Update: Moving Clock Maker's Love by Nesumi Chisato and Song of the Sky by Amano Kozue deets from this list to 12 October's (yup, postponed).
Pluto © Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu/Shogakukan
[First serialized in Big Comic Original]
Published in Indonesia by Gramedia/m&c!
Yes, yes, Bleach 42 is the m&c! top DO WANT!, but as Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu's Pluto ends this release, the latter gets the pix lead while the former has to settle for first blurb. Okee?
Gotei 13 faces off against the top three Espada, but in the midst of battle, Garganta rips open! Who joins the fray — friend or foe?
As Garganta is how Arrancars and Hollows move to and from Hueco Mundo,
what are the chances that it's gonna throw up a friendly? :P
Bleach Volume 42: Shock of the Queen
(cover girl: Tier Harribel) compiles chapters 359 through 367: The Frozen Obelisk,
Shock of the Queen,
I Hate Loneliness, But It Loves Me,
Howling Wolves,
Superchunky from Hell,
Grinning Revengers,
Whose Side Are We On,
The Revenger's High
and YOUR ENEMY IS MY ENEMY.
[*NOT m&c!'s chapter titles]
Pluto 8 of 8 by Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu
In a time when robots and humans peacefully co-exist, Europol robot detective Gesicht attempts to track down a human and robot serial killer. Is the sadistic perp a robot or a human?
New m&c! manga
Now that we're minus Clock Maker's Love and Song of the Sky, we only have...seven newbies to anticipate. Only over half of the total manga titles streeting. Poor us. :D
The Leftover Seven: Crown Latte by Odagiri Nagisa, Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu, My Lovely Chef by Hirama Kaname, Ignite Wedge 1 by Tutumi Yoshisada, Innocent Blade Unveil by Todono Seiuchiroh, Tabi and Fellow Travelers 1 by Tanakanoka and World of Dreams by Amano Kozue of Aria fame.
The Plus One: Endang Soekamti - Long Live My Family, a KOLONI manga-bio by @tonytrax, creator of Real Masjid.
Because Clock Maker's Love got shunted to 12 October, featuring Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu up here. (Look for other debut previews after the release list.)
Fragments of Summer by Amano Shinobu
Natsu no Kakera
© Amano Shinobu
Hakusensha [Lala Special]
Published in Indonesia as
Fragments of Summer
by m&c!
Miyuki barges into the wrong hospital room, and comes face to face with the rudest guy on the planet. Or so it seems. Still, she ends up spending days with Madoka and they actually become friends plus.
But Miyuki's countryside stay has a deadline, and it is fast approaching. What will happen to Miyuki and Madoka when summer ends, as it must?
The other Fragments of Summer one-shots are Fragments of Snow,
Fragments of Love,
Waiting for the Spring Novel
and The Color of Autumn, The Color of You,
in which heroine Kanako falls for cold, aloof and rude
Ihara. Yup, uncivilitiy again rulez, albeit in autumn. [Akiiro Kimiiro
snap synopsis adapted from Baka-Updates Manga's Natsu no Kakera entry]
Other Amano Shinobu manga
Aside from ex-Lala Special Natsu no Kakera, could only unearth the two-volume Katakoi Triangle, first serialized in LaLa DX and LaLa Special and tankou-ized in January and November 2009. Baka-Updates Manga, however, adds Last Game 「ラストゲーム」, charas of which look like they walked out of a Minami Maki manga.
Mangazines: Cherry 57/2011
Iwaoka Meme's I am not a Maid! (Maid ja Naimon!) ex-Ciao grabs the Cherry 57/2011 cover; inside, these series: Always by Your Side by Nakamura Sayumi (ChuChu), Dawn Aria by Akaishi Michiyo (Flowers), I Love Dog and You by Ichikawa Show (Sho-Comi), My Lovely Class Leader ♥ by Nishimura Tomoko (Ciao), Sweet Dog Stories by Hotta Atsuko (ChuChu) and Yomogi Loves Money? by Arai Kiyoko (ChuChu).
As for volume compiles of the above, m&c!'s latest My Lovely Class Leader 3 released 19 September; Dawn Aria's most recent tankou is vol. 7 (almost forgot it *sweatdrop*).
m&c! manga (2011.09.28)
- Bleach vo.l. 42 of 52+ by Kubo Tite
[Premiere] Clock Maker's Love (Crookclock) by Nesumi Chisato»Postponed to 12 Oct- [Premiere] Crown Latte (Crown Latte Art) by Odagiri Nagisa
- [Premiere] Fragments of Summer (Natsu no Kakera) by Amano Shinobu
- [Series Premiere] Ignite Wedge vol. 1 of 2 by Tutumi Yoshisada
- [Premiere] Innocent Blade Unveil by Todono Seiuchiroh
- Meet the Banchou (Kongō Banchō) vol. 9 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
- My Dearest Pochi (Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa) vol. 2 of 3+ by Tachibana Yutaka
- [Premiere] My Lovely Chef (Senzoku) by Hirama Kaname
- Pluto vol. 8 of 8 by Urasawa Naoki × Tezuka Osamu [Finale]
- Pudding in Love (Koisuru Purin!) vol. 4 of 5 by Shinozuka Hiromu
[Premiere] Song of the Sky (Sora no Uta - Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 2) by Amano Kozue»Postponed to 12 Oct- [Series Premiere] Tabi and Fellow Travelers (Tabi to Michizure) 1 of 6 by Tanakanoka
- [Premiere] World of Dreams (Mukuukai: Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 1) by Amano Kozue
 | Crown Latte Art 「王冠ラテアート」 |
 | Natsu no Kakera 「夏のかけら」 |
 | Ignite Wedge 「ＩＧＮＩＴＥ ＷＥＤＧＥ」 |
 | Innocent Blade Unveil |
 | Kongō Banchō 「金剛番長」 by Suzuki Nakaba |
 | Uchi no Pochi no Iukoto niwa |
 | Senzoku 「センゾク」 |
 | PLUTO Tetsuwan Atom 'Chijō Saidai no Robotto' yori |
Awards
Excellence Prize for manga, 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival; Winner, 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize; Best Comic of the Year, 2010 Seiun Awards (Japanese science fiction awards); Prix Intergénérations (Intergenerational Award) at France's Angoulême International Comics Festival
Other languages
English Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka (VIZ Media: (eight volumes per 2010.04), French (Kana: Tome 8 shipped 2011.07), Spanish (Planeta DeAgostini Comics Spain), Italian (Planet Manga), Dutch (Glénat Benelux), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: PLUTO ~ 冥王 ~ 8 released 2010.01)
Adaptations
Live-action/CG film from Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Tezuka Productions in the planning stage.
 | Koisuru Purin! 「恋するプリン！」 |
Serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian Cherry (concluded)
 | Tabi to Michizure 「タビと道づれ」 |
 | Mukuukai: Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu 1 |
Related
Volumes 2 and 3 of Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu: Sora no Uta (Square Enix: 1999.03; Mag Garden: 2004.03; licensed for Indonesia as Song of the Sky) and Himawari (Mag Garden: 2011.02)
[Release links are hide/unhide. Click for more details.]
Mangazines
- Cherry 57/2011 (Shogakukan Ciao, ChuChu, Sho-Comi, Flowers shoujo and josei serials)
KOLONI Local comics (2011.09.28)
- [Premiere] Komik Biografi: Endang Soekamti - Long Live My Family by @tonytrax (m&c!)
[RE-STO] Restocked (2011.09.28)
- Bleach vol. 11 (of 52+) by Kubo Tite » Latest m&c! vol. 42 (9.28)
- Bleach vol. 12 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach vol. 13 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach vol. 14 by Kubo Tite
- Bleach vol. 15 by Kubo Tite
- Dynamic Duet (Mikansei No.1) vol. 1 of 2 by Majiko!
- Dynamic Duet vol. 2 of 2 Majiko! [Finale]
- Innocent Revenge (Junjou Shippegaeshi) by Hazuki Rei
- Moon's Love Secret (Koitsukiyo no Himegoto) by Taamo
- My Sweet Kaicho (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!) vol. 9 (of 13+) by Fujiwara Hiro » Latest m&c! vol. 11 (4.20)
- My Sweet Kaicho vol. 10 by Fujiwara Hiro
- My Sweet Kaicho vol. 11 by Fujiwara Hiro
- Princess Love Secret (Ojousama no Himitsu) by Shiraishi Yuki
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War (Shanaou Yoshitsune: Genpei no Kassen) vol. 7 (of 16+) by Sawada Hirofumi » Latest m&c! vol. 15 (8.15)
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War vol. 8 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War vol. 9 by Sawada Hirofumi
- Shanaou Yoshitsune Genpei War vol. 10 by Sawada Hirofumi
- When you look like an angel by Miyawaki Yukino
¹ Sources: m&c! (covers and synopses).
² Manga, including restocks, retail for IDR 16,500 except Pluto 8 (IDR 22,500/volume) and Komik Biografi: Endang Soekamti (IDR 30,000 each). Cherry 57/2011 is priced at IDR 27,500/issue.
² Links like this are commercial Amazon search and/or product links (other language versions).
New manga - continued
Crown Cat, my favorite café since I was a kid, goes belly up from debt! Imma restore it to its former glory, whatever it takes!
That whatever it takes will demand some serious eyecandy, and our heroine Ritsu scouts her school's No.1 (bishie) bad*ss, Shiina, to wait on tables. [Additions from Chibi Manga's Oukan Latte Art synop, excerpted by Baka-Updates Manga]
This Flower Comics via Sho-Comi antho contains Crown Latte
episodes 1–5 and Bad Habit,
a one-shot.
Other Odagiri Nagisa manga
My gateway Odagiri Nagisa shoujo manga is not Crown Latte, but Kare wa S-kei Seitokaichou, likewise serialized in Sho-Comi and published in Indonesia as My S-type Boyfriend by 3L Comics.
More recent than either Crown Latte Art or Kare wa S-kei Seitokaichou (released in Japan 2010.09 and 2010.04 respectively) is the 2011.02-published Bikei ga Sonna ni Erai no ka?, the heroine of which has twin Plain Girl
and Homeless
strikes going in.
Odagiri Nagisa-sensei's latest tankou is The Making of a Boyfriend Kareshi Ikusei Keikaku (2011.06). Baka-Updates includes the similarly-titled Kanojo Ikusei Keikaku, but I haven't lucked on to its tankou release.
Ignite Wedge vol. 1 of 2 by Tutumi Yoshisada
Low-ranked Aida soldier Kusabi Kaion patrols the perimeter of the Vesta mine. One day, he receives a ‘guest’ claiming to bear a message from his mother. The guest, Anchor Regulus, says that Kusabi's mother wants to see him as she doesn't have long to live. Kusabi is understandably fazed, believing that his parents passed away long ago.
What gives? Baka-Updates Manga hints at Special Abilities, War
and a select few who can fight, not with guns, but with powers.
Who wants to bet that Kusabi is one of these elite?
Ignite Wedge vol. 1, subtitled Rust x Mercury,
first released in Japan in September 2004, the second and final volume in August 2005. The shounen debuted in Comic Blade Masamune.
Other Tutumi Yoshisada manga
Before Mag Garden published Ignite Wedge, Shonen Gahosha published Tutumi Yoshisada's one-volume Coelocanth Days under its YK Comics imprint in June 2002. Tokyo Michael - Seventeen's wars (written by Otsuka Eiji) released two years earlier. It began serialization in 2000 in Newtype and Kadokawa Shoten collected it in two volumes in October 2000 under the Newtype 100% Comics label.
Later came the one-volume Goddess Bounty, also published under YK Comics in August 2007. Tutumi (or Tsutsumi) Yoshisada-sensei's current work is Mikazuki Ryuu Ibun - Date Masamune Koushi. Shobunkan Burai Comics has published one volume so far (per 2011.06).
Innocent Blade Unveil by Todono Seiuchiroh
Possessed of powerful magic, Tiruru is recruited for demon extermination. A skilled samurai, Kazara, accompanies her in her mission. But is their combined strength enough to defeat Sandalphon, who desires the power of an ancient and terrible magic stone?
Other Todono Seiuchiroh manga
More than the one-volume Innocent Blade Unveil that Blade Comics published in December 2005, Todono Seiuchiroh is prolly more famed for Akuma-Gari (Enix GanGan Comics; one volume released 1998.03) and its spin-offs: Akuma-Gari: Kanmuri Tsubasa no Seitenshihen (six Enix GanGan Wings Comics volumes published between 1999.02 and 2001.10; re-released by Mag Garden Blade Comics from 2009.01 to 2009.03); Akuma-Gari - Jakumetsu no Seishoukahen (seven Blade Comics volumes published from 2002.09 to 2005.03); and Akuma-Gari - Daemon Hunters (Blade Comics one volume published 2003.10).
Todono Seiuchiroh-sensei's current series is Eleven Soul, serialized in Comic Blade. Ten volumes of the shounen mecha action manga have been released as of May this year, with the 11th tankou skedded for an 8 October 2011 release.
My Lovely Chef by Hirama Kaname
Sumika who only loves her mother's cooking is at a loss (in more ways than one) after her mother passes away. Little does she expect a savior in the person of cook Miyoshi...
My Lovely Chef (originally Senzoku, first serialized in Hana to Yume) contains episodes 1–4 and the one-shot, Private Gravity Area.
Other Hirama Kaname manga
Only one other HanaYume manga —and it's a one-shot at that—Koi Wakaba.
So, yeah, Senzoku is Hirama Kaname's only tank. For now.
Tabi and Fellow Travelers 1 of 6 by Tanakanoka
Tabi takes the train to childhood friend Kou-chan's place, but upon arriving at the station, meets a boy named Yukita and police officer Nishimura, both of whom are shocked at the arrival of a train that never before stopped in their city. Not long after, Tabi notices more weirdness. Certain streets “swallow” people up and each day resets, without anyone, save the three of them, realizing.
Why are Tabi and the two wayfarers the only ones exempt? Time Loop, Mysterious Location, Mysterious Power
INCOMING! :D
Other Tanakanoka manga
Aside from Tabi to Michizure which concluded with volume 6 in April 2010, Tanakanoka-sensei has one other completed series in her backlist: Igazukin (five volumes compiled per 2006.04). Her current series is Sumikko no Sora-san that premiered in 2010 in Comic Blade (one volume compiled per 2011.09.10).
World of Dreams by Amano Kozue
It's Harumu's last cultural festival before he graduates, so what's more fitting than he land the lead of the drama club's play? The thing is, though, his co-star is Kanon has been a no-show at club activities lately.
Kanon remembers a promise Harumu made that he himself has forgotten. Will Harumu remember once the performance is over?
Above synopsis refers to antho-namer World of Dreams
or Mukuukai,
one of five short stories Amano Kozue created between 1994 and 1996. This short story compilation was actually published first by Square Enix (in July 1996), but m&c!'s version dates to Mag Garden's March 2004 reissue. m&c! also notes that the draftsmanship doesn't yet evince Amano Kozue's later polish, but that no one can complain about the narrative itself: Gambar masih sangat jelek, meski cerita sudah agak bagus.
The other one-shots are Zenyasai,
A Summer's Moment,
Petite Noël
and Strawberry Panic.
(NOT m&c!'s titles.)
Two more Amano Kozue Tanpenshuu collections follow: Sora no Uta (Square Enix: 1999.03; Mag Garden: 2004.03) that m&c! has retitled Song of the Sky and Himawari (Mag Garden: 2011.02)
Other Amano Kozue manga
Aria (and Aqua). Nuff sed. :D
NOT!
There's also Crescent Noise that debuted in 1997 in GFantasy (six volumes collected between 1997.12 and 2001.05); the one-volume Ohisama Egao (2000.03); and Rouman Kurabu, originally published in six volumes by Square Enix from 1995.12 to 1998.03 and reissued by Mag Garden from 2005.08 to 2005.10.
Still ongoing in Comic Blade is Amanchu!. Three volumes have been compiled, the latest in August 2010.
Featured series
Meet the Banchou 9 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
The battle against the Dark Student Council proves inevitable, but little does Kongou Banchou expect his next opponent—Bungaku Banchou—part of the vanguard that wants Japan's destruction and rebirth through the Damocles Project to be worlds removed from all previous combatants!
[Additions from Wiki's Kongō Banchō article]
I lurve that li'l tweak m&c! made to sanitize the original Kongō Banchō 9 cover...and no, I'm not providing a link to the source :D Gugel, if you must.
Other 28 September 2011 highlights
- My Dearest Pochi vol. 2 by Tachibana Yutaka: The Inui clan has served the Takatsuki clan for generations, and Inui scion Haruka has his hands full keeping Takatsuki heiress Kaori out of trouble, yada yada yada. What we really want to know is if Haruka can thwart younger brother Hibiki's moves to snatch Kaori.
- Pudding in Love vol. 4 by Shinozuka Hiromu: Uchida Rina lives with the Yoshikawas and she's totally in lurve with their son, Yuuya. Too bad, a mischievous spirit, Pudding-chan, delights in keeping Rina from her dream guy, forcing our heroine to desperate measures just to date Yuuya.
Still not enuf? Here are the other 28 September 2011 manga
Elex Media: Naruto 53 · Fullmetal Alchemist 27 of 27 · C.M.B. 16 · Wild Life 20 · Arsène Lupin 4 · Bride of the Water God 4 · Inuyasha 54 · Topeng Kaca vol. 17 Deluxe · GOGOGO to the West 1 by Konishi Noriyuki · New Kobochan 10 · Be Good 2 | Paket (Box sets): Adventure of Cat Mix Toraji, Vols. 1-3 · Animal Doctor, Vols. 1-7 · Apollon on the Slope, Vols. 1-2 · Beauty Honey, Vols. 1-3 of 3 · Best Friend Survival!, Vols. 1-2 of 2 | Magazines: Shonen Star 17/2011 · Nakayoshi Gress! 9/2011
Level Comics: Iliad 6 · The Black Swindler 14 · Dark Edge 2 · Hellsing 9 · Hikayat Genji 11 · Blue Seal 3 · Sky of Love 7 · Go-On! 1 by Akishige Manabu · Rantanplan - Badut Sirkus · Smurf - Pengacau di Desa Smurf · Boule & Bill - Sahabat Setia
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Bleach 「ＢＬＥＡＣＨ－ブリーチ－」
by Kubo Tite
Shueisha Weekly Shonen Jump, shounen
Volume 42 (chapters 359-367) first published in Japan 2009.12
Awards
Winner, 50th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Shounen category
Other languages
English Bleach (VIZ Media: 36 volumes per 2011.09.06 • volume 37 street date: 2011.12.06), French (Glénat; Tome 44 shipped 2011.09.21 • Tome 45 street date: 2011.12.01), Spanish (Glénat in Spain, Grupo Editorial Vid in Mexico), German (TOKYOPOP Germany: Band 48 released 2011.09.15 • Band 49 street date: 2011.12.15), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Эксмо), Polish (JPF), Portuguese (Planet Manga) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: Bleach #50: The Six Fullbringers released 2011.07 • #51: Love me Bitterly, Loth me Sweetly street date: 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 15: Gotei 13 Invading Army opened with episode 317 in April 2011; latest episode 341 aired 2011.09.27). 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.