Yakitate Japan 5, Cop in Tokyo 5, Kiyoshiro Yumemizu 6, In a Distant Time 14, ShoMagz 50 (Elex 6 August 2008 manga)

They obviously hadn't fallen off the face of the not-flat! earth. B'T X, Kurumada Masami-sensei's shounen manga shucks off its MIA guise and reappears as its volume 11 self in this Elex release list.

Meanwhile, Charming Junkie 9 finally makes it as a scheduled, ending my speculations as to when exactly this volume was going to be released (it was supposed to go on sale in May and then July; I'd thought we would see it in bookstores in December).

I also has synopses of the New series and standalones (from Elex's blurbs) and a report on the ongoing Get! popularity contest after the manga list.

Elex Media manga and (one) makita (2008.08.06)

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1. B'T X 11 of 16 by Kurumada Masami

B'T X 「 ビート・エックス 」 by Kurumada Masami
Kadokawa Shoten Shonen Ace, shounen
This volume first published in Japan 1998.06
Licensed for English distribution by TOKYOPOP

2. BECK 15 of 34 by Harold Sakuishi

BECK 「 ＢＥＣＫ 」 by Harold Sakuishi Kodansha Gekkan Shounen Magazine, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2003.06 Licensed for English distribution by TOKYOPOP Serialized in Indonesian in Shonen Magz

3. Charming Junkie (Nosatsu Junkie) 9 of 14+ by Fukuyama Ryoko

Nosatsu Junkie 「 悩殺ジャンキー 」 by Fukuyama Ryoko Hakusensha Hana to Yume, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2007.03 This title was formerly picked up for English distribution by TOKYOPOP and subsequently dropped.

4. Cop In Tokyo (Tokyo Deka) 5 of 8 by Suzuki Keiichi

Tokyo Deka 「 東京刑事 」 by Suzuki Keiichi Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2001.02

5. [Premiere] Country Report 1 by Fumizuki Kyoko

See New series and standalones for the synopsis to this manga series by Fumizuki Kyoko-sensei.

6. [Premiere] Delusive Voice (Usotsuki Voice) 1 of 2 by Morino Aki

Usotsuki Voice 「 うそつきヴォイス 」 by Morino Aki Hakusensha Bessatsu Hana to Yume (magazine serialization)/Lady's Comics (published under this imprint), shoujo/josei This volume first published in Japan 2006.05 See New series and standalones for the synopsis to this manga series.

7. Geobreeders 7 of 14+ by Ito Akihiro

Geobreeders 「 ジオブリーダーズ 」 by Ito Akihiro Shonen Gahosha Young King Ours, seinen This volume first published in Japan 2001.10 Has a one-volume sequel Geobreeders AA or Geobreeders Atomic Attack by Ito Akihiro-sensei and Imakake Isamu-sensei. This title was formerly picked up for English distribution by CPM Press and subsequently dropped.

8. The Great Detective Kiyoshiro Yumemizu (Meitantei Yumemizu Kiyoshiro Jiken Note) 6 of 7+ by Enue Kei, Hayamine Kaoru

Meitantei Yumemizu Kiyoshiro Jiken Note 「 名探偵夢水清志郎事件ノート 」 by Enue Kei, Hayamine Kaoru Kodansha Nakayoshi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2007.09 Serialized in the Indonesian Nakayoshi

9. Hayate the Combat Butler (Hayate no Gotoku) 7 of 16+ by Hata Kenjiro

Hayate no Gotoku 「 ハヤテのごとく！ 」 by Hata Kenjiro Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2006.06 Licensed for North American distribution by VIZ Media

10. In a Distant Time (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de) 14 of 14+ by Mizuno Tohko

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 「 遙かなる時空の中で 」 by Mizuno Tohko Hakusensha LaLa, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2007.11 Licensed for English distribution by VIZ Media Indonesian version published left-to-right

11. [Premiere] MÄR Omega 1 of 4 by Anzai Nobuyuki, Hoshino Koichiro

MÄR Omega 「 ＭＡＲΩ 」 by Anzai Nobuyuki, Hoshino Koichiro Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen Sequel to MÄR - Märchen Awakens Romance This volume first published in Japan 2006.12 N.B. The Indonesian MÄR series is still ongoing.

12. Rocket Man 3 of 10 by Katou Motohiro

Rocket Man 「 ロケットマン 」 by Katou Motohiro Kodansha Gekkan Shounen Magazine, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2002.09

13. [New] SL: Cozmo Trouble by Nana & San San (makita)

See New series and standalones for the synopsis to this makita.

14. Sugar - Sugar Rune 2 of 8 by Anno Moyoco

Sugar - Sugar Rune 「 シュガシュガルーン 」 by Anno Moyoco Kodansha Nakayoshi, shoujo This volume first published in Japan 2004.10 Licensed for North American distribution by Del Rey

15. Touch 7 of 26 by Adachi Mitsuru

Touch 「 タッチ 」 by Adachi Mitsuru
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
This volume first published in Japan 1983.07

16. Yakitate!! Japan 5 of 26 by Hashiguchi Takashi

Yakitate!! Japan 「 焼きたて！！ジャぱん 」 by Hashiguchi Takashi Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen This volume first published in Japan 2003.01 Licensed for North America by VIZ Media Serialized in the Indonesian version of Shonen Sunday—Shonen Star

17. YuYu Hakusho - Ghost Files (YuYu Hakusho) 16 of 19 by Togashi Yoshihiro

YuYu Hakusho 「 幽☆遊☆白書 」 by Togashi Yoshihiro Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen This volume first published in Japan 1994.03 Licensed for North American distribution by VIZ Media (serialized in the American Shonen Jump)

mangazine (2008.08.05)

• Shonen Magz 50/2008 (Kodansha's Weekly Shounen Magazine in Indonesian)

Source: Elex Media STO 06 Agustus 2008

release commentary

By popularity
Word is that readers are planning to get Yakitate!! Japan 5. Hashiguchi-sensei's shounen series about a boy and his quest to "let them eat pan" is the tenth bestselling Elex manga after all.

But ranking or not, methinks Yakitate!!'s first place is as shaky as the chair you're standing on to replace that busted light bulb, threatened as it is by still possible increased vote numbers for BECK 15, Cop In Tokyo 5, volume 6 of the 19th-seed, Indonesian Nakayoshi-serialized Great Detective Kiyoshiro Yumemizu, the debuting MÄR sequel—MÄR Omega—by Anzai Nobuyuki- and Hoshino Koichiro-sensei, Rocket Man 3, and Touch 7.

New series and standalones

Aside from MÄR Omega, there are two new series and one standalone. But before I drag these new series into the spotlight, lemme just state that the Indonesian MÄR series is not yet finished (latest released: volume 5).

Country Report
Fumizuki Kyoko-sensei's Country Report stars Momoko who, on her grandfather's counsel, accepts a job as a teacher in some rural hamlet to defray her and her Dalmatian's living expenses. Sadly, the people in the village aren't used to the likes of the fashionably trendy and much-made-up Momoko, especially not the vice-principal notorious for being the strictest of disciplinarians. And as if personal clashes weren't enough, the class Momoko handles faces scrapping, unless it can win the village's annual music contest.

Fumizuki Kyoko-sensei also created the upcoming Pocketful of Happiness, Koi no Tiara, Cinderella Time, and Milano Correction.

I'll decide whether or not to get this once I see the cover (all efforts at research yielded zip).

Cozmo Trouble
This makita by Nana & San San starts with Ai getting stuck in an elevator after she is told to report to Cozmo in a certain Building D. The unsuspecting Ai thinks she was called because of some mix-up in her registration or for having filled in some form wrong, but could there be something else behind the order to get Ai into Building D and the elevator's convenient "breakdown"?

Ai appears to be Too Dumb To Live, so I'm not getting this.

Delusive Voice
From Morino Aki-sensei, the creator of the Kanbayashi & Kirika series, we get the simultaneously shoujo/josei manga Usotsuki Voice. It's classified under two genres because it was first serialized in Hakusensha's Bessatsu Hana to Yume before being published in tankōbon format under the Lady's Comics imprint.

The story follows two orphaned sisters, Kisugi Nami and Mina. Nami possesses the talent to mimic voices and on their uncle's suggestion, voices a character in a game called "Female Detective Omega," using "Minami" as an alias. Owing to Nami's shyness, it is Mina who appears as Minami on the Omega live show and unfortunately, falls off the stage. Nami suspects another voice actor Tojo Kasune—who kept staring at Mina during rehearsal— of having pushed Mina, but he denies it and instead accuses Mina of not being the real Minami and fingers Nami as the true Detective Omega. This shocks Nami as this is their first meeting and Nami has never acted as Omega in front of anyone.

Definitely getting this two-volume series. This seiyuu fangirl has only been waiting since June.

By genre
Leaving out Shonen Magz 50 still leaves us with a 53 percent shounen release schedule. There is one seinen title, Geobreeders, whose volume 7 was meant to street in July.

By original publisher
Despite seemingly being a Shounen Magazine release list, there are more Shogakukan Shonen Sunday manga releasing on 6 August (the Kodansha aggregate is one less).

UP NEXT
Level Comics 5 August 2008 manga

~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who just has to upload a bigger manga cover for HaruToki

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