Update: Because apparently, Metal Fight Beyblade vol 5 didn't street either on the 20th of September OR 18 October :P. So taking it out for the third time. But more than that, Chuang Yi is hyping the upcoming premiere of CLAMP's Gate7...but it's in simplified Chinese. Ah, well, here's hoping the English version is not far behind—oh, you want what's available nau?
Aphorism © Kujō Karuna/Square Enix [Gangan Online] · Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana/Square Enix [GFantasy]. Published in Singapore as Aphorism and Black Butler by Chuang Yi
Confrontations that don't turn out as planned in Aphorism vol 7, as Ciel and Sebastian try their hand at funambulism (literal or metaphorical?) in Black Butler vol 6. Also on tap: moar spins on classic faerie tales in Wee See Heng's Tales 2. and a new Bladers tourney in Metal Fight Beyblade 5 (you might already know that if visited this blog in September.)
Chuang Yi's previews are below the release list.
Chuang Yi English manga (2011.10.18)
- Aphorism vol 7 of 7+by Kujō Karuna
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) vol 6 of 12+ by Toboso Yana
Metal Fight Beyblade 5 of 9+ by Adachi Takafumi»Ex-9.05; 9.20; 10.18- [Premiere] Tales 2 by Wee See Heng [Complete]
Kuroshitsuji 「黒執事」 by Toboso Yana
Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
Volume 6 (chapters 24-27) first published in Japan 2009.01
Other languages
Alternative English Black Butler (Yen Press: six volumes per 2011.07 • volume 7 street date: 2011.10.25), French (Kana: Black Butler Tome 8 shipped 2011.10.07), German (Carlsen Comics: Black Butler Band 8 per 2011.08 • Band 9 street date: 2011.10.28), Indonesian (Elex Media: vol. 11 released 2011.07), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 黑執事 XII per 2011.09.15) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 黑执事 #8 released 2010.02)
Adaptations
The 24-episode A-1 Pictures anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis) and Sakamoto Maaya (Ciel Phantomhive), aired in Japan from October 2008 to March 2009 (premiered 11 January 2011 on Animax Asia). An unaired OAV side story, Kuroshitsuji: Sono Shitsuji, Kōgyō, shipped with DVD volume 9.
A 12-episode second series—Kuroshitsuji II—aired between July and September 2010. The new master and butler pair designed by Toboso Yana, butler Claude Faustus and master Alois Trancy, were voiced by Sakurai Takahiro and Mizuki Nana.
Two audio dramas preceded the anime. The first Kuroshitsuji Drama CD, released August 2007 by Geneon Entertainment, featured seiyuu Morikawa Toshiyuki, Takashiro Genki, Suzuki Chihiro, and Seki Tomokazu. The second Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) Karei Naru Drama CD, released November 2008 by Sony Music Entertainment, featured the anime cast.
A musical adaptation—That Butler, Friendship—enjoyed a theater run from May 28, 2009 to June 7, 2009. The second Musical Black Butler, The Most Beautiful Death in The World, A Thousand Soul and The Fallen Grim Reapers stage musical had Matsushita Yuya reprising his role as Sebastian Michaelis. Nishii Yukito replaced Sakamoto Shougo as Ciel Phantomhive in the second musical that ran between 3 and 23 May 2010 in Japan.
Related
Black Butler Character Guide “That Butler, Assembles” (2008.02) • The TV Animation Black Butler Black Record (2009.03) • Rainbow Butler official comics anthology (2009.03) • TV Animation Kuroshitsuji II Final Record (2010.10)
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Chuang Yi simplified Chinese manga (2011.10.18)
- 龙狼传 中原缭乱篇 (Ryuurouden: Chuugen Ryouranhen) #9 of 9+ by Yamahara Yoshito
Aphorism 「アホリズムaphorism」 by Kujō Karuna
Square Enix Gangan Wing and Gangan Online, shounen
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2011.05
Other languages
Simplified Chinese (also published by Chuang Yi; 杀戮箴言 #4 released 2011.01)