Eleven Elex titles were postponed for print production and distribution
reasons, so NikBabble™ got lopped off. Somewhat.
Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi/Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
To obtain the power of Kyubi, Naruto trains on a remote isle of Kumogakure Village. But when he succeeds in breaking the demon fox's seal, the liberated Nine Tails poises to engulf him. Not even Bee can help.
Just as Naruto comes the closest to losing to Kyubi's corruption, a figure from the past intervenes...
Talk about facing your demons! That Naruto volume 53 is titled Kelahiran Naruto
or The Birth of Naruto,
however, hints at the identity of Naruto's savior. Prepare for poignant :D
Naruto 53 compiles chapters 495–504: Dark Naruto, Defeated!!
· Reunion with Nine Tails!!
· Nine Tails vs. Naruto!!
· My Ma's Red Hair
· A New Seal!!
· The Birth of Naruto
· Nine-Tails Attacks!!
· The Fourth Lord's Death Match!!
· Minato's Reaper Death Seal!!
· Thank You.
[*NOT Elex chapter titles] (Btw, if you don't want [SPOILAGE], don't. Click. The Link!)
For other DO WANT! (Fullmetal Alchemist 27!), see after the release list.
Box sets: Too Terribly Tempting!
Elex boxes up droolicious that are Good Value — anyway you look at it (them). Volumes 1–3 of Tamura Yumi's Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji fantasy (reviewed »here by Raven-san) and the complete Beauty Honey (Vols. 1–3 of 3) by Matsumoto Tomo both go for IDR 24,000 a box set. The also complete Best Friend Survival! (Vols. 1–2 of 2) by Nakamura Seiko (originally Yuujou Survival!) and Vols. 1–2 of Kodama Yuki's set-in-1960s-Kyushu josei drama Apollon on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollo) retail for IDR 16,000/set. You can take Vols. 1–7 of Sasaki Noriko's Animal Doctor (Doubutsu no Oishasan) home for IDR 56,000 and I suggest you do as
From sticking an arm into a cow to check its internals, to fighting over which laboratory equipment to buy, to the territorial battles between chickens ... Doubutsu has it!
Per noted, Beauty Honey and Best Friend Survival! sets bundle complete series, but Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji remains current in Japan. Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji vol. 4 streeted February 2011; Elex's most recent release is volume 3 published April 2010. Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji 4, however, is advertised in the October Komikologi, if that entices you any.
Likewise an ongoing, Sakamichi no Apollo released its volume 7 in Japan last February. Elex has (obviously) published two volumes. No word yet on Apollon 3.
While Doubutsu no Oishasan has finished in its home country (was even reissued in eight bunkoban between 1995.12 and 1996.06), Elex's latest is Animal Doctor 8, which streeted last August. This series has been healthily regular in its release sked, hint hint :D
Gogogo Saiyuki
© Konishi Noriyuki
Shogakukan
[Corocoro Comic]
Published in Indonesia as
GOGOGO to the West
by Elex Media
Manga premieres: GOGOGO to the West by Konishi Noriyuki
I'm sure most of us, if not all of us, have bumped into the monk Sanzo and the Monkey King on their Journey to the West sometime, somewhere along the manga road. Gogogo Saiyuki is Konishi Noriyuki's shounen spin on the popular classic. Elex promises a hilarious!
ride ahead.
Gogogo Saiyuki Shin Gokuden debuted in 2008 in Corocoro Comic (home of Inazuma Eleven and Dorabase, among others). Elex indicates the manga status in Japan as 1–12 (Ongoing)
but I can only dig up to volume 7 (per 28 June 2011). So, that's the volume tally I use.
For other Konishi Noriyuki manga (including another Journey to the West fantasy), scroll down.
Mangazines: Nakayoshi 9/2011 and Shonen Star 17/2011
I fill in the shoujo debuts Elex teases in its Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 blurb: Kami Kami Kaeshi by Toyama Ema (Unyuuu~) and SGC! Survival Game Club or Sabagebu by Matsumoto Hideyoshi. No such premieres on the Shonen Star 17/2011 front, but the star in the spotlight is twins-troped AR∀GO by Arai Takahiro. [Babble continued behind the cut]
- Arsène Lupin (Kaitou Lupin Series) vol. 4 of 5 by Maurice Leblanc and Kazumine Daiji
- Be Good vol. 2 of 6+ by Kim GiJung & Shin InChol (Orange Agency)
- Bride of the Water God (Habaek-eui Shinbu) vol. 4 of 15+ by Yun MiKyung
- C.M.B. (C.M.B. Shinra Hakubutsukan no Jiken Mokuroku) vol. 16 of 18+ by Katou Motohiro
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) vol. 27 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu [Finale]
- [Series Premiere] GOGOGO to the West (Gogogo Saiyuki) vol. 1 of 7+ by Konishi Noriyuki
- Inuyasha vol. 54 of 56 by Takahashi Rumiko
- Naruto vol. 53 of 57+ by Kishimoto Masashi
- New Kobochan (Shin Kobo-chan) vol. 10 of 21+ by Ueda Masashi
- Topeng Kaca vol. 17 of 24+ Deluxe (Glass no Kamen [Bunko]) by Miuchi Suzue »Ex-9.22
- Wild Life vol. 20 of 27 by Fujisaki Masato
[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]
- Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji, Vols. 1-3 (of 4+) by Tamura Yumi (Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji) [IDR 24,000/set]
- Animal Doctor, Vols. 1-7 (of 12) by Sasaki Noriko (Doubutsu no Oishasan) [IDR 56,000/set]
- Apollon on the Slope, Vols. 1-2 (of 7+) by Kodama Yuki (Sakamichi no Apollo) [IDR 16,000/set]
- Beauty Honey, Vols. 1-3 of 3 by Matsumoto Tomo –Complete– [IDR 24,000/set]
- Best Friend Survival!, Vols. 1-2 of 2 by Nakamura Seiko (Yuujou Survival!) –Complete– [IDR 16,000/set]
- Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011 (Kodansha Nakayoshi)
- Shonen Star 17/2011 (Shogakukan Shonen Sunday)
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Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 44 (chapters 378-386) first published in Japan 2010.04
Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 per 2011.09 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly released 2011.10.04)
Related
Kubo Tite and Makoto Matsubara co-authored two Bleach novels: BLEACH-letters from the other side: The Death and The Strawberry (Japan release: 2004.12) and BLEACH: The Honey Dish Rhapsody (2006.10).
The Bleach All Colour But The Black artbook, compiling color spreads from manga volumes 1 through 19 with original art and author annotations, released in Japan (2006.12), USA (The Art of Bleach, 2008.10) and France (All colour but the black: Recueil des illustrations de Bleach, 2008.11).
Companion guidebooks have also been published: Bleach SOULs and Bleach VIBEs released 2006.02 in Japan (The English Bleach SOULs. Official Character Book shipped 2008.11 in North America, while the French version streeted 2009.11). A third Bleach Official Bootleg: KaraBuri+ guidebook released 2007.08 in Japan. (English Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg released 2010.08.10.) The fourth and fifth Bleach: Official Character Book 2: MASKED and Official Character Book 3: UNMASKED streeted in Japan on 2010.08.04 (same day as Volume 46: Back From Blind) and 2011.06.03 (along with Volume 50: The Six Fullbringers).
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot's anime adaptation first broadcast in October 2004 and continues to this day. Season 16: Lost Substitute Shinigami opened with episode 343 on 11 October 2011; latest episode 349 aired 2011.11.22). Seiyuu Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko star as Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia, with Park Romi playing 10th Division captain Hitsugaya Toshiro. Two OAVs and four theatrical movies—Memories of Nobody; The DiamondDust Rebellion, Another Hyōrinmaru; Fade to Black, I Call Your Name; and Bleach: The Hell Verse—have been released. (Novelizations of these movies have also been published by JUMP J Books: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name in December 2008 and Bleach: The Hell Verse in December 2010.) Additionally, Warner Bros. has confirmed it will be producing a Bleach live-action film.
At least eight drama CDs have been produced. Featuring the original anime cast, the drama CDs were bundled with the DVDs.