I just put the finishing touches on designing a web site for 231 Dogford Bed & Breakfast, a new small inn run by Murray and Karen Washburn in Etna, N.H. The site features Karen and Murray's photography of their beautiful inn and home. Click here to see the site.
231dogford.com
I just put the finishing touches on designing a web site for 231 Dogford Bed & Breakfast, a new small inn run by Murray and Karen Washburn in Etna, N.H. The site features Karen and Murray's photography of their beautiful inn and home. Click here to see the site.
Graziani-Markowicz wedding
Over a week ago, it was a beautiful evening for a wedding held at the St. James Episcopal Church in Sunapee, N.H., followed by a reception at the Lake Sunapee Yacht Club. More work from the wedding can be seen on my Facebook page, or in the Prints section of my Web site.
Bleach 42, Pluto 8 of 8, Meet the Banchou 9 (m&c! 28 September 2011 manga) [UPDATED]
Update: Moving Clock Maker's Love by Nesumi Chisato and Song of the Sky by Amano Kozue deets from this list to 12 October's (yup, postponed).
Pluto © Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu/Shogakukan
[First serialized in Big Comic Original]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!
Yes, yes, Bleach 42 is the m&c! top DO WANT!, but as Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu's Pluto ends this release, the latter gets the pix lead while the former has to settle for first blurb. Okee?
Gotei 13 faces off against the top three Espada, but in the midst of battle, Garganta rips open! Who joins the fray — friend or foe?
As Garganta is how Arrancars and Hollows move to and from Hueco Mundo,
what are the chances that it's gonna throw up a friendly? :P
Bleach Volume 42: Shock of the Queen
(cover girl: Tier Harribel) compiles chapters 359 through 367: The Frozen Obelisk,
Shock of the Queen,
I Hate Loneliness, But It Loves Me,
Howling Wolves,
Superchunky from Hell,
Grinning Revengers,
Whose Side Are We On,
The Revenger's High
and YOUR ENEMY IS MY ENEMY.
[*NOT m&c!'s chapter titles]
Pluto 8 of 8 by Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu
In a time when robots and humans peacefully co-exist, Europol robot detective Gesicht attempts to track down a human and robot serial killer. Is the sadistic perp a robot or a human?
New m&c! manga
Now that we're minus Clock Maker's Love and Song of the Sky, we only have...seven newbies to anticipate. Only over half of the total manga titles streeting. Poor us. :D
The Leftover Seven: Crown Latte by Odagiri Nagisa, Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu, My Lovely Chef by Hirama Kaname, Ignite Wedge 1 by Tutumi Yoshisada, Innocent Blade Unveil by Todono Seiuchiroh, Tabi and Fellow Travelers 1 by Tanakanoka and World of Dreams by Amano Kozue of Aria fame.
The Plus One: Endang Soekamti - Long Live My Family, a KOLONI manga-bio by @tonytrax, creator of Real Masjid.
Because Clock Maker's Love got shunted to 12 October, featuring Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu up here. (Look for other debut previews after the release list.)
Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu
Natsu no Kakera
© Amano Shinobu
Hakusensha [Lala Special]
Published in Indonesia as
Fragments of Summer
by m&c!
Miyuki barges into the wrong hospital room, and comes face to face with the rudest guy on the planet. Or so it seems. Still, she ends up spending days with Madoka and they actually become friends plus.
But Miyuki's countryside stay has a deadline, and it is fast approaching. What will happen to Miyuki and Madoka when summer ends, as it must?
The other Fragments of Summer one-shots are Fragments of Snow,
Fragments of Love,
Waiting for the Spring Novel
and The Color of Autumn, The Color of You,
in which heroine Kanako falls for cold, aloof and rude
Ihara. Yup, uncivilitiy again rulez, albeit in autumn. [Akiiro Kimiiro
snap synopsis adapted from Baka-Updates Manga's Natsu no Kakera entry]
Other Amano Shinobu manga
Aside from ex-Lala Special Natsu no Kakera, could only unearth the two-volume Katakoi Triangle, first serialized in LaLa DX and LaLa Special and tankou-ized in January and November 2009. Baka-Updates Manga, however, adds Last Game 「ラストゲーム」, charas of which look like they walked out of a Minami Maki manga.
Mangazines: Cherry 57/2011
Iwaoka Meme's I am not a Maid! (Maid ja Naimon!) ex-Ciao grabs the Cherry 57/2011 cover; inside, these series: Always by Your Side by Nakamura Sayumi (ChuChu), Dawn Aria by Akaishi Michiyo (Flowers), I Love Dog and You by Ichikawa Show (Sho-Comi), My Lovely Class Leader ♥ by Nishimura Tomoko (Ciao), Sweet Dog Stories by Hotta Atsuko (ChuChu) and Yomogi Loves Money? by Arai Kiyoko (ChuChu).
As for volume compiles of the above, m&c!'s latest My Lovely Class Leader 3 released 19 September; Dawn Aria's most recent tankou is vol. 7 (almost forgot it *sweatdrop*).
m&c! manga (2011.09.28)
- Bleach vo.l. 42 of 52+ by Kubo Tite
[Premiere] Clock Maker's Love (Crookclock) by Nesumi Chisato»Postponed to 12 Oct- [Premiere] Crown Latte (Crown Latte Art) by Odagiri Nagisa
- [Premiere] Fragments of Summer (Natsu no Kakera) by Amano Shinobu
- [Series Premiere] Ignite Wedge vol. 1 of 2 by Tutumi Yoshisada
- [Premiere] Innocent Blade Unveil by Todono Seiuchiroh
- Meet the Banchou (Kongō Banchō) vol. 9 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
- My Dearest Pochi (Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa) vol. 2 of 3+ by Tachibana Yutaka
- [Premiere] My Lovely Chef (Senzoku) by Hirama Kaname
- Pluto vol. 8 of 8 by Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu [Finale]
- Pudding in Love (Koisuru Purin!) vol. 4 of 5 by Shinozuka Hiromu
[Premiere] Song of the Sky (Sora no Uta - Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 2) by Amano Kozue»Postponed to 12 Oct- [Series Premiere] Tabi and Fellow Travelers (Tabi to Michizure) 1 of 6 by Tanakanoka
- [Premiere] World of Dreams (Mukuukai: Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 1) by Amano Kozue
 | Crown Latte Art 「王冠ラテアート」 |
 | Natsu no Kakera 「夏のかけら」 |
 | Ignite Wedge 「ＩＧＮＩＴＥ ＷＥＤＧＥ」 |
 | Innocent Blade Unveil |
 | Kongō Banchō 「金剛番長」 by Suzuki Nakaba |
 | Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa |
 | Senzoku 「センゾク」 |
 | PLUTO Tetsuwan Atom 'Chijō Saidai no Robotto' yori |
Awards
Excellence Prize for manga, 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival; Winner, 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize; Best Comic of the Year, 2010 Seiun Awards (Japanese science fiction awards); Prix Intergénérations (Intergenerational Award) at France's Angoulême International Comics Festival
Other languages
English Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka (VIZ Media: (eight volumes per 2010.04), French (Kana: Tome 8 shipped 2011.07), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini Comics Spain), Italian (Planet Manga), Dutch (Glénat Benelux), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: PLUTO ~ 冥王 ~ 8 released 2010.01)
Adaptations
Live-action/CG film from Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Tezuka Productions in the planning stage.
 | Koisuru Purin! 「恋するプリン！」 |
Serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Cherry (concluded)
 | Tabi to Michizure 「タビと道づれ」 |
 | Mukuukai: Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 1 |
Related
Volumes 2 and 3 of Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu: Sora no Uta (Square Enix: 1999.03; Mag Garden: 2004.03; licensed for Indonesia as Song of the Sky) and Himawari (Mag Garden: 2011.02)
[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]
Mangazines
- Cherry 57/2011 (Shogakukan Ciao, ChuChu, Sho-Comi, Flowers shoujo and josei serials)
KOLONI Local comics (2011.09.28)
- [Premiere] Komik Biografi: Endang Soekamti - Long Live My Family by @tonytrax (m&c!)
Iliad 6, The Black Swindler 14, Dark Edge 2 (Level Comics 28 September 2011 manga) [UPDATED]
No Longer Just a List Version
Reiterating that Red River 10 and Shattered Knife 9 appear in my Level 9.22 list—not here—regardless that they were re-advised for 9.28, because they were already available on the earlier street date.
ILIAD © Uoto Osamu & Toshusai Garaku/Shogakukan [Big Comics] · Kurosagi © Kuromaru & Natsuhara Takeshi/Shogakukan [First serialized in Young Sunday] · Dark Edge © Aikawa Yu/MediaWorks [First serialized in Dengeki Comic Gao!]. Published in Indonesia as Iliad, The Black Swindler and Dark Edge by Elex Media/Level Comics
Thanks to a forgetful Viennese professor, Iriya succeeds in extracting a name for he who accompanied the Nazis' Atlantis quest during WWII: "Rot Hase" or The Red Rabbit. Rot Hase hails from Izumo, prompting Iriya to fly to the so-called Land of the Gods, whence grew myths of Japan's deities. Little does Iriya expect that cornering The Red Rabbit in his den would pit him against a demon that devours humans.
(For another "human devourer"—of the female kind—check out Blue Seal vol. 3, also streeting on the 28th.)
The Black Swindler vol. 14 of 20 by Kuromaru & Natsuhara Takeshi
"The tenant's security deposit becomes collateral."
Kurosaki and Shiraishi cooperate to bust a tenant contract fraud. What trick will the pair use to counterswindle the fraudsters?
Above The Black Swindler synop refers to the eight-part Tenant contract fraud
story that spans chapters 145 through 152. Volume 14 also wraps Debut swindle
(chapters 142–144). [*NOT Level's chapter titles]
I preview the lone Level manga premiere—Akishige Manabu's Go-On!—below the release list.
Level Comics manga (2011.09.28)
- The Black Swindler (Kurosagi) vol. 14 of 20 by Kuromaru & Natsuhara Takeshi
- Blue Seal (Ao no Fuuin [Bunko]) vol. 3 of 7 of 7 by Shinohara Chie
- Dark Edge vol. 2 of 15 by Aikawa Yu «Ex-9.19
- [Series Premiere] Go-On! vol. 1 of 4+ by Akishige Manabu
- Hellsing vol. 9 of 10 by Hirano Kohta
- Hikayat Genji (Asakiyumemishi) vol. 11 of 13 by Yamato Waki
- Iliad vol. 6 of 15 by Uoto Osamu & Toshusai Garaku
- Sky of Love (Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari) vol. 7 of 10 by Haneda Ibuki, Mika «Ex-9.22
 | Kurosagi 「クロサギ」 |
Awards
Best Seinen/General Manga, 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards (2007), along with Sekiya Tetsuji's Bambino!
Related
Shin Kurosagi (sequel; 12 volumes per 2011.09.30)
Adaptations
An 11-episode live-action renzoku starring Yamashita Tomohisa (Kurosaki) and Horikita Maki (Yoshikawa Tsurara) aired on TBS from April to June 2006. A movie starring the same leads premiered in Japan on 8 March 2008.
 | Ao no Fuuin 「蒼の封印 (小学館文庫)」 |
Adaptations
An audio drama CD released by Shogakukan in May 1993 and light novels written by Yamamoto Natsumi and illustrated by Shinohara Chie were published under the KSS Comic Novels imprint (three volumes from September to December 1998)
 | Dark Edge 「ＤＡＲＫ ＥＤＧＥ」 by Aikawa Yu |
Other languages
English Dark Edge (ComicsOne then DrMaster: 10 volumes per 2009.03.03)
 | Go-On 「ＧＯ‐ＯＮ！」 |
 | Hellsing 「ＨＥＬＬＳＩＮＧ」 by Hirano Kohta |
Volume 9 chapters:
71. Castle Vania 2
72. Heart of Dream
73. Heart of Dream 2
74. Relics
75. Heart of Iron
76–80. Finest Hour 1–5
81. Lunatic Dawn"
82. Operation Wolf
83–85. Warcraft 1–3
[*NOT Level's titles]
Other languages
English Hellsing (Dark Horse Comics: 10 volumes and Chuang Yi; 10 volumes), French (Tonkam, 10 volumes), Italian (Dynit), German (Planet Manga), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica) and Denmark and Sweden (Mangismo)
Related series
Hellsing: The Dawn (prequel; serialized in Young King Ours special editions, six chapters as at 2008.09, on hiatus) and Crossfire (three-chapter side story)
Adaptations
A 13-episode anime adaptation by Gonzo aired on Fuji TV from October 2001 to January 2002, starring seiyuu Nakata Jouji (Alucard), Orikasa Fumiko (Seras Victoria) and Sakakibara Yoshiko (Sir Integra Hellsing). A Hellsing Ultimate OAV (starring the same voice cast) premiered in Japan in January 2006. The first four episodes were produced by Satelight, with Madhouse taking over as of OAV V. Hellsing VIII premiered 27 July 2011, while Hellsing IX is slated for an early 2012 release, along with the first episode of The Dawn.
A Crossfire drama CD has also been released.
 | Asakiyumemishi 「あさきゆめみし」 |
Related/reissues
Adapted from Genji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu
Reissued in seven volumes in 1993 under the KCDX imprint. Also re-released in bunkoban (Asakiyumemishi Genji Monogatari Kodansha Manga bunko: seven volumes, 2001.08 and Asakiyumemishi Genji Monogatari Kodansha Aoi Tori bunko: five volumes, 2006.10–2008.02) and kanzenban (Kanzenban KCDX Asakiyumemishi The Tale of Genji: 10 volumes, 2008.04–2008.07)
A Genji Monogatari Asakiyumemishi Illustrations book was published in December 1984, while the Asakiyumemishi no Sekai Genji Monogatari Navi BOOK guide was issued in April 2005.
Other languages
English (Kodansha Bilingual Comics; partial)
 | ILIAD ~Nyuu ya dou kenbun roku~ |
 | Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari |
Related
Based on the best-selling coming of age/romance novel written by Mika (two volumes published by Starts Publications), originally posted on the cell phone website "Mahou no iLand."
Adaptations
Loosely adapted into a movie (2007.11.03 premiere), starring Aragaki Yui as Mika and Miura Haruma as Hiro, and a six-episode live-action series on TBS from August to September 2008 with Mizusawa Erena as Mika and Seto Koji as Hiro.
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European comics/BDs (2011.09.28)
- Boule & Bill - Sahabat Setia (Boule et Bill, Tome 3: Les copains dabord) by Roba (Dupuis)
- Rantanplan - Badut Sirkus (Rantanplan, Tome 4: Le Clown) by Morris, Jean Léturgie, Xavier Fauche (Lucky Comics)
- Smurf - Pengacau di Desa Smurf (Les Schtroumpfs, Tome 25: Un enfant chez les Schtroumpfs) by Peyo (Le Lombard)
Naruto 53, Fullmetal Alchemist 27 of 27, C.M.B. 16 (Elex Media 28 September 2011 manga) [UPDATED]
Eleven Elex titles were postponed for print production and distribution
reasons, so NikBabble™ got lopped off. Somewhat.
Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
To obtain the power of Kyubi, Naruto trains on a remote isle of Kumogakure Village. But when he succeeds in breaking the demon fox's seal, the liberated Nine Tails poises to engulf him. Not even Bee can help.
Just as Naruto comes the closest to losing to Kyubi's corruption, a figure from the past intervenes...
Talk about facing your demons! That Naruto volume 53 is titled Kelahiran Naruto
or The Birth of Naruto,
however, hints at the identity of Naruto's savior. Prepare for poignant :D
Naruto 53 compiles chapters 495–504: Dark Naruto, Defeated!!
· Reunion with Nine Tails!!
· Nine Tails vs. Naruto!!
· My Ma's Red Hair
· A New Seal!!
· The Birth of Naruto
· Nine-Tails Attacks!!
· The Fourth Lord's Death Match!!
· Minato's Reaper Death Seal!!
· Thank You.
[*NOT Elex chapter titles] (Btw, if you don't want [SPOILAGE], don't. Click. The Link!)
For other DO WANT! (Fullmetal Alchemist 27!), see after the release list.
Box sets: Too Terribly Tempting!
Elex boxes up droolicious that are Good Value — anyway you look at it (them). Volumes 1–3 of Tamura Yumi's Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji fantasy (reviewed »here by Raven-san) and the complete Beauty Honey (Vols. 1–3 of 3) by Matsumoto Tomo both go for IDR 24,000 a box set. The also complete Best Friend Survival! (Vols. 1–2 of 2) by Nakamura Seiko (originally Yuujou Survival!) and Vols. 1–2 of Kodama Yuki's set-in-1960s-Kyushu josei drama Apollon on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollo) retail for IDR 16,000/set. You can take Vols. 1–7 of Sasaki Noriko's Animal Doctor (Doubutsu no Oishasan) home for IDR 56,000 and I suggest you do as
From sticking an arm into a cow to check its internals, to fighting over which laboratory equipment to buy, to the territorial battles between chickens ... Doubutsu has it!
Per noted, Beauty Honey and Best Friend Survival! sets bundle complete series, but Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji remains current in Japan. Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji vol. 4 streeted February 2011; Elex's most recent release is volume 3 published April 2010. Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji 4, however, is advertised in the October Komikologi, if that entices you any.
Likewise an ongoing, Sakamichi no Apollo released its volume 7 in Japan last February. Elex has (obviously) published two volumes. No word yet on Apollon 3.
While Doubutsu no Oishasan has finished in its home country (was even reissued in eight bunkoban between 1995.12 and 1996.06), Elex's latest is Animal Doctor 8, which streeted last August. This series has been healthily regular in its release sked, hint hint :D
Gogogo Saiyuki
© Konishi Noriyuki
Shogakukan
[Corocoro Comic]
Published in Indonesia as
GOGOGO to the West
by Elex Media
Manga premieres: GOGOGO to the West by Konishi Noriyuki
I'm sure most of us, if not all of us, have bumped into the monk Sanzo and the Monkey King on their Journey to the West sometime, somewhere along the manga road. Gogogo Saiyuki is Konishi Noriyuki's shounen spin on the popular classic. Elex promises a hilarious!
ride ahead.
Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden debuted in 2008 in Corocoro Comic (home of Inazuma Eleven and Dorabase, among others). Elex indicates the manga status in Japan as 1–12 (Ongoing)
but I can only dig up to volume 7 (per 28 June 2011). So, that's the volume tally I use.
For other Konishi Noriyuki manga (including another Journey to the West fantasy), scroll down.
Mangazines: Nakayoshi 9/2011 and Shonen Star 17/2011
I fill in the shoujo debuts Elex teases in its Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 blurb: Kami Kami Kaeshi by Toyama Ema (Unyuuu~) and SGC! Survival Game Club or Sabagebu by Matsumoto Hideyoshi. No such premieres on the Shonen Star 17/2011 front, but the star in the spotlight is twins-troped AR∀GO by Arai Takahiro. [Babble continued behind the cut]
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.09.28)
- Arsène Lupin (Kaitou Lupin Series) vol. 4 of 5 by Maurice Leblanc and Kazumine Daiji
- Be Good vol. 2 of 6+ by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol (Orange Agency)
- Bride of the Water God (Habaek-eui Shinbu) vol. 4 of 15+ by Yun MiKyung
- C.M.B. (C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku) vol. 16 of 18+ by Katou Motohiro
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol. 27 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu [Finale]
- [Series Premiere] GOGOGO to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki) vol. 1 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki
- Inuyasha vol. 54 of 56 by Takahashi Rumiko
- Naruto vol. 53 of 57+ by Kishimoto Masashi
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) vol. 10 of 21+ by Ueda Masashi
- Topeng Kaca vol. 17 of 24+ Deluxe (Glass no Kamen [Bunko]) by Miuchi Suzue »Ex-9.22
- Wild Life vol. 20 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato
 | Kaitou Lupin 4 |
 | Habaek-eui Shinbu 「하백의 신부」 |
Other languages/serializations
English Bride of the Water God (Dark Horse: eight volumes per 2011.05 • volume 9 street date: 2011.11.01), French L'épouse du dieu de l'eau (Editions Clair de Lune: Tome 5 shipped 2011.08.18 • Tome 6 street date: 2011.11.03)
 | C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku |
Related series
Q.E.D. (main story, 40 volumes, ongoing) and the new Q.E.D./C.M.B. crossover that premieres in Monthly Shōnen Magazine + on 20 October 2011.
Other languages
Traditional Chinese C.M.B.森羅博物館之事件目錄 (Tong Li Taiwan: 17 volumes per 2011.09.08)
 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 |
Awards
Winner, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category, tied with Hashiguchi Takashi's Yakitate!! Japan. The manga also won Best Comic of the Year in the 2011 Seiun Awards.
Reissues/Other languages
Kanzenban volumes 1-7 released between 2011.6.22 and 2011.10.22
English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media [26 volumes per 2011.09.20 • volume 27 street date: 2011.12.20] and Chuang Yi [volume 23 released 2010.03]), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi 钢之炼金术师 #27 per 2011.01), French (Kurokawa tome 27 shipped 2011.07), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Panini Manga und Comic Band 24 per 2011.08 • Band 25 street date: 2011.10.11), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain: 27 volumes), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen) and Portuguese (JBC Brazil)
Adaptations
A 51-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between October 2003 and October 2004, followed by a film sequel (Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, July 2005) and a second 64-episode series Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood that aired between April 2009 and July 2010. A handful of OAVs were also released. The latest Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos movie premiered on 2 July 2011 in Japan. Seiyuu Park Romi and Kugimiya Rie play brothers Edward and Alphone Elric in all the Hagaren adaptations.
Two Fullmetal Alchemist audio drama series have been produced. Three volumes comprise the pre-anime first series: The Land of Sand, False Light, Truth's Shadow and Criminals' Scar. The second series, bundled with Shonen Gangan, consists of Ogutāre of the Fog (Shonen Gangan April and May 2004 issues) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Crown of Heaven (November and December 2004).
Related
Spin-off light novels written by Inoue Makoto and illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. First serialized in Shonen Gangan, seven volumes have been published: The Land of Sand (JP release: 2003.02; source material for anime episodes 11 and 12) · The Abducted Alchemist (2003.09) · The Valley of White Petals (2004.04) · Under the Faraway Sky (2004.10) · The Ties That Bind (2005.06) · A New Beginning (2007.03) · Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk (2010.04).
Square Enix also published video game novelizations of Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel (JP release: 2004.07), Curse of the Crimson Elixir (2004.12) and The Girl Who Surpasses God (2005.12).
A pair of The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist manga artbooks and three manga guidebooks, as well as three The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime artbooks, one Fullmetal Alchemist Official Drawing Collection, a Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Profiles character guide book and six fanbooks (TV Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Official Fanbooks for the first series and one for the second) have also been released. A post-manga guidebook Fullmetal Alchemist Chronicle was released in Japan on 29 July 2011.
 | Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden |
 | Inuyasha 「犬夜叉」 by Takahashi Rumiko |
Volume 54 chapters:
529. The Jewel's Completion
530. Graduation
531. Cloud of Jyaki
532. Inside Naraku's Body
533. Presence of the Jewel
534. Arrow of Shouki
535. Naraku's Darkness
536. The Kazaana's Limit
537. Final Sentience
538. Scent of Kagome's Blood
[*NOT Elex or Shonen Star chapter titles]
Serializations/other languages
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
English Inuyasha (VIZ Media: 56 volumes per 2011.01), French (Kana Tome 44 shipped 2011.08 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.02), Dutch (Kana), Spanish (Glénat Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico, LARP Editores Argentina), Italian (Star Comics), German (EMA, 56 volumes), Portuguese (Editora JBC Brazil), Swedish (Egmont Kärnan), Polish (Egmont Polska), traditional Chinese (Chingwin), Vietnamese (NXB Trẻ), Korean (Haksan)
Adaptations
Adapted into anime by Sunrise: the first season, based on volumes 1 through 36 and spanning 167 episodes, aired on Yomiuri TV from October 2000 until September 2004. The sequel, Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen, which picks up from volume 36 until series end, premiered October 2009. Seiyuu Yamaguchi Kappei, Yukino Satsuki and Morikawa Toshiyuki reprise their roles as Inuyasha, Kagome and Naraku. The sequel ended 2010.03.29.
At least four originally-conceived anime features have also been released: Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001.12), The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002.12), Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003.12) and Fire on the Mystic Island (2004.12). A prequel special Inuyasha Meguri Au Mae no Unmei Koiuta aired 2004.04.19 in Japan.
The Inuyasha novel Shōsetsu InuYasha written by Tomoko Komparu and illustrated by Takahashi Rumiko was published in December 2004 under the Shonen Sunday Comics Special label.
 | Naruto 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－」 |
Awards/Accomplishments
The American volume 7 won the 2006 Quill Award in the graphic novel category. Manga sales have topped 100 million copies in Japan, with over 89 million sold globally. Naruto is the #1 bestselling manga in Indonesia, with upwards of one million copies sold nationwide.
Other languages
English Naruto (VIZ Media: 52 volumes street date: 2011.09.06 • volume 53 street date: 2011.12.06; serialized in Shonen Jump USA), French (Kana: Tome 53 shipped 2011.07 • Tome 54 street date: 2011.11.04), Spanish (Ediciones Glénat Spain: latest edition #54; Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico; LARP Editores Argentina), Catalan (Glénat: latest volume #48), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 52 ships 2011.10.28; serialized in Banzai!), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Comix-ART), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen; serialized in Shonen Jump Sweden), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: NARUTO火影忍者 57 released 2011.09.19) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: 火影忍者 #57 per 2011.09.20)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot and Aniplex's 220-episode anime co-production, based on manga volumes 1-27, aired from October 2002 to February 2007 in Japan. Seiyuu Takeuchi Junko, Nakamura Chie and Sugiyama Noriaki returned in their roles as Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke in the sequel (manga volume 28 onwards) that premiered February 2007 on TV Tokyo. Naruto Shippūden is still ongoing (episode 230 airs 2011.09.29).
At least five OAVs, eight films and three light novels have also been released:
OAVS: Find the Crimson Four-leaf Clover! (2003) · Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2004) · Konoha Sports Festival (2004.08) · Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!! (2005.12) · Naruto: The Cross Roads (2010).
A short OAV was also included within the DVD Naruto x UT Original DVD
(shipped 2011.01.01).
Films: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08) · Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005.08) · Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006.08) · Naruto Shippūden (2007.08) · Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08) · Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08) · Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.07), Naruto Shippūden 5: Blood Prison (2011.07.30)
Three light novels written by Kusakabe Masatoshi: Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (2002.12) · Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003.12) · Adaptation of the first Naruto movie (2004.08)
Jump J Books also released Kishimoto Masashi- and Higashiyama Akira's Naruto Dokonjo Ninden, an autobiographical novel left by Jiraiya,
in the same month as the Gekijouban Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower novelization (2010.08)
Related
So far, seven movie-based manga: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08), Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth (2005.08), Great Excitement! The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island (2006.08), Naruto: Shippūden: the Movie (2007.08), Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08), Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08) and Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.08).
 | Shin Kobo-chan 「新コボちゃん」 |
 | 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 series and two live-action drama seasons
 | Wild Life 「ワイルドライフ」 by Fujisaki Masato |
Awards
Winner, 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category (2005)
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
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Box sets (2011.09.28)
- Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji, Vols. 1-3 (of 4+) by Tamura Yumi (Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji) [IDR 24,000/set]
- Animal Doctor, Vols. 1-7 (of 12) by Sasaki Noriko (Doubutsu no Oishasan) [IDR 56,000/set]
- Apollon on the Slope, Vols. 1-2 (of 7+) by Kodama Yuki (Sakamichi no Apollo) [IDR 16,000/set]
- Beauty Honey, Vols. 1-3 of 3 by Matsumoto Tomo –Complete– [IDR 24,000/set]
- Best Friend Survival!, Vols. 1-2 of 2 by Nakamura Seiko (Yuujou Survival!) –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]
Mangazines (2011.09.28)
- Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 (Kodansha Nakayoshi)
- Shonen Star 17/2011 (Shogakukan Shonen Sunday)
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Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 42 (chapters 359-367) first published in Japan 2009.12
Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09.06 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09.21 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 released 2011.09.15 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #50: The Six Fullbringers released 2011.07 • #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly street date: 2011.10.04)
Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).
The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).
Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 15: Gotei 13 Invading Army opened with episode 317 in April 2011; latest episode 341 aired 2011.09.27). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody, The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru, Fade to Black, I Call Your Name and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.
At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.