Contains [SPOILERS!] and teh usual Trope ID'ing and borrowing (not just from TV Tropes; I counsel caution esp. when surfing from pink underlined links.)
Nabari no Ou © Kamatani Yuhki/Square Enix (Serialized in GFantasy)
Published in Indonesia as The Ruler of Nabari by Elex Media Komputindo
When we last left Not!Naruto ninja
Miharu and Yoite, the Ho Yay pair were on the lam, with Miharu reneging on their deal and refusing to use the Shinra Banshou to expunge Yoite's existence.
(Summary cobbled from this Wiki article; if you don't want moar [SPOILAGE], Don't. Go. There.)
In the next The Ruler of Nabari tankou (the Badass Longcoat on the volume 10 cover proving that Yoite IS a one-ninja Spotlight Stealing Squad
), a wavering Raikou goes and tells Papa Wolf Yukimi that Miharu and Yoite are on their way to Banten. Apparently, Raikou isn't the only one in the know; Kasa lies in wait for Miharu in the former dispatch post of Iga Village and captures him. Iga clan leader Hattori tries to get Miharu to ditch Yoite, an invite Miharu turns down, convinced that he and Yoite are the same.
It's a contention the Grey Wolf head honcho disputes. Raikou adds his two-yen worth and attempts to dissuade Hattori from offing Yoite, to which Hattori retorts that Raikou is dangerously close to forswearing allegiance and being relieved from active duty.
Summaries for Alice Academy 13, the Fruits Basket finale, and Detektif Conan Seri Animasi TV 21 (among other Elex manga streeting on the 26th) can be found below the manga list.
NEW ELEX TITLES: Hell Girl by Eto Miyuki
Who doesn't know Jigoku Shoujo? Even if you don't subscribe to NakaGress! which serialized the manga adaptation, I'm sure you've at least run over the three seasoned-anime TV Tropes describes as a genre defying, victim of the week, anti-magical girl, social commentary with a Japanese horror edge.
But assuming for teh sake of the discussion that someone's still in the dark about Hell Girl —
Have you heard about Hell Communication? Urban legend has it that if you post your grudge on this website at the stroke of midnight, Jigoku Shoujo Enma Ai will punish your tormentor and drag him/her to hell.
But wait. Before you start submitting names to Jigoku Tsushin, know that there's no such thing as a free lunch: revenge only comes at the price of your own soul.
[Adapted from Animax Asia's Girl from Hell synopsis and the Hell Girl volume 1: She's Coming for You Amazon description (Del Rey edition)]
Eto Miyuki's shoujo manga brings its own storyline to the table, but retains the central characters and the One soul damned, two graves dug premise. In the manga adaptation, Ai goes to the same school as her clientele and her MO differs slightly. (Wiki points out that the straw doll with the red string around its neck—untying the string constitutes agreement with the eternal damnation terms—was absent in the first few chapters.)
The series has also been adapted into a 12-epsiode live-action renzoku, airing on NTV Japan between November 2007 and January 2008 and starring Iwata Sayuri as Enma Ai, Ogura Hisahiro (the narrator in the anime series) as Wanyuudou, Kato Kazuki as Ichimoku Ren, and Sugimoto Aya as Hone-Onna.
Two sequels follow the Jigoku Shoujo manga: Shin Jigoku Shoujo (New Hell Girl; ongoing Indonesian NakaGress! serialization; three volumes in total) and Jigoku Shoujo R (one volume as at 2010.03).
MANGAZINES: Shonen Star 65/2010
Meitantei Conan
© Aoyama Gosho/Shogakukan
Shonen Star 65 brings us the latest installment of Edogawa Conan, tantei sa!
Detektif Conan by Aoyama Gosho, which apparently features the return of the MIBs that de-aged Meitantei Conan's teenaged Kudo Shinichi into the prepubescent Edogawa Conan:
A comatose Mizunashi Rena is guarded tightly by the FBI, but word of her whereabouts is leaked, allowing the Black Organization to breach the protection cordon. One of the syndicate's members now poses as a patient in the same hospital.
Other Shogakukan serials (mainly from Shonen Sunday): Defense Devil by Youn InWan & Yang Kyung-Il · D-LIVE!! by Minagawa Ryouji · Dr. Koto (Dr. Koto Shinryoujo) by Yamada Takatoshi · InuYasha by Takahashi Rumiko · Katsu! by Adachi Mitsuru · Kekkaishi by Tanabe Yellow · Look Up! (Miagete Goran) by Kusaba Michiteru · My First Mr. Aku (Hajimete no Aku) by Fujiki Shun · Undead by Inoue Kazurou · Wild Life by Fujisaki Masato · Yakitate!! Japan by Hashiguchi Takashi
(Anyone know why Natsume Yoshinori's Kurozakuro was dropped from the ShoStar 65 cover line-up? Is the series finished?)
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2010.05.26)
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- Alice Academy (Gakuen Alice) 13 of 21+ by Higuchi Tachibana
- The Best Skilled Surgeon (Saijou no Meii) 3 of 11 by Irie Kenzo & Hashiguchi Takashi
- Crows 8 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
- Detektif Conan Seri Animasi TV 21 of 23+ by Aoyama Gosho
- Fruits Basket 23 of 23 by Takaya Natsuki [Finale]
- [Premiere] Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo) 1 of 9 by Eto Miyuki
- K-ON! 2 of 3+ by Kakifly
- Kunai Legend (Kunaiden) 2 of 4 by Iori Tabasa
- Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati (Hitsugi Katsugi no Kuro) 2 of 2+ by Kiyuduki Satoko
- Libero Revolution! 10 of 13 by Tanaka Motoyuki
- 78 上等だ
- 79 強い...!!
- 80 アンラッキー
- 81 見えてるのか？
- 82 問題児!?
- 83 読めない!!
- 84 ３本目...!!
- 85 ２セット開始!!
- 86 ガ・ン・バ・レ!!
- Otoboke Section Chief (Otoboke Kachou) 2 of 22+ by Ueda Masashi
- Princess 31 of 31+ by Han SeungWon
- The Ruler of Nabari (Nabari no Ou) 10 of 12+ by Kamatani Yuhki
- 048.
Welcome Home, Children
(おかえり、こどもたちOkaeri, Kodomo Tachi
) - 049.
The Bird Leaves the Sky
(鳥発つそらTori Tatsu Sora
) - 050.
Yoite
(宵風) - 051.
Brats Like These
(ガキってのはGakitte no wa
) - Tale of the Sea King (Kaiouki) 37 of 44+ by Kawahara Masatoshi
- With My Brothers (Oniichan to Issho) 5 of 11 by Tokeino Hari
 | Saijou no Meii 「 最上の命医 」 |
RELATED SERIES
Saijou no Meii - The King of Neet (sequel)
 | Crows 「 クローズ 」 by Takahashi Hiroshi |
RELATED SERIES
Worst (sequel; 24 volumes as at 2010.06) · Crows Zero (spin-off; eight volumes as at 2010.05)
ADAPTATIONS
Two live-action prequel movies for Crows have been produced: Crows Zero (Japan theatrical release: October 2007) and Crows Zero II (April 2009). Miike Takashi directed both films starring Oguri Shun as GPS leader Takiya Genji and Yamada Takayuki as Serizawa Tamao, leader of the Army that bears his name.
 | Fruits Basket 「 フルーツバスケット 」 |
AWARDS
Fruits Basket, the second best-selling shoujo series in Japan (over 18 million copies sold) won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award for the shoujo category and the Best Manga prize at the 2007 American Anime Awards. The anime (see adaptations below) won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 2001.
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Fruits Basket is published in English by TOKYOPOP (volume 23 released 2009.07.06) and Chuang Yi Singapore (publication run concluded 1 February 2008). CY also published the simplified Chinese version. The manga is translated into French by Akata/Delcourt; in Spanish by Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico) and Norma Editorial (Spain); in German by Carlsen Comics (serialized in Daisuki); in Italian by Dynit; in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica; in Portuguese by Editora JBC; in Dutch by Glénat, in Swedish by Bonnier Carlsen (serialized in Shojo Stars); and in Chinese by China Children Press & Publication Group (PRC), Tong Li (Taiwan), and Jade Dynasty Publications (Hong Kong)
Serialized in Indonesian in HanaLaLa (concluded 31 March 2010)
ADAPTATIONS
A 26-episode anime by Studio DEEN aired on TV Tokyo from July to December 2001. Seiyuu Horie Yui, Seki Tomokazu, Hisakawa Aya, and Murasaki Wakaba played Honda Toru, Sohma Kyo, Sohma Yuki, and Sohma Akito respectively.
 | Jigoku Shoujo 「 地獄少女 」 |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Hell Girl is published in English by Del Rey (Volume 6: His Time Has Come released 2009.11.24 • volumes 7-9 street date: 2010.10.26); in French by Pika Édition; and in German by Tokyopop Germany (volumes 1-4) and EMA (volume 5 onwards)
Serialized in Indonesian in Nakayoshi Gress! (serial concluded)
RELATED SERIES
Shin Jigoku Shoujo (New Hell Girl, sequel; three volumes; ongoing Indonesian serialization in NakaGress) · Jigoku Shoujo R (sequel; one volume as at 2010.03)
GENESIS
The manga is adapted from the anime produced by Aniplex and Studio DEEN. Twenty-six episodes aired in Japan from October 2005 through April 2006 (the Animax Asia Girl from Hell telecast premiered on 24 October 2006), followed by a second and third season: Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (Hell Girl Two Mirrors; 2006.10 to 2007.04) and Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (Hell Girl: Cauldron of Three; 2008.10 to 2009.04), both also 26 episodes long. Seiyuu Noto Mamiko, Sugo Takayuki, Matsukaze Masaya, and Honda Takako starred as Enma Ai, Wanyuudou, Ichimoku Ren, and Hone-Onna respectively.
ADAPTATIONS
A 12-epsiode live-action renzoku aired on NTV between November 2007 and January 2008, with Iwata Sayuri as Enma Ai, Ogura Hisahiro (the Narrator in the anime series) as Wanyuudou, Kato Kazuki as Ichimoku Ren, and Sugimoto Aya as Hone-Onna.
 | K-ON! 「 けいおん！ 」 by Kakifly |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
K-ON! is published in English by Yen Press (volume 1 street date: 2010.11.16)
ADAPTATIONS
A 13-episode anime by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan from April to June 2009. An additional OVA episode released with the seventh DVD and BD volumes on January 20, 2010. A second season, K-ON!!, premiered 7 April 2010. Seiyuu Toyosaki Aki, Satou Satomi, Hikasa Yōko, Kotobuki Minako, and Taketatsu Ayana return in their roles as Hirasawa Yui, Tainaka Ritsu, Akiyama Mio, Kotobuki Tsumugi, and Nakano Azusa in the sequel.
 | Kunaiden 「 クナイ伝 」 by Iori Tabasa |
 | Hitsugi Katsugi no Kuro. - Kaichu Tabi no Wa |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Published in English as Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro by Yen Press (volume 2 released 2008.10.28)
 | Libero Kakumei!! 「 リベロ革命！！ 」 |
Volume 10 contains chapters:
 | Otoboke Kachou 「 おとぼけ課長 」 by Ueda Masashi |
 | Princess 「 프린세스 」 by Han SeungWon |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Title picked up for English distribution by CPM and later dropped.
 | Nabari no Ou 「 隠の王 」 by Kamatani Yuhki |
Volume 10 contains chapters:
AWARDS
Finalist, 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Nabari no Ou is published in English by Yen Press (volume 3 released 2010.03.23; volume 4 street date: 2010.07.13); in French by Asuka and in traditional Chinese by Sharp Point Press (Taiwan)
ADAPTATIONS
A 26-episode anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, starring seiyuu Kugimiya Rie as Rokujou Miharu, Saiga Mitsuki as Yoite, Namikawa Daisuke as Kumohira Durandal Tobari, Hino Satoshi as Aizawa Kouichi, and Fujimura Ayumi as Shimizu Raimei, aired in Japan from April to September 2008.
 | Kaiouki 「 海皇紀 」 by Kawahara Masatoshi |
 | Oniichan to Issho 「 お兄ちゃんと一緒 」 |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Published in English as Me & My Brothers by TOKYOPOP (11 volumes)
Serialized in Indonesian in HanaLaLa
ADAPTATIONS
The first Oniichan to Issho drama CD was released in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD supplement to the LaLa April 2007 issue, along with La Corda D'Oro, Ryuu no Hanawazurai (serialized in HanaLaLa as Dragon's Fiancé), and Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (retitled My Sweet Kaicho for the Indonesian market). 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.
NOTE
(1) Sources: Elex Media 26 May 2010 release schedule and Komikologi (synopses, except where noted)
(2) All listed manga are priced at IDR 15,000 each, except Detektif Conan Seri Animasi TV 21 (SRP: IDR 28,800) and Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati 2 (IDR 17,000)
(3) Links like this are Amazon.com (or other online merchants) search and/or product links (commercial), in case you're interested in another language version.
Volume previews continued
Alice Academy 13 of 21+
Are those Kokoroyomi- and Kitsuneme-kun on the cover? If so, they and the rest of the Alice Gakuen boys are in for a tough time as Valentine's Day rolls around in Alice Academy 13:
While other school boys await Valentine's Day with Am I getting honmei choklit this year? *doki* *doki* anticipation, not so the males of Alice Academy. On a day when normal girls would be giving out store-bought, if not lovingly-homemade chocolates to their beloved, the female Alice wielders target the Wizarding School's most popular boys, proferring truffles etc., hexed with curses.
Subversion of tradition regardless, who is the lucky recipient of Mikan's choco?
Or need we even (Suki na hito wa Natsume!) ask?
The Best Skilled Surgeon 3 of 11
A congenitally-defective heart should've shortened Saijo Mikoto's life, but the genius skills of a cardiac surgeon allows him to reach adolescence. To show his gratitude and afford similarly-afflicted others the same chance, Mikoto decides to become the world's greatest pediatric surgeon. (Nothing like aiming high, after all.)
Fortified with not-so modest ambitions, Mikoto dreams of resuscitating the pediatric surgery unit, to which end he attempts a planetary first: a surgery in which he sacrifices... himself.
Elex adds in its blurb: Caught up in cut-throat competition with surgery's best and brightest, the sleeping lion finally rouses!
I can't make sense of Firefox's machine translations, but here are the volume 3 chapters (16 to 24): 大きさの違い • 小児外科の女看板 • 治らないモノ • おかしな医者 • ヒーロー • 患者への思いやり • 嫌われる理由 • 優しさは災いする • メインとサブ.
Detektif Conan Animasi TV
Original story
by Aoyama Gosho
Detektif Conan Seri Animasi TV 21 of 23+
(If we had the latest Detektif Conan manga installment in ShoStar 65, here we have the most recent in the anime mangafication.)
Unwordly Suzu is haunted by a homicide on a ghost ship. Ex-cop now PI Mouri Kogoro, found unconscious beside the corpse, is accused of the murder.
Any source other than Wiki not forthcoming, I'm assuming this story is based on the Season 3 Ghost Ship Murder Case
(Yūreisen Satsujin Jiken) anime episodes (Episode 61-62 OAD: 1997.06.02 and 1997.06.09).
Fruits Basket 23 of 23
If you read HanaLaLa regularly, you already know how this Dysfunction Junction shoujo series ends. For those who don't, however —
The animorphism curse is lifted and the junishi and Kyo are free to pursue (relatively) normal, albeit likely still scary lives. Facing the future head-on, Kyo only wants one someone from his past beside him.
Of course, it is Fixer Sue Tohru.
Meanwhile, TOKYOPOP's Fruits Basket volume 23 description points out that before Kyo can move on to his new future, he first has to deal with his birth father issues.
Kunai Legend 2 of 4
Assume that you know Not!Naruto ninja #2 Kunai's profession by now?
Classmate Ninomiya Izuna ends up a boarder at Kunai's home, after her house is reduced to ashes in a vampire attack. Kunai, however, has to restrain the jumping for joy bit over his crush living with him, seeing as how he has to conceal his vampiric ninja secret from Izuna. If he doesn't, he stands to find himself targeted by Izuna and her vampire hunter family.
Like The Best Skilled Surgeon 3, I has untranslated chapter titles (7-16) for Kunai Legend 2: すぐに戻るから待ってて！ • さっさと解毒しろ • ある老忍の村（1） • ある老忍の村（2） • ある老忍の村（3） • 清白の悪夢（1） • 清白の悪夢（2） • 清白の悪夢（3） • 清白の悪夢（4） • 背がのびるの!?
Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati 2 of 2+
No Elex Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati (Hitsugi Katsugi no Kuro) 2 blurb, so you'll have to settle for Yen Press' Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro volume 2 description below:
With Nijuku and Sanju in tow, the road winds on for Kuro and Sen. During a lull en route, Kuro takes a turn down memory lane, revisiting an unfortunate incident during her early days as a traveler that resulted in her imprisonment! One by one, the secrets surrounding Kuro and her journey with Sen are disclosed...and the fate that Kuro will suffer should her quest fail is finally revealed.
With My Brothers 5 of 11
Sakura goes to the amusement park with friends from the soccer club and club member Nana blithely holds her hand along the way. How will Suzuki, who has a crush on Sakura, react?
Meanwhile, Valentine's Day sees Sakura unable to give chocolates to Cool Big Bro, I mean, Sis, Masashi.
And we're supposed to wonder: Why???
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)
UP NEXT: More 26 May 2010 manga
Level Comics: Black Lagoon 6 · Chocolat 3 · Eagle 11 of 11 · Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 2 · Master of Sea 14 · Oh Butterfly Oh Flower 1 by Yoshihara Yuki · Rainbow 17
m&c!: Bakugan Battle Brawlers 5 · Bleach 26 · Hand 7 Vol. 3 of 3 · Hellboy 3 · Jinco From Room 203 Vol. 3 of 3 · Panta Pan 1 by Aomata Pink · Pendragon 3 · Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho 2 of 2 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 2 · The Story of Wang Fenglei 2 · KOLONI: I Want To Live by Kababonken · KOLONI: Shangrila by Mage · KOLONI: Xenopet by Rizky Arrydesta · Cherry 43
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- Elex Media: BECK 17 · Godhand Teru 23 · Katsu! 4 · The Moon & Lake by Ashihara Hinako · Pangeran Kacamata 4 · The Puppet Master Lin 7 · Spiral: The Bonds of Reason 3 · Summer Storm! 1 by Kobayashi Jin · V.B. Rose 2 · HanaLaLa 50/2010
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Gakuen Alice 「 学園アリス 」 by Higuchi Tachibana
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 13 first published in Japan 2007.05
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Gakuen Alice is published in English by TOKYOPOP (volume 10 released 2010.03.02 • volume 11 street date: 2010.06.01); in French by Glénat; in German by Carlsen Comics (serialized in Daisuki); and in Chinese by Ever Glory (Taiwan)
Serialized in Indonesian in HanaLaLa (latest chapters: 78-79)
ADAPTATIONS
A 26-episode anime produced by Aniplex and Group TAC, starring seiyuu Ueda Kana as Sakura Mikan, Paku Romi as Hyuuga Natsume, Kugimiya Rie as Imai Hotaru, and Yasuda Miwa as 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.