Also, the premiere of Manhwa of the Year Chunchu (2003 winner), Kungfu Boy 5, the Premium or bunko edition, and V.B. Rose 8. (Bags and fashion accessories, anyone? *pokes @eveanna-san :D)
Ryuu no Hanawazurai © Kusakawa Nari/Hakusensha
[First serialized in LaLa]
Published in Indonesia as Dragon's Fiancé by Elex Media
Shakuya got into "marriage politics" early, but almost as soon as, lost her fiancé Lushin Rakka to a sandstorm. Now Shakuya is engaged to Kwan and she's not complainin' except...Lushin chooses this time to reappear to wrest back his fiancée!
That's Elex's summary for Kusakawa Nari's Dragon's Fiancé. Let me continue with the one I wrote when I reviewed Ryuu no Hanawazurai's serial debut in (now defunct) HanaLaLa mangazine:
The amnesiac Lushin succeeds in returning to his hometown, guided by the clue of the rose tattoo on his hand, a tattoo that marks him as the rightful fiancé of Shakuya—who bears the tattoo's magical twin on her right hand. Following his presumed death, Lushin's engagement to Shakuya was dissolved, his position replaced by Kwan who (unlike Lushin when he was younger) is apparently the only person capable of keeping his cool even when the power of Shakuya's emotions force her into dragon mode. Shakuya professes to like Kwan more; the five gentian tattoos on her left hand versus the one rose tattoo on her right for Lushin prove this (the more the tattoos, the greater the supposed affection Shakuya holds for the tattoo's "owner"). Her honesty, however, only spurs to Lushin confess that he likes Shakuya.
To settle the matter of two bridegrooms, the mate capable of making more of his tattoos bloom on Shakuya's hand after a year will become her husband.
If you're interested in what I had to say back then (especially about Shakuya's Lushin tattoos), go here »Dragon's Fiancé, A love triangle decided by who's got more tattoos.
Dragon's Fiancé debuted in the Indonesian Hana to Yume and LaLa in 2008. It serialized until chapter 26 (compiled in RyuuHana volume 5) and is prolly one of the most-missed HanaLaLa serials after the magazine was axed last December. The English Two Flowers for the Dragon fared not much better: CMX Manga managed only six volumes (of seven) before the company folded. But as Elex recommends collecting the manga because it doesn't span that many volumes, I think it's safe to say that Dragon's Fiancé won't suffer Two Flowers's fate and emerge like Tong Li's traditional Chinese version, the 龍族花印記 volume 7 of which released January 2010.
As for the Vietnamese Gia tộc rồng — Aki Shichiban-san? Care to help me out with the name of the publisher and how many volumes? Thank you~ :) »Edit: Seven volumes published by Kim Dong; Sankyuu, Aki Shichiban-san, for the info ^^
In case you missed it, it is Shakuya, not her fiancés; who is the titular dragon. Yup, whenever Shakuya gets upset, she turns into a fearsome dragon.
The other premiere generating a lot of buzz is —
Chunchu by Kim SungJae & Kim ByungJin
Chunchu © Kim SungJae
& Kim ByungJin/Haksan
In a barbarous age, twins are born, one of whom, prophecy says, is the devil's spawn. The parents abandon one child, hoping for his swift death, but the forsaken one lives.
What happens now to the devil's son Chunchu? Well... saved from death by his mother, banished by his people, hunted by his brother, and tortured by the demons within. Living and fighting with a low-born warrior tribe who can never trust him, Chunchu lives a life of blood and violence, every day a struggle to survive. But something mysterious lurks within his cold exterior, something that could be awakened by the touch of a woman.
(Thanks, Dark Horse, for teh lowdown on this 2003 Manhwa of the Year awardee [from Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend, Vol. 1 blurb].
Aside from Award-Winning Work, Prophecy, Twins,
Baka-Updates Manga users tag ChunChu with the additional Royal Family
(that's a hint, gotta be!) and Ssaurabi
that Wiki explains is a Modern Korean compound which literally means ‘a father who fights’.
Intrigued yet? Let me just warn you though that Chunchu is 15 volumes long, and is on HIATUS.
Other debuts—another manhwa series, Be Good by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol that eludes even Gugel (save for hits pointing to Elex's version), the Crayon Shinchan World Heritage edu-manga Warisan Dunia and the Doraemon Movie Nobita Dalam Dunia Misteri mangafication—are previewed Below the Cut, as are top DO WANT! Ciuman Dewa (Kamisama Hajimemashita) volume 6, Ghost's Doctor (Youkai no Oishasan) 7 and the above-mentioned Kungfu Boy Premium 5.
Mangazines: Shonen Magz 9/2011 and Shonen Star 16/2011
Shigahaku's Ninja Clan (Shiinake no Hitobito) premieres in Shonen Magz Issue 9 of 2011, and while no new serials appear in Shonen Star 16 to replace just-concluded Appearance of the Yellow Dragon by Tamura Mitsuhisa, Magical Iroha by Inoue Kazurou returns. [moar (waaay) below]
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.09.14)
- [Series Premiere] Be Good 1 of 6+ by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol (Orange Agency)
- [Series Premiere] Chunchu 1 of 15 (Hiatus) by Kim SungJae & Kim ByungJin
- Ciuman Dewa (Kamisama Hajimemashita) 6 of 10+ by Suzuki Julietta
- [Premiere] Crayon Shinchan - Warisan Dunia by Usui Yoshito
- Doraemon 12 of 45 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Right-to-left edition)
- Doraemon: Gadget Cat from The Future 9 of 10 by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [Premiere] Doraemon Movie: Nobita Dalam Dunia Misteri (Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Daimakyō) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [Series Premiere] Dragon's Fiancé (Ryuu no Hanawazurai) 1 of 7 by Kusakawa Nari
- Ghost's Doctor (Youkai no Oishasan) 7 of 15 by Sato Yuki
- Inazuma Eleven 5 of 10 by Yabuno Tenya
- Katsu! 13 of 16 by Adachi Mitsuru
- Kungfu Boy Premium (Tekken Chinmi [Bunko]) 5 of 18 by Maekawa Takeshi
- Lum, The Invader Girl (Urusei Yatsura) 31 of 34 by Takahashi Rumiko
- Princess & The 3 Beasts (Himegimi to Sanbiki no Kemono) 3 of 4 by Miyuki Mitsubachi
- V.B. Rose 8 of 14 by Hidaka Banri
 | Kamisama Hajimemashita |
Other languages
English Kamisama Kiss (VIZ Media: four volumes per 2011.08 • volume 5 street date: 2011.10.04), French (Delcourt: Divine Nanami Tome 2 shipped 2011.06 • Tome 3 street date: 2011.09.14)
 | Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Sekai Isan Omoshiro Bukku (Crayon Shin-chan no Nandemo Hyakka series) |
Related series
Part of the Crayon Shin-chan no Nandemo Hyakka series 「クレヨンしんちゃんのなんでも百科シリーズ」 that also includes Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Mono no Kazoe-kata Zukan Kokugo no Benkyō ni! Kazoku de tsukaeru! and Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Uchū no Fushigi Naze Nani Bukku Chikyū ya Uchū ga yoku wakaru (both released 2011.07), Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Shizen Kansatsu Naruhodo Bukku Shizen no Shikumi ga yoku wakaru (JP: 2011.04), Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Sansū Hirameki Bukku (2011.02), Crayon Shin-chan no 47 Todōfuken Naruhodo chizu-chō (2010.12), Crayon Shin-chan no Manga Sekai no Kuni Omoshiro Bukku (JP: 2005.07; published by Elex as Crayon Shinchan: Jalan-Jalan Keliling Dunia) and at least 19 more titles.
Crayon Shin-chan (main story, 50 volumes)
 | Doraemon 「ドラえもん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 27th Shogakukan Manga Awards, Grand Prize, the first Osamu Tezuka Culture Award (1997) and the Excellence Award, Japan Cartoonists Association Awards (1973)
Related series
Doraemon Plus (sequel; 5 of 5 volumes), Daichouhen Doraemon (side story; 24 of 24 volumes); Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden (spin-off; 22 volumes as at 2011.05, ongoing) and The Doraemon's Special (spin-off; 12 volumes)
Adaptations
A 52-episode anime adaptation by Nippon TV (1973.04 - 1973.09), a 1,787-episode series by Shin-Ei Animation (broadcast on TV Asahi from 1979.04 - 2005.03), a 2005 adaptation by Shin-Ei Animation and Studio Pierrot (premiered 2005.04.15; 300+ episodes) and numerous movies
 | Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future |
Related series
Doraemon (main story; 45 volumes)
 | Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Daimakyō |
Related
Based on the 1982 Doraemon movie, Nobita and the Haunts of Evil
 | Ryuu no Hanawazurai 「龍の花わずらい」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized until chapter 26 (compiled in tankoubon #5) in the Indonesian HanaLaLa (magazine discontinued per December 2010)
English Two Flowers for the Dragon (CMX: six volumes per 2010.06, cancelled), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 龍族花印記 7 per 2010.01), Vietnamese as Gia tộc rồng
 | Youkai no Oishasan 「妖怪のお医者さん」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz (ongoing)
English Yokai Doctor (Del Rey: three volumes per 2009.08), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 妖怪醫生 15 released 2011.06)
 | Inazuma Eleven 「イナズマイレブン」 |
Awards
Best Children's Manga, 34th Kodansha Manga Awards (2010)
Related
Based on LEVEL-5's soccer RPG game, from which an Oriental Light and Magic anime, starring seiyuu Takeuchi Junko as Mark Evans (Endou Mamoru), Nojima Hirofumi as Axel Blaze (Gouenji Shuuya), Yoshino Hiroyuki as Jude Sharp (Yuuto Kidou) and Miyano Mamoru as Shawn Frost (Shirou Fubuki), was also adapted. The TV series premiered 2008.10.05 on TV Tokyo and its sequel, Inazuma Eleven GO, aired episode 14 on 2011.08.03; the Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ogre Shūrai sequel premiered 2010.12.23 in Japan, with Inazuma Eleven GO's movie sequel Inazuma Eleven GO: Kyūkyoku no Kizuna Griffon slated to premiere 2011.12.23.
 | 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)
 | 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)
 | Urusei Yatsura 「新装版 うる星やつら」 |
Awards
Winner, 26th Shogakukan Manga Awards, Shounen/Shoujo category
Other languages
English (VIZ Media), French and Spanish (Glenat)
Adaptations
A 195 episode-anime adaptation by Kitty Films, starring seiyuu Hirano Fumi (Lum) and Furukawa Toshio (Moroboshi Ataru), that aired from October 1981 through March 1986 on Fuji TV, 11 OAVs and six theatrical movies.
 | Himegimi to Sanbiki no Kemono |
 | V.B. Rose 「Ｖ・Ｂ・ローズ」 by Hidaka Banri |
Other languages/serialization
Serialized until chapter 56 in HanaLaLa (discontinued)
English V.B. Rose (TOKYOPOP: 12 volumes per 2011.04), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory Taiwan: V．B．R 絲絨藍玫瑰 14 per 2009.10)
Adaptations
A V.B. Rose drama CD was released in Japan in 2006.12, starring seiyuu Mizuki Nana as Shiroi Ageha, Sakurai Takahiro as Arisaka Yukari, and Suwabe Junichi as Kuromine Mitsuya.
Related
The Hana to Yume Comics Special V.B. Rose Illustration Fan Book streeted in Japan 2009.05
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Mangazines (2011.09.14)
- Shonen Magz 9/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Magazine)
- Shonen Star 16/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday)
Chunchu 「천추」
by Kim SungJae & Kim ByungJin
Haksan Booking, seinen
Other languages
English Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend (Dark Horse Comics: four volumes as at 2009.01), French (Tokebi: 15 volumes per 2005.10), German (Tokyopop Germany: Chonchu - Der Erbe des Teufelssteins 15: Abschlussband shipped 2010.05), Polish Chonchu: Syn Demona (Mandragora)