Street date: 18 July 2012
Before I preview the top DO WANT!—Yureka 18 (yes, it's still current despite an absence of almost two years) and Illusionary Boy 2 that finally streets after a three-week delay—lemme draw your attention to the manga that debuts simultaneously in eight countries: Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam.
Shin Crayon Shin-chan © Usui Yoshito & UY Studio
Futabasha [Action Comics]
Published in Indonesia as New Crayon Shinchan by Elex Media
Thanks to Papa's bonus, Shinchan and family have the chance to holiday abroad. Mama and Papa dream of a luxury vacation in the USA, but as the windfall doesn't stretch quite that far, everyone ends up in...
Crayon Shinchan returns with fresh adventures that deliver hijinks and hilarity true to the late Usui Yoshito-sensei's vision. The collaborative effort of Sensei's assistants following the manga-ka's sudden demise, New Crayon Shinchan blaze comedic trails, and the first volume compiled after two years of serialization launches concurrently in eight countries including Indonesia.
New Crayon Shinchan 1 boasts eight color pages, which makes its advised IDR 16,000 SRP a steal. If you're a true Crayon Shinchan fan, pick up your copy nau~.
Yureka vol 18 (of 37+)
By Son HeeJoon & Kim YounKyung
Yureka and allies reach Dragon Land where they face high level Murderers. Can our heroes wrest victory from the jaws of death?
Thirty-seven Yureka volumes have been released in Korea as of October 2011. Volume 37 spans stages 226–231.
Illusionary Boy vol 2 of 6
By Banjo Daichi
Akizuki Satowa's plunge into people's hearts continues. This time, Akizuki's soul forays encounter mysteries involving a crystal box that evaporates in a flash, a devil's spawn in England and a photograph of a face reflected on a window of a house ablaze. Akizuki and Mizune try to unravel the secrets behind these hearts of darkness.
Serial Cantik reissues
This release, Elex proceeds with its Serial Cantik (shoujo one-volumers) reissue run. On tap — Paradise Door by Makimura Kumi & Usagiya Soutatsu and Ai's Trouble by Fukushima Haruka, both Kodansha shoujo manga. Previews after the release list.
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2012.07.18)
- Ai's Trouble (Ai ga Nakuchane!) by Fukushima Haruka (Serial Cantik) – Reissue
- Illusionary Boy (Genei Shounen) vol 2 of 6 by Banjo Daichi «Ex-2012.07.04, 7.11
- [Series Premiere] New Crayon Shinchan (Shin Crayon Shin-chan) vol 1 of 1+ by Usui Yoshito & UY Studio
- Paradise Door (Paradise e no Tobira) by Makimura Kumi & Usagiya Soutatsu (Serial Cantik) – Reissue
- Yureka vol 18 of 37+ by Son HeeJoon & Kim YounKyung
 | Genei Shounen 「幻影少年」 by Banjo Daichi |
Related series
One-shot Genei Shounen
(appeared in Club Sunday)
 | Shin Crayon Shin-chan 「新クレヨンしんちゃん」 |
Related series
Crayon Shinchan by Usui Yoshito (50 volumes) and Crayon Shin-chan Shin-Men by Kanashima Kazuki (one volume per 2011.11, ongoing serialization in Manga Town)
Other languages
Korean, traditional Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong), Thai, Malaysian and Vietnamese
 | Paradise e no Tobira 「パラダイスへの扉」 |
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Postponed titles
SC: Aria Yearns for The Love (Rensou no Aria) by Mitsuki Miko and mangazine Nakayoshi Gress!Issue 7 of 2012. New tentative street date: 25 July 2012.
Ai ga Nakuchane! 「アイがなくちゃね！」
by Fukushima Haruka
Kodansha Nakayoshi, shoujo
This volume first published in Japan 2003.09