Street date: 4 July 2012
Still completing last week's shopping lists before the 7.11 manga and manhwa descend upon us. And no, your eyes don't deceive you. Erementar Gerad volume 5 is included here—warned you about that more than possible delay last 13 June—as are previously postponed Aoizaka Baseball Club 22, Flower of Queen 4 and the bestseller reissue of Amane Yuko's The Rival.
Shinrei Tantei Yakumo © Oda Suzuka & Kaminaga Manabu/Kadokawa Shoten [Serialized in Asuka]. Published in Indonesia as Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Alternate Story by Gramedia/m&c!
Yakumo's plan to drive Andou's spirit out of Makoto succeeds. The exorcism of Andou, the sole suspect in the school girl serial murders, should have closed the case, but not long after, another corpse is found...
Don't miss the poignant climax of File 2: The One to Connect a Soul
in Oda Suzuka's Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Alternate Story volume 2, out nau.
Elsewhere, Hero-tachi to the next battle stage — Kawanakajima!
Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ vol 2 of 3
By Shimotsuki Kairi
"No man stands before me, no man stands behind me" Oda Nobunaga cuts a bloody swath through the territories he covets, but Date Masamune is not about to let the evil daimyo extend his end justifies the means oppression any further. Masamune makes a deal with Sanada Yukimura to fell Nobunaga, but before they even set the plan in motion, it already teeters on the precipice of failure!
Still have probs reconciling myself to Date Masamune as Hero... Blame Brave 10—also a Shimotsuki Kairi manga, also Sengoku era-set—for that.
*drags this in from 13 June...*
Erementar Gerad vol 5 of 18
By Azuma Mayumi
Coud reaps consecutive victories in Milliardo Tray, placing him at a huge advantage. One of the Milliardo Tray participants left, Rasati, fights to protect her little sister, the Edel Raid Lilia.
New m&c! titles 
m&c! launches one shoujo manga ex-Ciao — the Cinderella-esque Please, My Prince! by Kumaki Eri. Scroll down for the preview.
m&c! manga (2012.07.04)
- Aoizaka Baseball Club (Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu) vol 22 of 26 by Tanaka Motoyuki «Ex-2012.06.06
- Canvas ~ Rainbow Sketch (Canvas 2 - Nijiiro no Sketch) vol 4 of 4 by Kodama Miki, FC01FANDC. CO. JP [Finale]
- Erementar Gerad vol 5 of 18 by Azuma Mayumi «Ex-2012.06.13
- Flower of Queen (Joou no Hana) vol 4 of 5+ by Izumi Kaneyoshi «Ex-2012.05.30
- Meet the Banchou (Kongou Banchou) vol 11 of 12 by Suzuki Nakaba
- [Premiere] Please, My Prince! (Oujisama ni Onegai!) by Kumaki Eri
- Psychic Detective Yakumo: The Alternate Story (Shinrei Tantei Yakumo) vol 3 of 7+ by Oda Suzuka & Kaminaga Manabu
- The Rival (Rival wa koneko-chan) by Amane Yuko [Reprint] «Ex-2012.03.14
- Sengoku Basara ~The Holy War In Dance~ (Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu) vol 2 of 3 by Shimotsuki Kairi
 | Canvas 2 - Nijiiro no Sketch |
Related
Based on the FC01 FANDC visual novel Canvas 2 - Nijiiro no Sketch, sequel to Canvas: Motif of Sepia. The game was also adapted into a 24-episode anime produced by Kadokawa Shoten and ZEXCS, which aired from October 2005 to March, with seiyuu Sakurai Takahiro as Kamikura Hiroki, Nazuka Kaori as Elise Housen and Nabatame Hitomi as Kikyou Kiri.
 | Erementar Gerad |
Other languages
English Elemental Gelade (TOKYOPOP: 12 volumes per 2010.08, dropped), French (Kami), Spanish (Editorial Ivréa), Italian (Star Comics), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 18 released 2012.07.03), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 武器種族傳說 18 per 2010), Vietnamese (as Truyền Nhân Yuruki)
Related series
Spin-off: EG: Aozora no Senki (ongoing, seven volumes as of 2012.01)
Adaptations
XEBEC's 26-episode anime adaptation aired between April and September 2005 on TV Tokyo, with seiyuu Ishida Akira as Coud Van Giruet and Takahashi Mikako as Reverie Metherlence.
Light novels: Mag Garden has also published light novels written by Asaka Shou and illustrated by Azuma Mayumi.
Drama CDs: Three drama CDs featuring actors different from the anime cast were released by Frontier Works between October 2003 and August 2005. One drama CD featuring the anime seiyuu was released by Victor Entertainment.
 | Joou no Hana 「女王の花」 |
Related series
Prequel Ninohime no Monogatari, published by m&c! as Story of a Princess
 | Kongou Banchou 「金剛番長」 by Suzuki Nakaba |
 | Oujisama ni Onegai! 「王子様におねがいっ！」 |
 | Shinrei Tantei Yakumo 「心霊探偵八雲」 |
Related series
Adapts the Shinrei Tantei Yakumo novels written by Kaminaga Manabu (volume 9 street date: 2012.03.28, ongoing)
Alternate story: Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru by Miyako Ritsu first serialized Hakusensha's Bessatsu Hana to Yume (two Hana to Yume Comics Special volumes published between 2007.11 and 2008.03). Published in Indonesia as Psychic Detective Yakumo by m&c! (concluded)
Adaptations
A 13-episode anime adaptation by Bee Train aired on NHK from October to December 2010, starring seiyuu Ono Daisuke as Saitou Yakumo and Fujimura Ayumi as Ozawa Haruka.
The 13-episode live-action adaptation starring Atae Shinjiro as Yakumo and Ishii Meguru as Haruka, directed by Yamamoto Kiyoshi and Terauchi Koutarou, aired earlier, the TV Tokyo telecast running from March to June 2006.
At least two Shinrei Tantei Yakumo stage plays were produced: Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Tamashii no Sasayaki (Nakamura Seijirou as Yakumo) and Shinrei Tantei Yakumo - Itsuwari no Ki (Kawai Ryunosuke as Yakumo) [Info from the The Psychic Detective Yakumo community]
 | Rival wa koneko-chan |
 | Sengoku Basara: Ranse Ranbu |
Related series
Based on Capcom's Sengoku Basara video game series
Other languages
English Devil Kings Basara (Udon Entertainment: (out of print volume 1 per 2009.10), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 戰國BASARA ~ 亂世亂舞 ~, three volumes as of 2007.04)
m&c! manhwa (2012.07.04)
- Wicked: Dance with Us vol 2 of 3 by Kim SooYong
 | Wicked: Dance with Us by Kim SooYong |
Hong Kong manhua (2012.07.04)
- Long Hu Men: The Next Battle vol 10: Kebenaran VS. Kesesatan by Tony Wong
- Pedang Maha Dewa 4: Amazing Weapons - The Lost Blade vol 10 by Tony Wong
 | Long Hu Men - The Next Battle |
 | Pedang Maha Dewa 4: Amazing Weapons - The Lost Blade |
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Saikyou! Toritsu Aoizaka Koukou Yakyuubu
「最強！都立あおい坂高校野球部」
AKA Aoizaka High School Baseball Club
by Tanaka Motoyuki
Shogakukan Shonen Sunday, shounen
Volume 22 first published in Japan 2009.11
Awards
2008 Kodansha Manga Awardee in the Shounen category