Added Aphorism 1 and Mixim 11 volume 5, which Chuang Yi sez also released on the 18th.
Trinity Blood © Kyujyo Kiyo & Yoshida Sunao/Kadokawa Shoten (Serialized in Asuka)
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
Keeping it short: Esther has an unavoidable date with destiny in Trinity Blood 12, while Hikari confronts Kei's grandpa on her home turf in S.A 11. (For longer synopses, scroll down.)
Defense Devil
© Youn In Wan & Yang Kyung Il/
Shogakukan (Shonen Sunday)
Yup, dem pickings are slim on the English manga front, but it more than doubles on the side of the simplified Chinese versions, among them, the premiere of Youn In Wan & Yang Kyung Il's supernatural shounen series Defense Devil.
The rest of the Chinese manga streeting tomorrow:
魔法老师 (Mahou Sensei Negima!) #29 by Akamatsu Ken; 兽神演武 (Juushin Enbu Hero Tales) #2 by Huang Jin Zhou & Arakawa Hiromu; SMASH！情缘 #16 by Saki Kaori; 火影忍者 (Naruto) #51 and 星歌恋曲 (Hoshi wa Utau) #5 by Takaya Natsuki.
Chuang Yi English manga (2010.05.18)
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- [Premiere] Aphorism 1 of 5+ by Kujō Karuna
- Mixim 11 volume 5 of 8+ by Anzai Nobuyuki
- S.A 11 of 17 by Minami Maki
- Trinity Blood 12 of 12+ by Kyujyo Kiyo & Yoshida Sunao
MIXIM 11 「ＭＩＸＩＭ☆１１」 by Anzai Nobuyuki
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 5 first published in Japan 2009.09
S.A 「Ｓ・Ａ スペシャル・エー」 by Minami Maki
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 11 first published in Japan 2007.11
Other languages
Alternative English S.A (VIZ Media; volume 15 per 2010.03 • volume 16 street date: 2010.07.06), Indonesian (m&c!; 17 volumes)
Adaptations
A 24-episode anime adaptation by AIC x Gonzo aired on Chiba TV from April to September 2008. Seiyuu Goto Yuko and Fukuyama Jun played leads Hanazono Hikari and Takishima Kei respectively. A Valentine's special drama CD was released earlier (February 2007) than the anime and had a different cast (Asano Masumi played Hikari and Suzumura Kenichi played Kei.) Two succeeding drama CDs (June and August 2008 release) used the same actors as in the anime.
Trinity Blood 「トリニティ・ブラッド」 by Kyujyo Kiyo & Yoshida Sunao
Kadokawa Shoten Asuka, shoujo
Volume 12 first published in Japan 2009.08
Other languages
Alternative English Trinity Blood (TOKYOPOP; volume 12 released 2010.03.30), Indonesian (Elex Media; ongoing)
Related
Based on the Trinity Blood light novels (Rage Against the Moons and Reborn on Mars series) written by Yoshida Sunao and illustrated by Thores Shibamoto
Adaptations
A 24-episode anime adaptation by Gonzo (starring seiyuu Touchi Hiroki as Abel Nightroad and Noto Mamiko as Esther Blanchett) aired from April to October 2005 on WOWOW.
¹ Source: Chuang Yi (per 17 May 2010)
² Links like this are Amazon.com search and/or product links (commercial), in case you're interested in another language version.
Chuang Yi synopses
Aphorism 1 of 5+ by Kujō Karuna
ISBN: 978-981-4297-79-0
SRP: SGD 8.90
Introducing Naraka high, a boarding school that admits only students able to see 'that island in the sky', and where its graduates are promised a shining future. But when starry-eyed student Momiji Rokudō arrives with hopes and dreams in mind, what awaits him instead is the 'Holy Eclipse'... a cruel trial that forces students to fight monsters to survive. With no opt-out option except to either graduate or be killed, Rokudō and his classmates must quickly master their 'seals' as they battle for their lives! Between that, classes and homework, it's like any normal high school life, only deadlier!
Mixim 11 vol. 5 of 8+ by Anzai Nobuyuki
ISBN: 978-981-4306-27-0
SRP: SGD 8.90
With Ichimatsu's death match with Pandora abruptly halted, a mysterious girl suddenly appears to challenge Ichimatsu, but is she friend or foe? Can Ichimatsu and friends trust the mysterious Momoko as they embark on a thirty-day plan to shape up? Meanwhile, Dodo, one of Big Bang Zero's big four, has gathered his own forces to make the first move on the princes! Who are the Twelve Penances, and what new dangers await the trio?
S.A 11 of 17 by Minami Maki
ISBN: 978-981-4297-62-2
SRP: SGD 8.50
Kei's grandfather finally makes his way to Japan for a decisive showdown with Hikari! Unhappy that Kei has no choice about being summoned to London, Hikari arranges for a face-to-face meeting with Kei's grandfather, with the help of Yahiro. What will she do when she finds out his surprising purpose for Kei? Will their budding romance be nipped in the bud before it can blossom? And who is the beautiful lady Hikari spotted alone together with Kei?!
Trinity Blood 12 of 12+ by Kyujyo Kiyo & Yoshida Sunao
ISBN: 978-981-276-878-0
SRP: SGD 8.90
Archbishop D'Annunzio's elaborate 'theatre production' approaches its climax as he deftly manipulates all the major characters in his script into the same room. At the sight of her family's gruesome fate, Shahra flies into a rage and almost inadvertently succeeds in fulfilling the Archbishop's plot! Then, unexpectedly, she takes the Pope hostage, and Esther is forced to make a heartbreaking decision. The title of 'Lady-Saint' may not be something she wants, but it could very well be a destiny she cannot avoid...
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)
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Aphorism 「アホリズム」 by Kujō Karuna
Square Enix Gangan Wing and Gangan Online, shounen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2008.10