I lurve the Team Medical Dragon cover ^^ so leading with it.
Iryuu -Team Medical Dragon- © Nogizaka Taro & Nagai Akira/Shogakukan
[First serialized in Big Comic Superior]
Published in Indonesia as Team Medical Dragon by Elex Media/Level Comics
Ryutaro, Akira and Gunji operate on Tahara-san, but blood for transfusion is running low. More blood is on the way, but congestion from a traffic accident delays delivery. Ferrying by helicopter is equally a no-go because of a brewing storm. Finally, Noboru decides to pick the blood up himself, but can he make it back to the hospital in time?
Find the answer somewhere between chapters 123 (卑怯/Hikyou
) and 131 (対自/Tai ji
) of Team Medical Dragon 16.
As for the #1 DO WANT! this Level manga release —
Soul Eater 5 of 19+ by Ohkubo Atsushi
Weapon meisters and partners assemble to mark the school's foundation day. But just like at Sleeping Beauty's christening, one unwelcome witch pops up — Medusa. She imprisons the students before hurrying to awaken Asura, the first Kishin, sealed deep within the building. Fortunately, Sid is able to free the meisters, but can they stop Medusa from unleashing the madness that sleeps in the SPSS (DWMA) underground chamber? [Additions from Wikipedia]
Soul Eater 5 compiles chapters 15 through 18: The Anniversary Celebration,
A Fight to the Death at the Anniversary Celebration (Part 1),
A Fight to the Death at the Anniversary Celebration (Part 2)
and A Fight to the Death at the Anniversary Celebration (Part 3).
New Level series
Level premieres three manga titles—Saito Chiho's Based on a True Story Bronze Angel, Fujisawa Toru's GTO, another sports manga from Kusaba Michiteru, this time with an Amnesia twist, Lost Man—and one BD/bande dessinée series: Rantanplan, the Lucky Luke spin-off starring prison guard dog Rin Tin Can, I mean, Rantanplan, a spoof of Rin Tin Tin, as idiotic as Rin Tin Tin is clever.
Two Rantanplan compilations launch this Wednesday: Rantanplan - Kapak Perang and Rantanplan - Kumpulan Kebodohan. Because I go babble mode ON! on GTO (the First Runner-up DO WANT!) look for the debut previews Below The Cut.
Level Comics manga and manhwa (2011.03.30)
- Aflame Inferno 5 of 6+ by Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun
- Basara 16 of 27 by Tamura Yumi
- [Series Premiere] Bronze Angel (Bronze no Tenshi) 1 of 7 by Saito Chiho
- Exit 5 of 11+ by Fujita Takami
- [Series Premiere] GTO 1 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru
- Half an Apple (1/2 no Ringo) 8 of 14 by Koyama Yukari
- Haruka 17 volume 11 of 19 by Yamazaki Sayaka
- Hellsing 6 of 10 by Hirano Kohta
- K2 volume 6 of 14+ by Mafune Kazuo
- [Series Premiere] Lost Man 1 of 11+ by Kusaba Michiteru
- Soul Eater 5 of 19+ by Ohkubo Atsushi
- Team Medical Dragon (Iryuu -Team Medical Dragon-) 16 of 25 by Nogizaka Taro & Nagai Akira
 | Basara 「ＢＡＳＡＲＡ」 by Tamura Yumi |
Awards
Best Shoujo Manga, 38th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other versions/languages
Re-released in 16 bunko volumes
English Basara (VIZ Media; 27 volumes), French (Kana; 27 volumes), German (EMA: Band 25 shipped 2011.03), Danish (Mangismo Danmark) and Swedish (Mangismo Sverige)
Adaptations
A 13-episode Legend of Basara anime by KSS, starring seiyuu Kimura Akiko (Sarasa) and Inoue Kazuhiko (Shuri), aired in Japan from April to June 1998.
 | Bronze no Tenshi 「ブロンズの天使」 by Saito Chiho |
Other versions
Re-released in five bunko volumes (per 2011.03)
Related series
Bronze no Tenshi Gaiden (one volume spin-off; 2009.01)
 | Exit 「ＥＸＩＴ」 by Fujita Takami |
*Volumes 1-5 published between 1998.08 and 1999.06 under Sony Magazines Comics Kimi to Boku (KB) Collection imprint
 | GTO 「ＧＴＯ」 by Fujisawa Toru |
Awards
Best Shounen Manga, 1998 Kodansha Manga Awards
Other languages
Bilingual Japanese/English (Kodansha International, three volumes per 1999.12), English GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes), French Pika Édition (25 volumes), Italian (Dynamic Italia), German (EMA), Polish (Waneko), Swedish (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB; serialized in Manga Mania), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan)
Related series
Prequels: Shounan Junaigumi! AKA GTO: The Early Years (31 of 31 volumes) and Bad Company (1 of 1 volume) and GTO: Shonan 14 Days (sequel, six volumes as at 2011.02, ongoing)
Adaptations
A live-action GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka TV series, starring Sorimachi Takashi (Onizuka Eikichi) and Matsushima Nanako (Fuyutsuki Azusa) telecast from July to September 1998 on Fuji TV and Kansai TV (followed by GTO Drama Special; 1999.08.28 and GTO: The Movie; 1991) and Studio Pierrot's 43-episode Great Teacher Onizuka anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Takagi Wataru as Onizuka, that aired between June 1999 and September 2000.
 | 1/2 no Ringo 「１／２の林檎」 by Koyama Yukari |
 | Haruka 17 「はるか１７」 by Yamazaki Sayaka |
Adaptations
A 10-episode live-action drama starring Hirayama Aya (Miyamae Haruka) aired on TV Asahi from July to September 2005.
 | Hellsing 「ＨＥＬＬＳＩＮＧ」 by Hirano Kohta |
Other languages
English Hellsing (Dark Horse Comics: 10 volumes and Chuang Yi; 10 volumes), French (Tonkam, 10 volumes), Italian (Dynit), German (Planet Manga), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica) and Denmark and Sweden (Mangismo)
Related series
Hellsing: The Dawn (prequel; serialized in Young King Ours special editions, six chapters as at 2008.09, on hiatus)
Adaptations
A 13-episode anime adaptation by Gonzo aired on Fuji TV from October 2001 to January 2002, starring seiyuu Nakata Jouji (Alucard), Orikasa Fumiko (Seras Victoria) and Sakakibara Yoshiko (Sir Integra Hellsing).
A Hellsing Ultimate OAV (starring the same voice cast) premiered in Japan in January 2006 and as of December 2009, seven episodes have been released. The first four episodes were produced by Satelight, with Madhouse taking over as of OAV V.
 | Lost Man 「ＬＯＳＴ ＭＡＮ」 by Kusaba Michiteru |
Volume 1 chapters:
1. 仕事ですよ!! (Shigoto desu yo!!
)
2. デモンストレーション (Demonstration
)
3. 契約 (Keiyaku
)
4. 心理戦 (Shinrisen
)
5. 契約満了 (Keiyaku manryou
)
6. ナンデヤネン!! (Nandeyanen!!
)
7. ドロボウを追いつめろ！ (Dorobou wo oitsumero!
)
8. すべて計算 (Subete keisan
)
[Titles mechanically translated via Japanese Dictionary]
 | Soul Eater 「ソウルイーター」 by Ohkubo Atsushi |
Related series
First appeared as one-shots in two Gangan Powered special editions (Summer and Fall 2003) and Gangan Wing's 26 November 2003 issue. (Regular Monthly Shonen Gangan serialization commenced May 2004.)
Other languages/serializations
English Soul Eater (Yen Press: five volumes per 2011.02.22 • volume 6 street date: 2011.06.28; serialized in Yen Plus), French (Kurokawa tome 14 shipped 2011.03.10), German (Carlsen Comics Band 10 street date: 2011.04.22) and traditional Chinese 噬魂者 (Sharp Point Press Taiwan)
Related series
Soul Eater Not! (side story; began serialization in Shonen Gangan 2011.01.12)
Adaptations
Manga volumes 1 to 12 adapted to anime by BONES. Fifty-one episodes starring seiyuu Omigawa Chiaki (Maka Alban) and Uchiyama Kouki (Soul Eater) aired in Japan from April 2008 to March 2009.
Square Enix bundled an audio drama, Soul Eater (Vol. 1): Special Social Studies Field Trip, with an artbook in August 2005. The drama CD featured different actors (Takeuchi Junko as Maka; Hoshi Souichirou as Soul Eater); only Kobayashi Yumiko reprised her Black☆Star role in the TV series.
 | Iryuu -Team Medical Dragon- 「医龍」 |
Volume 16 chapters:
123. 卑怯 (Hikyou
)
124. カミングアウト (Kaminguauto
)
125. まだか... (Mada ka
)
126. バカ (Baka
)
127. 敬礼 (Keirei
)
128. 凡人の選択 (Bonjin no sentaku
)
129. 意識30 (Ishiki 30
)
130. 血液の重さ (Ketsueki no omosa
)
131. 対自 (Tai ji
)
[Titles mechanically translated via Japanese Dictionary and WebSaru Japanese Dictionary]
Awards
Winner, Best Seinen/General Manga, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards
Other languages
French (Glénat: tome 15 per 2011.02.16)
Adaptations
Two seasons of the live-action adaptation, starring Sakaguchi Kenji (Asada Ryutaro), aired on Fuji TV (Season 1: April to June 2006; Season 2: October to December 2007). The series won the Best Drama award at the 49th Television Drama Academy Awards.
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Level Comics European comics/BDs (2011.03.30)
- Lucky Luke - Bukit Hitam (Lucky Luke Tome 21: Les Collines noires) by Morris & Goscinny
- Lucky Luke - Karavan (Lucky Luke Tome 24: La Caravane) by Morris & Goscinny
- [Premiere] Rantanplan - Kapak Perang (Rantanplan: bêtisier, Tome 7: Sur le pied de guerre) by Xavier Fauche, Janvier, Morris & Jean Léturgie
- [Premiere] Rantanplan - Kumpulan Kebodohan (Rantanplan: bêtisier, Tome 2) by Xavier Fauche, Jean Léturgie, Morris & Janvie
- Petualangan Spirou & Fantasio - Sarang Moray (Spirou et Fantasio, tome 9 : Le Repaire de la murène) by Franquin (Dupuis)
- Spirou dan Fantasio - Spirou dan Fantasio di New York (Spirou et Fantasio, Tome 39: A New York) by Janry
¹ Sources: Elex STO 30 March 2011 (release schedule) and Komikologi and/or Gramedia Shop (synopses, unless indicated otherwise)
² Manga are priced at IDR 18,500 each except Aflame Inferno 5, Exit 5 and Haruka 17 Vol.11 (IDR 19,500). ROMICs retail for IDR 30,000/volume save for Petualangan Spirou & Fantasio - Sarang Moray, which carries an IDR 38,000 SRP.
³ Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
New series continued
Bronze Angel 1 of 7 by Saito Chiho
Russian poet Pushkin falls in love at first sight with the young and beautiful daughter of impoverished nobility, Natalia. Natalia is pressured to marry a rich aristocrat to revive the family fortune. The poor poet Pushkin, albeit a genius, stands no chance of winning his love...or does he?
The Russian poet alluded to is, of course, Alexander Pushkin, considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature,
and also the first Russian to write about love and sex
(according to BBC). His most successful poem is The Bronze Horseman, which stars the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg.
Bronze Angel, originally Bronze no Tenshi, was first serialized in Flowers. The shoujo series has been re-released as bunkoban, the fifth streeting in March 2011. There is a one-volume spin-off, Bronze no Tenshi Gaiden.
Manga readers know the name Saito Chiho, Bronze Angel's manga-ka, primarily from Shoujo Kakumei Utena, but Level has also published Saito Chiho-sensei's A Hint of Purple and is continuing to release Ice Forest.
GTO 1 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru
TV Tropes sez: Newcomers unfamiliar with the series should be aware it has (largely) nothing to do with muscle cars,
but I truly doubt anyone on the planet remains unaware of GTO. But just in case, excerpting TV Tropes' synopsis:
Onizuka Eikichi: Twenty-two years old, current virgin, black belt martial artist, former delinquent, seeking direction. What better job for such a man than teaching? Easy hours, and the potential of after-school study sessions with beautiful high school girls... At least, so go Onizuka's daydreams. The truth is, as a new hire at Holy Forest Academy (surprisingly, not a Two Teacher School), he's been put in charge of a class who believe it is their sole mission to run any teacher they're given right out of town.
The same write-up goes on to say how the manga dramedy Great Teacher Onizuka is the story of this (semi-indestructible) man and his continuing attempts to keep from being fired while straightening out the class which has been placed in his care.
And I don't think we need to belabor further, seeing as how Onizuka is practically a trope in his own right. Still, Elex Media Book Review makes a point of mentioning that GTO won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category, so I'll throw that accolade in, too.
Lost Man 1 of 11+ by Kusaba Michiteru
Matsumoto has no memories of who he is nor where he comes from. All he has is a love for a round object. As he searches for himself, Matsumoto works as a ballplayer for hire, seeking employment wherever in the world he may find it. His first target: Romania's Brasov FC, determined to make soccer's Division 1.
Elex Book Review shares that the seinen sports manga includes football technique explications. Lost Man first serialized in Young Sunday, before moving to Big Comic Spirits after Yansan folded in July 2008.
Kusaba Michiteru-sensei also created the likewise soccer Fantasista and the tennis-themed Look Up! that Elex concluded last January.
Featured
Aflame Inferno 5 of 6+ [ACCIDENT] by Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun
For refusing to cooperate with Pandemonium, Thanatos loses his beloved wife Eliese. They engage in violent combat that nearly destroys the city. But at the peak of battle, Pandemonium “revives” Eliese, effectively stopping Thanatos in his tracks.
Basara 16 by 27 by Tamura Yumi
Sarasa spends peaceful days up in the north and makes her first female friend, Kasane, little realizing that Kasane is a spy for the Black King. Meanwhile, Takumi receives a war summons and the Aoba temple is razed for allegedly succoring Kazuno agents.
What will Sarasa do now?
Half an Apple 8 of 14 by Koyama Yukari
Even when love and work become a burden, I will reshape hardship into strength to endure!
Hikaru who once fell into despondency after believing she had caused Natsuko's miscarriage vows to pick herself up and redeem herself through work. The promise stands to remain unfulfilled after she learns that SHC intends to fire her. Meanwhile, seeing Hikaru's perseverance only makes Natsuko's hatred explode.
Hellsing 6 of 10 by Hirano Kohta
After “isolating” Alucard in the middle of the Atlantic, the Millennium forces land in London and cut a destructive swath through the city in pursuit of Integra. Meanwhile, Seras and The Geese try to defend Hellsing HQ from the Zorin Blitz-led attack, without Alucard backup.
Hellsing 6 contains chapters:
38. Final Fantasy 3
39. Final Fantasy 4
40. Final Fantasy 5
41. The Screamer
42. Aubird Force
43. Gun Bullet
44. Balloon Fight
45. Soldier of Fortune 1
46. Soldier of Fortune 2
47. Soldier of Fortune 3
The rest of the ongoing series
- Exit 5 by Fujita Takami: An independent VANCA runs into problems and new faces by the truckload, but remains committed to its recording standard. Meanwile, Takuya learns that Asai is still chasing after VANCA. What for when Asai should've been satisfied with EKS DUAL?
- Haruka 17 Vol. 11 by Yamazaki Sayaka: Haruka finally lands a lead role in a drama series, thanks Ms. Midorikawa. But Haruka will be playing opposite an actress notorious for her willfulness, which has led to shooting reschedules in the past. Can Haruka act with such a prima donna?
- K2 Vol. 6 by Mafune Kazuo: The organ cloning organization retries to kidnap Kazunari. A mystery man, suspected of being K's father, arrives in K's village. K succeeds in thwarting the abduction attempt, but not before Kazunari learns the truth about...
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Other 30 March 2011 manga and manhwa
- Elex Media: Topeng Kaca: Dua Akoya 1 by Miuchi Suzue, · Here we are 14 · Red Haired Anne 4 by Igarashi Yumiko · The Recipe For Gertrude 3 · Shade 2 · Blooming Youth 1 by Itsuki Natsumi · Cynical Kanoko 3 of 3 · Goddess of a Department Store by Morino Aki · Hitohira 3 · New Legenda Naga 8 · Piano Hutan 19 · Project X: Shinkansen: The Tenacity of Shinkansen's Invention · Want You 8 · Shonen Star 6/2011
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Aflame Inferno 「불꽃의 인페르노」
by Lim DallYoung & Kim KwangHyun
Haksan, seinen
Volume 5: [Accident] first published in Korea 2008.06
Other languages/serializations
Japanese 炎のインフェルノ (Kill Time Communication, Voltex Valkyrie Comics: six volumes per 2010.11; serialized in Comic Valkyrie)