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Pandora Hearts © Mochizuki Jun/Square Enix
[Serialized in GFantasy]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Why does Isla Yura throw a party for Oz Vessalius? For sure, the bash, positively teeming with intrigue, draws gatecrashers from the darkness who insist on dancing the waltz of madness. The red shinigami reprise the tragedy of the past in Pandora Hearts 13, far and away this Elex sked's top DO WANT!
Pandora Hearts 13 retraces chapters L-LIII: Reverse Corte,
Lily&Reim,
Bloody Rites
and Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall.
(NOT Elex's titles.)
Detektif Conan 60 of 71+ by Aoyama Gosho
Rumors run rife over the Black Organization firing someone from its ranks. Could this be the clue Conan has been waiting for?
This Detektif Conan manga, compiling chapters 620 through 630, also investigates a sinister karaoke joint and the mystery of The Hammer Man.
Speaking of mysteries, time time, solved —
Ghost Hunt 12 of 12 by Inada Shiho & Ono Fuyumi
Ghosthunt
© Inada Shiho
& Ono Fuyumi/Kodansha
Taniyama Mai and the SPR Irregulars finally learn what/who Naru has been investigating all along. But what stuns Mai is Naru's real identity. Evidently, the Naru Mai knew all this time is but a guise to conceal...
Yeah, yeah, you already know the Big Naru Secret from the novels. My question: What happens to NaruMai in the last Ghost Hunt tankou? Also, is there any chance of Elex licensing the Akuryou/Ghost Hunt novels?
(Also check out the finale of Ono Fuyumi- (and Kajiwara Niki's) Strange Tales of Tokyo, over on the Level Comics side.)
New Elex titles: Vinland Saga and Inazuma Eleven
Vinland Saga
© Yukimura Makoto/
Kodansha [Afternoon]
Elex premieres two award-winning manga: Yukimura Makoto's Vinland Saga, erstwhile only piece-meal seen in Shonen Magz, and Yabuno Tenya's Nintendo DS game-based Inazuma Eleven. Yukimura Makoto's historical seinen saga asks the question: Do Vikings relish waging war? The Vinland Saga spokesperson taking the question is teenage warrior Thorfinn, the protagonist loosely basely on ca. 1010 AD Icelandic explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni.
The personal geographic
shounen sports action Inazuma Eleven by Yabuno Tenya, meanwhile, follows talented goalkeeper Mark Evans, grandson of a famous Japanese goalie, and his genotype-destined exploits as he joins the Raimon Junior High soccer club.
Elex Media manga (2011.03.16)
- Ciuman Dewa (Kamisama Hajimemashita) 3 of 8+ by Suzuki Julietta
- Culdcept 2 of 6+ by Kaneko Shinya and OMIYA Soft
- Detektif Conan (Meitantei Conan) 60 of 71+ by Aoyama Gosho
- Ghost's Doctor (Youkai no Oisha-san) 2 of 15+ by Sato Yuki
- Ghost Hunt 12 of 12 by Inada Shiho & Ono Fuyumi [Finale]
- Godhand Teru 31 of 56+ by Yamamoto Kazuki
- [Series Premiere] Inazuma Eleven 1 of 8+ by Yabuno Tenya
- K-ON! 4 of 4+ by Kakifly
- Palette of 12 Secret Colors (Juuni Hizoku no Palette) 3 of 6 by Kusakawa Nari
- Pandora Hearts 13 of 14+ by Mochizuki Jun
- SORA - The Wingless Duck (Ahiru no Sora) 19 of 31+ by Hinata Takeshi
- [Series Premiere] Vinland Saga 1 of 10+ by Yukimura Makoto
- Wild Life 14 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato
 | Culdcept 「Ｃｕｌｄｃｅｐｔ」 |
Related
Based on the Culdcept video game
Other languages
English Culdcept (TOKYOPOP, five volumes per 2006.06), Italian (Star Comics), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain: volume 6 per 2009.02.23)
 | Meitantei Conan 「名探偵コナン」 |
Volume 60 chapters:
620. The Vanished Blunt Weapon
621. Eisuke's Confession
622. Red, White, and Yellow
623. Kuroshiro-kun
624. New Neighbor
625. Hammer Man
626. Delivered Malice
627. The Hammer Man's True Identity
628. Coffee of Murderous Intent
629. Impossible Crime
630. The Bitter Truth
*NOT Elex's/Shonen Star's titles
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 46th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Nishimori Hiroyuki's Cheeky Angel)
Other languages/serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Case Closed (VIZ Media: 37 volumes per 2011.01 • volume 38 street date: 2011.04.12), French and Dutch (Kana; French Détective Conan Tome 64 ships 2011.04.01), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini Comics Spain), German and Swedish (Egmont). simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 名侦探柯南 #70 per 2011.02)
Adaptations
Ongoing anime (episode 608 aired 2011.03.05), starring seiyuu Takayama Minami (Edogawa Conan) and Yamazaki Wakana (Mori Ran). At least 14 OAVs, 14 animated films, and two live-action TV drama, the prequel Detective Conan: Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge - The Good-bye Prologue (starring Oguri Shun as Kudo Shinichi and Kurokawa Tomoka as Ran) and the follow-up Shinichi Kudo Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization (Fujisaki Nao as Conan), have been produced.
 | Youkai no Oisha-san 「妖怪のお医者さん」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
English Yokai Doctor (Del Rey: three volumes per 2009.08)
 | Ghost Hunt 「ゴーストハント」 |
Related
Based on the Akuryou Series (悪霊シリーズ) light novels by Ono Fuyumi, which were first adapted into radio drama in 1997 before the manga began (partial) serialization in Nakayoshi.
Other languages
English Ghost Hunt (Del Rey: 11 volumes per 2010.11.23)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime produced by J.C. Staff aired from October 2006 through March 2007 in Japan. Seiyuu Nazuka Kaori and Tai Yuuki voiced Taniyama Mai and Naru respectively. The anime voice talents differed from the earlier-released 4-volume drama CD which starred Miyamura Yuuko as Mai and Okano Kousuke (Yasuhara Osamu in the Ghost Hunt anime) as Naru.
 | GodHand Teru 「ゴッドハンド輝」 |
Awards/Recognitions
Nominee, the first Keitai Comic Taishō/Mobile Phone Comic Award (along with Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Shiina Takashi, Itazura na Kiss by Tada Kaoru, The Drops of God by Agi Tadashi and 16 other manga titles)
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan 天生妙手 vol. 53 per 2010.11)
Related
Godhand Teru novel by Yamamoto Kazuki (15 volumes per 2009.01)
Adaptations
Live-action adaptation starring Hiraoka Yuta (Mahigashi Teru) aired on TBS from 11 April to 16 May 2009.
 | Inazuma Eleven 「イナズマイレブン」 |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 34th Kodansha Manga Awards (2010)
Related
Based on the Nintendo DS game of the same name, from which an anime was also adapted (premiered 2008.10.05, ongoing).
 | K-ON! 「けいおん！」 by Kakifly |
Other languages
English K-ON! (Yen Press: one volume per 2010.11; volume 2 street date: 2011.03.29), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan)
Adaptations
The Kyoto Animation anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Toyosaki Aki (Hirasawa Yui), Satou Satomi (Tainaka Ritsu), Hikasa Yōko (Akiyama Mio) and Kotobuki Minako (Kotobuki Tsumugi), aired in Japan from April to June 2009; additional OVA episodes released with the DVD and BD volumes on 20 January 2010 and 16 March 2011; and a second K-ON!! season aired between April and September 2010. An anime movie has been announced.
 | Juuni Hizoku no Palette 「十二秘色のパレット」 |
Other languages
English The Palette of 12 Secret Colors (CMX; six volumes) and French La Magie d'Opale (Delcourt; six volumes)
 | Pandora Hearts 「Ｐａｎｄｏｒａ Ｈｅａｒｔｓ」 |
Other languages
English Pandora Hearts (Broccoli Books (dropped) and Yen Press: four volumes per 2011.01 • volume 5 street date: 2011.04.26), French (Ki-oon: Tome 6 per 2011.03.10) and traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: 潘朵拉之心 12 released 2010.12)
Adaptations
A 25-episode XEBEC anime adaptation starring seiyuu Minagawa Junko (Oz Vessalius), Kawasumi Ayako (Alice) and Toriumi Kousuke (Raven) that aired in Japan from April to September 2009 and a Pandora Hearts Drama CD released by Frontier works in December 2007
The first Pandora Hearts ~Caucus race~ novel is scheduled for a 2011.03.26 release.
Related
Pandora Hearts Official Guide 8.5 mine of mine guide book (2009.03) and Pandora Hearts Official Animation Guide and the 望月 淳 画集 Pandora Hearts～odds and ends～ artbook (both released 2009.09).
 | Ahiru no Sora 「あひるの空」 by Hinata Takeshi |
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 篮球小子 。空 #29 released 2011.02)
 | Vinland Saga 「ヴィンランド・サガ」 |
Volume 1 chapters:
1. Normanni
2. Somewhere Not Here
3. The End Beyond the Sea
4. Unbroken Chains
Extra: Viking Girl Ylfa's Dauntless Exploits
*NOT the Indonesian Shonen Magz chapter titles
Awards
Nominee, 2008 Manga Taisho award and Grand Prize winner, Manga division, Japan Media Arts awards
Other languages/serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing serialization)
French (Kurokawa: Tome 9 shipped 2011.03.10), Italian (Star Comics), traditional Chinese 海盜戰記 (Tong Li Taiwan)
 | Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato |
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
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Kamisama Hajimemashita 「神様はじめました」
by Suzuki Julietta
Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 3 (chapters 13-18) first published in Japan 2009.05
Other languages
English Kamisama Hajimemashita (VIZ Media: two volumes per 2011.03.01 • volume 3 street date: 2011.06.07)