English Manga License Updates

Title: POKEMON :
JIRACHI - WISHMAKER


Art by: SUIGUN OOUCHI
Volumes: 1 (Complete)

Retail Price: $7.90
Release Date: APRIL 2005

Synopsis:


A comic adaptation of the Pokémon movie! Young Max had always wished for a Pokémon partner to call his own, and when travelling magician Butler offers him Jirachi – a rare wishing Pokémon that awakens every thousand years for seven days - he quickly jumps at the chance… without knowing
he has just fallen into an evil trap set up by Butler to fulfil his own wish: the revival of a legendary Pokémon! Together with his sister, May, experienced trainers Ash and Brock with their Pokémon partners, Max must now rescue Jirachi from the clutches of evil before Jirachi returns to his thousand year slumber! Will Max’s wish come true before time runs out?

 



Title: The Mythical Detective Loki

Story and Art by:
Sakura Kinoshita
Volumes: 1-7 (Complete)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: April 2005

Synopsis:


The first season of The Mythical Detective Lokil Banished to earth by Odin, the ruler of the gods, Loki now has to live as a human boy. Together, with Yamino, he sets up a detective agency to investigate paranormal incidents as well as cold-blooded murders. Enter Mayura, a high school girl with an obsession for mysteries - one day, she stumbles upon Loki's agency, and the wacky adventures begin!

 

 



Title: FUSHIGI YUGI (GENBU GAIDEN)

Story and Art by: YUU WATASE
(Ongoing Series)
Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: May 2005

Synopsis:


Einosuke Okuda has translated an ancient Chinese book that has magical powers. One day, his daughter, Takiko, opens the book and is pulled into the Universe of the Four Gods. She becomes the Priestess of Genbu and has to search for the Seven Celestial Warriors of Genbu so that she can summon the Genbu god and save the country.


Title: CHRNO CRUSADE

Story and Art by: DAISUKE MORIYAMA
Volumes: 1-8 (Complete)


Retail Price: $ 7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:


Meet Rosette Christopher of the Magdalene Order, a devil-smashing, soul-saving, gun toting nun with attitude! She and her assistant, Chrono, go about trying to save the lost souls and terminate wayward demons… hopefully without levelling the entire town! But Rosette’s conviction to the order has more than meets the eye, for deep down lies an even deeper conviction to find her younger brother Joshua, whose whereabouts are unknown. A pact with a demon seals her fate… and her bond with a demon… the demon that is none other than her assistant, Chron!


Title: ASTROBOY

Original by: OSAMU TEZUKA
Volumes: 1-3 (Complete)

Retail Price: $6.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:


Doctor Boyton, a brillant professor has been trying to create a new type of robot; A robot with a soul, a robot capable of human emotions. When his son runs away from home and is tragically killed in a car accident. Doctor Boyton, driven mad by his grief,
goes on to secretly complete his robot with a soul in the likeness of his son.

This robot, is AstroBoy. A thinking, caring robot with a heart


Title: SOLAR BOY DJANGO

Original by: MAKOTO HIJOKA
(Ongoing Series)


Retail Price: $6.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005


Synopsis:


Based on Nintendo’s GB game! In the age of darkness in which people have forgotten the sun, the ‘Immortals’ -- beings of the dark -- have appeared and turned the world into a world of death. Vampires ruled the day and turned people into the ‘undead’. But one day, a boy appeared -- the heir of the Sun Tribe and the last hope in which flows the blood of the vampire hunter. He is Django, the Solar Boy and he vows to rid the world of all vampires. Can he do it with the use of sunlight as his weapon? Can he stop the undead that threatens the lives of all?



Title: GIRLS BRAVO!

Story and Art by:
MARIO KANEDA

(Ongoing Series)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005


Synopsis:

Small for his age, Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls all his life, Now in High school, he has developed a rare condition: whenever girls touch him or even get too close to him, he breaks out in hives. So imagine his surprise when he is suddenly transported (via bathtub no less!) to the city of Seiren – where it’s populated with vast number of females! There, he befriends Miharu, whose touch for some reason, doesn’t affect him at all! Could this be the start of a beautiful friendship?



Japanese Title: OURAN KOUKOU HOSUTO KURABU
(Ouran High Escort Club * )
*English title yet to be confirmed


Story and Art:
BISCO HATORI
(Ongoing Series)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:


Freshman Haruhi comes from a middle-income family, but she attends the prestigious private boarding school: Ouran High. One day, she stumbles into Music Room 3 by accident and runs into 6 gorgeous guys from the infamous (?) ‘Host Club’, where the boys provide escort services to the ladies in campus! And when she breaks an 8-million-yen vase belonging to the club, she is forced to repay the club by joining them…as a male escort?!


Japanese Title:
CHOUSHINRI GENSHOU NOURYOKUSHA NANAKI
(Clairvoyant Nanaki*)
*English title yet to be confirmed


Story and Art: RYO SAENAGI
Volumes: 1-3 (Complete)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:


A traffic accident awakens Nanaki to his inner psychic powers! Soon, he encounters a mysterious young man, Ao, who tells Nanaki that he is a ‘Chounouryokusha’ (clairvoyant), and advises him to register himself at the paranormal investigations organisation known as ‘LOCK’. As Nanaki learns more about his new ‘gift’, new insights are unravelled in the supernatural world. What trouble will his newfound powers bring?


Title: Mai-HIME

Story and Art by:
Noboru Kimura
(Ongoing Series)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:


Fuka Gakue is a unified school from primary through senior high school. In Fuka Gakuen, there was a rumor that a mysterious monster appeared, and that the only counter measures for the monster were girls called "HiME". They have abilities of HiME (Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment).

Mai was a transferred and she didn't know the rumor. However, she was suddenly told her she had the power of a HiME. After facing a few problems, she learns to live her life as a HiME.



Title: Samurai Champloo

Story and Art by:
manglobe /
Masaru Gotsubo
Volumes: 1-2 (Complete)

Retail Price: $7.90
#1 Release Date: Jun 2005

Synopsis:

Jin and Mugen, both ronin*, are total opposites: Jin is the classic honourable samurai, While Mugen is a rude and lawless punk. Naturally, personalities and egos clash on first contact, and a showdown ensues between them. Throw into that mix a young, ditzy lass named Fuu ... and you have a plot that spirals into a mapcap adventure of fun... as Mugen and Jin end up as Fuu's pseudo bodyguards... and reluctant travel partners!!

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