It's not Ono Fuyumi's Akuryou (Ghost Hunt) series or Black Blood Brothers or Durarara!! or Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, but it's a (re)start.
魔法昆虫使いドミター・レオ １ 「時の封印」を復活せよ！
© Kushima Michie/Media Factory
Published in Indonesia as Domitor Leo 1: Pulihkan Segel Waktu!
by Elex Media Komputindo
Suara hantaman keras disusul goncangan yang dahsyat menghantam sekolah. Leo nyaris menjatuhkan lampu alkohol di tangannya. Saat ini, sesuatu yang sangat besar tengah bertengger di atas bangunan tersebut.
"Ap... apa...itu...?"
Ed gemetar, dan melanjutkan, "ayam...raksasa...!"
Telor Ceplok contributor baka-girl asked you back in July Do you want Elexmedia to publish Durarara!!, Suzumiya Haruhi or other light novels?
to aid the Bring Back Light Novels! cause, and while the For votes fell short of the target 500 votes—271 For to 4 Against at last check—Elex still paid attention and now retests the Indonesian light novel waters with Domitor Leo, published by Media Factory. (Sankyuuu~ Elex! *chuu*)
☞ Elex used to publish light novels, what it called J-novels, up until around 2008, but lack of buyer interest made it dump the line. Some of the J-novels Elex published before, as mentioned by baka-girl, included God Family (Kamisama Kazoku), Gun Princess, The Curse Bearer dan Stratos 4.
So the first Domitor Leo light novel—Domitor Leo 1: Pulihkan Segel Waktu!—streets this Tuesday, 24 January 2012. Do GET! so we have a shot at the series I mentioned at the top of the post, or whichever catches your fancy from this list.
Continuing the Domitor Leo 1: Pulihkan Segel Waktu! excerpt after the cut. (Keeping it in Indonesian because, well, it's for an Indonesian audience :D)
Makhluk itu memiliki jengger di kepalanya, dan sepasang mata elang serta paruh bengkok yang tampak tajam. Tubuhnya berkaki empat, seperti tubuh singa, dengan sepasang sayap kokoh di punggung. Gryphon!
Makhluk perpaduan burung dan singa, monster yang kerap muncul dalam mitologi dan legenda! Gryphon itu mengeluarkan geraman -nafas berat- tertahan. Cakarnya yang mencengkeram bangunan sekolah mulai merontokkan genting dan batu bata. Ini bukan film... Makhluk ini... monster dari Altomon...yang membawa Apocalypse..!
Elex highlights Domitor Leo's "charm points"—courage and action aplenty
—and targets the series at kids aged between 9 and 14 years. Still, that shouldn't stop you from getting, right? The first volume carries an SRP of IDR 29,800; consider it a worthy recipient of your Lunar New Year angpao or part of your paycheck, if that be the case.
Domitor Leo 1 「魔法昆虫使いドミター・レオ １ 「時の封印」を復活せよ！」 was first published in Japan in April 2007. Six Domitor Leo volumes have been published as of December 2009.
So repeating: Domitor Leo 1: Pulihkan Segel Waktu! streets this 24 January 2012. GET! GET! and did I say GET!?
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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