Not to forget — Ice Forest 8.
Street date: 25 July 2012
Before top DO WANT! The Drops of God and Bambino! Secondo...(You know you've been wondering about Giséle Alain. Admit it. :D)
Giséle Alain © Kasai Sui
Enterbrain [Serialized in Fellows!]
Published in Indonesia by Level Comics
Aristocrat Gisele Alain is a lady of great curiosity. She leaves home and goes into the Jack (Jill) of All Trades trade — to help people in need, but also to satisfy her overwhelming curiosity about the world she lives in and life in general.
Eric, one of her tenants, is drafted as assistant (he complies because of rent arrears). Although Eric complains volubly, he's always ready to assist Gisele, and need help she does on several fronts — from kitty lost-and-found to woods patrol.
Gisele Alain (and Eric), at your service!
The Smart if Naïve Female Lead, Runaway from Home episodic historical slice of life Giséle Alain serializes in Enterbrain's seinen mangazine Fellows!. Three Beam Comix volumes out in Japan as of this June.
Only found one fellow Fellows! manga credited to Kasai Sui-sensei other than Giséle Alain and that's the Tsukiyo no Toratsugumi antho (JP release: 2011.05), which includes the side story Hana no Mori no Majo-san
or Witch of the Flower Forest.
I preview the other Level premiere, Karate Master Minoru, after the jump. For now, Most Wanted:
The Drops of God vol 13 of (33+)
By Agi Tadashi & Okimoto Shu
Shizuku and Loulan sort out the wine just in time, but Shizuku still searches—grape fruitlessly?—for a vino to complement spicy Korean food, primarily kimchi. Will Shizuku ever find the elusive vintage?
Also, the battle to identify the 4th Apostle gets underway. The theme this time: first Love~
Relieved to hear we're back to the Twelve Apostles. Or nine, as the case may be, plus that there "Drops of God." For a while I thought K-invasion eclipsed Kami no Shizuku's original compelling premise. :p
Just kidding!
Thirty-three Kami no Shizuku: Les Gouttes de Dieu tanks have been published in Japan as of May 2012. The 34th releases on 23 August.
Still in the wine—and food—biz:
Bambino! Secondo vol 4 (of 11+)
By Sekiya Tetsuji
Just when Legare can't plunge any lower, Ban hears about a mythic waiter who, during his (her?) time, reportedly revolutionized Yokohama's food service. But the clock is ticking, and it's been a decade since the legend disappeared.
Can Ban locate the former megastar before Legare's prospects dim for good?
Level Comics manga and manhua (2012.07.25)
- Bambino! Secondo vol 4 of 11+ by Sekiya Tetsuji
- The Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku) vol 13 of 33+ by Agi Tadashi & Okimoto Shu
- Drug-On vol 3 of 5 by Saitoh Misaki
- Fight!! Ippo (Hajime no Ippo) vol 92 of 100+ by Morikawa Joji
- [Series Premiere] Giséle Alain vol 1 of 3+ by Kasai Sui
- Ice Forest vol 8 of 12 by Saito Chiho
- [Series Premiere] Karate Master Minoru (Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru) vol 1 of 48+ by Baba Yasushi
- Misaki No.1!! vol 2 of 2+ by Fujisaki Masato
- The Ravages of Time (Huo Feng Liao Yuan) vol 17 of 45+ by Chan Mou
- RRR vol 10 of 10 by Watanabe Jun [Finale]
 | Kami no Shizuku: Les Gouttes de Dieu |
Awards Special Award of the Year
- La Revue du vin de France (French wine magazine); Nominee (Glénat's Les Gouttes de Dieu, tome 1), French Angoulême Comics Awards; Nominee, 1st Keitai Comic Taishō (Mobile Phone Comic Award, along with Hiura Satoru's Hotaru no Hikari, Miyasaka Kaho's Kare First Love and 17 other manga)
Other languages
French (Glénat: Les Gouttes de Dieu Tome 23 shipped 2012.05 • Tome 24 street date: 2012.08.16), traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: 神之水滴 30 per 2011.12), English Drops of God (Vertical: four volumes as of 2012.06.19 • Volume '05: New World street date: 2012.09.25)
Adaptations
A live-action renzoku starring Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Shizuku aired from January to March 2009 in Japan on NTV.
 | Drug-On 「ＤＲＵＧ‐ＯＮ ドラゴン」 |
 | Hajime no Ippo 「はじめの一歩」 |
Volume 92 chapters:
Round 883: Desired Battle
Round 884: Right There...!
Round 885: The Grim Total
Round 886: Now What!?
Round 887: No Excuses
Round 888: Desperate Resolution
Round 889: Invisible Hindrance
Round 890: The Wild Child Grounded
Round 891: Traces of Accumulation
Round 892: Your Specialty
[*NOT Level chapter titles]
Awards
Winner, 1991 Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen category
Related series
Hajime no Ippo Gaiden (one-shot prequel)
Other languages
French (Kurokawa: Ippo, Saison 3: La Défense Supréme Tome 2 [Hajime no Ippo 48] shipped 2012.07.05), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 第一神拳 99 released 2012.07.23)
Adaptations
A 76-episode anime by Madhouse, starring seiyuu Kiyasu Kohei (Makunouchi Ippo), aired on NTV from October 2000 to March 2002. A sequel/special, Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road, came out in June 2003, followed by the spinoff Hajime no Ippo - Mashiba vs. Kimura OAV (2003.09). The 26-episode second season Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger was telecast from January to June 2009.
 | Giséle Alain 「ジゼル・アラン」 |
 | Ice Forest 「アイスフォレスト」 by Saito Chiho |
 | Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru |
Other languages
Traditional Chinese (Sharp Point Press Taiwan: 空手小霸王-小日向海流 (45) released 2012.06.16)
Related
Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru Kōshiki Guide Book published 2005.07.06
 | Misaki Number One!! 「美咲ナンバーワン！！」 |
Adaptations
Ten episodes of the live-action Misaki Number One!! renzoku aired on NTV between 12 January to 16 March 2011 with Karina as Tennoji Misaki.
 | Sanguozhi Qunxiongzhuan: Huo Feng Liao Yuan 「火鳳燎原」 |
Other languages/serializations
Simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 火凤燎原 #42 released 2011.09), Japanese (Media Factory 三国志群雄伝 火鳳燎原 9 per 2009.12), Vietnamese Hỏa Phụng Liêu Nguyên. The manhua is also published in Mainland China, Korea and Thailand.
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Postponed titles
Dark Edge vol 5: Lady in the Box (new tentative street date: 2012.08.07)
Gun Smith Cats Burst 5 of 5 (pending new release schedule).
European comics/BDs (2012.07.25)
- Leonard: Berburu Harta Karun (Léonard, Tome 40: Un trésor de génie) by Turk & De Groot
Bambino! Secondo
「バンビ～ノ！ＳＥＣＯＮＤＯ」
by Sekiya Tetsuji
Shogakukan Big Comic Spirits, seinen
Volume 4 first published in Japan 2010.06
Related series
Prequel: Bambino! (15 volumes)