Added late-breaking Pokémon - Giratina and The Sky Warrior, the mangafication of the second Diamond & Pearl movie that surprisingly reappears as a newb. (originally advised in September 2010; don't tell me it didn't issue then and is only releasing naaaw?)
07-GHOST © Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Karneval © Mikanagi Touya/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]
Vagabond © Inoue Takehiko/Kodansha [Serialized in Morning]
Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi
No one can convince me that this 07-GHOST latest wasn't prompted by the anime's upcoming Animax premiere (12 July). Not when Chuang Yi's prior advised sked was (also) the 12th. Yes, call me a conspiracy theorist :D
Also, the second to the last Kekkaishi (#34) over on the simplified Chinese manga side.
Protagonists of Chuang Yi's 7.05 manga have "Dates with Destiny": Teito comes face to face with his past and future in 07-GHOST 8; Nai and Gareki confront their helplessness in Karneval 4; and Musashi emerges from his one-year reprieve from Yoshioka in VAGABOND 25. (Longer previews after the release list.)
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.07.05)
- 07-GHOST 8 of 12+ by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino
- Karneval 4 of 7+ by Mikanagi Touya
- Pokémon - Giratina and The Sky Warrior (Pokémon: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin) by Hijioka Makoto
- VAGABOND 25 of 33+ by Inoue Takehiko
Karneval 「カーニヴァル」 by Mikanagi Touya
AKA K∀RNEVAL
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 4 (Scores 19-24) first published in Japan 2009.09
Other languages
French (Ki-Oon: Tome 1 and 2 double launch: 2011.10.13)
Adaptations
Adapted into a series of drama CDs: the first Karneval - Flightless Wings / Mermaid's Bottle, spanning Scores 12 through 15 was first offered only to Zero-Sum readers in late 2009, but eventually made commercially available. Frontier Works released the second Karneval Circus CD, covering Scores 3-8 in March 2010 (the same street date as volume 5). The drama starred seiyuu Shimono Hiro (Nai), Kamiya Hiroshi (Gareki), Miyano Mamoru (Yogi), Ono Daisuke (Hirato) and Endou Aya (Tsukumo). A third drama CD Karneval Rinoru (Scores 16-20) featuring the same voice cast, in addition to Hirakawa Daisuke (Akari) and Suwabe Junichi (Uro), went on sale in Japan 2010.09. A fourth drama CD Vinto
streeted 2011.04.27. [Info from karnevalesque, the Karneval manga community]
Pokémon: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin
「ポケモン ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ」 by Hijioka Makoto
Shogakukan Coro Coro Dragon Comics, kodomo
This volume first published in Japan 2008.07
Other languages
Alternative English Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior! (VIZ Media/Viz Kids)
Related
Based on the Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior movie, the 11th film in the Pokémon franchise and the second movie in the Diamond & Pearl trilogy (sequel to Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai)
Vagabond 「バガボンド」 by Inoue Takehiko
Kodansha Morning, seinen
Volume 25 (chapters 216-224) first published in Japan 2007.03
Related
Based on the novel Musashi by Yoshikawa Eiji
Awards
Grand Prize for manga, 2000 Japan Media Arts Festival
Best Seinen/General Manga, 24th Kodansha Manga Awards
2002 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Other languages
Alternative English Vagabond (VIZ Media: 33 volumes per 2010.10), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 流浪汉 #32 per 2010.04), Indonesian (Level Comics: 33 volumes per 2010.10), French (Tonkam; tome 33 shipped 2010.12), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Argentina), German (EMA; Band 32 per 2011.06.09 • Band 33 street date: 2012.01), Polish (Mandragora) and Portuguese (Conrad Brazil)
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Simplified Chinese manga (2011.07.05)
- 结界师 (Kekkaishi) #34 of 35 by Tanabe Yellow
- 史上最强之弟子兼一 (Shijou Saikyou no Denshi Kenichi) #42 of 43+ by Matsuena Syun
07-Ghost 「０７‐ＧＨＯＳＴ」 by Amemiya Yuki, Ichihara Yukino
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 8 (chapters 42-47) first published in Japan 2009.05
Awards
Double-first prize, 3rd Zero-Sum Comics Grand-Prix
Other languages
Alternative English 07-GHOST (Go! Comi: 7 volumes, dropped), French (Kazé Editions: Tome 4 shipped 2011.06 • Tome 5 street date: 2011.09.22), Indonesian (Elex Media: Series premiere: 2011.07.06)
Related series
07-GHOST CHILDREN (side story; one volume)
A 07-GHOST Seal and Postcard Book was released by Gakken Marketing in 2009.09
Adaptations
Anime: Studio DEEN's 25-episode adaptation, starring seiyuu Mitsuki Saiga (Teito Klein), Namikawa Daisuke (Mikage) and Hayami Sho (Ayanami), aired in Japan from April through September 2009. Since the TV series' end, limited edition genteiiban have been bundled with the DVDs.
Audio drama: The 07-Ghost: Kamisama ni Todoku Koibumi drama CD was released in Japan in 2007. The second 07-Ghost: Seventh District shipped February 2009 and a third special drama CD streeted the same year.