Defense Devil 10 of 10, Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 10, Initial D 43 (Chuang Yi 6 December 2011 simplified Chinese manga)

So Chuang Yi's simplified Chinese Defense Devil finale streets today, rekindling hopes that the next English volume 3 shouldn't be (that) far behind.

Defense Devil © Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl/Shogakukan [First serialized in Shonen Sunday] · Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden © Watase Yuu/Shogakukan [Serialized in Rinka] · Initial D © Shigeno Shuichi/Kodansha [Serialized in Young Magazine ].
Published in Singapore as Defense Devil, 梦幻游戏玄武开传 and 头文字D by Chuang Yi

Also tagging along: the latest 梦幻游戏玄武开传 (Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden) and 头文字D (Initial D). No new English manga.

Chuang Yi simplified Chinese manga (2011.12.06)

1. Defense Devil #10 of 10 by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl [Finale]
2. 梦幻游戏玄武开传 (Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden) by #10 of 10+ by Watase Yuu
3. 头文字D (Initial D) #43 of 43+ by Shigeno Shuichi

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*NO* Gate7 #1 on the simplified Chinese side, FY Genbu Kaiden 10 (still) on teh English (Chuang Yi 8 November 2011 manga) [UPDATED]

Update: Chuang Yi DID change its mind, or rather its release schedule [my screen cap version]. Both the simplified Chinese Gate7 and the Kekkaishi finale have been postponed. Completing the round-up: the English Otomen vol 12, RINNE volume 6 and the reskedded for the fourth time Metal Fight Beyblade vol 5.

Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden © Watase Yuu/Shogakukan [Serialized in Rinka] · Are You Alice? © Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai/Ichijinsha [Serialized in Comic Zero-Sum]. Published in Singapore by Chuang Yi

Unless Chuang Yi changes its mind, we can still look forward to Alice in tears, Takiko as near to, Asuka's cake and Rinne—Rinne's father, actually—owing money. (Previews below the release list.)

Chuang Yi English manga (2011.11.08)

1. Are You Alice? vol 3 of 4+ by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai

Are You Alice? 「Ａｒｅ　ｙｏｕ　Ａｌｉｃｅ？」
by Katagiri Ikumi / Ninomiya Ai
Ichijinsha Comic Zero-Sum, josei
Volume 3 first published in Japan 2011.01

Related series
Adapted from the Are You Alice? drama CD series (that Minty Utopians compiled) including the Original Series (Drink Me, Check Mate, Call me), Alice's Tea Party (March Hare, Knave of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty) and Unbirthday (Dyna → Cheshire Cat, XXX ↔ Alice, Tweedle Dee ~ Tweedle Dum, White Knight ∈ Regret, White Rabbit ← Bloodflower, Lewis Carroll ≠ Mad Hatter).

The drama series starred seiyuu Sakurai Takahiro (Alice?), Hirata Hiroaki (Mad Hatter / Lewis Carroll), Inoue Kazuhiko (Cheshire Cat) and Fujiwara Keiji (Dormouse), among others. [Info from Minty Utopians - Are you Alice? Characters/CD Organize]

2. Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden vol 10 of 10+ by Watase Yuu

Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden 「ふしぎ遊戯　玄武開伝」 by Watase Yuu
Shogakukan Rinka (formerly in Sho-Comi, Fushigi Yuugi Perfect World and Flowers), shoujo
Volume 10 first published in Japan 2011.06

Other languages
Alternative English Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden (VIZ Media: nine volumes per 2009.11), French (Tonkam : Fushigi Yugi: La Légende de Gembu Tome 9 shipped 2009.03 • Tome 10 street date: 2012.01.18), Spanish (Glènat España: Fushigi Yugi: Genbu. El origen de la leyenda), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press: 幻夢遊戲-玄武開傳 9 per 2009.02), Vietnamese (as Quyển Sách Kỳ Bí)

Adaptations
Five Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden drama CDs featuring seiyuu Yukino Satsuki, Sakurai Takahiro and Nagasawa Miki have so far been published. The first of the Geneon Entertainment drama CDs released 26 January 2005, the fifth by 25 July 2007.

3. Metal Fight Beyblade 5 of 9+ by Adachi Takafumi »Ex-9.05; 9.20; 10.18

Metal Fight Beyblade 「メタルファイト　ベイブレード」
by Adachi Takafumi
AKA Beyblade: Metal Fusion
Shogakukan CoroCoro Comic, shounen
Shinsōban volume 5 (chapters 20-23) first published in Japan 2010.06

Related
Spin-off of the original Beyblade anime series

Other languages
Indonesian (Elex Media: Volume 1 released 2011.08.18)

Adaptations
Tatsunoko Pro, Synergy SP and Nelvana collaborated on a Metal Fight Beyblade anime adaptation. Fifty-one episodes comprising Season 1 and the follow-up Battle Bladers aired on TV Tokyo from April 2009 to March 2010. The Metal Fight Beyblade 4D series premiered 3 April 2011 (episode 23 airs 2011.09.04).

The Metal Fight Beyblade VS the Sun - The Movie: Sol Blaze, the Scorching-hot Invader animated feature premiered in Japan in August 2010.

4. Otomen vol 12 of 13+ by Kanno Aya

Otomen 「オトメン（乙男）」 by Kanno Aya
Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume, shoujo
Volume 12 first published in Japan 2011.02

Other languages
Alternative English Otomen (VIZ Media: 11 volumes per 2011.08 • volume 12 street date: 2012.02.07), Indonesian (Elex Media: volume 11 per 2011.02), French (Delcourt: Tome 12 shipped 2011.10.12), German (Carlsen Verlag: Band 7 per 2011.10.28 • Band 8 street date: 2011.12.16), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini)

Adaptations
Live-action adaptation starring Okada Masaki (Asuka) and Kaho (Ryo) aired on Fuji TV from 1 August to 3 November 2009.

5. RINNE (Kyoukai no RINNE) vol 6 of 10+ by Takahashi Rumiko

Kyoukai no RINNE 「境界のＲＩＮＮＥ」 by Takahashi Rumiko
AKA Circle of Reincarnation Rinne
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 6 (chapters 49-58) first published in Japan 2010.12

Other languages
Alternative English RIN-NE (VIZ Media: six volumes per 2011.07; serialized in ShonenSunday.com: latest chapter 89 A Black Cat's Life live per 2011.03.17), French (Asuka éditions Rinne Tome 7 shipped 2011.10.27), German (EMA Kyokai no RINNE Band 5 released 2011.09 • Band 6 street date: 2011.12), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press 境界之輪迴 (07) per 2011.07) and Indonesian (Elex Media: volume 5 released 2011.06)

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