New Sexy Simpleton © Hwang MiRee/Samyang
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Miju and the Emperor's adventures in the 13th century ends, with our time-challenged couple managing to return to the present with the help of Prince Sa. Find out what happens before the Happy End—especially how they ditch Kubilai—in the New Sexy Simpleton finale, half the pair of Hwang MiRee soonjung manhwa streeting this Wednesday (the other is Want You 4).
Fullmetal Alchemist 25 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu
Heading into the final stretch of Fullmetal Alchemist, Father requires five alchemists who have previously opened the Gate of Alchemy to activate the transmutation circle that will absorb all the souls in Amestris. Of the valiant pentad, only Mustang has yet to perform Human Transmutation, and the Flame Alchemist certainly has no intention of initiating the taboo rite.
But as Hawkeye lies dying before his eyes, will the obstinate Mustang finally yield?
Yeah, yeah, you already know what happens if you watched the FMA Brotherhood anime; now read the wellspring Fullmetal Alchemist volume 25, compiling manga chapters 100 through 103: The Forbidden Door,
The Fifth Human Sacrifice,
Before the Door
and For Whose Sake.
Topeng Kaca Deluxe 5 of 24+ by Miuchi Suzue
Meanwhile, Topeng Kaca 5 Deluxe calls for Kitajima Maya to play a doll — without dialogue, action, even emotion. Acting inanimate will demand tremendous effort, for while staying mute and motionless might not be a problem, how does one discard feelings?
See how Maya unleashes a “storm on stage” in Topeng Kaca Deluxe volume 5: Badai Panggung (1).
NEW ELEX SERIES: Hallelujah Overdrive by Takata Kotaro
Hallelujah Overdrive
© Takata Kotaro
Shogakukan
[Serialized in Gessan]
Elex finally premieres the music-themed, December-skedded Hallelujah Overdrive by Takata Kotaro:
Diverse emotions move human beings; in Asakura Kosame's case, it's resentment: a grudge aginst a musician instrumental in shooting down Kosame's love confession. Kosame enrolls in the same school as his object of grievance's, only to discover that the school band has been disbanded for rowdiness. In its place is the Metal Physics and Chemistry Research club.
Captivated by the petite senpai who invites him to sign up, Kosame enters the real world of music.
The Boy Meets Girl Band love story!
serializes in Gessan AKA Monthly Shonen Sunday.
MANGAZINES: Shonen Magz 1/2011 and Shonen Star 79/2010
Shonen Magz resets to Issue #1, while Shonen Star plays catch-up with Issue 79 of 2010. ShoMagz 1/2011 premieres Kungfu Boy The Other Story (Tekken Chinmi Gaiden) or what I'm calling “Kungfu Boy - Lite,” a nostalgia trip down Chinmi and Sifan's lighter-side adventures. (Maekawa Takeshi's Kungfu Boy Legends is still ongoing, don't fret.) Meanwhile, the latest ShoStar to nab the Issue 79 spotlight is Fujisaki Masato's Wild Life, tankou 11 of which released last week. (Babble continued After The Cut.)
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2011.01.05)
Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details and cover scans.
- Bakeru-kun Pika-pika 3 of 5 by Fujiko F. Fujio
- Crows 15 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
- Dorabase (Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden) 19 of 21+ by Mugiwara Shintaro & Fujiko F. Fujio Production
- Dr. Koto (Dr. Koto Shinryoujo) 3 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) 25 of 27 by Arakawa Hiromu
- [Series Premiere] Hallelujah Overdrive 1 of 3+ by Takata Kotaro
- New Sexy Simpleton 9 of 9 by Hwang MiRee [Finale]
- Rakka Ryuusui 3 of 5+ by Sanada Ikki
- Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 8 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Topeng Kaca Deluxe (Glass no Kamen) 5 of 24+ by Miuchi Suzue
- Want You 4 of 10 by Hwang MiRee
- Yakitate!! Japan 19 of 26 by Hashiguchi Takashi
 | Bakeru-kun 「バケルくん」 by Fujiko F. Fujio |
 | Crows 「クローズ」 by Takahashi Hiroshi |
Related series
Worst (sequel, 25 volumes as at 2010.11) and Crows Zero (spin-off; nine volumes as at 2010.08)
Adaptations
Two live-action prequel movies: Crows ZERO (Japan theatrical release: October 2007) and Crows ZERO II (April 2009), directed by Miike Takashi and starring Oguri Shun (GPS leader Takiya Genji) and Yamada Takayuki (Serizawa Tamao)
 | Dorabase: Doraemon Chouyakyuu Gaiden |
 | Dr. Koto Shinryoujo 「Ｄｒ．コトー診療所」 |
Awards
Best General/Seinen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
Other languages
French (Kana; Dr Kotô tome 18 street date: 2011.01.07) and traditional Chinese 離島大夫日誌 (Ching Win Taiwan)
Adaptations
Dr. Coto's Clinic, an 11-episode live-action TV drama starring Yoshioka Hidetaka as Dr. Coto (Goto Kensuke) aired from July to September 2003 on Fuji TV, followed by two specials (the first aired between 9 and 10 January 2004 and the second from 12 to 13 December of the same year). The first season won the 38nd Television Drama Academy Awards for Best Drama and a Best Actor award for Yoshioka Hidetaka. A second 11-episode season followed between October and December 2006. This season was recognized with a Special Award for the Production Team in the 44th Galaxy Awards.
Related
Dr. Koto My First BIG Specials: The Advent!
, Miracle in the hand
(2006.10) and My First BIG editions: Suspected
, Despair
(2006.11) and Consider
(2006.12)
 | Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 「鋼の錬金術師」 |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Hashiguchi Takashi's Yakitate!! Japan [volume 19 streets concurrently with FMA 25])
Other languages
English Fullmetal Alchemist (VIZ Media; volume 23 per 2010.07 • volume 24 street date: 2011.01.18 and Chuang Yi; volume 23 released 2010.03), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi 钢之炼金术师 #26 per 2010.10), French (Kurokawa tome 25 street date: 2011.01.13), Italian (Panini Comics/Planet Manga), German (Planet Manga), Spanish (Norma Editorial Spain; latest volume 25), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen) and Portuguese (JBC Brazil)
Adaptations
A 51-episode anime adaptation by Bones aired between October 2003 and October 2004, followed by a film sequel (Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, July 2005) and a second 64-episode series Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood that aired between April 2009 and July 2010. A handful of OAVs were also released. Seiyuu Park Romi and Kugimiya Rie play brothers Edward and Alphone Elric in all the Hagaren adaptations.
Two Fullmetal Alchemist audio drama series have been produced. Three volumes comprise the pre-anime first series: The Land of Sand, False Light, Truth's Shadow and Criminals' Scar. The second series, bundled with Shonen Gangan, consists of Ogutāre of the Fog (Shonen Gangan April and May 2004 issues) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Crown of Heaven (November and December issues).
Related
Spin-off light novels written by Inoue Makoto and illustrated by Arakawa Hiromu. First serialized in Shonen Gangan, six volumes have been released: The Land of Sand (2003.02; source material for anime episodes 11 and 12) · The Abducted Alchemist (2003.09) · The Valley of White Petals (2004.04) · Under the Faraway Sky (2004.10) · The Ties That Bind (2005.06) · A New Beginning (2007.03).
A pair of The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist manga artbooks and three manga guidebooks, as well as three The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Anime artbooks, a Fullmetal Alchemist Anime Profiles character guide book, and six fanbooks (TV Anime Fullmetal Alchemist Official Fanbooks for the first series and one for the second) have also been released.
 | Hallelujah Overdrive 「ハレルヤオーバードライブ！」 |
 | New Sexy Simpleton 「新신 섹시한 못난이」 |
Related series
Sexy Simpleton (prequel)
 | Rakka Ryuusui 「落花流水」 by Sanada Ikki |
Adaptations
Two audio dramas starring seiyuu Nakahara Mai (Hayama Akiho) and Endo Aya (Hokaze Minatsu) were released in 2009: the first Rakka Ryuusui drama CD shipped 2009.03; the second Rakka Ryuusui Variety CD debuted at Comiket 76 (2009.08). Houbunsha published the Akizuki Hiro-penned light novel in July 2007.
 | Sanzoku Ou 「山賊王」 by Sawada Hirofumi |
Serializations
Indonesian Shonen Magz (concluded)
 | Glass no Kamen 「ガラスの仮面」 by Miuchi Suzue |
Related
Glass no Kamen tankoubon
Adaptations
Three anime and two seasons of a live-action drama
 | Want you 「원츄(Want you)」 by Hwang MiRee |
 | Yakitate!! Japan 「焼きたて！！ジャぱん」 |
Volume 19 chapters:
163. 河内の進化
164. パネルの裏側
165. パンダの正体
166. 河内の自信
167. 今、できること
168. 模糊山の夢
169. 黒やんX（エックス）
170. 電車に乗れなくても…
171. 竺（あつし）と暁（あかつき）
172. 頭を冷やせ！
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 49th Shogakukan Manga Awards (tied with Arakawa Hiromu's Fullmetal Alchemist [volume 25 streets with Yakitate!! Japan 19])
Serialization
Indonesian Shonen Star (ongoing)
Other languages
English Yakitate!! Japan (VIZ Media; volume 24 released 2010.10 • volume 25 street date: 2011.01.11), French (Delcourt/Akata; Yakitate Ja-Pan !! un pain c'est tout tome 26 released 2010.01), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa Spain), German (EMA) and traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan; 新鮮出爐﹗日式麵包王 26 per 2007.06)
Adaptations
Sunrise's 69-episode anime adaptation starring seiyuu Kobayashi Yumiko as Azuma Kazuma aired from October 2004 to March 2006 on TV Tokyo.
¹ Sources: Elex STO 5 January 2011 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Manga are priced at IDR 16,500 each except Bakeru kun Pika-pika 3 (SRP: IDR 13,500) and Topeng Kaca 5 Deluxe (IDR 24,000). Shonen Magz 1/2011 and Shonen Star 79/2010 retail for IDR 30,000/issue
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
Previews continued
Crows 15 of 26 by Takahashi Hiroshi
Just because Harumichi's battle with the Bitoh brothers is over doesn't mean peaceful days have arrived at Suzuran High. Rindaman's about to graduate, but Harumichi still has a bone to pick with him. Harumichi insists on one final fight with Rindaman to determine Suzuran's strongest.
The problem: how to issue the challenge to Rindaman.
Dorabase 19 of 21+ by Mugiwara Shintaro & Fujiko F. Fujio Production
Where has Hyoro gone?!
The Edogawa Doras' ace against Oreemon's Akita Orions goes missing before the third round of the Baseball Tournament Across Japan. The Doras struggle to score and eventually catch up in the first half of the sixth inning. But can the team actually win? And what of Hyoro's fate?
Dr. Koto 3 of 25+ by Yamada Takatoshi
Goto Kensuke alias Dr. Koto continues to perform wonders on the isle of Koshiki, a remote island without proper medical facilities, but can he pull off another miracle after three thieves commandeer his clinic to treat their wounded comrade and hold Nurse Hoshino hostage?
Dr. Koto volume 3, subtitled Dihajar,
contains chapters 22-33: Dr. Koto, frolic
· Dr. Koto, beaten
· Dr. Koto, rebel
· Dr. Koto, think
· Dr. Koto, family
· Dr. Koto, confused
· Dr. Koto, haircut
· Dr. Koto, shatter
· Dr. Koto, angered
· Dr. Koto, give instructions
· Dr. Koto, do it
· Dr. Koto, trapped.
(*NOT Shonen Star serialization titles)
Rakka Ryuusui 3 of 5+ by Sanada Ikki
A new school year and the Kyuudo club gains two new members: Gojou Yuu, an oujo-san with a weak physique and a heart prone to stop beating when she falls asleep, and Ayase Akatsuki, Yuu's childhood friend and the Archery Club's ace.
What hues will this latest pair contribute to further liven up the polychromatic Kyuudo club?
Sanzoku Ou: King of Bandits 8 of 13 by Sawada Hirofumi
Kusunoki troops manage to occupy the Akasaka fortress earlier held by the Bakufu forces, but the shogunate's warriors retaliate and obliterate the Utsunomiya clan, famed for being the finest archers in the Kanto region.
Reiterating: If you can't wait for the tanks, check out Shonen Magz back issues; this series already concluded in Issue 77/2010.
Want You 4 of 10 by Hwang MiRee
Because of Hoiyun's “prayer,” Herem stops liking Hoiyun. Not only that, Herem even decides to move out of the house.
Just what exactly did Hoiyun pray for?
Yakitate!! Japan 19 of 26 by Hashiguchi Takashi
The “Duel to the Death” match against Norihei over, Team Pantasia must now face another terrible opponent, the mysterious Panda Man. Will Panda Man prove as popular as the Train Man? In any case, Kazuma must fight with all his might to avert the loss of their shop.
What Azuma needs is...a stroke of Ja-pan-da?
[Additions from Delcourt's Yakitate Ja-Pan!! un pain c'est tout tome 19 summary and VIZ Media's Yakitate!! Japan, vol. 19 description]
Yakitate!! Japan is ongoing serialization in the Indonesian Shonen Star (see below).
Mangazines
Shonen Magz 1/2011 premieres Kungfu Boy The Other Story
Tekken Chinmi Gaiden
© Maekawa Takeshi
Kodansha
[Monthly Shonen
Magazine]
Shonen Magz 1/2011 starts serialization on Maekawa Takeshi's Kungfu Boy The Other Story (Tekken Chinmi Gaiden 「鉄拳チンミ外伝」). The Kungfu Boy side story series visits Chinmi, Sifan and Goku's early martial arts adventures. (I continue to trust that Kungfu Boy Legends hasn't been dropped to make way for this new series, despite the former's persisting absence from the cover line-up.)
Kungfu Boy The Other Story's other shounen (and lone seinen) companions:
- BECK by Harold Sakuishi
- Blazer Drive by Kishimoto Seishi
- Code:Breaker by Kamijyo Akimine
- Fairy Tail by Mashima Hiro
- Ghost's Doctor by Sato Yuki
- Kindaichi Case Files by Amagi Seimaru & Sato Fumiya
- School Rumble by Kobayashi Jin
- Tokkyu! by Kubo Mitsuro & Komori Yoichi
- Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE by CLAMP
- Vinland Saga by Yukimura Makoto
Shonen Star 79/2010 ☆ Wild Life by Fujisaki Masato
Wild Life
© Fujisaki Masato
Shogakukan
[Shonen Sunday]
In the latest Wild Life chapter, it's Hosho's birthday. To mend the rift with Tessho, Hosho puts on a zoo-keeper's disguise and helps Tessho cure a sick lion — in what has got to be the most unconventional in “cutting-edge” veterinary care. In return, Tessho presents Hosho a gift that... (is guaranteed to drag out the Awww...).
The rest of the the ShoStar pack:
- Defense Devil by Youn InWan & Yang KyungIl
- Detektif Conan by Aoyama Gosho
- D-LIVE!! by Minagawa Ryouji
- Dr. Koto by Yamada Takatoshi (vol. 3 streets 1.05)
- Inuyasha by Takahashi Rumiko
- Katsu! by Adachi Mitsuru
- Kekkaishi by Tanabe Yellow
- Magical Iroha by Inoue Kazurou
- My First Mr. Akuno by Fujiki Syun
- Takkoku!!! by Fukuchi Tsubasa
- Yakitate!! Japan by Hashiguchi Takashi (vol. 19 streets 1.05)
UP NEXT: Level Comics and m&c! 5 January 2010 manga and manhwa
Level Comics: Bloody Monday 1 by Megumi Kouji & Ryumon Ryou · Sky of Love 1 by Haneda Ibuki & Mika · Shadow Skill 2 · Eternal Sabbath 2 · Priest 12 · Lucky Luke - Berburu Jejak Dalton
m&c!: Ugly Duckling Become Swan 6 · Sandwich Girl 4 · Aoizaka Baseball Club 17 · Magical X Miracle 2
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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currently available manga (29 December 2010 street date)
- Elex Media: Pandora Hearts 12 · Absolute Peace Strategy 1 by Ogura Akane · Dodge Fighters 1 by Muragami Toshiya & Saito Muneo · The Recipe For Gertrude 1 by Kusakawa Nari · Traumeister 1 by Nakayama Atsushi · Welcome to Host Detective Agency 1 by Tateno Makoto · Wild Life 11 · Kisah Edo di Abad 21 vol.2 · Pokonyan Pika-pika 3 of 3 · Animal Doctor 5 · Legend of Nereid 12 · Spiral: The Bonds of Reason 10 · Summer Storm! 6 · Lum, The Invader Girl 28 · Shonen Star 78/2010
- Level Comics: Until Death Do Us Part 3 · Zipang 5 · Shattered Knife 6 · Lucky Luke - Menyusuri Sungai Mississippi
- m&c!: You Can't Disappear From Me 4 of 4 · Female Wolf's Boy 11 · How to be a Man 5 · Bakugan Battle Brawlers 14 · Confucius 5 · Cherry 50/2010
related monthly schedule(s)
January 2011
Premiering Anne of Green Gables by Igarashi Yumiko, Ciuman Dewa by Suzuki Julietta, Dodge Fighters by Murakami Toshiya & Saito Muneo, Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future by Fujiko F. Fujio, Doraemon Movie: Nobita & Kerajaan Robot, Hitohira by Kirihara Idumi, Kindaichi Special Case: Snow Spirit Murder by Amagi Seimaru & Sato Fumiya, Pirates and the Mermaid by Kiuchi Tatsuya
December 2010
Premiering Cynical Kanoko by Tsuda Ririko, Hallelujah Overdrive by Takata Kotaro, Hitohira by Kirihara Idumi, The Recipe for Gertrude by Kusakawa Nari
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3 veni, vidi, velcro (came, saw, got stuck):
know what, yakitate japan!! is one of my favorite anime..haha..:D love it ^^
@ayu-chan,
I used to wub Yakitate!! Japan anime muchness, too ^^
Fullmetal alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa.I always Watch Fullmetal alchemist Online. Its really fantastic tv show. I like it so much. I watch its all episodes.
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