YEN PRESS
YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOLUME 2 #14 FEBRUARY 2010
(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
AZUMANGA DAIOH COLLECTED EDITION GN
(W/A) Kiyohiko Azuma
The classic returns! The first four-panel manga to hit the States, Azumanga Daioh follows the hilarious adventures of six high school students. Meet the child prodigy Chiyo, the animal-loving Sakai, the spacey out-of-towner Osaka, the straight laced Yomi, her best friend Tomo, and the sports loving Kagura. With its strong cast of characters and punchy dialogue, Azumanga Daioh has become one of the most widely recognized books in the market. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x8, 800pgs, B&W SRP: $24.99
BAMBOO BLADE VOLUME 3 TP
(W) Masahiro Totsuka (A) Aguri Igarashi
A wager between rivals pushes the high school kendo club to new heights in this new martial arts series. Muroe High jumps into the practice meet with Machido High with only four people, only a team needs five! Tamaki won the senpo match easily, but Kojiro's plan calls for her to appear in the taisho match as well. Who's going to end up on top? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 224pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
MOON BOY VOLUME 7 GN
(W/A) YoungYou Lee
As Myung-Ee continues on her mission to rescue Yu-Da from the fox tribe, even she begins to wonder if there's any hope. Well, there's enough for her to step into a violent fight that breaks out between Sa-Eun and Yu-Da, but will that be enough to change Yu-Da's dark leanings? And when a close friend and ally meets a tragic fate, will Myung-Ee stray from the righteous path she's carved for herself with her Ho-Se sword? (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
PANDORA HEARTS VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Jun Mochizuki
Heir to an aristocratic family, Oz Bezarius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life, only to have his sanity saved by a black rabbit called Alice. As Oz plunges deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole, he must unravel the mysteries surrounding him before falling into the clutches of the she shadowy cabal called Pandora! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
PIG BRIDE VOLUME 3 GN
(W) KookHwa Huh (A) SuJin Kim
A wealthy high school boy is betrothed to a mysterious pig-masked country bumpkin in this Korean romance. Now that she has discovered Si-Joon's secret fiancée, Doe-Doe will stop at nothing to rip the masked girl from Si-Joon, whom Doe-Doe has already claimed as her own. But mu-Yeon's affection for Si-Joon is not something to be trifled with, especially when dark spiritual forces are involved! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
RAIDERS VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) Jin Jun Park
Ariel works for an archaeologist. When she sneaks into a church to find the Holy Grail, she discover a vial containing the blood of Christ that will grant immortality to the one who drinks it. When mysterious creatures come after the vial, Ariel witnesses the brutal murder of her employer right before her eyes! With her life endangered, she makes the decision to drink the contents of the vial in her hands! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
SPICE AND WOLF VOLUME 1 NOVEL
(W) Isuna Hasekura
Lawrence Craft has been a lonely itinerant merchant for seven years. His life changes when he meets Horo, the Wolf-God of the harvest, and the two begin traveling together. Soon they exploit the depreciating sliver currency of the kingdom of Trenni, but their plans go awry when Horo is captured. Lawrence rescues her, but in the course of the rescue, Horo is forced to transform into her terrifying true wolf-form! (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
TIME AND AGAIN VOLUME 1 GN
(W/A) JiUn Yun
In this collection of eerie and sometimes touching ghost stories, follow the adventures of Baek-On, an exorcist for hire, and his assistant, Ho-Yeon as they encounter spirits, both wicked and melancholy, and humans who prove that sometimes humanity can be crueler than the most heinous of evil spirits. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 192pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99
YOTSUBA&! VOLUME 7 GN
(W/A) Kiyohiko Azuma
In this Eisner-nominated series, a little green haired girl delights in enjoying the things that the rest of us tend to take for granted. A perfect series for kids and parents to read together. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 208pgs, B&W SRP: $10.99