Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi/Shueisha (Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump)
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo
Contains [SPOILERS!] and Trope Sprinkles
(Caution is advised esp. when surfing from pink underlined links)
Naruto has been ditching the weekly roll call for four months now—allowing unorthodox ninja to provisionally hog the shinobi spotlight (a Don't they conventionally operate under cover of darkness? oxymoron)—when all of a sudden, the world's most famous ninja pops up to open a new month of Elex manga.
Albeit clueless over Naruto's Over 89 million copies sold worldwide! exploits, I still see why he materializes; the Pain arc has only been ratcheting up to The Big Reveal. (Sankyuu~ Elex's Recommended in June plug that also cites the global sales figures). In The Cheering Village,
He Who Has Vanquished the ultimate Pain comes face to face with Nagato. Subduing his Berserk reflex long enough to hold Vengeance is mine! at bay, Naruto hears out Nagato's (sob + puppet corpses-littered) story and heroically counters with... (To find out What He Said, See Naruto volume 48, streeting this 2nd June.)
(VIZ's English Naruto 48 description adds this deet: an unexpected turn of events put a new ninja in power in Konoha,
someone whose first executive act will change Naruto's world forever.
)
InuYasha 47 of 56
Blurbs for other ongoings A Story of Heroes 31, Wazabo 4 down below
Meanwhile, Takahashi Rumiko's allegedly feudal
fairy tale finally delivers on a Sorting Algorithm Of Mortality promise: I Just Want To Be Normal but I'm that Shikon no Tama's custodian Kikyo wagers all on one purifying arrow to annihilate Nigh Invulnerable Mix-n-Mashup youkai villain Naraku.
I'm pretty sure you already know who emerges the victor in this battle of (relatively) good VS evil—especially if you watched InuYasha: The Final Act ep 8, or took a peak at Wiki. In case you passed on both counts—and missed the ShoStar installments to boot—I ship canon
is the only warning I will give you.
NEW TITLES: Princess Story by Ebira Hiromi
The At My Paced Yorihime Kitan josei manga (only one volume out since 2008) is the sole newbie this release. Generically retitled Princess Story for the Indonesian market, Ebira Hiromi's paranormal series stars clairvoyant yamato nadeshiko Yoriko, latest heir(ess) to the precognition powers that has ensured the Yamaura clan's survival, if not prosperity, for generations. Future sight has thus kept Yoriko under house arrest, that is, until she meets (don't ask me how) gang leader Juzou who extricates her from her “prison.”
And so begins the legend of Yoriko, the “Witch from the Black Market.”
Reissues [RE-STO]
Elex also reissues the Nobita Drifts In The Universe (Awal x Akhir) cinemangafication of the third Doraemon movie, as well as a trio of Serial Cantik (Elex's standalone shoujo/josei line) manga: Anisaki Yuna's Invincible Diva; Hamada Shoko's Sejuta Kali Lipat Rasa Suka; and Nakahara Aya's Secret Base. Elex first issued Hamada Shoko's Suki no Hyakumanbai pre- my regular blogging of weekly releases (STO: 2007.02.07); same goes for Anisaki Yuna's Muteki na Diva! and Nakahara Aya's Himitsu Kichi. (I have both in my manga library.)
MANGAZINES: Happy Birthday, Shonen Magz!
School Rumble
© Kobayashi Jin/Kodansha
A School Rumble cover for the sixth anniversary Shonen Magz Issue #72 heralds moar All Love Is Unrequited LMAOness, but it is actually Sawada Hirofumi's Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits and Harold Sakuishi's BECK what's got their Featured turn in the Komikologi June limelight. Likely for the simple reasons that (1) Elex intends to ship Sanzoku Ou volume 1 soon (June, if all goes well) and (2) to insist that contrary to rumor, BECK is alive and kicking—to the point where it gets the movie treatment (live-action BECK premieres in Japan this September). I kid on the second point; BECK's reanimation already took place with volume 16's release six weeks ago (volume 18 reportedly releases 9th June).
So what we're given, in effect, are blanket blurbs, not Next on... previews.
The set during samurai times Sanzoku Ou follows protagonist Nagato's quest to avenge his father's death. Because Nagato bears the mark of a star on his chest, symbol of one foretold to topple the feudal regime, he is hunted down by imperial agents.
I think we all know that BECK is the story of a handful of Japanese teenagers who form a rock band (aside from Beck the dog and the band, remember these names: Koyuki, Ryuusuke) and their requisite bid for world domination fame. Well, that and Koyuki's romantic troubles with Ryuusuke's sister, Maho,
as TV Tropes adds.
The other Absolutely Cool
(Elex's hype, not mine) Kodansha shounen (and seinen) serials: Code:Breaker by Kamijyo Akimine · Fairy Tail by Mashima Hiro · Ghost Doctor (Youkai no Oisha-san) by Satou Yuuki · Kindaichi Case Files by Amagi Seimaru & Sato Fumiya · Kungfu Boy Legends (Tekken Chinmi Legends) by Maekawa Takeshi · Tokkyu!! by Komori Yoichi, Kubo Mitsurou · Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE by CLAMP · Vinland Saga by Yukimura Makoto. (Of these, Code:Breaker and Vinland Saga have yet to transition to tankou.)
DO WANT!
Congratulatory shikishi will be given away with this birthday ShoMagz, but Elex doesn't say from whom. Last year, teh 'grats were from four manga-ka.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2010.06.02)
Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details and cover scans.
- InuYasha 47 of 56 by Takahashi Rumiko
- Kumpulan Cerita Berwarna Doraemon 3 by Fujiko F. Fujio
- Naruto 48 of 51+ by Kishimoto Masashi
- [Premiere] Princess Story (Yorihime Kitan) 1 of 1+ by Ebira Hiromi
- A Story of Heroes (Heroes) 31 of 37 by Choi Mir - Daiwon C.I.
- V.B. Rose 3 of 14 by Hidaka Banri
- Wazabo 4 of 5+ by Soyama Kazutoshi
 | Naruto 「 ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－ 」 |
AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The American volume 7 edition won the industry- and reader-voted 2006 Quill Award (awards to encourage reading and promote literacy) in the graphic novel category, the first manga to do so.
Sales of the manga have topped 100 million copies in Japan alone (Wikipedia), with over 83 million sold globally (Shueisha Manga News for Europe 2007, cited by Elex Media). Naruto is also the #1 bestselling manga in Indonesia, with upwards of one million copies sold nationwide.
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Naruto is published in English by VIZ Media (volume 47 released 2010.02.02 • volume 48 street date: 2010.06.01)
Serialized in English in SHONEN JUMP
Global release: Kana (France) · Glénat (Spain) · Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico) · LARP Editores (Argentina) · Carlsen Comics (Germany; serialized in Banzai!) · Kana (The Netherlands) · Comix-ART (Russia) · Japonica Polonica Fantastica (Poland) · Bonnier Carlsen (Sweden; serialized in Shonen Jump Sweden); · Tong Li (Taiwan) · Chuang Yi (Singapore; latest: volume 50)
ADAPTATIONS
A 220-episode anime based on manga volumes 1-27 was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex and aired from October 2002 to February 2007. Seiyuu Takeuchi Junko, Nakamura Chie, and Sugiyama Noriaki returned in their roles as Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, and Uchiha Sasuke in the sequel (manga volume 28 onwards) that premiered February 2007 on TV Tokyo. Naruto Shippūden is still ongoing (episode 162 aired 2010.05.27).
At least five OAVs and six films have also been released.
OAVS: Find the Crimson Four-leaf Clover! (2003) · Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2004) · Konoha Sports Festival (2004.08) · Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!! (2005.12) · Naruto: The Cross Roads (2010)
Films: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08) · Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005.08) · Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006.08) · Naruto Shippūden (2007.08) · Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna (2008.08) · Naruto Shippūden: Hi no Ishi o Tsugumono (2009.07)
A fourth Naruto Shippūden movie, Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower, is scheduled to open 31 July 2010.
 | Yorihime Kitan 「 依姫綺譚 」 |
 | V.B. Rose 「 Ｖ・Ｂ・ローズ 」 by Hidaka Banri |
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
V.B. Rose is published in English by TOKYOPOP (volume 8 released 2010.04.27 • volume 9 street date: 2010.08.03) and in traditional Chinese by Ever Glory (Taiwan).
Serialized in Indonesian in HanaLaLa
ADAPTATIONS
A V.B. Rose drama CD was released in Japan in 2006.12, starring seiyuu Mizuki Nana as Shiroi Ageha, Sakurai Takahiro as Arisaka Yukari, and Suwabe Junichi as Kuromine Mitsuya.
 | Wazaboo 「 わざぼー 」 by Soyama Kazutoshi |
Elex Media reissues (2010.06.02)
- [RE-STO] Doraemon Movie 3 - Nobita Drifts In The Universe (Awal) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [RE-STO] Doraemon Movie 3 - Nobita Drifts In The Universe (Akhir) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [RE-STO] Invincible Diva by Anisaki Yuna - SC
- [RE-STO] Sejuta Kali Lipat Rasa Suka by Hamada Shoko - SC
- [RE-STO] Secret Base by Nakahara Aya - SC
NOTE
(1) Sources: Elex Media 2 June 2010 release schedule and Komikologi (synopses, except where noted)
(2) All listed manga are priced at IDR 15,000 each, except Kumpulan Cerita Berwarna Doraemon 3 (SRP: IDR 28,800) and the Doraemon Movie 3 - Nobita Drifts In The Universe reissue duo (IDR 20,000 each)
(3) Links like this are Amazon.com (or other online merchants) search and/or product links (commercial), in case you're interested in another language version.
Volume previews/babble continued
A Story of Heroes 31 by Choi Mir
A Story of Heroes
© Choi Mir/Daiwon C.I.
Published in Indonesia
by Elex Media
Yushin faces a lightning-quick foe in the Best 8 contest. His opponent's speed renders Yushin powerless to pluck the flower at his adversary's sword tip.
Flowers and swords. The mind boggles. It boggles even more when you wonder what a fabled martial arts book (see Overview below) has to do with flora, because Choi Mir's martial arts action adventure, unhelpfully titled Heroes, has got to be the sonyun manhwa tease of teh century, if not of my entire manga blogging career.
Apparently, other than this Baka-Updates entry and and my own write-ups, there is next to no (English) info on the Heroes manhwa on teh internets — none that Gugel (moderate filtering »ON!) threw back, at any rate. (Warukatta ne, I can't claim personal acquaintance as I don't read it and with volumes exceeding 30-something, I'm not about to.) In any case, what I've been able to excavate—referring to the ertswhile Soleil-licensed manhwa—amounts to this overview:
Devenu le plus grand des voleurs après de longues années d'entraînement, Yushin se retrouve mêlé malgré lui à une lutte où s'affrontent plusieurs clans de combattants. L'objet de leur convoitise : le grand livre des arts martiaux. Yushin apprend qu'il est, en réalité, le successeur légitime de Guimun, le fondateur de l'un des clans. Il devra donc affronter Dumyo, le chef actuel, en duel. Un lourd secret pèse sur le jeune voleur, son existence est menacée... [from Manga-News]
Mangling Machine translation, with my tweaks:
Now an accomplished thief after long years of training, Yushin finds himself embroiled in a struggle for the Great Book of Martial Arts, the object of lust of several competing fighter clans. Yushin learns that he is in fact the legitimate successor of Guimun, founder of one of the clans. The discovery pits Yushin against current leader Dumyo in a duel. A dark secret lies within the young thief, his existence is threatened...
Don't worry, Yushin, as long as I'm blogging I will always find a way to babble about you, even if I don't know you.
I also don't read the Corocoro Dragon manga below:
Wazabo 4 by Soyama Kazutoshi
Wazabo impresses upon Mimimi the importance of doryoku in winning, but Mimimi, crushed by with guilt over making someone vanish, decides to quit fighting instead. If a magic wand can't make Mimimi fight again, what will?
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who directs you to check out the Elex June upcomings for more to Kyaaa~! about (no matter that they're still Jadwal dapat berubah sewaktu-waktu tentative)
UP NEXT: More 2 June 2010 manga
Level Comics: Hikayat Genji 2 · Honey Hunt 3 · Jio 6 · Last Inning 5 · Ole! 5 of 5 · Over Rev 12 · Revolution No.3 Vol 2 · Subaru 6 · Team Medical Dragon 11 · Yugo The Negotiator 22 of 22
m&c!: The Best Selection of Akaishi Michiyo · Bleach 27 · Cash by Kawazoe Mariko · Dragon Girl 4 · Meet the Banchou 2 · When Love is Hiding by Shiumi Saki · AMERO comics: Maniak Sepakbola: Hidup FC Palajoy!!! by Sulpice & Jenfevre and Maniak Sepakbola: Priiit!!! Keluar Stadion by Jack & Beka
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currently available manga (26 May 2010 street date)
- Elex Media: Alice Academy 13 · The Best Skilled Surgeon 3 · Crows 8 · Detektif Conan Animasi TV 21 · Fruits Basket 23 of 23 · Hell Girl 1 by Eeto Miyuki & Jigoku Shojo Project · K-ON! 2 · Kunai Legend 2 · Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati 2 · Libero Revolution 10 · Otoboke Section Chief 2 · Princess 31 · The Ruler of Nabari 10 · Tale of The Sea King 37 · With My Brothers 5 · Shonen Star 65/2010
- Level Comics: Black Lagoon 6 · Chocolat 3 · Eagle 11 of 11 · Kyoko Karasuma's Case Files 2 · Master of Sea 14 · Oh Butterfly Oh Flower 1 by Yoshihara Yuki · Rainbow 17
- m&c!: Bakugan Battle Brawlers 5 · Bleach 26 · Hand 7 Vol. 3 of 3 · Hellboy 3 · Jinco From Room 203 Vol. 3 of 3 · Panta Pan 1 by Aomata Pink · Pendragon 3 · Red Devil of Onigawara Yokocho 2 of 2 · Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War 2 · The Story of Wang Fenglei 2 · KOLONI: I Want To Live by Kababonken · KOLONI: Shangrila by Mage · KOLONI: Xenopet by Rizky Arrydesta · Cherry 43
related monthly schedules
Elex June 2010 manga (Tentative list)
[Premieres] Beauty Honey by Matsumoto Tomo, Gensou Suikoden III by Shimizu Aki (double launch with volume 2), Hello Master by Tsukuba Sakura, Hidamari Sketch by Aoki Ume, Natural Honey Dormitory by Oda Aya, Rakka Ryuusui by Sanada Iki, Rockwell the Scarlet Knight by Nadatani Wataru, Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits by Sawada Hirofumi, Tena on S String by Mikabe Sesuna, Toradora by Zekkou, Vampire Knight by Hino Matsuri, and Winter's Love by Mamura Mio (standalone)
[Finales] Fairy-Tale Motif Brocade (volume 5) by Hikawa Kyouko and Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Shiina Takashi (volume 39)
[CONTINUING] Serial Topeng Kaca: Bidadari Merah 11 by Miuchi Suzue, Claymore 15 by Yagi Norihiro, C.M.B. 12 by Katou Motohiro, Fairy Tail 6 by Mashima Hiro, The Great Detective Kiyoshiro Yumemizu 9 by Enue Kei, Q.E.D. 33 by Katou Motohiro, Red-Haired Snow White 3 by Akizuki Sorata, Yotsuba&! 9 by Azuma Kiyohiko
Elex May 2010 manga
Premiering Animal Doctor by Sasaki Noriko, Artist Acro by Sakurai Ato, Blooming Youth by Itsuki Natsumi, Dr. Koto by Yamada Takatoshi, Hell Girl by Eto Miyuki & Jigoku Shojo Project, Hero Tales by Arakawa Hiromu, A Kiss for My Prince by Kim HeeEun, Kuro Memanggul Peti Mati by Kiyuduki Satoko, New Sexy Simpleton by Hwang MiRee, Princess Story by Ebira Hiromi, Shinagawa Cat Story by Nishida Kana, Summer Storm! by Kobayashi Jin, Vitamin Cat by Sugiyama Ryoko, and The Moon & Lake by Ashihara Hinako (standalone)
other invaluable resources
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InuYasha 「 犬夜叉 」 by Takahashi Rumiko
Full title: Sengoku Otogizoushi InuYasha
(InuYasha, A Feudal Fairy Tale)
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 47 first published in Japan 2006.11
Volume 47 contains chapters:
OTHER LANGUAGE VERSIONS/SERIALIZATIONS
Inuyasha is published in English by VIZ Media (Volume 48: Feeding Frenzy released 2010.05.11 • volume 49 street date: 2010.06.08).
Global release: Kana (France, Netherlands) · Glénat (Spain) · Star Comics (Italy) · Egmont (Germany, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland) · Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico) · LARP Editores (Argentina) · Editora JBC (Brazil) · Aruts Hayeladim (Israel) · Ching Win Publishing (Taiwan) · NXB Trẻ (Vietnam) · Haksan (South Korea)
Serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Star
ADAPTATIONS
The manga was adapted into anime by Sunrise: the first, based on volumes 1 through 36 and spanning 167 episodes, aired on Yomiuri TV from October 2000 until September 2004. The sequel, InuYasha Kanketsu-hen, which picks up from volume 36 until series end, premiered October 2009 with seiyuu Yamaguchi Kappei, Yukino Satsuki, and Morikawa Toshiyuki reprising their roles as Inuyasha, Kagome, and Naraku. The sequel ended 2010.03.29
Four originally-conceived anime features have also been released: InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (2001.12) · InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002.12) · InuYasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003.12) · InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004.12). A prequel special InuYasha Meguri Au Mae no Unmei Koiuta aired 2004.04.19 in Japan.