Tweaked with additional Elex covers and synopses :D
So I'm back with the NikBabble™ — and leading with the cover of Her Idol Boy 1, my prime DO WANT!
(Also, took out the postponed Doraemon Movie: The Doraemons - Operasi Besar Serangga Bersemi)
Mishounen Produce © Ichinose Kaoru
Hakusensha [First serialized in LaLa]
Published in Indonesia as Her Idol Boy by Elex Media
Kako and Kosei trade their backwoods village for the city, but upon entering Seiryo High, they become the butt of yokel jokes, especially glasses-as-thick-as-Coke-bottoms Kosei. Equally meganekko Kako fumes as she listens to random snobs dis her best friend, and she resolves to ‘produce’ Kosei's high school debut. Armed only with the 98-volume long shoujo classic "Lawrence & Roses," Kako undertakes the daunting task of turning Kosei into Her—and Everyone's—Idol Boy.
Childhood Friends, Country Boy/Country Girl, Image Transformations, Bishounen, Otaku, Popular Friend
—and Modeled After a Frilly, Feminist, Old School Shoujo Hero—distinguish Ichinose Kaoru's Her Idol Boy, originally serialized in LaLa as a pinch hitter manga, in case other A-listers couldn't make the deadline (if I remember the Free Talks right). Kako is so successful in producing Kosei, but she fails to anticipate how he extends his new character beyond what she asks for,
as Baka-Updates Manga points out in its Mishounen Produce description.
Can Kako live with the Idol Boy she created? More importantly, will she find herself left behind in the wake of his newly found popularity?
Now that I've given in to my Kako and Kousei-sama fangirling, blurbing top GET! (For deets on other Ichinose Kaoru manga, scroll (waaay) down.)
Durarara!! 3 of 4+ by Satorigi Akiyo, Narita Ryohgo
Mikado meets a pretty girl with a mysterious scar on her neck, a scar that makes her the target of the Black Biker. Is her head truly the one the Black Biker lost?
As I sed in the earlier version of this post, going with of 4+
for DRRR!! because that's what it (still) sez over at Baka-Updates Manga.
New! I preview the My 17th Spring finale (volume 2), as well as Blooming Youth 4 after the release list.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.08.03)
- Blooming Youth (Hanasakeru Seishounen) 4 of 12 by Itsuki Natsumi »EX-7.27
- Boy Dolls (Shounen Dolls) 2 of 3+ by Hibiki Wataru
- Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future 8 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio
[Premiere] Doraemon Movie: The Doraemons - Operasi Besar Serangga Bersemi by Fujiko F. Fujio (Shogakukan)»Postponed; new street date not advised- DRRR!! [Durarara!!] 3 of 4+ by Satorigi Akiyo, Narita Ryohgo
- [Series Premiere] Her Idol Boy (Mishounen Produce) 1 of 4 by Ichinose Kaoru »Ex-7.20, 7.27
- Kariage kun 44 of 50+ by Ueda Masashi
- Kungfu Boy Premium (Tekken Chinmi) 4 of 18 by Maekawa Takeshi
- Library War Love & War (Toshokan Sensou: Love & War) 4 of 7+ by Yumi Kiiro & Arikawa Hiro »Ex-7.13
- My 17th Spring (Sugiru Juunana no Haru) 2 of 2 by Ono Fuyumi & Yamamoto Kotetsuko [Finale]
- Skip Beat! 20 of 28+ by Nakamura Yoshiki
- Topeng Kaca Deluxe (Glass no Kamen) 15 of 24+ by Miuchi Suzue
- The Tyr Chronicles (Tireujeongi) 7 of 11+ by Ra InSoo & Son ChangHo
 | Shounen Dolls 「少年ドールズ」 |
 | Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future |
Related series
Doraemon (main story; 45 volumes)
 | Durarara!! 「デュラララ！！」 |
Related series
Adapted from the Durarara!! light novel series by Narita Ryohgo, illustrated by Yasuda Suzuhito (10 volumes published by ASCII Media Works under the Dengeki Bunko imprint per 2011.08), the basis of Brains Base's 26-episode 2010-vintage anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Sawashiro Miyuki (Celty Sturluson) and Toyonaga Toshiyuki (Ryūgamine Mikado).
Other languages
English Durarara!! (Yen Press: volume 1 street date: 2012.01.24)
 | Mishounen Produce 「未少年プロデュース」 |
 | Kariage-kun 「かりあげクン」 by Ueda Masashi |
Awards
Ueda Masashi received the 28th Bungeishunjū Manga Award (1982) for Kariage-kun, Furiten-kun and Masashi-kun, along with Suzuki Yamato for Ai MY Tenrankai.
Related series
Sequels: Heinetsu no Salaryman Kariage-kun: Chinan dake no Kuchikara Otoko! Hen (JP release: 2004.01), Heinetsu no Salaryman Kariage-kun: Itazura Meichin Bamenhen (2004.04) and Heinetsu no Salaryman Kariage-kun: Makenai Onnatachihen (2004.06) and Chotto ecchina Kariage kun PINK and and Chotto kagekina Kariage kun BLACK and Kariage-kun Best Selection (published 2010.12 (PINK and BLACK) and 2011.01 (Best Selection) for the 30th anniversary)
Adaptations
Adapted into anime by Toei Animation (1989-1990)
 | 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 (11 volumes per 2011.06 in Japan); serialized in Shonen Magz, ongoing) and side story Tekken Chinmi Gaiden (3 volumes per 2010.04; serialized in Shonen Magz; Chinmi Other Story: Chinmi & Shie Fan released 2011.06)
 | Toshokan Sensou: Love & War |
Other languages
English Library Wars: Love & War (VIZ Media: five volumes per 2011.06 • volume 6 street date: 2011.09.06)
Related series
Adapted from the Toshokan Sensou light novel
An alternate shounen version, Toshokan Sensou: Spitfire!, illustrated by Furudori Yayoi, began serialization in Dengeki Daioh in November 2007 (one volume compiled as at 2008.06).
Adaptations
Production I.G's 12-episode anime adaptation of Arikawa Hiro's Toshokan Sensou novel aired from April to June 2008 on Fuji TV starring seiyuu Inoue Marina (Kasahara Iku), Maeno Tomoaki (Dojo Atsushi) and Suzuki Tatsuhisa (Tezuka Hikaru). The 13th DVD-only episode released with the third DVD volume on 2008.12.03.
 | Sugiru Juunana no Haru 「過ぎる十七の春」 |
Related series
Ono Fuyumi's Sugiru Juunana no Haru light novel published under the Kodansha Bunko X White heart label (JP release: 1995.04)
 | Skip Beat! 「スキップ・ビート！」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian HanaLaLa (discontinued).
English Skip Beat! (VIZ Media: 24 volumes per 2011.07 • volume 25 street date: 2011.10.04), French (Casterman: Tome 16 per 2011.06 • Tome 17 street date: 2011.08.24), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 18 shipped 2011.04; Band 19 street date: 2011.09.29; serialized in Daisuki), Korean (Sigong Comics: 스킵 비트! 27 per 2011.04) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li: SKIP. BEAT!華麗的挑戰 27 released 2011.07.04)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime adaptation by Hal Film Maker aired in Japan from October 2008 through March 2009. Seiyuu Inoue Marina, Konishi Katsuyuki and Miyano Mamoru replaced the 2002.09 Skip Beat! Drama CD cast comprising Nagasawa Miki, Narita Ken and Kanna Nobutoshi as Mogami Kyoko, Tsuruga Ren, and Fuwa Shou respectively. (The drama CD adapted manga chapters 1-5.)
After being plagued by internal problems, the Taiwanese live-action drama adaptation, Extravagant Challenge, resumed filming in April, with a change in the acting line-up: Ivy Chen as Kyoko (instead of Ariel Lin), Choi Siwon as Ren (in place of Jerry Yan) and and Lee Donghae as Shou.
Related
Hakusensha released the Skip Beat! Fan Book ~ LOVE ME in March 2009.
 | Glass no Kamen 「ガラスの仮面 白泉社文庫」 |
Related
Glass no Kamen tankoubon (47 volumes per 2011.07.26)
The Glass Mask Comic Fanbook was released in Japan 2010.09 under the Hana to Yume Comics Special label.
Adaptations
Three anime and two seasons of a live-action drama
 | Tireujeongi 「티르전기」 |
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Hanasakeru Seishounen 「花咲ける青少年」
by Itsuki Natsumi
Hakusensha LaLa and LaLa DX, shoujo
Volume 4 first published in Japan 1991.03
Other languages
Traditional Chinese 天國少女 (Tong Li Taiwan, 12 volumes)
Related series
One-shot sequel (Melody 27 June 2009) and Hanasakeru Seishounen: Tokubetsuhen (one volume per 2011.03)
Adaptations
A 39-episode anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot, starring seiyuu Endo Aya (Kajika Louisa Kugami Burnsworth), Morikawa Toshiyuki (Huang Li-Ren), Ono Daisuke (Eugene Alexandr De Volkan), Namikawa Daisuke (Rumaty Ivan Di Raginei) and Fukuyama Jun (Carl Rosenthal) that aired between April 2009 and February 2010 on NHK, and at least two stage adaptations, the first premiering 29 September 2010 in Tokyo