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| FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST MANGA BOX SET: © 2002-2010 Hiromu Arakawa/SQUARE ENIX. |
VIZ Media will be offering a wide variety ofunique art books and manga (graphic) releases – several of them brand newseries – for the upcoming holiday season.
From the debut of Natsume Ono’s TESORO and the brand new shojo series,DAWN OF ARCANA, by Rei Toma, to a box set of the recently concluded FULLMETALALCHEMIST, to the latest editions of popular ongoing titles including BAKUMAN｡, BLUE EXORCIST, DEATHNOTE BLACK EDITION, NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN, and the recently launched PSYREN,there will be plenty of aspiring young manga artists, spirit bending exorcists,royal romantic intrigue, charming stories of bonds between friends &family, tales of alchemy and more to complement everyone’s holiday season thisyear.
And for the fan that has been especially good all year, don’t miss two gorgeouslyillustrated art books for D.GRAY-MAN and VAMPIRE KNIGHT. Each is filled with vividcharacter art, concept drawings, and insightful artist commentaries and also includesa full-color poster.
BAKUMAN｡,Vol. 8 · Rated “T” for Teens · MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN· Available December 6th
Average studentMoritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writerAkito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as amanga-creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in themanga-publishing world?
BLUE EXORCIST, Vol. 5 · Rated “T+” for Older Teens · MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available December 6th
Raised by Father Fujimoto, afamous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fatefulargument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth – the bloodof the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, butdoing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming anexorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline asecret? It won't be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releasesthe demonic power within him!
D.GRAY-MAN ILLUSTRATIONS · MSRP: $21.99 U.S. / $25.99 CAN · Available December 6th
Enter the fictional 19th-centuryworld of D. GRAY MAN with lavish color artwork from its creator, KatsuraHoshino, showcasing her graphic novel and magazine covers and more!Additionally, this book features insightful Q&As between Hoshino and twomanga creators who inspire her: Takeshi Obata, the artist behind HIKARU NO GOand BAKUMAN and the smash hit DEATH NOTE; and Osamu Akimoto, the creator of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo.Kochira has been serializedin the best-selling boy's manga magazine in the world, Weekly Shonen Jump, for 35 years and isthe magazine’s longest-running manga series. Edition also includes anexclusive, double-sided, full-color poster.
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| DAWN OF THE ARCANA © 2009 Rei TOMA/Shogakukan |
DAWN of the arcana,Vol.1 · Rated “T” for Teens MSRP: $9.99 U.S. /$12.99 CAN· Available December 6th
Princess Nakaba of Senan is forcedto marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming ahostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive,telling Nakaba outright: “You are my property.” With only her attendant Loki ather side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, herfake marriage...and a mysterious power!
DEATH NOTE BLACK EDITION, Vol. 6 · Rated “T+” for Older Teens · MSRP: $14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN· Available Now
Don’t miss the final omnibusvolume of the Black Edition series collecting DEATH NOTE Volumes 11 and 12. LightYagami is an ace student with great prospects – and he’s bored out of his mind.But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogueShinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, andnow Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world ofevil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send thelegendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, willLight lose sight of his noble goal…or his life?
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST MANGA BOX SET · Rated “T” for Teens · MSRP: $219.99 U.S. / CAN · Available Now
This best-selling action series isnow available in a complete manga box set! Includes volumes 1-27, plus extrassuch as Fullmetal Alchemist Novel: TheTies That Bind and a full-color, two-sided poster. Over a 20%savings over buying the individual volumes!
In an alchemicalritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brotherAlphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical""auto-mail"" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist,seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother's bodies...thelegendary Philosopher's Stone.
NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN, Vol.6 · Rated “T” for Teens · MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available December 6th
While the day belongs to humans,the night belongs to yokai, supernatural creatures that thrive on human fear.Caught between these worlds is Rikuo Nura. He's three-quarters human, but hisgrandfather is none other than Nurarihyon, the supreme commander of the Nuraclan, a powerful yokai consortium. So, Rikuo is an ordinary teenager threequarters of the time, until his yokai blood awakens. Then Rikuo transforms intothe future leader of the Nura clan, leading a hundred demons.
PSYREN, Vol. 1 · Rated “T+” for Older Teens · MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available Now
Ageha Yoshina just got transportedto a warped alternate dimension where you've got to fight your way back toour world – or die trying. "Save me!" Those were Sakurako Amamiya'slast words to her friend Ageha Yoshina before she mysteriously went missing.Now Ageha's on a quest to find her. He's convinced that the mythical PsyrenSecret Society has something to do with the recent rash of disappearances. Andnow he seems to be caught up as a player in their very deadly game...
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| TESORO - ONO NATSUME SHOKI TANPENSHU © 2008 Natsume ONO/Shogakukan |
TESORO · Rated “T” for Teens · MSRP: $12.99 U.S. / $14.99 CAN · Available November 15th
TESORO is a treasure of 14charming stories about family, friends, couples and unexpected bonds. Writtenby Natsume Ono over ten years, this is the long-awaited collection of her earlywork, including numerous illustrations and previously unpublished stories!
THE ART OF VAMPIRE KNIGHT · MSRP: $24.99 U.S. / $28.99 CAN · Available Now
Cross over into the mysterious anddeadly world of VAMPIRE KNIGHT with the lush, full-color artwork of MatsuriHino. This hard cover edition includes an extensive gallery with authorcomments, a how-to tutorial, and an exclusive poster.
Cross Academy is attended by twogroups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when thestudents of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the NightClass on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians ofthe school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy's dark secret: the NightClass is full of vampires!
X 3-In-1 DELUXE Collectors Edition, Vol. 1 · Rated “T+” for Older Teens · MSRP: $19.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN · Available Now
X, the epic series from CLAMP, isnow available in this deluxe collector’s edition. The pages have beenrecomposed in the original right-to-left reading order and restored to thehighest quality. Each volume contains three of the original graphic novels,along with gorgeous, full-color illustrations never before published outsideJapan!
Kamui Shiro is a young man followedby mystery. Taken from Tokyo by his mother when only a child, Kamui left behindhis dearest friends—the gentle Kotori and her brother Fuma—in the aftermath ofa terrible incident that claimed their mother's life. Returning to Tokyofollowing his mother's death, Kamui is a changed young man – moody and distantto his old friends, yet determined to protect them from the dark forces thatswirl around him. It turns out that he is the nexus of a great cataclysm tocome, and the inheritor to a strange destiny that could decide the fate of theentire world.
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