Street date: 1 August 2012
Naruto © Kishimoto Masashi
Shueisha [Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media
The Allied Shinobi Forces engage the zombie ninja. On the front line, Darui faces legendary Kumogakure shinobi, brothers Ginkaku and Kinkaku. Is loss inevitable?
As Ginkaku and Kinkaku possess the Nine-Tails' chakra, their attacks resonate on Naruto who is unaware that the Ninja Alliance Army is hiding him.
[From Wikipedia]
I assume Naruto vol. 56: Reuni Kelompok Azuma (Saikai, Asuma han!) is titled thus (not to mention it's the [531st] Chapter Drop) for Asuma Sarutobi reunites with and confronts his former students Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka and Choji Akimichi.
In any case, that's also from Wiki, as are these title translations of Naruto 56 chapters 525–534: The Kage Ressurected!!
· D Unit's Battle Challenge!!
· Forbidden Words
· Transcendent Drab
· Golden Bonds
· Choji's Decision
· Team Asuma Reunited!
· Mifune vs. Hanzo, Decided!!
· A Time of Oaths
· Farewell, Ino-Shika-Cho!!
[*NOT Elex titles]
Sixty-one Naruto volumes have been compiled in Japan as of 27 July 2012. The 61st Kyōdai, kyōtō!! (Uchiha Brothers United Front
) collects chapters 576 through 587.
Vampire Knight vol 9 (of 16+)
By Hino Matsuri
Realizing his weakness, Ichiru makes the ultimate sacrifice, to allow Zero's transformation into an even more powerful vampire. In so doing, Shizuka's vendetta against Kuran Rido comes full circle.
But what of Zero? Will he just let his twin die?
Yes, yes, you know what Zero decides. Though I doubt that'll stop a Vampire Knight 9 GET! :p Not when later, Zero tells Yuuki that he intends to kill all of the Purebloods, including ...
Vampire Knight compiles 39th to 43rd Nights: The Academy in Turmoil,
The Arms That Held the Original Sin,
Artemis,
Bloody Rose
and Vampire Night.
[*NOT Elex titles]
Sixteen VK volumes have been released in Japan as of May 2012. The 16th tank compiles chapters 74 to 78 and throws in Kaname's Secret
as a bonus.
Elex Serial Cantik reissues
Elex continues its shoujo manga reissues this week with Akimoto Nami's Snow Drop. The interest Snow Drop generated even rivaled that of second runner-up DO WANT! You Are So Cool 2, meriting the ex-Nakayoshi reissue a Before the Jump lowlight. Look for the Snow Drop preview (also You Are So Cool 2's) after the cut. I went crazy NikBabbling™ over what Akimoto Nami-sensei had been up to since the 1997-vintage Snow Drop - Anata e no Omoi.
Mangazines: Shonen Magz Issue 08/2012
Shigahaku's Ninja Clan, about a dedicated female shinobi and her reluctant master grabs the cover of the newest Shonen Magz, but the featured series is CLAMP's Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. Syaoran battles Seishiro and... [Continued below]
Elex Media manga and manhwa (2012.08.01)
- Aoba Bicycle Shop (Namiki Bashidoori: Aoba Jitenshaten) 7 of 20 by Miyao Gaku
- Naruto vol 56 of 61+ by Kishimoto Masashi
- Snow Drop by Akimoto Nami (Serial Cantik) – Reissue
- Vampire Knight vol 9 of 16+ by Hino Matsuri
- You Are So Cool vol 2 of 6 by Lee YoungHee
 | Naruto 「ＮＡＲＵＴＯ－ナルト－」 |
Awards/Accomplishments
The American volume 7 won the 2006 Quill Award in the graphic novel category. Manga sales have topped 100 million copies in Japan, with over 89 million sold globally. Naruto is the #1 bestselling manga in Indonesia, with upwards of one million copies sold nationwide.
Other languages
English Naruto (VIZ Media: 57 volumes as of 2012.07.10 • volume 58 street date: 2012.09.11; serialized in Shonen Jump USA), French (Kana: Tome 55 shipped 2012.07.06 • Tome 56 street date: 2012.09.07), Spanish (Ediciones Glénat Spain: latest edition #60; Grupo Editorial Vid Mexico; LARP Editores Argentina), Catalan (Glénat: latest volume #54), German (Carlsen Comics: Band 55 per 2012.05 • Band 56 street date: 2012.08.28, serialized in Banzai!), Dutch (Kana), Russian (Comix-ART), Polish (Japonica Polonica Fantastica), Swedish (Bonnier Carlsen; serialized in Shonen Jump Sweden), traditional Chinese (Tong Li Taiwan: NARUTO火影忍者 60 released 2012.07.02) and simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi Singapore: 火影忍者 #58 per 2012.03)
Adaptations
Studio Pierrot and Aniplex's 220-episode anime co-production, based on manga volumes 1–27, aired from October 2002 to February 2007 in Japan. Seiyuu Takeuchi Junko, Nakamura Chie and Sugiyama Noriaki returned in their roles as Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke in the sequel (manga volume 28 onwards) that premiered February 2007 on TV Tokyo. Naruto Shippūden is still ongoing (episode 272: Mifune vs Hanzō
airs 2012.08.02).
At least five OAVs, nine films and three light novels have also been released:
OAVS: Find the Crimson Four-leaf Clover! (2003) · Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2004) · Konoha Sports Festival (2004.08) · Finally a clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indiscriminate grand melee tournament meeting!! (2005.12) · Naruto: The Cross Roads (2010).
A short OAV was also included within the DVD Naruto x UT Original DVD
(shipped 2011.01.01).
Films: Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08) · Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005.08) · Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006.08) · Naruto Shippūden (2007.08) · Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08) · Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08) · Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.07), Naruto Shippūden 5: Blood Prison (2011.07.30) · Naruto Shippuden: Road to Ninja (2012.07.28).
Three light novels written by Kusakabe Masatoshi: Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood (2002.12) · Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! (2003.12) · Adaptation of the first Naruto movie (2004.08)
Jump J Books also released Kishimoto Masashi- and Higashiyama Akira's Naruto Dokonjo Ninden, an autobiographical novel left by Jiraiya,
in the same month as the Gekijouban Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower novelization (2010.08)
Related
So far, eight movie-based manga: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004.08), Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth (2005.08), Great Excitement! The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island (2006.08), Naruto: Shippūden: the Movie (2007.08), Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (2008.08), Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009.08), Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower (2010.08) and Naruto Shippūden 5: Blood Prison (2011.07)
Spin-off: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden by Taira Kenji, serialized in Saikyou Jump (two volumes as of 2012.07.27, ongoing)
 | Snow Drop - Anata e no Omoi |
Related series
Sequel: Mille Fleurs (three volumes)
 | Vampire Knight 「ヴァンパイア騎士」 |
Other languages/serializations
Serialized in the Indonesian HanaLaLa until Thirty Third Night: The Pure Blood Vampire's Lover
English Vampire Knight (VIZ Media: 14 volumes as of 2012.07.03 • volume 15 street date: 2012.11.06 and Chuang Yi: volume 14 released 2011.08), simplified Chinese (Chuang Yi: 吸血鬼骑士 #14 per 2011.09), traditional Chinese (Ever Glory: 吸血鬼騎士 15 released 2012.05), Italian and Portuguese (Panini Comics), French (Marvel Panini France Tome 14 shipped 2011.11), German (Carlsen Comics Vampire Knight Band 13 released 2012.04 • Band 14 street date: 2012.10.30, serialized in Daisuki)
Adaptations
Studio DEEN's 13+13-episode anime adaptation, starring seiyuu Horie Yui (Cross Yuki), Miyano Mamoru (Kiriyu Zero) and Kishio Daisuke (Kuran Kaname), aired on Japan's TV Tokyo from April through July 2008 (first season) and October through December 2008 (second season as Vampire Knight Guilty). The anime spanned manga chapters 1 through 46.
Two drama CDs preceded the TV series. The first was Track 2 of the LaLa Kirameki Drama CD, produced for LaLa's 29th anniversary and given away as a freebie with the magazine's September 2005 issue. The second Vampire Knight Midnight CD-Pack (LaLa Oubosa Zenin Service CD Vampire Knight (Midnight CD Pack)) was exclusively released for mail order in 2006. The drama CDs feature the same cast as the anime's, with the exception of characters Headmaster Cross Kaien (Koyasu Takehito in the drama; VK anime sound director Gôda Hozumi in the anime), Hio Shizuka (Sonoda Keiko in the drama; Orikasa Fumiko in the anime) and Sayori Wakaba (Ueda Kana in the drama; Mizuno Risa in the anime).
Related
Two Hino Matsuri-illustrated light novels were written by Fujisaki Ayuna. The Vampire Knight: Ice Blue no Tsumi and Vampire Knight: Noir no Wana side stories released in Japan 2008.04.05 and 2008.10.03 respectively. Chuang Yi published the first novel in English as Vampire Knight: Ice Blue Sin in July 2010. Marvel Panini France's Vampire Knight: Coeur de glace also shipped the same month. Carlsen published the German version as Vampire Knight: Eisblaues Verbrechen in November 2009, following that up with the second Noir's Trap novel (retitled Vampire Knight: Tiefschwarzer Hinterhalt) in May 2010.
The official fanbook, Vampire Knight Fanbook: Cross, containing character and story information and details from Hino-sensei's storyboard, was published in November 2008 in Japan. (German Vampire Knight: X Official Fanbook released by Carlsen; VIZ Media launched the Vampire Knight Official Fanbook in October 2010.)
The Vampire Knight artbook 「樋野まつりイラストレーションズ－ヴァンパイア騎士（ナイト）－」 streeted concurrently with volume 12 in Japan (2010.07.05).
 | You Are So Cool 「넌 너무 멋져」 |
Other languages
English You're So Cool (Ice Kunion, later absorbed by Yen Press: six volumes released as of 2010.03)
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Mangazines (2012.08.01)
- Shonen Magz Issue 8/2012 (Indonesian Shonen Magazine)
Namiki Bashidoori: Aoba Jitenshaten
「並木橋通りアオバ自転車店」
by Miyao Gaku
AKA Aoba Bicycle Shop on Namikibashi Street
Shonen Gahosha Young King, seinen
Volume 7 first published in Japan 2003.02
Reissues/Related series
Released in 12 Shonen Gahosha Bunko volumes from 2009.10 to 2010.12
Sequel: Aoba Jitenshaten (20 volumes as of 2012.06, ongoing)