Bleach © Kubo Tite/Shueisha [Weekly Shonen Jump]
Rust Blaster © Toboso Yana/Square Enix [GFantasy]
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
Chuang Yi doesn't have any new English manga on tap for Friday, but it has the simplified Chinese Bleach 47: End Of The Chrysalis Age (ISBN: 978-981-4323-82-6) for your pleasure. The caught up with the Japanese tankou in just over a month opens with cover boy Ichimaru Gin advising Ichigo to escape while Urahara, Yoruichi and Isshin engage an Aizen transformed by the Hōgyoku.
Chuang Yi also premieres the simplified Chinese Rust Blaster—诱色风暴—(ISBN : 978-981-4306-01-0), the Vampires, Special Abilities, Parallel Universe, Secret Organizations, Contract
troped shounen manga from Black Butler creator Toboso Yana. Earlier, CY debuted the English edition (blurb copy-pasta'ed below). At SGD 7.00/volume, the Chinese version retails for a few dollars less than the SGD 9.90 English version, but is pricier than its 11.19 associate Bleach (SGD 5.50).
Millennium Academy - an elite military school set up to train aspiring vampire soldiers to protect humanity. Among its students is Aldred, a vampire unlike his kind; and Kei Yosugara, a human whose existence seems intrinsically tied to Aldred's own. [From Chuang Yi's English Rust Blaster synopsis]
Chuang Yi simplified Chinese manga (2010.11.19)
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- Bleach 47 of 48+ by Kubo Tite
- [Premiere] 诱色风暴 (Rust Blaster) by Toboso Yana
Rust Blaster 「Ｒｕｓｔ Ｂｌａｓｔｅｒ」 by Toboso Yana
Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
This compilation (chapters 1-6) first published in Japan 2006.05
Other languages
English (Chuang Yi; released 2010.11.02)
¹ Source: Chuang Yi per 18 November 2010
² Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Next Chuang Yi release: 2010.12.10
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Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」 by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 47 first published in Japan 2010.10
Bleach 47: End of the Chrysalis Age spans chapters:
405. Deicide 7
406. Deicide 8 End of the Chrysalis Age
407. Deicide 9
408. Deicide 10
409. Deicide 11
410. Deicide 12
411. Deicide 13
412. Deicide 14
413. Deicide 15
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media; volume 32 released 2010.09.07 • volume 33 street date: 2010.12.07), French (Glénat tome 39 per 2010.10), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and Indonesian (m&c! volume 35 released 2010.10)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Morita Masakazu (Kurosaki Ichigo) and Orikasa Fumiko (Kuchiki Rukia) premiered in October 2004 (latest episode 297 aired 2010.11.16). Two OAVs and three theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; and Fade to Black, I Call Your Name—have been released. A fourth Bleach: Hell Chapter movie, overseen by Kubo Tito-sensei, is slated to premiere 4 December 2010. A live-action film from Warner Bros. and Regency Films has also been confirmed.