Also, ROMIC/BD Yakari - Di Sarang Berang-Berang (Yakari chez les castors), in which Yakari and steed Little Thunder scramble to rescue a little beaver feared to have tumbled down the falls.
Air Gear © Oh! great/Kodansha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics
The Bagram core is seized and Hako captured. Ikki follows Ine Makigami's tip and hunts down the snatcher. Little does Ikki realize he is being led to a one-on-one with the person privy to the truth behind the Gram Scale Tournament.
Who does Ikki meet and what secrets are outed? Discover for yourself in Air Gear 17, out now.
Psychometrist Eiji 17 of 25 by Ando Yuma & Asaki Masashi
After actually solving a difficult case, Fukushima Mi-chan starts to resemble a real police officer. Sweeping past in her favorite police woman's uniform, Mi-chan doesn't expect any disturbance on her beat this day either.
But!
What excitement has Mi-chan stumbled on to now?
Hikayat Genji 5 of 13 by Yamato Waki
Genji relents over leaving Akashi-no-onkata and her daughter in Suma and arranges for their move to the capital, nearer to him. Dame Akashi dissents. Genji considers her lower social status and opts to take in only her daughter Akashi-no-nyougo.
What will Akashi-no-onkata, reluctant to part with her child, do to thwart Genji? And what will be Murasaki no Ue's reaction when she learns of the arrangement?
(I apologize for any mistakes in the above synop. Crafted it with the help of Wiki as I'm not following Hikayat Genji and have yet to go past five pages into the source literary classic.)
More Level previews after the manga and manhua list.
Level Comics manga and manhua (2010.12.22)
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- A Spirit of The Sun (Taiyou no Mokushiroku) 7 of 17 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
- Air Gear 17 of 31+ by Oh! great
- Fist of The Blue Sky (Souten no Ken) 3 of 22 by Hara Tetsuo & Buronson
- Hikayat Genji (Asakiyumemishi) 5 of 13 by Yamato Waki
- Jio 11 of 19 by Kishimoto Seishi
- Psychometrist Eiji (Psychometrer Eiji) 17 of 25 by Ando Yuma & Asaki Masashi
- The Ravages of Time (Huo Feng Liao Yuan) 6 of 40+ by Chan Mou
 | AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh! great |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 2006 Kodansha Manga Awards
Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey; Volume 15-17 released 2010.08.31), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore; latest volume 28), French (Pika Édition tome 24 shipped 2010.11), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki, a Satelight-animated Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD shipped with volume 29 in July 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki, and a series of musicals
 | Souten no Ken 「蒼天の拳」 |
Related
Hokuto no Ken (sequel; 27 volumes)
Other languages
English (Gutsoon! Entertainment; dropped), French (Marvel Panini France; KEN - Fist of the Blue Sky tome 20 shipped 2009.10) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan; 蒼天之拳 22 per 2010.11)
Adaptations
A 26-episode anime by Studio A.P.P.P., starring seiyuu Yamadera Kouichi (Kasumi Kenshiro), aired from October 2006 to March 2007 on TV Asahi.
 | Asakiyumemishi 「あさきゆめみし」 by Yamato Waki |
Related
Adapted from Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu
Others languages
English (Kodansha Bilingual Comics; partial)
 | Jio 「６６６～サタン～」 by Kishimoto Seishi |
Other languages
English O-Parts Hunter (VIZ Media; 19 volumes), French (Kurokawa tome 19 released 2008.12) and Italian (JPOP)
 | Psychometrer Eiji 「サイコメトラーＥＩＪＩ」 |
Other languages
French Psychometrer Eiji (Kana/Dargaud; 25 volumes), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore 感应少年 Eiji 25 volumes), traditional Chinese (Tong Li)
Reissues
Re-released in 12 bunko volumes (2003.06 to 2003.11)
Adaptations
The live-action renzoku alternatively known as Simply Psychic ran for two seasons on NTV (January to March 1997 and October to December 1999). A one-episode, 45-minute anime OAV Eiji was released in August 1990.
 | Sanguozhi Qunxiongzhuan: Huo Feng Liao Yuan |
Other languages/serializations
Simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi 火凤燎原 #39 per 2010.09) and Japanese (Media Factory 三国志群雄伝 火鳳燎原 volume 9 per 2009.12; serialized in Comic Sangokushi). The manhua is also released in Mainland China, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Level Comics European comics/ROMICs (2010.12.22)
- Yakari - Di Sarang Berang-Berang (Yakari, tome 3: Yakari chez les castors) by Derib
¹ Sources: Elex STO 22 December 2010 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Manga and manhua are priced at IDR 18,500 each except Fist of The Blue Sky 3 (IDR 20,000). ROMIC Yakari - Di Sarang Berang-Berang retails for IDR 30,000/volume.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Previews continued...
A Spirit of The Sun 7 of 17 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
A declaration of independence. Izayoi. The South-North border. Munakata Misao, a refugee who lost his family in the 2002 quake. Misao, who before the catastrophe detested Japan, undergoes a sea change and now works to rebuild the nation. He succeeds in being appointed an official of the South Area, the Japanese region split in two.
Misao's dream is threatened when old flame Natsuki Eri appears as Izayoi, the leader of the Kibo society propagating an alternative ideology.
What will happen when ambition and memories collide?
Meanwhile, Genichiro departs Taiwan with Yu and Zhang and finally lands in Tokyo, now reduced to dust and rubble.
Fist of The Blue Sky 3 of 22 by Hara Tetsuo & Buronson
After learning that his friend yet lives, Kenshiro vows to save Pan Guang Lin by any means. Working with Pan's former lover Yang Mei Yu, Kenshiro successfully lures Wu Dong Lai to the Grand Theater. But Wu is guarded by the spirit king Ling Wang, a master of Hokuto Sonkaken.
Which Hokuto disciple will prevail?
Jio 11 of 19 by Kishimoto Seishi
The battle between fire and ice, Jin and Shuri, intensifies even as the Rock Bird agenda comes to light.
Jio 11 compiles chapters:
41. Hope
42. Rival!?
43. Theory of the World
44. The Big Bang
The Ravages of Time 6 of 40+ by Chan Mou
Luoyang is devastated. Lu Bu and Hua Xiong's troops force Guangdong to retreat, but not before Hua Xiong kills 13 generals.
At this critical juncture, three archers on horseback appear, their prowess in battle earning reserved respect even from the unparalleled war god Lu Bu.
Liu, Guan and Zhang enter, stage left!
Other currently available manga (22 December 2010 street date)
- Elex Media: The Best Skilled Surgeon 4 · Ciuman Dewa 1 by Suzuki Julietta · Devil & Sweet 2 · Look Up! 7 · Our Dear Tamura-kun 3 · A Story of Heroes 33 · The Real Fake Princess 5 of 5 · Toradora 2 · Nakayoshi Lovely 9: Starfruits
- m&c!: Female Wolf's Boy 10 · Goal Den Age 2 · Go! Hiromi Go! 6 · Ugly Duckling Become Swan 5
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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Taiyou no Mokushiroku 「太陽の黙示録」
by Kawaguchi Kaiji
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2004.12
Volume 7 chapters:
45 十六夜
46 海峡危機
47 南北不可侵領域
48 二つの国
49 恵理と舷一郎
50 密航者
51 心の傷
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards
Grand Prize winner for the comic category, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival
Adaptations
Adapted into an anime special by Madhouse (two episodes)