Over Rev 17 also shows up in the 23rd February STO, aside from the 16th's, so omitting it from this sked and lobbing into next week's.
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge © Hayakawa Tomoko/Kodansha
[Serialized in Betsufure]
Published in Indonesia as Perfect Girl Evolution by Elex Media/Level Comics
Dark Princess Sunako draws the eye of a mystery man at a Halloween costume party in Perfect Girl Evolution 22, Manten's profits dive into the red after new prexy Tominaga takes the helm in Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 3 and the battle between Gehenna and Pandemonium looms inevitable in Aflame Inferno 4. Just some compelling stuff to expect from this Wednesday's Level manga and manhwa release.
Level Comics manga and manhwa (2011.02.16)
- A Spirit of The Sun (Taiyou no Mokushiroku) 8 of 17 by Kawaguchi Kaiji
- Aflame Inferno 4 of 6+ by Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun
- Air Gear 19 of 31+ by Oh! great
- Bambino! 9 of 15 by Sekiya Tetsuji
- Gun Smith Cats Burst 2 of 5 by Sonoda Kenichi
- Historie 5 of 6+ by Iwaaki Hitoshi
- Last Inning 8 of 29+ by Nakahara Yu, Kamio Ryu
- Perfect Girl Evolution (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge) 22 of 27+ by Hayakawa Tomoko
- Shattered Knife (Oboreru Knife) 7 of 11+ by George Asakura
- Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy (Kachuu Hana) 3 of 12+ by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji
 | Aflame Inferno 「불꽃의 인페르노」 |
 | 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: volume 28 per 2010.08), French (Pika Édition tome 25 shipped 2011.01.05), 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 series of Satelight-animated OADs shipped with the manga tankoubon (Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD streeted with volume 29 in July 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki; the second OAD is expected to street with volume 31 on 2011.03.17), and a series of musicals
 | Bambino! 「バンビ～ノ！」 by Sekiya Tetsuji |
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Kuromaru- & Natsuhara Takeshi's The Black Swindler/Kurosagi)
Related series
Bambino! Secondo (sequel; six volumes per 2011.02.26)
Adaptations
An 11-episode live-action adaptation starring Matsumoto Jun (Shogo Ban) and Kitamura Kazuki (Yonamine Tsukasa/Yona-san) aired on NTV from April to June 2007. The TV series reaped four awards at the 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor (Matsumoto Jun), Supporting Actor (Kazuki Kitamura), Best Director and a Special Award.
 | Gun Smith Cats Burst |
Related series
Gun Smith Cats (prequel, 9 of 9 volumes)
Other languages
English Gunsmith Cats Burst (Dark Horse Comics; 5 volumes) and French (Glenat tome 5 released 2010.03)
 | Historie 「ヒストリエ」 by Iwaaki Hitoshi |
Awards
Finalist, 10th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
 | Last Inning 「ラストイニング」 |
 | Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge |
Volume 22 chapters:
88. Dark Girl on the Beach!
89. Hotel's Serenade
90. Sunako Becomes a Star
91. The Path to Becoming a Dark Lady (Pt. 1)
*NOT Level's chapter titles
Other languages
English The Wallflower (Del Rey: volumes 22-24 per 2010.10; Kodansha Comics by volume 25 [2011.06.21 street date] and Chuang Yi (as My Fair Lady; volume 26 per 2011.02.09), French (Pika Édition: Yamato Nadeshiko tome 13 shipped 2010.12 • tome 14 street date: 2011.04.20), German (EMA/Egmont Manga & Anime from volume 21 onwards)
Adaptations
Anime by Nippon Animation featuring seiyuu Takaguchi Yukiko (Nakahara Sunako), Morikubo Showtaro (Takano Kyohei), Yamauchi Yuuya (Toyama Yukinojo), Sugita Tomokazu (Takenaga Oda) and Nojima Hirofumi (Mori Ranmaru) aired from October 2006 to March 2007 on Japan's TV Aichi. A live-action renzoku starring Kamenashi Kazuya (Kyohei), Oomasa Aya (Sunako), Tegoshi Yuya (Yukinojo), Uchi Hiroki (Takenaga) and Miyao Shuntaro (Ranmaru) was telecast on TBS from January to March 2010.
 | Oboreru Knife 「溺れるナイフ」 |
Kachuu Hana 「華中華」 by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji
AKA Central China Blossom
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2007.07
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Level Comics European comics/BDs (2011.02.16)
- Boule & Bill - Cepat Besar, Bill! by Roba
- Cubitus - Teman Siapa Saja by Dupa
- Smurf - Bayi Smurf (Le bébé Schtroumpf, tome 12) by Peyo
- Yakari - Yakari & Beruang Grizzly (Yakari, Tome 5: Yakari et le grizzly) by Derib, Job
Taiyou no Mokushiroku 「太陽の黙示録」
by Kawaguchi Kaiji
Shogakukan Big Comic, seinen
Volume 8 (chapters 52-58) first published in Japan 2005.04
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)