May contain [SPOILERS!]
Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana/Square Enix [Serialized in GFantasy]
Published in Indonesia as Black Butler by Elex Media
All worship at the feet of goddess, I mean, Elex editor Fitri-san, for her speedy hard work lets us enjoy Black Butler 9—this sked's top DO WANT!—a mere five months from its Japanese premiere.
‘Please take care of my lord’ cryptically prefaces Elex's blurb; in the wake of the Circus case, the Queen's butler pays a visit to Phantomhive manor. Not long after, on a dark and stormy but festive night, tragedy strikes. A butler closes his eyes—forever?—but which one?
Black Butler IX contains chapters 38-42: That Butler, Pathetic
; That Butler, Astonishment
; That Butler, Accommodates
; That Butler, Death
; and That Butler, Substituted.
(These are NOT Elex's titles.)
From an alternate Victorian England, we depart for faux ancient Greece.
Legend of Nereid 11 of 15 by Hwang MiRee
Prince Thaion murders Eurike and employs the so-called jealous fit to hasten the war brewing between the Euryponti and Attica kingdoms. A crusade that uses Matia as the rallying point.
SERIES PREMIERES: Crayon Shinchan by Usui Yoshito, Kome si Belang by Hoshino Natsumi
Kijitora Neko no Koume-san
© Hoshino Natsumi
Shonen Gahosha
[Neko Panchi]
LXO peeps quivering for Kome si Belang outnumber those anticipating the licensed Crayon Shinchan. Doesn't come as a surprise as the world already knows naughty kindergartener Nohara Shinnosuke alias Shinchan and the antics he gets up to. The feline keeyootness on the right might shed light on why the excitement.
Kome brings home a lost kitten for Nakarai-san and Taku to take care of. It was supposed to be a temporary thing, but Nakarai-san decides to keep the stray.
Despite looking like a weak fluff ball, the kitten soon threatens Kome.
Why? GET! your copy of Kome si Belang 1 to find out.
MANGAZINES: Shonen Magz 78/2010, featuring Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail © Mashima Hiro
Kodansha
Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray and Erza grace Shonen Magz 78's cover, so expect some explosive mage action in the latest Fairy Tail.
The other absolutely kewl
shounen (and seinen) companions: BECK by Harold Sakuishi (volume 23 also streets 11.03) · Code:Breaker by Kamijyo Akimine · Ghost's Doctor by Sato Yuki · Kindaichi Case Files by Amagi Seimaru & Sato Fumiya · School Rumble by Kobayashi Jin · Tokkyu! by Kubo Mitsuro & Komori Yoichi · Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE by CLAMP · Vinland Saga by Yukimura Makoto
Assuming that Maekawa Takeshi's Kungfu Boy Legends continues to be serialized, despite absence from Issue 78's cover line-up.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2010.11.03)
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- BECK 23 of 34 by Harold Sakuishi
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) 9 of 10+ by Toboso Yana
- [Series Premiere] Crayon Shinchan 1 of 50 by Usui Yoshito
- Crows 13 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
- English School Wars (Eikaiwa School Wars) 2 of 2 by Matsumoto Tomo [Finale]
- Katsu! 9 of 16 by Adachi Mitsuru
- [Series Premiere] Kome si Belang (Kijitora Neko no Koume-san) 1 of 3+ by Hoshino Natsumi
- Legend of Nereid 11 of 15 by Hwang MiRee
- Our Dear Tamura-kun (Watashitachi no Tamura-kun) 2 of 4 by Kurafuji Sachi & Takemiya Yuyuko
- The Pitcher (Nanto Magoroku) 73 of 74+ by Sadayasu Kei
- Rockwell the Scarlet Knight (Kurenai no Kishi Rockwell) 2 of 3+ by Nadatani Wataru
- Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 5 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Tena on S-string (S-Senjou no Tena) 4 of 9+ by Mikabe Sesuna
 | Kuroshitsuji 「黒執事」 by Toboso Yana |
Other languages
English Black Butler (volume 3 per 2010.10.26 • volume 4 street date: 2011.01.25 and Chuang Yi; volume 3 per 2010.10.29), French (Kana Black Butler tome 5 ships 2010.11.05), German (Carlsen Comics Black Butler Band 4 per 2010.11.26), traditional Chinese (Tong Li 黑執事 9 per 2010.07) 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. 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 adaptation—That 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)
 | Crayon Shin-chan 「クレヨンしんちゃん」 |
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)
Adaptations
Shin'ei Doga's anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Yajima Akiko (Shin-chan), has been running since April 1992, with the 699th episode airing on 2010.05.07. At least 18 movie sequels have been released between July 1993 and April 2010.
 | Crows 「クローズ」 by Takahashi Hiroshi |
Related series
Worst (sequel, 24 volumes as at 2010.06) and Crows Zero (spin-off; 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)
 | Eikaiwa School Wars 「英会話スクールウォーズ」 |
 | Katsu! 「ＫＡＴＳＵ！」 by Adachi Mitsuru |
Volume 9 contains chapters:
79 リングの外
80 ハードル
81 なんのために...
82 改めて...
83 戦い終えて
84 選ばれし...
85 気が早い!?
86 タマを...
87 Wチャンス
88 社会的には
Reissues
Re-released in 8 volumes in Japan from 2009.07 to 2010.02.
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
Other languages
French (Pika Édition; 16 of 16 volumes)
 | Kijitora Neko no Koume-san 「キジトラ猫の小梅さん」 by Hoshino Natsumi |
 | Legend of Nereid 「네레이드의 전설」 |
 | Watashitachi no Tamura-kun |
Related series
Based on the two-volume light novel series by Takemiya Yuyuko, illustrated by Yasu, serialized in the seinen Dengeki hp
 | Nanto Magoroku 「なんと孫六」 by Sadayasu Kei |
 | Kurenai no Kishi Rockwell 「紅の騎士ロックウェル」 by Nadatani Wataru |
 | Sanzoku Ou 「山賊王」 by Sawada Hirofumi |
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (concluded)
 | S-Senjou no Tena 「Ｓ線上のテナ」 |
Other languages
English Tena on S-string (Yen Press; volume 4 released 2010.09.28 • volume 5 street date: 2010.12.21)
[RE-STO] Reissues (2010.11.03)
¹ Sources: Elex STO 3 November 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² GN, including reissues, are priced at IDR 16,500 each except Crayon Shinchan 1 (SRP: IDR 21,800). Shonen Magz 78 retails for IDR 30,000/volume.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Volume previews continued
Beck 23 of 34 by Harold Sakuishi
The premiere of Beck's first PV looms. With Jim Walsh as producer, just how kewl will Beck's first video be?
Crows 13 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
After Harumichi, Pon and Makoto fall to Housen's assault, Suzuran High decides to make its move. Yasu and Hiromi investigate the reason for the attack.
Could an old grudge between Housen and Suzuran, festering to this day, explain Housen's ‘retaliation’?
English School Wars 2 of 2 by Matsumoto Tomo
Everyone who has been wondering why Kiko detests foreigners need not wonder anymore; it turns out there's a trauma involved. Meanwhile, the supposed secret research Ish, apparently a Harvard grad, conducted back home is also outed. The same paper could well yank Ish back home to the US.
What's going to happen to Ish × Kiko now?
Katsu! 9 of 16 by Adachi Mitsuru
Koshien champion pitcher Misaki Shinichi wants to add a high school boxing belt to his sports booty?
Kimoto and Misaki engage in some ‘friendly’ sparring, but apparently Misaki is not the rookie everyone thought!
Our Dear Tamura-kun 2 of 4 by Kurafuji Sachi & Takemiya Yuyuko
Despite feeling awkward, Souma Hiroka gives getting close to Tamura her best, making him bento and inviting him out after school. Tamura himself is at a loss, even going so far as to doubt Souma. Tamura remains convinced he still loves Matsuzawa and so doesn't want to be involved with another girl.
But after discovering the secret behind it all, Tamura also can't leave Souma alone.
The Pitcher 73 of 74+ by Sadayasu Kei
Magoroku intends to destroy the Knights!
In the last inning, The Pitcher's fast ball breaks Willard's bat, making Willard taste hell for a second time in the World Series.
Rockwell the Scarlet Knight 2 of 3+ by Nadatani Wataru
Before he dies, Sir Helmut leaves a message ordering that Rockwell be knighted. Miranda honors Sir Helmut's dying wish and allows the squire to join the knights.
But haunted by his mentor's passing, Rockwell finds it difficult to uphold the knight's code of chivalry. As his ambivalence grows, a mage appears, searching for the treasure left by the gods.
Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 5 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
‘Divide and conquer,’ Ikigyuchou's second Tsun Zhu war tactic, just might hold the key to winning over a numerically superior force.
Tena on S-string 4 of 9+ by Mikabe Sesuna
Kyosuke is brought to France to meet Tena's teacher and find a solution to the parasite sound and an explanation for Kyosuke's rare soul score.
But Tuner Headquarters has issued an order to arrest Kyosuke. The two sent to bring him in know about Mezzo and Sopra's past.
UP NEXT: Level Comics and m&c! 3 November 2010 manga and manhwa
Level Comics: Rainbow 18 · Hunt for The Thumb by Yamada Yuusuke · Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 2 · Chocolat 5 · To Be Beautiful 4 · Priest 11 · New Comic Bomber 5 · Hotaru's Light 11 · Subaru 10 · Spirou - Kepanikan di Champignac
m&c!: Alive 20 · Cyboy 2 of 2 · Love So Life 2 · Falling into You Like A Magic by Chiba Kozue · Rifle Girl by Taamo · Sky Blue Beach 2 · My Sweet Home 2
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03) who thanks Elex editor Fitri-san for the Black Butler 9 artwork and blurb
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BECK 「ＢＥＣＫ」 by Harold Sakuishi
Kodansha Monthly Shonen Magazine, shounen
Volume 23 first published in Japan 2005.07
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 2002 Kodansha Manga Awards (tied with Nonaka Eiji's Cromartie High School)
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
Other languages
English BECK:Mongolian Chop Squad (TOKYOPOP; till volume 12), French (Akata/Delcourt; tome 34 shipped 2010.03), Italian (Dynit), German (Tokyopop Germany; lapsed) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
Adaptations
Anime adaptation (till manga volume 11) by Madhouse featuring seiyuu Namikawa Daisuke (Tanaka Yukio/Koyuki), Ueno Yuuma (Minami Ryuusuke) and Saiki Miho (Minami Maho). Twenty-six episodes aired from October 2004 to March 2005 on TV Tokyo.
A BECK live-action film directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko, starring Mizushima Hiro (Ryuusuke) and Satoh Takeru (Koyuki), premiered 4 September 2010 in Japan.