Also, simplified Chinese manga: Juushin Enbu Hero Tales, Bloody Monday: Season 2 (Bloody Monday Season 2 ~Pandora no Hako~), and GTO sequel GTO: Shonan 14 Days premieres
Vagabond © Inoue Takehiko/Kodansha (Serialized in Morning)
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
The Sasaki Kojiro arc wraps in Vagabond 20, with sword-saint Miyamoto Musashi's arch-rival emerging all the formidable from the crucible of desperation that comes in the wake of the Battle of Sekigahara.
In Chuang Yi's other English manga, Sakuya is unnerved by Chihiro's actions during the much-anticipated summer camp in volume 4 of Takaya Natsuki's Twinkle Stars. Like the previous three tankou, volume 4 is available in Exclusive GOLD & SILVER first print editions
(not to mention that the same Hoshi wa Utau volume (simplified Chinese) also releases today).
The Pokémon franchise returns with Chuang Yi's premiere of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure (Pokémon DP) by Ihara Shigekatsu, in which hero Hareta, who can climb as high as an Aipom, swim as fast as a Magikarp, and even eat bark like a Bidoof
(whatever that means), searches for the fabled Pokémon Dialga, accompanied by his first Pokémon and new pal Mitsumi.
Chuang Yi covers and full synopses after the three-point list below.
Chuang Yi English manga (2010.05.04)
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- [Premiere] Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure (Pokémon DP) 1 of 8 by Ihara Shigekatsu
- Twinkle Stars (Hoshi wa Utau) 4 of 8+ by Takaya Natsuki
- Vagabond 20 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
Hoshi wa Utau 「 星は歌う 」 by Takaya Natsuki
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 4 first published in 2009.01
Also published in simplified Chinese by Chuang Yi (latest: volume 4)
Serialized in Indonesian in HanaLaLa
Vagabond 「 バガボンド 」 by Inoue Takehiko
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 20 first published in Japan 2004.07
Also published in simplified Chinese by Chuang Yi (latest: volume 32)
Another Vagabond English version published by VIZ Media (volume 31 released 2010.01.19)
Published in Indonesia by Level Comics (latest: volume 30)
Related: Based on the book Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji
AWARDS: Grand Prize winner at the 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival. The same year, won the 24th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category. Also the recipient of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2002. Manga-ka Inoue Takehiko was was nominated for the 2003 Eisner Award in the Best Writer/Artist category.
NOTE
(1) Source: Chuang Yi (per 3 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
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure 1
Pokémon DP 「 ポケモンＤ・Ｐ 」 by Ihara Shigekatsu
ISBN: 978-981-4306-28-7
SRP: SGD 8.90
Most kids spend their days at school, but not Hareta. Raised in the wild by Pokémon, he can climb as high as an Aipom, swim as fast as a Magikarp, and even eat bark like a Bidoof!
Recruited by Professor Rowan, Hareta decides to become a Pokémon Trainer. Along with this first Pokémon, Piplup, and his new friend Mitsumi, he sets off in search of the Legendary Pokémon Dialga. But Team Galactic is hunting for Dialga too. Can Hareta and Piplup defeat Team Galactic and stop their evil plans?
Twinkle Stars 4
Hoshi wa Utau 「 星は歌う 」 by Takaya Natsuki
ISBN: 978-981-4297-36-3
SRP: SGD 8.90
Not being able to express his feelings for Sakuya makes Yuri increasingly frustrated. That is, until an unexpected incident occurs that brings the truth of his emotions to light...?! The summer holidays are here, and the long-awaited summer camp is finally just around the corner. Chihiro's actions take her totally by surprise, and Sakuya can't stop feeling unsettled...!!
Vagabond 20
「 バガボンド 」 by Inoue Takehiko
ISBN: 978-981-4297-69-1
SRP: SGD 10.90
Sasaki Kojiro, renowned for his deadly “swallow-cut”, is the man destined to be sword-saint Miyamoto Musashi's greatest rival and opponent in the most well-known duel in the annals of Japanese history. In the aftermath of the Battle of Sekigahara, Kojiro comes face to face with emotions previously unknown to him – fear and desperation. Far form being daunted, Kojiro embraces these feelings and allows them to shape him into what may be the ultimate swordsman.
Volume 20 contains chapters:
172. Sons
(息子)
173. The Desire to Fight
(斬り合いたい)
174. Ichizo
(市三)
175. Younger Brother
(弟)
176. Open Mind
(虚心)
177. Koun and Kojiro
(巨雲と小次郎)
178. Koun and Kojiro II
(巨雲と小次郎2)
179. Koun and Kojiro III
巨雲と小次郎3)
Chuang Yi simplified Chinese manga (2010.05.04)
Juushin Enbu Hero Tales
© Huang Jin Zhou,
Arakawa Hiromu/
Square Enix (Shonen Gangan)
Published in Singapore as
兽神演武 by Chuang Yi
As mentioned at the top of the post, there are three manga series debuting in simplified Chinese: Bloody Monday: Season 2, (obviously) the follow-up to Rumon Ryou & Megumi Kouji's ＢＬＯＯＤＹ ＭＯＮＤＡＹ hacker thriller; the read Fujisawa Tohru's Great Teacher Onizuka first! GTO Shonan 14 Days (which takes place immediately after GTO's Teshigawara arc), and the Chinese wuxia drama-based Juushin Enbu (兽神演武) by Huang Jin Zhou, illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu.
In addition, Chuang Yi is also releasing these latest simplified Chinese manga installments:
- 魔法亚克罗 (Artist Acro) #2 by Sakurai Ato
- Bleach #44: Vice It by Kubo Tite
- FAIRY TAIL #20 by Mashima Hiro
- 结界师 (Kekkaishi) #28 by Tanabe Yellow
- 篮球小子 。空 (Ahiru no Sora) #26 by Hinata Takeshi
- 史上最强之弟子兼一 (Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi or History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi) #37 by Matsuena Syun
- 星歌恋曲 (Hoshi wa Utau) #4 by Takaya Natsuki (releasing concurrently with the English version)
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03)
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Pokémon DP 「 ポケモンＤ・Ｐ 」 by Ihara Shigekatsu
Shogakukan Coro Coro Dragon Comics, shounen
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2007.02
Another Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! English version published by VIZ Media (volume 6 released 2010.03.02; volume 7 street date: 2010.07.06)
A Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl anime by Oriental Light and Magic began airing in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2006 and by 6 May 2010 will have reached episode 175. The TV series main characters Hikari, Pikachu, Satoshi, and Takeshi are voiced by seiyuu Toyoguchi Megumi, Ohtani Ikue, Matsumoto Rica, and Ueda Yuji respectively.