YAOI GENERATION
BREATH VOLUME 2 GN
SEE PREVIEWS ADULT FOR MORE INFORMATION (C: 1-0-2) NOTE: Not available in
Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, & the U.K.
ADULT MATERIAL
SC, 5x7, 186pgs, B&W (2 of 5) SRP: $12.99
YEN PRESS
YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOLUME 2 #7 JULY 2009
(W/A) Various
Yen Plus is a monthly anthology magazine that brings readers the best in manga!
Yen Plus is unique in that you can read it by opening it from the front or the
back — open it from the front and you will get great manhwa from Korea and
original American manga. Open it from the back and you will get the absolute
best manga from Japan! Yen Plus is a great way to give the very eager fans of
manga a look at the best titles coming from Japan, Korea, and the Western world!
(C: 0-1-2)
448pgs, B&W SRP: $8.99
B.ICHI VOLUME 3 GN
(W/A) Atsushi Ohkubo
From the creator of Soul Eater, a new series that appears every month in Yen
Plus! The Fear Factory's Fear Robot is wreaking havoc in IC prefecture. Tool and
Shotaro are badly beaten and about to get killed when who showed up but Justice
Charisma! Meanwhile, Zuno and Asshi find Mana who is injured and unconscious.
Their boss Rodigy orders them to finish her off, but they don't have the heart
to do it. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
BAMBOO BLADE VOLUME 1 GN
(W) Masahiro Totsuka (A) Aguri Igarashi
A wager between rivals pushes the high school kendo (fencing) club to new
heights in this new martial arts series. Kojiro is an impoverished young teacher
and the supervisor of his high school's kendo club. He doesn't have the leeway
to spend time on his students; he can barely feed himself as it is. So when an
old friend makes him a bet with an entire year's worth of deluxe sushi on the
line, Kojiro finds a new purpose in life: beat his friend's kendo team! But
before he can arrange a kendo meet for both schools' woman's kendo teams, he
needs to actually put a team together. The problem is his top choice Tamaki
Kawazoe is not interested in doing kendo for fun. What can Kojiro do to convince
her to join the team? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
COMIC VOLUME 5 GN
(W/A) SiHyun Ha
Now that the Sangmoon Girl's High School has merged with Seomoon, the boy's high
school, Patrick and Alice have found themselves in the same class, and with new
romantic interests. Plus, Alice's prize teacher has transferred to Taiwan,
leaving her inconsolable. With all these complications, will Alice be able to
continue to work as Patrick's assistant, or will her rewards and good fortune
end there? (C: 0-1-2) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail
outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.
SC, 5x7, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
COMIC VOLUME 6 GN
(W/A) SiHyun Ha
After winning an art competition, Alice struggles to learn the skills she needs
to become a successful manhwa artist. One of the four flower boys, Neil moon is
back at school. and has already found the girl of his dreams! While Patrick is
happy to have his best friend back at school, he can't help but wonder who this
dream-girl is. It can't be Alice, can it? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
THE HISTORY OF WEST WING GN
(W) Jiayu Sun (A) Guo Guo
A full-color historical romance based on a classic Chinese romance saga.
Lavishly illustrated in
full color and based on the classic Chinese romance saga Xi Xang ji, The History
of the West Wing tells of the forbidden romance between the daughter of a
Chinese court official and the roaming scholar who seeks to win her hand. But
before he can turn his attentions to his lady love, the young man must win the
heart of her mother! When it seems even heroic deeds in the face of murderous
bandits will not please the strict matriarch, the young man goes off to become a
civil servant. Will he returns in time to marry his true love? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x9, 112pgs, FC SRP: $12.99
ICHIROH! VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Mikage
Excited for the bright futures ahead of them, soon-t-be-high school grads Nanako
Konishi and her friends Akane and Shino take a college entrance exam. However,
only one of them manages to pass! With their failing grades, Nanako and Akane
are forced to enroll in prep school. The two friends begin a new life in a dorm
near the prep school, but they find the road to success to be rather bumpy! (C:
0-1-2)
SC, 6x8, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
JACK FROST VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Ko Jin Ho
Caught between worlds as a young high school student finds herself decapitated —
or is she? — when she arrives at Amityville High School in this tale of horror.
It's No-A's first day at Amityville High School, and her reception is chilly to
say the least. Brutal might be a better description! Decapitated but not dead,
No-A quickly realizes that nothing is as it appears at Amityville High where
paranormal creature's battle for supremacy. Caught in the crossfire, Noh-A may
have to rely on the unlikely aid of the most sinister student at Amityville: the
deadly Jack Frost! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
NABARI NO OU VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Yuhki Kamatani
A coming-of-age ninja action/adventure set in the present day! Miharu Rokujo was
content to live without caring about anything, but unfortunately his destiny has
other plans. The secret art known as Shinra Banshou with the power to control
the entire world is hidden inside him and every ninja is involved in the fight
over it. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x9, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
SUMOMOMO MOMOMO VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Shinobu Ohtaka
An heir to a martial arts dynasty tries to stop an impending civil war in Japan.
Koushi Inuzuka is an intelligent high schooler with a normal aspiration: to be
an attorney and prosecute the biggest criminals in the nation. Unfortunately,
for him, he also happens to be the heir to an ancient family of martial artists,
one of twelve powerful clans based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac. These
clans, split into two diametrically opposed factions, are about to plunge the
nation of Japan into civil war! Enter Momoko Kuzuryuu, the pint-sized but
powerful heiress to the family, at the head of the opposing faction. By wedding
their children and producing an heir, which Momoko is only too enthusiastic to
fulfill, but all Koushi wants a normal life. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 5x7, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
WILD ANIMALS VOLUME 2 GN
(W/A) Song Yang
The whole world will be watching China for this summer's Olympic Games, and the
controversy has already begun. Wild Animals explores another period of conflict
in China's recent history: the life of China's youth during the Cultural
Revolution. It wasn't exactly fun and games. Still, that's no excuse for the
detached behavior of Xiao Jun. Violent, insulting, a fighter he really doesn't
know how to behave, either with his pals or around women. Make them suffer? Love
them? Or just pretend like they don't exist. Who is Xiao Jun really? Will he
find salvation in the answer or follow the path to self destruction? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x8, 240pgs, B&W (2 of 2) SRP: $10.99