Update | NikBabble™ returneth! Mwahahaha!
That Premium
affixed to Kungfu Boy indicates a bunko release, presumably for shounen classics, in the same way Deluxe
singles out shoujo ones (e.g., Topeng Kaca Deluxe, Here is Greenwood Deluxe, Harmoni Deluxe). Wonder when the top DO WANT! manga below will rate that honor? (Obviously, it has to bunkoban (dare I hope even...aizoban??) issue in Japan first.)
Vampire Knight © Hino Matsuri/Hakusensha [Serialized in LaLa]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Contains [SPOILERS!!!]
The file detailing the vampire attack on Yuki 10 years ago bursts into flames in Yuki's hands. Meanwhile, Aido begins to wonder about his liege Kaname and the true cause of Kaname's parents' mysterious deaths. What secret does Kaname hide from Yuki and Aido?
From Zero to Hero(ine).
That's actually what I titled my Vampire Knight 6 review (based on the Chuang Yi English edition). Because not only does Yuki wrastle the spotlight back from Zero, she actually establishes that SHE's the VK pivot. Despite its Yuki-centric-ness, however, I ended up giving this tank a grade of 8 of 10.
Intrigued? Click the review link if you don't mind spoilage and/or have read the VK installments in (much-missed) HanaLaLa. The pertinent Nights
/chapters are: 25th Night: Vampires & Evening Party
(ex-HanaLaLa 47/2010); 26th Night: ‘Kaname...’
(HanaLaLa 48/2010); 27th Night: ‘Archive Room’
(HanaLaLa 49/2010); 28th Night: Kuran's Family
(HanaLaLa 50/2010); and 29th Night: The Awakening of a Fetus
(HanaLaLa 51/2010). Completing volume 6 is the tankou-only side story Master Kaname and Me
(Chuang Yi's title) or Kaname-sama and I, Prior to the Night Class.
So the next volume should already surpass the farewell HanaLaLa edition's last 33rd Night, The Pure Blood Vampire's Lover.
New Elex manga
Premiering alongside Maekawa Takeshi's Kungfu Boy Premium are Igarashi Yumiko's Red Haired Anne 5—based on Anne of the Island, the third book in L.M. Montgomery's classic Anne of Green Gables series—and the horror josei mystery My 17th Spring by A-list author Ono Fuyumi & (predominantly yaoi and BL manga-ka) Yamamoto Kotetsuko.
Tekken Chinmi
© Maekawa Takeshi/
Kodansha
Published in Indonesia
as Kungfu Boy Premium
by Elex Media
I'm sure you already know what Kungfu Boy, originally Tekken Chinmi, is all about...what, you don't? OK, it follows this kungfu whiz foretold to perfect Dairin Temple's martial arts, who will supposedly appear in or around the temple's centennial. Fists of iron (the reason why the series is also called Ironfist Chinmi), legs capable of pulverizing rock, genius-level IQ and vision rivaling that of an eagle (he prolly has extremely large pupils that ensure minimal diffraction of light,
too) designate the Prophesied One. He will hail from the west and sport a mole on his forehead. Oh, and he will still have to actually learn kungfu.
Meanwhile, in Red Haired Anne 5, Anne leaves Prince Edward Island and her work as a teacher in Avonlea for further education. Along with Gilbert, who continues his studies in in Nova Scotia, and Philip and new friends, Anne discovers what is precious to her.
I reserve the My 17th Spring preview for after the release list. Extended rambling dakara.
Naruto box set — No takers?
Wonder of eye-popping wonders, no LXO regular Snoopy danced at the prospect of the Naruto volumes 41 to 50 box set—at least, not when I checked. Now I doubt Naruto and Sasuke and Jiraiya and Pain have lost their appeal, but that IDR 160,000 price tag might've had something to do with the Let me count the money in my wallet caution. When Elex issued the earlier Naruto box sets, each 10-volume value bundle cost IDR 135,000, so the new price is up by some 18.5%.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.05.04)
- A Story of Heroes (Heroes) 35 of 37 by Choi Mir (Daiwon C.I.)
- Bakeru kun Pika-pika 4 of 5 by Fujiko F. Fujio
- Detektif Conan Spesial 35 of 36+ (Meitantei Conan Special) by Aoyama Gosho, Abe Yutaka & Maru Denjiro
- Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future 5 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Shogakukan English Comics)
- Dr. Koto (Dr. Koto Shinryoujo) 5 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi
- Flash of Wind (Kaze Hikaru) 29 of 29+ by Watanabe Taeko
- Katsu! 11 of 16 by Adachi Mitsuru
- Kekkaishi 5 of 33+ by Tanabe Yellow
- [Premiere] Kungfu Boy 1 of 18 (Premium) by Maekawa Takeshi
- Legend of the Cursed Sword (Pageomgi) 33 of 37 by Yeo BeopRyong & Park HuiJin
- [Series Premiere] My 17th Spring (Sugiru Juunana no Haru) 1 of 2 by Ono Fuyumi & Yamamoto Kotetsuko
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) 1 of 20+ by Ueda Masashi - Reprint
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) 2 of 20+ by Ueda Masashi - Reprint
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) 3 of 20+ by Ueda Masashi - Reprint
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) 4 of 20+ by Ueda Masashi - Reprint
- Reborn Kumiho (Shin Gumiho) 20 of 21 by Han HyunDong
- [Premiere] Red Haired Anne 5: Anne of the Island (Anne no Aijou) by Igarashi Yumiko
- The Tyr Chronicles (Tireujeongi) 5 of 11+ by Ra InSoo & Son ChangHo
- Vampire Knight 6 of 13+ by Hino Matsuri
- Want You 9 of 10 by Hwang MiRee
- Yakitate!! Japan 21 of 26 by Hashiguchi Takashi
 | Meitantei Conan Tokubetsu hen |
Related series
Detektif Conan (main story)
 | Dr. Koto Shinryoujo 「Ｄｒ．コトー診療所」 |
Awards
Best General/Seinen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
Other languages
French (Kana: Dr Kotô tome 19 ships 2011.07.01) and traditional Chinese (Ching Win Taiwan: 離島大夫日誌 25 released 2010.11.08)
Adaptations
The award-winning Dr. Coto's Clinic, an 11-episode live-action TV drama starring Yoshioka Hidetaka as Dr. Coto (Goto Kensuke) aired from July to September 2003 on Fuji TV, followed by two specials (the first aired between 9 and 10 January 2004 and the second from 12 to 13 December of the same year). A second also award-winning 11-episode season followed between October and December 2006.
Related
Dr. Koto My First BIG Specials: The Advent!
, Miracle in the hand
(2006.10) and My First BIG editions: Suspected
, Despair
(2006.11) and Consider
(2006.12)
 | Kaze Hikaru 「風光る」 by Watanabe Taeko |
Awards
Best Shoujo Manga, 48th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Yazawa Ai's Nana)
Other languages
English Kaze Hikaru (18 volumes per 2010.08 • volume 19 street date: 2011.08.02; formerly serialized in Shojo Beat)
 | Katsu! 「ＫＡＴＳＵ！」 by Adachi Mitsuru |
Reissues
Re-released in 8 volumes in Japan from 2009.07 to 2010.02.
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in Indonesian in Shonen Star (concluded)
French (Pika Édition: 16 volumes)
 | Kekkaishi 「結界師」 by Tanabe Yellow |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 52nd Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Kekkaishi (VIZ Media: 25 volumes per 2011.04.12 • volume 26 street date: 2011.06.14), French (PIKA Édition: tome 26 per 2011.02.16), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 17 ships 2011.05.27), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 结界师 #33 released 2011.04.05), traditional Chinese (Rightman Publishing Limited HK and Tong Li Taiwan), Italian (Planet Manga), Malaysian (PCM Comics), Korean (Bookbox), Spanish (Editorial Ivrea Spain), Vietnamese (Kim Dong)
Adaptations
Sunrise's 52-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Yoshino Hiroyuki (Sumimura Yoshimori) and Saitou Rie (Yukimura Tokine), aired in Japan from October 2006 to February 2008. The anime aired on Animax Asia from 15 February to 27 April 2011.
 | Tekken Chinmi 「鉄拳チンミ (講談社漫画文庫)」 |
Awards
1987 Kodansha Manga Awardee for the Shounen Category
Related series
Sequels: New Kungfu Boy (20 volumes), Kungfu Boy Legends (10 volumes, ongoing; serialized in Shonen Magz) and Side story Chinmi: The Other Story (3 volumes per 2010.04; serialized in Shonen Magz)
 | Pageomgi 「파검기」 |
Other languages
English Chronicles of the Cursed Sword (TOKYOPOP: 22 volumes per 2008.08.05, cancelled), German (Egmont Manga & Anime: The Legend of the Sword) and Swedish (B. Wahlströms Bokförlag AB)
 | Sugiru Juunana no Haru 「過ぎる十七の春」 |
 | Shin Kobo-chan 「新コボちゃん」 by Ueda Masashi |
 | Volume 2 first published in Japan 2004.08 |
 | Volume 3 first published in Japan 2004.11 |
 | Volume 4 first published in Japan 2005.03 |
 | Shin Gumiho 「신 구미호」 by Han HyunDong |
 | Anne no Aijou: The Kumon Manga Libary Anne Book 5 「アンの愛情 Ｔｈｅ Ｋｕｍｏｎ ｍａｎｇａ ｌｉｂｒａｒｙ アン・ブックス ５」 |
Related series
Akage no Anne and Anne no Seishun (prequels), released in Indonesia as Red Haired Anne 1-3 and Red Haired Anne 4
Based on Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery
 | Tireujeongi 「티르전기」 |
 | Vampire Knight 「ヴァンパイア騎士」 by Hino Matsuri |
Other languages/serializations
English Vampire Knight (VIZ Media: 11 volumes per 2010.12 • volume 12 street date: 2011.06.07 and Chuang Yi: volume 13 per 2011.03.22), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 吸血鬼骑士 #13 released 2011.03), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Taiwan 吸血鬼騎士 13 shipped 2011.02.02), Italian and Portuguese (Panini Comics), French (Marvel Panini France tome 13 ships 2011.05.11) and German (Carlsen Comics Vampire Knight Band 11 releases 2011.06.24; serialized in Daisuki)
Adaptations
Studio DEEN's 13+13-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Horie Yui (Cross Yuki), Miyano Mamoru (Kiriyu Zero) and Kishio Daisuke (Kuran Kaname), aired on Japan's TV Tokyo from April through July 2008 (first season) and October through December 2008 (second season as Vampire Knight Guilty). The anime spanned manga chapters 1 through 46.
Two drama CDs preceded the TV series. The first was Track 2 of the LaLa Kirameki Drama CD, produced for LaLa's 29th anniversary and given away as a freebie with the magazine's September 2005 issue. The second Vampire Knight Midnight CD-Pack (LaLa Oubosa Zenin Service CD Vampire Knight (Midnight CD Pack)) was exclusively released for mail order in 2006. The drama CDs feature the same cast as the anime's, with the exception of characters Headmaster Cross Kaien (Koyasu Takehito in the drama; VK anime sound director Gôda Hozumi in the anime), Hio Shizuka (Sonoda Keiko in the drama; Orikasa Fumiko in the anime) and Sayori Wakaba (Ueda Kana in the drama; Mizuno Risa in the anime).
Related
Two Hino Matsuri-illustrated light novels were written by Fujisaki Ayuna. The Vampire Knight: Ice Blue no Tsumi and Vampire Knight: Noir no Wana side stories released in Japan 2008.04.05 and 2008.10.03 respectively. Chuang Yi published the first novel in English as Vampire Knight: Ice Blue Sin in July 2010. Marvel Panini France's Vampire Knight: Coeur de glace also shipped the same month. Carlsen published the German version as Vampire Knight: Eisblaues Verbrechen in November 2009, following that up with the second Noir's Trap novel (retitled Vampire Knight: Tiefschwarzer Hinterhalt) in May 2010.
The official fanbook, Vampire Knight Fanbook: Cross, containing character and story information and details from Hino-sensei's storyboard, was published in November 2008 in Japan. (German Vampire Knight: X Official Fanbook released by Carlsen; VIZ Media launched the Vampire Knight Official Fanbook in October 2010.)
The Vampire Knight artbook 「樋野まつりイラストレーションズ－ヴァンパイア騎士（ナイト）－」 streeted concurrently with volume 12 in Japan (2010.07.05).
 | Want you 「원츄(Want you)」 by Hwang MiRee |
 | Yakitate!! Japan 「焼きたて！！ジャぱん」 |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Arakawa Hiromu's Fullmetal Alchemist)
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Yakitate!! Japan (VIZ Media: 26 volumes per 2011.04.12), French (Delcourt/Akata; Yakitate Ja-Pan !! un pain c'est tout tome 26 released 2010.01), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Spain), German (EMA) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 新鮮出爐﹗日式麵包王 26 per 2007.06)
Adaptations
Sunrise's 69-episode anime adaptation starring seiyuu Kobayashi Yumiko as Azuma Kazuma aired from October 2004 to March 2006 on TV Tokyo.
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Box set (2011.05.04)
- [Box set @ IDR 160,000] Naruto, Volumes 41-50 (of 55+) by Kishimoto Masashi
Non-fiction (2011.05.04)
- [Premiere] Project X: Seven-Eleven by Project X Team
 | Project X Chousensha-tachi Comic-ban 1 |
Mangazines (2011.05.04)
- Shonen Magz 5/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Magazine [Kodansha])
- Shonen Star 8/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday [Shogakukan])
Bakeru-kun 「バケルくん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio
Shogakukan Pikkapika Comics, kodomo
Volume 4 first published in Japan 2007.05