Erementar Gerad 2, Gamaran 1 by Nakamaru Yosuke, Love Sick 3 of 3 (m&c! 7 December 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Debuting Gamaran snaps up first runner-up DO WANT!, but Most Wanted m&c! manga remains Erementar Gerad 2. Just sayin'.

Gamaran 1 (m&c!)

Gamaran © by Nakamaru Yosuke/Kodansha
[Serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!

Gamaran takes place during the middle Edo period. One "demon" state, Unabara, attracts martial artists who know naught else but fighting. Unabara's daimyo Washitzu Naosata is searching for a successor from among his 31 sons, and for this purpose, holds a tournament to determine who will later rule in his stead. Each son must field a champion in the tourney, to fight other chosen warriors until only one is left standing. The son who backs up the winner will become Unabara's next ruler.

To ensure his ascent to power, one of the daimyo's sons Naoyoshi picks Kurogane Gama, son of the legendary swordsman Kurogane Jinsuke, said to have slain at least a thousand men. Gama agrees, but can the youth best fighters much more experienced than he?

Gamaran, serializing in Weekly Shonen Magazine, appears to be Nakamaru Yosuke-sensei's debut series. (I couldn't find any other manga attributed to him.) Thirteen volumes have been released as of 17 November 2011. The fourteenth tankou streets in Japan on 17 January.

Aside from the shounen Gamaran, Dear! from Mitsuki Kaco also debuts—and concludes—this street date. The Childhood Friends, Love Triangle, Summer shoujo romance first serialized in Betsucomi and Deluxe Betsucomi.

Several series are also ending. In addition to Morie Satoshi's Love Sick, Yamada Nanpei's How to be a Man also curtains, as does Hwang MiRee's My Own Princess. I'll try to fill in the deets later if RL lets up a bit. (I nego'ed with it to at least let me produce a shopping list.) »Edit: Previews heeeere! (below).

m&c! manga (2011.12.07)

  1. [Series Premiere] Dear! vol 1 of 2 by Mitsuki Kaco
    2. Dear! 1 (m&c!)

    Dear! 「ＤＥＡＲ！」 by Mitsuki Kaco
    Shogakukan Betsucomi and Deluxe Betsucomi, shoujo
    Volume 1 first published in Japan 2010.11

  2. [Premiere] Dear! vol 2 of 2 by Mitsuki Kaco [Finale]
    3. Dear! 2 (m&c!)

    Volume 2 first published in Japan 2011.04

  3. Erementar Gerad vol 2 of 18 by Azuma Mayumi
    4. Eremental Gerad 2 (m&c!)

    Eremental Gerad
    「ＥＲＥＭＥＮＴＡＲ　ＧＥＲＡＤ」
    by Azuma Mayumi
    Mag Garden Comic Blade, shounen
    Volume 2 first published in Japan 2002.11

    Other languages
    English Elemental Gelade (TOKYOPOP: 12 Volumes per 2010.08; dropped), French (Kami), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa), Italian (Star Comics), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 17 street date: 2012.01.30), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 武器種族傳說 18 per 2010), Vietnamese (as Truyền Nhân Yuruki)

    Related series
    Spin-off: EG: Aozora no Senki (ongoing, volume 6 per 2010.03)

    Adaptations
    XEBEC's 26-episode anime adaptation aired between April and September 2005 on TV Tokyo, with seiyuu Ishida Akira as Coud Van Giruet and Takahashi Mikako as Reverie Metherlence

    Light novels: Mag Garden has also published light novels written by Asaka Shou and illustrated by Azuma Mayumi

    Drama CDs: Three drama CDs featuring actors different from the anime's were released by Frontier Works between October 2003 and August 2005. One drama CD featuring anime seiyuu was released by Victor Entertainment.

  4. [Series Premiere] Gamaran vol 1 of 13+ by Nakamaru Yosuke
  5. How to be a Man (Otona ni Naru Houhou [Bunko]) vol 8 of 8 by Yamada Nanpei [Finale]
    6. How to be a Man 8 (m&c!)

    Otona ni Naru Houhou (Bunko)
    「オトナになる方法」 by Yamada Nanpei
    Hakusensha, shoujo
    Volume 8 first published in Japan 2001.12

    Related series
    Part of Yamada Nanpei's Kumiko & Shingo series (Series 6).

  6. Love Sick vol 3 of 3 by Morie Satoshi [Finale]
  7. My Lovely Class Leader (Gokujou!! Mechamote Iinchou) vol 6 of 15+ by Nishimura Tomoko
    8. My Lovely Class Leader 6 (m&c!)

    Gokujou!! Mechamote Iinchou
    「極上！！めちゃモテ委員長」
    by Nishimura Tomoko
    Shogakukan Ciao, shoujo
    Volume 6 first published in Japan 2008.02

    Serializations/Other languages
    Serialized in the Indonesian Cherry (ongoing)
    Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 戀愛班長 13 per 2011.10)

    Adaptations
    The 51-episode Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou anime produced by Shogakukan Music & Digital Entertainment, starring seiyuu Ogawa Mana (Kitagawa Mimi) and Oshima Ryo (Toujou Ushio) aired from April 2009 to March 2010 in Japan. The Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou Second Collection sequel premiered 2010.04.03; episode 51 finale aired 2011.04.10.

  8. Next to You (Tonari no Atashi) vol 3 of 8+ by Namba Atsuko
    9. Next to You 3 (m&c!)

    Tonari no Atashi 「隣のあたし」
    by Namba Atsuko
    Kodansha Betsufure, shoujo
    Volume 3 first published in Japan 2010.01

m&c! manhwa (2011.12.07)

  1. Crab Kiss vol 9 of 10 by Hwang MiRee
    2. Crab Kiss 9 (m&c!)

    Crab Kiss 「Crab Kiss 크랩키스」
    by Hwang MiRee
    Samyang (Kkonnim), soonjung
    Volume 9 first published in Korea 2006.02

  2. Idol's Love Story (Idol School of Noble's Story) vol 9 of 15 by Han YuRang
  3. My Own Princess (Personalized Princess) vol 10 of 10 by Hwang MiRee [Finale]

Hong Kong manhua (2011.12.07)

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