Sebas-chan's baaaaaack! (Oh, and me × Grell, too :P)
Kuroshitsuji © Toboso Yana/Square Enix [Serialized in GFantasy]
Published in Indonesia as Black Butler by Elex Media
Thanks to Aurora Society's ‘perfect resurrection,’ soulless corpses reanimate, and they begin attacking the passengers. A bespectacled man arrives to investigate the imperiled ship, and as far as his eyes can see — ice fragments like white mice.
Enter, stage left! Shinigami Ronald Knox into Black Butler's Ship Voyage arc, the sixth such (after the Kidnapping, Jack the Ripper, Curry Contest, Noah's Ark Circus and Phantomhive Manor Murder). Peeps over at Kuroshitsuji Wiki sum up Ronald Knox as Grell Sutcliff's subordinate to collect souls and to investigate the mystery behind the bizarre dolls.
Black Butler XII compiles chapters 53 through 57: That Butler, Brawl
; That Butler, Unparalleled
; That Butler, In Vain
; That Butler, Guess
; and That Butler, Struggle.
[*NOT Elex chapter titles]
The latest Kuroshitsuji chapter is 63: That Butler, Training.
I don't know if this chapter, released 19 November, is included in volume 13 due to release in Japan this 27 December.
I preview the Exposing Game and The Recipe for Gertrude finales after the release list. Highlighting here the manga debuts — The Dog's Magical Touch and More a Flower Than a Flower. The first, originally Anisaki Yuna's Himitsu no Wantacchi, straddles the line between shoujo and kodomo, while the second, Narita Minako's ongoing Melody serial Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku was meant to premiere last 28 September and was first retitled Beauty Beyond Flower.
(I wish Elex had stayed with its first choice, or used the AKA More Flowerlike than the Flowers
:P) [Continued after the release list]
Mangazines: Shonen Star 21/2011
Shonen Star 21 marks The End of Takahashi Rumiko's Inuyasha in Indonesia; scroll down for other Shonen Sunday manga still running, as well as those you can look forward to to fill the vacuum left by concluded series.
☆ A little note on the special price packages included this street date. You see that The Fifth Columnist by Andrea Tezumo? Outstanding espionage thriller from a homegrown comic artist. GET! if you haven't already :D
Elex Media manga (2011.11.23)
- Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) vol 12 of 12+ by Toboso Yana
- [Series Premiere] The Dog's Magical Touch (Himitsu no Wantacchi) vol 1 of 3 by Anisaki Yuna
- Doraemon vol 13 of 45 by Fujiko F. Fujio (Right-to-left edition)
- Exposing Game (Sarashi Asobi) vol 2 of 2 by Tobina Touya [Finale]
- Gogogo to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden) vol 3 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki
- Kojiro vol 4 of 7 by Muraeda Kenichi
- [Series Premiere] More a Flower than a Flower (Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku) vol 1 of 9+ by Narita Minako «Ex-9.28
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) vol 12 of 22+ by Ueda Masashi
- The Recipe For Gertrude (Gertrude no Recipe) vol 5 of 5 by Kusakawa Nari [Finale]
 | Himitsu no Wantacchi 「ヒミツのわんタッチ」 by Anisaki Yuna |
 | Doraemon 「ドラえもん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio |
Awards
Winner, 27th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Children's category, 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; 23 volumes as at 2011.10.28, 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
 | Sarashi Asobi 「さらしあそび」 |
 | Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden |
 | Kojiro 「光路郎」 |
Reissues
Rereleased in four wide-ban from 1999.03 to 1999.09 and in four bunkoban from 2010.04 to 2010.07
Related series
Imouto Sensei Nagisa AKA Hot for my samurai teacher! (ongoing serialization in Monthly Shonen Sunday)
Titles published under Shimanaka Shoten's Island Comics Primo imprint: Koujiro: Dai unabara o koete (Japan release: 2004.11); Koujiro: Tatta hitori no onīsan (2004.10); Koujiro: Totte oki no hankachīfu (2004.09); Koujiro: Sensei janē, Koujiro da! (2004.08)
 | Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku |
 | Shin Kobo-chan 「新コボちゃん」 |
 | Gertrude no Recipe 「ガートルードのレシピ」 |
Reissues/Other languages
Reissued in two bunko volumes per 2011.01
English The Recipe For Gertrude (CMX: five volumes)
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[Value sets] Paket Komik *Harga Spesial*
- The Fifth Columnist, Vols. 1-2 of 2 by Andrea Tezumo –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]
- A Promise about Glass Shoe, Vol. 1-2 of 2 by Selena Lin –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]
- Shinagawa Cat Story, Vols. 1-2 (of 4+) by Nishida Kana (Shinagawajuku Nekogatari) [IDR 16,000/set]
Note: Volume tallies represent volume totals in country of origin, which may not coincide with Elex Media's latest releases. Elex's most recent Shinagawa Cat Story is volume 2 (released 2010.08.18); newest Japanese Shinagawajuku Nekogatari volume 4 streeted 2011.05.
Mangazines (2011.11.23)
- Shonen Star Issue 21/2011 (Indonesian Shonen Sunday)
Kuroshitsuji 「黒執事」 by Toboso Yana
Square Enix GFantasy, shounen
Volume 12 (chapters 53-57) first published in Japan 2011.07
Other languages
English Black Butler (Yen Press: seven volumes per 2011.10.25 • volume 8 street date: 2012.01.24 and Chuang Yi: volume 6 released 2011.10.18), French (Kana: Black Butler Tome 8 shipped 2011.10.07 • Tome 9 street date: 2012.02.17), German (Carlsen Comics: Black Butler Band 10 street date: 2012.01.30), traditional Chinese (Tong Li: 黑執事 XII per 2011.09) 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. At least six OAVs have been released since the Season 2 finale: Ciel in Wonderland Part 1 (2010.10.27), Welcome to the Phantomhive's (2010.11.24), The Making of Kuroshitsuji II (2011.01.26), Ciel in Wonderland Part 2 (2011.02.23), The Tale of Will the Shinigami (2011.04.27) and Spiders Intention (2011.05.25).
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)