead because at least thirty-two LX regulars indicated it as a GET!, the total DO WANT! outstripping 07-GHOST's, even past the 22 votes the josei manga received when it was first advised on 22 June. 07-GHOST shoulda stayed where it was if it wanted the headline pix.

黒執事 11 (JP cover)

Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana/Square Enix
[Serialized in GFantasy]
Published in Indonesia as Black Butler by Elex Media

To investigate the Aurora Society, the secret association of doctors who claim to revive the dead, Sebastian and Ciel attend its research presentation on board a luxury ship. The blue ocean roils as people assemble in the name of Phoenix.

The Black Butler 11 synop alludes to That Butler, Setting Sail (chapter 51). Four other chapters comprise this tank — chapters 48-50 and 52: That Butler, Solution, That Butler, Eccentric, That Butler, Burial and That Butler, Sailing.) [*NOT Elex Media's chapter titles]

New Elex manga: 07-Ghost

07-GHOST 1 Deluxe (Elex Media)

07-GHOST © Amemiya Yuki,

Ichihara Yukino/Ichijinsha
[Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Published in Indonesia
by Elex Media

Did Elex postpone 07-GHOST to the 6th because the anime airs on the 12th (on Animax)? One thing prolly has nuthin' to do with the other. At any rate, Amemiya Yuki & Ichihara Yukino's Zero-Sum series streets this Wednesday.

Teito Klein goes from elite imperial military cadet to fugitive after attacking the Balsburg military brass. The only sanctuary willing to succor the Zaiphon user and keep the army at bay is the Balsburg Church, where dwell the legendary empire guardians 07 Ghosts.

What awaits Teito in the ongoing conflict between the 07 Ghosts and their sworn enemy Verloren?

Three words: the Eye of Mikhail (and the fate that goes with it).

Baka-Updates Manga tags 07-Ghost Friendship as the amnesiac Teito has only one homey in the academy, Mikage. (The other tropes are Special Abilities, Secret Identity, Orphans, Military, Church, Amnesia, Deities, Guardian Relationship, Religion.)

The first five 07-GHOST chapters are: Escape, The Seventh District, Darkness, Kor and Violation. [*NOT Elex Media's titles]

Amemiya Yuki and Ichihara Yukino are more known for their doujinshi (primarily of Naruto and their own 07-GHOST creation).

Crayon Shinchan: Jalan-Jalan Keliling Dunia or Around the World with Crayon Shinchan finally premieres (after having been shunted from the 15th and then to the 22nd). Traipse around cultural heritage gems like Bali, the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra. The ‘one-way ticket’ will set you back only IDR 25,800.

Shonen Star 12/2011 ☆ Appearance of the Yellow Dragon

Shonen Star 12/2011 - Front cover Appearance of the Yellow Dragon

Yellow Dragon ga Arawareta!
© Tamura Mitsuhisa
Shogakukan
[Shonen Sunday]

Tamura Mitsuhisa's Appearance of the Yellow Dragon—about mad genius Anji who summons the feared Yellow Dragon and gets...something else—wrests the cover and Shonen Star 12's Featured Series spotlight:

Anji's daily life and world domination scheme fall apart with the appearance of Lucola, now Kimidori's disciple. And to think that just facing Kimidori and prankster Suzu already requires super-human powers.

One surprising incident, however, changes Lucola's opinion of Anji.

The other ShoStars (and their latest tankou released): ARAGO by Arai Takahiro; Defense Devil by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl (volume 4 per 8 June); Detektif Conan by Aoyama Gosho (volume 62 scheduled 13 July); D-LIVE!! by Minagawa Ryouji; Dr. Koto by Yamada Takatoshi (volume 5 per 4 May); Inuyasha by Takahashi Rumiko (volume 53 scheduled 13 July); Kekkaishi by Tanabe Yellow (volume 7 scheduled 13 July); Magi by Ohtaka Shinobu; My First Mr. Akuno by Fujiki Syun (volume 4 per 20 April); Wild Life by Fujisaki Masato (volume 18 streets 6 July) and The World God Only Knows by Wakaki Tamiki.

Elex Media manga (2011.07.06)

  1. [Series Premiere] 07-GHOST 1 of 12+ by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino »Ex-6.22
  2. 07-GHOST 1 Deluxe (Elex)

    07-GHOST07‐GHOST
    by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino
    Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
    Volume 1 (chapters 1-5) first published in Japan 2005.11

    Awards
    Double-first prize, 3rd Zero-Sum Comics Grand-Prix

    Other languages
    English 07-GHOST (Go! Comi: 7 volumes [dropped] and Chuang Yi Singapore: volume 7 per 2011.04), French (Kazé Editions: Tome 4 shipped 2011.06 • Tome 5 street date: 2011.09.22)

    Related series
    07-GHOST CHILDREN (side story; one volume)

    A 07-GHOST Seal and Postcard Book was released by Gakken Marketing in 2009.09

    Adaptations
    Anime: Studio DEEN's 25-episode adaptation, starring seiyuu Mitsuki Saiga (Teito Klein), Namikawa Daisuke (Mikage) and Hayami Sho (Ayanami), aired in Japan from April through September 2009. Since the TV series' end, limited edition genteiiban have been bundled with the DVDs.

    Audio drama: The 07-Ghost: Kamisama ni Todoku Koibumi drama CD was released in Japan in 2007. The second 07-Ghost: Seventh District shipped February 2009 and a third special drama CD streeted the same year.

  3. Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) 11 of 12+ by Toboso Yana
  4. 黒執事 11

    Kuroshitsuji黒執事」 by Toboso Yana
    Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
    Volume 11 (chapters 48-52) first published in Japan 2011.02

    Other languages
    English Black Butler (Yen Press: five volumes per 2011.04 • volume 6 street date: 2011.07.19 and Chuang Yi: volume 5 released 2011.06.21), French (Kana: Black Butler tome 7 ships 2011.07.01), German (Carlsen Comics: Black Butler Band 7 per 2011.06.24 • Band 8 street date: 2011.08.26), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 黑執事 11 per 2011.04) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 黑执事 #8 released 2010.02.24)

    Adaptations
    The 24-episode A-1 Pictures anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis) and Sakamoto Maaya (Ciel Phantomhive), aired in Japan from October 2008 to March 2009 (premiered 11 January 2011 on Animax Asia). An unaired OAV side story, Kuroshitsuji: Sono Shitsuji, Kōgyō, shipped with DVD volume 9.

    A 12-episode second series—Kuroshitsuji II—aired between July and September 2010. The new master and butler pair designed by Toboso Yana, butler Claude Faustus and master Alois Trancy, were voiced by Sakurai Takahiro and Mizuki Nana.

    Two audio dramas preceded the anime. The first Kuroshitsuji Drama CD, released August 2007 by Geneon Entertainment, featured seiyuu Morikawa Toshiyuki, Takashiro Genki, Suzuki Chihiro, and Seki Tomokazu. The second Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) Karei Naru Drama CD, released November 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment, featured the anime cast.

    A musical adaptationThat Butler, Friendship—enjoyed a theater run from May 28, 2009 to June 7, 2009. The second Musical Black Butler, The Most Beautiful Death in The World, A Thousand Soul and The Fallen Grim Reapers stage musical had Matsushita Yuya reprising his role as Sebastian Michaelis. Nishii Yukito replaced Sakamoto Shougo as Ciel Phantomhive in the second musical that ran between 3 and 23 May 2010 in Japan.

    Related
    Black Butler Character Guide “That Butler, Assembles” (2008.02) • The TV Animation Black Butler Black Record (2009.03) • Rainbow Butler official comics anthology (2009.03) • TV Animation Kuroshitsuji II Final Record (2010.10)

  5. Crayon Shinchan 7 of 50 by Usui Yoshito
  6. クレヨンしんちゃん 7

    Crayon Shin-chanクレヨンしんちゃん
    by Usui Yoshito
    Futabasha Weekly Manga Action, seinen
    Volume 7 first published in Japan 1993.12

    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.

  7. [Premiere] Crayon Shinchan: Jalan-Jalan Keliling Dunia by Usui Yoshito (Futabasha) »Ex-6.15, 6.22
  8. Dodge Fighters (Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters) 6 of 10 by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo
  9. がんばれ!ドッジファイターズ 6

    Ganbare! Dodgeball Fighters
    がんばれ!ドッジファイターズ
    by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo
    Shogakukan Tentoumushi Comics, kodomo
    Volume 6 first published in Japan 2004.10

  10. Doraemon: Gadget Cat from The Future 7 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Shogakukan English Comics)
  11. Hero Tales (Juushin Enbu Hero Tales) 3 of 5 by Huang Jin Zhou & Arakawa Hiromu
  12. 獣神演武 3

    Juushin Enbu Hero Tales
    獣神演武 HERO TALES
    by Huang Jin Zhou & Arakawa Hiromu
    Square Enix, Gangan Powered and Shonen Gangan, shounen
    Volume 3 (chapters 8-11) first published in Japan 2008.09

    Other languages
    English Hero Tales (Yen Press: four volumes per 2010.10 • volume 5 street date: 2011.10.25; serialized in Yen Plus), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 兽神演武 #3 per 2010.06).

    Adaptations
    A 26-episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Flag aired in Japan between October 2007 and March 2008, starring seiyuu Suzumura Kenichi and Ginga Banjou as the Two Noble Spirits Taitou and Keirō, and Sakurai Takahiro, Tai Yuuki, Koyama Rikiya, Hayami Sho and Kaida Yuko as the Five Divine Warriors Ryūkō, Hyōsei, Koyō, Shōkaku and Rinmei.

  13. Topeng Kaca Deluxe (Glass no Kamen) 14 of 24+ by Miuchi Suzue »Ex-6.28
  14. Topeng Kaca 14 Deluxe (Elex)

    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 14 first published in Japan 1994.09

    Related
    Glass no Kamen tankoubon (47 volumes per 2011.07.26)

    Adaptations
    Three anime and two seasons of a live-action drama

  15. Wazabo 5 of 6+ by Soyama Kazutoshi
  16. わざぼー 5

    Wazaboわざぼー」 by Soyama Kazutoshi
    Shogakukan Corocoro Dragon, shounen
    Volume 5 first published in Japan 2010.06

  17. Wild Life 18 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato
  18. Wild Life 18 (Elex)

    Wild Lifeワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 18 (chapters 150-158) first published in Japan 2006.06

    Serializations
    Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)

  19. Yakitate!! Japan 22 of 26 by Hashiguchi Takashi
  20. Yakitate!! Japan 22 (Elex)

    Yakitate!! Japan焼きたて!!ジャぱん
    by Hashiguchi Takashi
    Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
    Volume 22 (chapters 193-202) first published in Japan 2006.04

    Awards
    Best Shounen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Arakawa Hiromu's Fullmetal Alchemist)

    Other languages/serializations
    Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (concluded)
    English Yakitate!! Japan (VIZ Media: 26 volumes per 2011.04), French (Delcourt/Akata; Yakitate Ja-Pan !! un pain c'est tout tome 26 per 2010.01), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Spain), German (EMA) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 新鮮出爐﹗日式麵包王 26 released 2007.06)

    Adaptations
    Sunrise's 69-episode anime adaptation starring seiyuu Kobayashi Yumiko as Azuma Kazuma aired from October 2004 to March 2006 on TV Tokyo.

Mangazines (2011.07.06)

  • Shonen Star 12/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday)
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Capricious Bullet by Asada Yasuka and Tramp. 1 by Fujiwara Yuh (3L josei manga out now)

Angelzon sez these Ichijinsha Zero-Sum manga streeted on the first; my favorite manga purveyor sed the shipment came in last Monday. In whichever case, I'm late and they're out.

Capricious Bullet and Tramp 1 (3L)

Capricious Bullet © Asada Yasuka/Ichijinsha [First serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Tramp. © Fujiwara Yuh/Ichijinsha [First serialized in Zero-Sum Ward]
Published in Indonesia as PT Tiga Lancar Semesta/Tiga Lancar Comic (3L)

Capricious Bullet is Asada Yasuka-sensei's first (and so far, only) manga tank. It stars inseparable sibs Yuki and older brother Kou, detectives who promise that whatever you want, we can make it happen...!!

(I request Sibcest :D)

Capricious Bullet's case files include ‘Magazine’ 1 through 7: Yuki and Kou, An and Miracle Gloves, Watermelon and Personal Gun, Two Big Brother, The Distant Juvenile, Knife and Tears and Snow.

Fujiwara Yuh-sensei's pirate fantasy Tramp, meanwhile, revolves around a birth mark — one that's virtually a treasure map as it supposedly provides the clue to unimaginable riches. At least, so goes the legend, and thus launches Alto's adventure.

Tramp. 1 collects six chapters: Club., Family., Anthioak. (Antioch?), Proud., Armor. and Dia.. (Yes, the periods are part of the titles.) I don't know how Tramp. compares with Pirates and the Mermaid (by Kiuchi Tatsuya; published by Elex), so taking it out for a spin.

3L josei manga (2011.06.06)

  1. [Premiere] Capricious Bullet by Asada Yasuka
  2. [Series Premiere] Tramp. 1 of 3+ by Fujiwara Yuh
  3. Tramp.TRAMP.」 by Fujiwara Yuh
    Ichijinsha Zero-Sum Ward, josei
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2009.03

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