GET! pledges were slow in coming, so anything beyond top DO WANT! The Knight in the Area is fair game for the post title. (Actually, the first runner-up should've been Smash! 8, but as there's a Not 0% chance of its postponement—see this Elex' Sneak Peak for 25 April 2012—decided to leave it off.)
Update: Yup, Smash! 8 got moved to 4.25, so transferring it to that release post.
Energetic Boys © Misslin/Sharp Point Press
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
Zixi loves dancing and this certain girl in near equal parts. Unfortunately, the girl in question likes an upperclassman. Can Zixi dance his way out of his dilemma: Help his dream girl get her dream guy, or keep her for himself.
A sweet story with d'awwwsome art
sez Elex of this one-volume shoujo manhua. That, the preview above, the artist and the original publisher are about all I know re: Energetic Boys, one of three Elex debuts this week.
Before I get to the other two premieres (Doraemon fans are in for a treat), Awaiteds first —
The Knight in the Area vol 5 of 30+
By Igano Hiroaki & Tsukiyama Kaya
FC and SC fight for the right to represent the school in the nationals. Operating on instinct, Kakeru and teammates don't seem to stand a chance against SC. (Not to mention that SC is actually the official Enoshima soccer team.) FC refuses to give up or give in, however, a move that turns out right on the money because...that guy returns to the pitch!
Who "returns"? You'll have to get paws on The Knight in the Area volume 5 to satisfy your curiosity. That is, if you haven't already done so by resorting to the anime :) (Area no Kishi episode 15 aired last Saturday.)
Yozakura Quartet vol 5 of 11+
By Yasuda Suzuhito
Sakurashin Town is probably the only place on earth where humans, youkai and even gods can live together peacefully. Into this peaceful town that's a stopover to other worlds arrives he who would bring destruction in his wake. Youkai slayers swarm into the town. A necromancer who knows Rin wants his wayward toy back.
Can they [Akina and Hime] stop the hunters from using dark magic to destroy their peaceful town?
asks Del Rey in its Yozakura Quartet, Vol 5 preview. Me: What do you think?
New Elex titles - continued
Keeping already blurbed Energetic Boys—still wondering though why "Boys" in the plural—company are Doraemon Opening Works Vol 1, which compiles the opening chapters of Doraemon volumes 1 to 23 (the second volume wraps with those for volumes 24—45), and the Fujiko・F・Fujio edu-manga, a biography of the much-loved Fujiko F. Fujio-sensei.
Elex Media manga, manhua and manhwa (2012.12.18)
- [Premiere] Doraemon Opening Works Vol. 1 of 2 (Doraemon Kantō Manga Sakuhin-shū jōkan Vol. 1 – Vol. 23) by Fujiko F. Fujio
- [Premiere] Energetic Boys by Misslin
- [Premiere] Fujiko・F・Fujio (Fujiko・F・Fujio: Kodomo no Yume o Egaki Tsudzuketa Doraemon no Sakusha) by Fujiko Pro
- The Knight in the Area (Area no Kishi) vol 5 of 30+ by Igano Hiroaki & Tsukiyama Kaya
- Kungfu Boy vol 12 of 18 Premium (Tekken Chinmi [Bunko]) by Maekawa Takeshi
- Popcorn vol 2 of 12 Deluxe (Seito Shokun!) by Shoji Yoko
Smash! vol 8 of 18 by Saki Kaori» Postponed to 2012.04.25- Western Shotgun vol 39 of 40 by Park MinSeo
- Yozakura Quartet (Yozakura Shijuusou ~Yozakura Quartet~) vol 5 of 11+ by Yasuda Suzuhito
 | Energetic Boys by Misslin |
 | Fujiko・F・Fujio: Kodomo no Yume o Egaki Tsudzuketa Doraemon no Sakusha |
 | Area no Kishi 「エリアの騎士」 |
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 足球騎士 26 released 2012.04.12)
Adaptations
Shin-Ei Animation's The Knight in the Area anime adaptation premiered 7 January 2012 with seiyuu Fukuyama Jun as Aizawa Suguru, Itou Shizuka as Mishima Nana and Sanpei Yuko as Aizawa Kakeru. Episode 15 aired 14 April 2012.
 | Tekken Chinmi |
Awards
1987 Kodansha Manga Awardee for the Shounen Category
Related series
Sequels: New Kungfu Boy (Shin Tekken Chinmi; 20 volumes), Kungfu Boy Legends (Tekken Chinmi Legends; volume 13 released 2012.03.16 [Japan]); serialized in the Indonesian Shonen Magz, ongoing and side story Tekken Chinmi Gaiden (3 volumes per 2010.04; serialized in Shonen Magz; Volume 3: Chinmi Other Story: Chinmi & Shie Fan published by Elex Media in 2011.06)
 | Seito Shokun! 「生徒諸君！ (講談社漫画文庫)」 |
Awards
Winner, 1978 Kodansha Manga Awards in the shoujo category
Other languages
Partially translated into English as Eigo Seito Shokun! (four Kodansha Eigo Comics from 1983.09 to 1984.03)
Related series
Seito Shokun! tankoubon (24 volumes), side story Seito Shokun! - Gaiden: Okita Narutoshi-hen - Broken Brothers (1984.04), sequels Seito Shokun! - Kyoushihen (25 volumes per 2011.08) and Seito Shokun! - Saishuushou Tabidachi (three volumes from 2011.08 to 2012.02)
Adaptations
Adapted into an OAV by Ashi Productions. The anime directed by Kusakabe Mitsuo aired on Fuji TV on 23 February 1986.
The 10-episode live-action Seito Shokun! AKA Attention Students! (based on Seito Shokun! - Kyoushihen) broadcast on TV Asahi from April to June 2007, starring Uchiyama Rina as Nakki, Shiina Kippei as Hyuga Yuichiro and Horikita Maki as Kimura Juria
 | Western Shotgun 「웨스턴 샷건」 |
 | Yozakura Shijuusou ~Yozakura Quartet~ |
Other languages
English Yozakura Quartet (Del Rey: five volumes per 2009.09), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: 夜櫻四重奏 (10) released 2011.12)
Adaptations
A 12-episode anime produced by Nomad, starring seiyuu Kaji Yuuki (Hiizumi Akina), Fukuen Misato (Yarizakura Hime), Fujita Saki (Nanami Ao) and Sawashiro Miyuki (Isone Kotoha), aired from October to December 2008, followed by the Yozakura Quartet ~Hoshi no Umi~ OAVs (three DVDs released between October 2010 and September 2011)
Related
Shooting Star Carnaval Side: Yozakura Quarter Yasuda Suzuhito Illustrations artbook (published in Japan 2011.06)
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Doraemon Kantō Manga Sakuhin-shū jōkan Vol. 1 – Vol. 23
「ドラえもん 巻頭まんが作品集 上巻 Vol.1-Vol.23」
by Fujiko F. Fujio
Shogakukan Tentoumushi Comics Special, kodomo
Volume 1 first published in Japan 2003.12