Street date: 11 August 2012, the last delivery date before the Idul Fitri holidays. (Regular deliveries resume 31 August 2012.)
Because they all can't fit in the post title, adding here that Mars vol 4 and Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy 12 tied with I Love You Most 2 for first runner-up. But Most Wanted Manga remains—
Lost Man © Kusaba Michiteru
Shogakukan [First serialized in Big Comic Spirits]
Published in Indonesia by Level Comics
Playing in enemy territory proves no obstruction to Manchester Union, which scores two goals, thanks to the Matsumoto-Simpson tandem. But Saule, Real's ace, is not about to let that outcome set in stone. Enter Sakazaki! What does he have planned this time?
With Level's volume 12 release, we're four tanks away from the Lost Man finale—volume 17—released in Japan last June.
I Love You Most vol 2 of 7
By Kitagawa Miyuki
Not only is Kairi the newly-promoted vice president of the cosmetics company Mia works for—her boss!—he's also married! But a mere ring on a finger doesn't deter Mia from offering to be Kairi's mistress.
Does Kairi take Mia up on her proposition?
Scroll down for the rest of the previews—including that for the historical josei romance debut Emerald Queen by Sachimi Riho.
I Love You Most volume 2 compiles chapters 6 to 10: Aphrodisiac,
Devil,
Incubation,
Atonement
and Incarnation.
The aftermath of that whole “Make me your mistress” thing, plus the introduction of the requisite Kitagawa Miyuki lurve triangle, demands I give I Love You Most 2 an 8.5 of 10♡, a solid A. :D (What does TC manga critic Lina-chan say?)
Level Comics manga (2012.08.11)
- Air Gear 30 of 37 by Oh!great «Ex-2012.07.11
- [Premiere] Emerald Queen (Emerald no Joou) by Sachimi Riho
- GTO vol 9 of 25 by Fujisawa Toru
- I Love You Most (Seiseisuruhodo, Aishiteru) vol 2 of 7 by Kitagawa Miyuki
- Lost Man vol 12 of 17 by Kusaba Michiteru
- Mars vol 4 of 15 by Souryo Fuyumi
- Yokohama Chinatown Fantasy (Kachuu Hana) vol 12 of 17+ by Nishi Yuuji & Hikino Shinji
Emerald no Joou 「エメラルドの女王」 |
GTO 「GTO」 by Fujisawa Toru |
Awards
1998 Kodansha Manga Awardee in the Shounen category
Other languages
Bilingual Japanese/English (Kodansha International, three volumes per 1999.12), English GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TOKYOPOP: 25 volumes), French (PIKA Édition: 25 volumes), Italian (Dynamic Italia), German (EMA), Polish (Waneko), Swedish (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB; serialized in Manga Mania), traditional Chinese (Tong Li)
Related series
Prequels Shounan Junaigumi! AKA GTO: The Early Years (31 volumes) and Bad Company (one volume) and sequel GTO Shonan 14 Days (nine volumes as at 2011.11, concluded)
Adaptations
A live-action GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka TV series, starring Sorimachi Takashi (Onizuka Eikichi) and Matsushima Nanako (Fuyutsuki Azusa) telecast from July to September 1998 on Fuji TV and Kansai TV, followed by GTO Drama Special (1999.08.28) and GTO: The Movie (1999) and Studio Pierrot's 43-episode Great Teacher Onizuka anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Takagi Wataru as Onizuka that aired between June 1999 and September 2000.
Seiseisuruhodo, Aishiteru |
Lost Man 「LOST MAN」 |
Mars 「MARS」 by Souryo Fuyumi |
Reissues
Reissued in eight Kodansha Manga Bunko volumes from 2006.10 to 2007.01
Related series
Prequel: Mars Gaiden Namae no nai uma (one volume per 1999.12). AKA MARS: Horse With No Name
Other languages
English MARS (TOKYOPOP: 15 Volumes), French (Marvel Panini France, 15 volumes per 2005.06), Italian (Editions Star Comics; serialized in Amici), German (Planet Manga: Band 15 per 2003.10 and Band 16 (Mars Gaiden) released 2003.12), Polish (Waneko)
Adaptations
A 21-episode Taiwanese live-action adaptation, MARS (戰神 / Zhànshén MARS), starring Vic Zhou as Chen Ling & Sheng (Kashino Rei & Sei) and Barbie Hsu as Han Qi Luo (Aso Kira), aired on the Chinese Television System network in 2004-2005. The TV series won the Favorite Drama of the Year award at the 40th Annual 2005 Golden Bell Awards.
Kachuu Hana 「華中華」 |
Reissues
Kachuu Hana My First BIG Specials volumes 1–8 released between 2010.10 and 2011.05
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European comics/BDs (2012.08.11)
- Cotton Kid: Jalur Chisholm (Cotton Kid, Tome 4: La piste de Chisholm) by Pearce & Léturgie
- Scrameustache: Dalam Pengasingan (Le Scrameustache, Tome 37: Les exilés) by Gos & Walt
AirGear 「エア・ギア」 by Oh!great
Kodansha Weekly Shonen Magazine, shounen
Volume 30 (Tricks 278–287) first published in Japan 2010.11
Awards
2006 Kodansha Manga Awardee in the Shounen category
Other languages/serializations
English Air Gear (Del Rey: until Volume 15/16/17 per 2010.08; Kodansha Comics: from volume 18; 25 volumes as of 2012.08.07 • volume 26 street date: 2012.10.09), Korean (Haksan), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: 飛輪少年 #35 per 2012.06), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: volume 28 per 2010.08), French (Pika Édition: Tome 33 shipped 2012.06 • Tome 24 street date: 2012.09.05), Italy (Planet Manga), Germany (Heyne) and Sweden (Schibsted Förlagen Sverige AB/serialized in Manga Mania)
Adaptations
A 25-episode anime by Toei Animation, starring Kamakari Kenta as Ikki; a series of Satelight-animated OADs shipped with the manga tankoubon (The first Air Gear: Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori -Break on the Sky- OAD streeted with volume 30 in November 2010 with seiyuu Okamoto Nobuhiko as Ikki; the second OAD was bundled with volume 31 (2011.03.17), with a third released 2011.06.17); and a series of musicals