Also, the simplified Chinese edition of Initial D volume 42.
Full Metal Panic! Σ © Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi/Kadokawa Shoten [Serialized in Dragon Age]; Kiniro no Corda © Kure Yuki/Hakusensha [First serialized in LaLa]; Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e © Mizobuchi Makoto/Shogakukan (Tentoumushi Coro Coro Comics); Initial D © Shigeno Shuichi/Kodansha [Serialized in Young Magazine ]. Published in Singapore as Full Metal Panic Sigma, La Corda d'Oro, Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life and 头文字D by Chuang Yi
In a nutshell (since I'm so late :P): Sosuke risks losing everything in Full Metal Panic Sigma 5 and Tsukimori has promises...he might not be able to keep in La Corda d'Oro 15. We also get the mangafication of Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life, the third movie in the Pokémon Diamond & Pearl trilogy that beat Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and Case Closed: The Raven Chaser as Japan's highest grossing animated film of 2009. (More substantial Chuang Yi previews after the cut.)
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.08.04)
- Full Metal Panic Sigma (Full Metal Panic! Σ) 5 of 15+ by Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi
- La Corda d'Oro (Kiniro no Corda) 15 of 17 by Kure Yuki
- [Premiere] Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e) by Mizobuchi Makoto (Complete)
Kiniro no Corda 「金色のコルダ」 by Kure Yuki
Hakusensha LaLa, LaLa DX, and LaLa Special, shoujo
Volume 15 first published in Japan 2010.10
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Adapted from Koei's Kin'iro no Corda role-playing game (part of the Neoromance series also including the Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ games).
Awards
Outstanding Debut Award, Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards (2006)
Other languages/serializations
Alternative English La Corda d'Oro (VIZ Media: 13 volumes per 2011.03 • volume 14 street date: 2011.09.06), simplified Chinese (also by Chuang Yi: 金色琴弦 #10 released 2008.10.29), Indonesian (Elex Media (formerly serialized in HanaLaLa), French (Editions 12 bis: La corde d'or tome 6 shipped 2010.10)
Adaptations
Yumeta's 25+1-episode La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 2006 through March 2007, followed by the La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~ special (two episodes released 2009.03.26 and 2009.06.05). The cast included seiyuu Takagi Reiko (Hino Kahoko), Taniyama Kishô (Tsukimori Len), Itou Kentarou (Tsuchiura Ryotaro), Morita Masakazu (Hihara Kazuki), Kishio Daisuke (Yunoki Azuma), Fukuyama Jun (Shimizu Keiichi), Satou Akemi (Fuyuumi Shoko), Ishikawa Hideo (Kanazawa Hiroto), Konishi Katsuyuki (Ousaki Shinobu) and Miyano Mamoru (Kaji Aoi, La Corda d'Oro ~secondo passo~).
A La Corda d'Oro drama was bundled with three other LaLa series (Oniichan to Issho, Ryuu no Hanawazurai, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) in the LaLa Tokimeki Drama CD given away with the April 2007 issue.
Pokemon Arceus Chōkoku no jikū e 「ポケモン アルセウス超克の時空へ」 by Mizobuchi Makoto
Shogakukan Tentoumushi Coro Coro Comics, kodomo
This volume first published in Japan 2009.07
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Based on the 2009.07 Pokémon Arceus and the Jewel of Life movie that originally premiered in Japan 2009.07.18 as Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Arceus: To the Conquering of Space-Time.
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Simplified Chinese manga (2011.08.04)
- 头文字D (Initial D) #42 of 43+ by Shigeno Shuichi
Full Metal Panic! Σ 「フルメタル・パニック！Σ」
by Gatou Shouji and Ueda Hiroshi, Shikidouji (Original Character Design)
Kadokawa Shoten Dragon Age, shounen
Volume 5 (chapters 18-22) first published in Japan 2007.05
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Adapted from the Full Metal Panic light novels, beginning from the fourth Owaru Day by Day, the basis of the Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid anime); Full Metal Panic! (Prequel); Full Metal Panic! Comic Mission (Side Story)