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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Death Note, Death Note: How to Read 13, Death Note Black Edition, Hikaru no Go (artist Takeshi Obata), Ral Ω Grad (artist Takeshi Obata) • • • • • • Series Synopsis Average student Moritaka Mashiro enjoys drawing for fun. When his classmate and aspiring writer Akito Takagi discovers his talent, he begs Moritaka to team up with him as a manga- creating duo. But what exactly does it take to make it in the manga-publishing world? Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by Takeshi Obata Obata Takeshi by Art Ohba, Tsugumi by Story

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other ZOMBIEPOWDER., The Art of Bleach: All Colour But the Black, Bleach SOULs: Official Character Book, Color Bleach+: Bleach Official Bootleg Series Synopsis Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigofind themselves becomesspirits tortured a Soul the Reaper, helping and innocent the protecting to life his dedicating peace. Find out why Tite Kubo Story and Art by Tite Kubo Art Tite by and Story • • • • • • •

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• • • • Series Synopsis Jimmy Kudo, the son a world-renowned of mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most bafflingof cases. One whileday on a date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observesa pair menof in black involved in some shady business. The men captureJimmy and give him a poisonous substance to rub out theirwitness. But instead killing of him, it turns him into a little kid! Jimmy takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the difficult cases that come Allhis way. the while, he’s looking for the men in black and the mysterious organization they’re with in order to find a cure for his miniature malady. Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama Art Gosho by and Story

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• • • Series Synopsis Wimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running from away bullies uncanny alland his life.speed But change—Sena’s things on, comes gear football the when ability to elude big bullies just might give him what takes it to become great a high school football hero! Catch all the bone-crushing action and slapstick comedy hottest Japan’s of football manga! Story by Riichiro Inagaki, Art by Yusuke Murata Art Yusuke by Inagaki, Riichiro by Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c EYESHIELD 21 © 2002 by Riichiro Inagaki, Yusuke Murata/SHUEISHA Inc. Yusuke EYESHIELD 21 © 2002 by Riichiro Inagaki, 18 Alchemist Anime Profiles, Fullmetal Alchemist Profiles, Profiles, Alchemist Fullmetal Profiles, Anime Alchemist Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal of Art The Novel, Alchemist Fullmetal Other series available from VIZ Media • • • • • Philosopher’s Stone. legendary bodies...the brother’s his and his restore can that one thing the seeking alchemist, astate becomes Edward limbs, “auto-mail” mechanical with Equipped but aof suit in a armor. soul nothing became Alphonse brother his and leg, his and arm his lost Elric Edward gone wrong, ritual alchemical an In Synopsis Series Story and by Hiromu Art Arakawa Fullmetal Alchemist (3-in-1edition) Anime airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim Adult Network’s Cartoon on airs Anime 02/11) (BookScan date to U.S. the in copies million over 1.2 through Alchemist Fullmetal other and 1–24 Volumes (02/11) Top bestseller Novels 50 Graphic A BookScan website FUNimation on streaming Anime (01/11) bestseller York Times A New © 2004Hiromu Arakawa/SQUARE ENIX. -related publications have sold sold have publications -related c a n u s isbn frequency vol title 3 3-in-1 Volume Final $16.99 $14.99 978-1-4215-4020-7 (3-in-1 edition) (3-in-1 Fullmetal Alchemist Alchemist Fullmetal

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• Series Synopsis Shunpei Closer is your average...well, slightly below average kid in junior high who finds himself in the middleof a great battleof dark sorcery. With cursed dolls coming after him one after another, Shunpei Closer’s life is in danger! If that enough, weren’t Hyde, the teddy bear given to him by his grandfather, suddenly comes alive to rescue him. With help, can Hyde’s Shunpei himself save and live to see another day? Story and Art by Haro Aso Art Haro by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c JUHOU KAIKIN!! HYDE AND CLOSER © 2008 Haro ASO/Shogakukan AND CLOSER © 2008 Haro JUHOU KAIKIN!! HYDE 20 • deity! alocal job as over his taken unwittingly has Nanami and ashrine, is place his outthat it turns But opportunity. the at jumps she home, his her offers adog from she’s saved just aman when So apartment. outof her her kick collectors debt the and debts gambling his evade to town skips dad her after homeless and alone is Momozono Nanami Synopsis Series Story and by Julietta Art Suzuki Kamisama Kiss Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com available preview Online Kamisama Hajimemashita©Julietta Suzuki2008/HAKUSENSHA,Inc.

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• • • • Series Synopsis night,By teenager Yoshimori Sumimura is “kekkaishi”—a a demon-hunter who specializes incrotchety creating magicalseriously barriersa and around Yoshimori’s day, his By sweets prey. to addiction an battle: to demons other got grandfather! pretty Yoshimori’s neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding who is over the true practitioner the of art. Story and Art by Yellow Tanabe Art Yellow by and Story

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Oct ’11 street Maoh: Juvenile Remix Juvenile Maoh:

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• Online preview available ShonenSunday.com at Series Synopsis crazy“As as your ideas might be, as long as believeyou in yourself and tackle the issue head-on, can you even change Ando the is world.” a high school student who has the power to make others thinking. say out loud what he’s Inukai is the mysterious leader vigilante a of group called Grasshopper, which is odds at with the city’s redevelopment plan. In this chaotic city, these two will come together to weave a story courage, of determination and confrontation. Original Story by Kotaro Isaka Kotaro by Story Original Osuga Art Megumi by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c MAOH JUVENILE REMIX © 2007 Kotaro ISAKA, Megumi OSUGA/Shogakukan MAOH JUVENILE REMIX © 2007 Kotaro ISAKA, 24 • Ill. the dispel can Vihad Ciste of the hunters the Only violence. of acts to horrific driven and byIll the possessed themselves find unwary the allure, jewel-like their by Attracted creators. of their torment the by life to sparked of art, works beautiful most the within hide Ill the as known demons Europe, of 18th century towns and villages quiet the Among Synopsis Series Story by Kim Hyung-min, by Yang Art kyung-il March Story bestseller (10/10) bestseller York Times A New MARCH STORY ©2008KimHyung-min, Yang kyung-il/Shogakukan

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Naoki Urasawa’s Monster,Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka • • Series Synopsis It is the third year the of Friendship Era. Darkness covers the earth, and the isworld under the control evil. of The Friend has become President theof World, and he reigns from within the enclosed Most walls City. people Tokyo of believe in the Friend, but hidden below the surface is a small hope. of ray Someone known as the Ice Queen is calling forthe people to rise and up, she has deemed August 20 the day to take arms... up But can anyone really stop this nightmare? Story and Art by Naoki Urasawa Art Naoki by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c With the cooperation of Takashi NAGASAKI. Takashi With the cooperation of 20 SEIKI SHONEN © Naoki URASAWA/Studio Nuts 20 SEIKI SHONEN © Naoki URASAWA/Studio 26 Naruto: The Movie Ani-Manga, Vol. 1-3, Naruto Chapter Books 1-15 Books Chapter Naruto 1-3, Vol. Ani-Manga, Movie The Naruto: Edition), (Collector’s 1 Vol. Naruto, 1-3, Profiles Anime 1-27, Naruto Vols. Set, Box 2008 Naruto Fanbook, Official The Naruto: Uzumaki, Naruto: of Art The Book, Illustration Naruto Other series available from VIZ Media • • • • • • • ninja! world’s greatest the be to mission his about serious completely is Naruto but humor, of sense awild got He’s mischief. for knack incorrigible an with shinobi ayoung is Naruto Synopsis Series Story and by Masashi Art Kishimoto Naruto Anime available on DVD in multiple formats (broadcast version & uncut) from VIZ Media VIZ from &uncut) version (broadcast formats multiple in DVD on available Anime com amazon. Network, PlayStation Live, Xbox iTunes, VOD from as available series anime Both Naruto.viz.com, Crunchyroll.com Hulu.com, VIZAnime.com, on streaming &Shippuden) Series (Original series anime Both 28-on) Volumes Manga on (based XD Disney on airs anime Shippuden Naruto magazine JUMP SHONEN Media’s VIZ in Serialized 2006-2009 Property, icV2 Top Manga and lists &BookScan Novels Today Graphic USA York New Times, on #1 bestseller Frequent (02/11) (BookScan) date to U.S. the in copies 6million over through sold 1-50have Volumes NARUTO ©1999byMasashi Kishimoto/SHUEISHAInc. NARUTO

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Oct ’11 street Natsume’s Book of Friends Friends of Book Natsume’s A New Times York bestseller (3/10) Online preview available ShojoBeat.com at Anime streams on Crunchyroll.com Natsume’s Book of Friends

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• • • Series Synopsis Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been setapart from other people because his of gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting a in. troubled Now he’s high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than justthe Sight from the mysterious Reiko. Story and Art by Yuki Midorikawa Art Yuki by and Story

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Oct ’11 street Vol. 1 has sold 120,000Vol. over copies (Bookscan 02/11) The best-selling manga in the with world 200 over million copies in print volumesFive hit The New Times York top ten list (04/2010) Serialized in SHONEN JUMP magazine Anime streaming available on: VizAnime.com, FUNimation.com, Hulu.com, Onepieceofficial.com North American merchandise includes: Video games (NAMCO Bandai), DVDs (FUNimation)

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Story and Art by Arina Tanemura Series Synopsis Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...

• Arina Tanemura’s previous series have sold through over 520,000 copies combined in the U.S to date (BookScan 02/11) • Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com

Other series available from VIZ Media Full Moon, I•O•N, Short-Tempered Melancholic, Time Stranger Kyoko, Mistress Fortune, The Gentlemen’s Alliance †, The Gentlemen’s Alliance †: Arina Tanemura Illustrations

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Doubt!! • • Series Synopsis talking we’re Alcatraz isn’t This ocean. the by surrounded and lonely Remote, sexually with rife is body student the where School, High Boys’ Seiho about—it’s frustrated hunks! How can these young men get girlfriends when they’re stuck in the middle nowhere? of These are the stories the of students Seiho of High and the trouble they get into as they awkwardly pursue all girls who cross their paths. Story and Art by Kaneyoshi Izumi Art Kaneyoshi by and Story

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Real, Vagabond, Vagabond VIZBIG, Vagabond Illustration Collection: Sumi, Vagabond Illustration Collection: Water, Slam Dunk • • Animeavailable on DVD from Geneon • Animestreams on CrunchyRoll.com Series Synopsis Winning everything isn’t in the game basketball, of but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain’s dream reaching of the finals come true—will they it?do Story and Art by Takehiko Inoue Art Takehiko by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c © 1990 - 2011 Takehiko Inoue and I.T. Planning, Inc. Planning, Inoue and I.T. Takehiko © 1990 - 2011 36 Tenjo Tenge • • schooled. get or strong get is: rule only the where Welcome Todo to roof. one High, it up under mix to ever body student toughest the and babes, badass brawls, Knuckle-busting Synopsis Series Story and Art by Oh!great 161,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 12/10) (BookScan date to U.S. the in copies 161,000 over through sold has Rey), which Del by (published Gear of Air Creator pages 16 full-color Includes TENJHO TENGE ©1997byOh!great/SHUEISHAInc.

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Story and Art by Matsuri Hino Series Synopsis Cross Academy is attended by two groups of students: the Day Class and the Night Class. At twilight, when the students of the Day Class return to their dorm, they cross paths with the Night Class on their way to school. Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu are the Guardians of the school, protecting the Day Class from the Academy’s dark secret: the Night Class is full of vampires!

• Volumes 1-11 have sold through over 610,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 02/11) • A New York Times bestseller (01/11) • A BookScan Top 50 Graphic Novels bestseller (02/11) • Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com • Anime available on DVD from VIZ Media • Anime streams on VIZanime.com and Hulu.com • Anime available as DTO from iTunes

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Story and Art by Mayu Shinjo Series Synopsis Mizuki is the female “prince” of her all-girls school and the lead guitarist in an all-girl rock band. Akira is the male “princess” of his all-boys school and wants to join her band. Love may be on his mind, but romance is difficult when everyone keeps mistaking Mizuki for a boy and Akira for a girl!

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Backstage Prince Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other • • • • • Series Synopsis There is myth of a world and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride demon of prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fightingover the right to her hand...or her life! Story and Art by Kanoko Sakurakoji Art Kanoko by and Story

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• • • • Series Synopsis Set in a fictional19th century England,D.Gray-man is the storyof Walker,Allen a 15-year-old boy who roams the earth in search Innocence. of to away Washed unknown parts the of after world The Great Flood, Innocence is the mysterious substance used to create weapons that obliterate demons known as akuma. Story and Art by Katsura Hoshino Art Katsura by and Story

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Master Beast • • • Series Synopsis After orphan Kurebayashi Teru loses her beloved older brother, she finds solace in the messages she exchanges with DAISY, an enigmatic figure who can only be reached through the cell phone her brother left Meanwhile, her. mysterious Tasuku Kurosaki always seems to be around whenever needs Teru Could help… DAISY be a lot closer than thinks? Teru Story and Art by Kyousuke Motomi Art Kyousuke by and Story •

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• Series Synopsis Akane is your typical teenage girl...until she swallows the Dragon Jewels, which transport her to the Heian period ancient of Japan! There in the capital city, Akane learns that she has been foreordained to lead the people as the Priestess of the Dragon God! Story and Art by Tohko Mizuno Art Tohko by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c Harukanaru Toki no Nakade © TOHKO MIZUNO / HAKUSENSHA, INC. / TECMO KOEI / INC. TOHKO MIZUNO / HAKUSENSHA, © no Nakade Toki Harukanaru GAMES CO., LTD. 1999 LTD. GAMES CO., 48 • • • • • • past. the to link her about more learn and Jewel Shikon of the shards the recover to aquest begins Kagome Inuyasha, demon half ally, the unlikely an with Together Jewel! Shikon the gem, magical apowerful actually butis trinket worthless a was thought she what of control for demons battling herself finds Kagome will, her against gate the through Drawn past? Japan’s to a gateway ancient be would shrine family’s of her site the on old well dried-up the thought have would Who life. ordinary an living schoolgirl modern ordinary an is Kagome Synopsis Series Story and by Rumiko Art Takahashi Inuyasha VIZBIG Edition Anime streams on Hulu, VIZ Anime VIZ Hulu, on streams Anime Media VIZ from DVD on available Anime Swim Adult Network’s Cartoon on airs Anime pages color bonus Includes 11/10) (Bookscan U.S. the in units million 2.84 sold have works Takahashi’s 01/11) (Bookscan U.S. the in units over 1.9 million sold has Rumiko Takahashi’s longest and most popular series to date, Inuyasha manga INUYASHA ©1997 Rumiko TAKAHASHI/Shogakukan

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• • • • Series Synopsis Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...forhorror a movie. Nicknamed “Sadako” after the haunting movieordinary character, an everyonelies is afraid to comeexterior near scary her underneath But cursed. being of fear for her teenager who just wants to make friends. Story and Art by Karuho Shiina Art Karuho by and Story

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• Online preview available SigIKKI.com at Series Synopsis Far in the future, humankind has evacuated the earth in order to preserve it. Humans reside now in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the earth, thirty-five kilometersup in the sky. The societyof the Ring is highly stratified: the higher the floor, the greater the status. Mitsu, the lowly sonof a window washer, has just graduated junior high. When his father disappears and is assumed dead, Mitsu must take on his father’s occupation. As he struggles with the transition to working life, Mitsu’s treats job him to an outsider’s view into the living-room dioramas the of Saturn Apartments. Story and Art by Hisae Iwaoka Art Hisae by and Story

Story and Art by Hiroyuki Asada Series Synopsis Amberground is locked in darkness. A man-made star casts only a dim light over the land. The pitch-black wilderness is infested with Gaichuu—colossal insects with metal exoskeletons. The Gaichuu make travel between the cities of Amberground extremely dangerous. But thankfully the Letter Bees, a brave corps of messengers, risk their lives in order to keep the hearts of Amberground connected.

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Story by Sai Yukino, Art by Kairi Yura Series Synopsis Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern.

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• • Series Synopsis boy carefree popular, most the Yano, Motoharu for falls Takahashi Nanami in class. For Nanami, firstYano it’s is love, stillbut grieving the deathof his girlfriend who died the year before. Story and Art by Yuki Obata Art Yuki by and Story

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Story and Art by Kazue Kato Series Synopsis Raised by Father Fujimoto, a famous exorcist, Rin Okumura never knew his real father. One day a fateful argument with Father Fujimoto forces Rin to face a terrible truth—the blood of the demon lord Satan runs in Rin’s veins! Rin swears to defeat Satan, but doing that means entering the mysterious True Cross Academy and becoming an exorcist himself. Can Rin fight demons and keep his infernal bloodline a secret? It won’t be easy, especially when drawing his father’s sword releases the demonic power within him!

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Story and Art by Rei Toma Series Synopsis To end the conflict between warring kingdoms Senan and Belquat, Princess Nakaba of Senan is sent to Belquat to marry Prince Caesar. Accompanied solely by her half-beast attendant Loki, Nakaba must learn not only how to survive the intrigues of a hostile court but also how to handle the mercurial Caesar. And in the swirl of secrets and treachery, there could be one thing greater than all: the mysterious power of the Arcana.

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isbn vol title frequency s u n a c SARAIYA GOYOU © 2006 Natsume ONO/Shogakukan SARAIYA 70 • of slack? alife living dropout another just be he will or masterpiece, manga atrue creating in succeed Shizuo Will him. support father also involves playing video games all day while his teenage daughter and elderly embark on a journey of self-discovery. Unfortunately for job to day his boring) (yet stable family, his away from walks he so this isn’t right, just journey life his in something that feeling the fight can’t Oguro Shizuo unhappy, terribly not While him. putup to with has that family the artist—and amanga of becoming dream his job pursue to his quits who salaryman of aforty-year-old story the is This Synopsis Series Story and by Kanoko Art Sakurakoji I’ll Give It My All...Tomorrow Online preview available at SigIKKI.com available preview Online OREWAMADA HONKIDASHITENAIDAKE©2007Shunju AONO/Shogakukan

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Series Synopsis Utsuho’s truthfulness as a child resulted in an enormous catastrophe, and he decidedto lie from that day forward. Raised in a village orphans of by a monk, Utsuho is an unrepentant troublemaker. The monk eventually inspires him to help people, Utsuho’s but there’s way no going to lead an honest life! Instead, he’s going to use his talents for mischief and deception for good! Story and Art by Yuuki Iinuma Art Yuuki by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c ITSUWARIBITO UTSUHO © 2009 Yuuki IINUMA/Shogakukan Yuuki UTSUHO © 2009 ITSUWARIBITO 72 • deity! alocal job as over his taken unwittingly has Nanami and ashrine, is place his outthat it turns But opportunity. the at jumps she home, his her offers adog from she’s saved just aman when So apartment. outof her her kick collectors debt the and debts gambling his evade to town skips dad her after homeless and alone is Momozono Nanami Synopsis Series Story and by Julietta Art Suzuki Kamisama Kiss Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com available preview Online Kamisama Hajimemashita©Julietta Suzuki2008/HAKUSENSHA,Inc.

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isbn vol title frequency s u n a c KEKKAISHI © 2004 Yellow TANABE/Shogakukan Yellow KEKKAISHI © 2004 74 • confrontation. and determination of courage, astory weave to together come will two these city, chaotic this In plan. redevelopment city’s the with at odds is which Grasshopper, called group of avigilante leader mysterious the is Inukai he’s outloudwhat say thinking. others make to power the has who student school ahigh world.” is the Ando change even you can head-on, issue the tackle and yourself in you believe as long as be, might ideas your as “As crazy Synopsis Series Story and by Megumi Art Osuga Original Story by Kotaro Isaka Maoh: Juvenile Remix Online preview available at ShonenSunday.com available preview Online MAOH JUVENILEREMIX©2007 KotaroISAKA, Megumi OSUGA/Shogakukan

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Naoki Urasawa’s Monster,Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other • • Series Synopsis a Far, farwith a man from approaches Tokyo, the checkpointmotorbike the at Northerna on Border... comes he here but dead, is gate the of north Everyone guitar strapped to his back.Who is this man who calls himself Joe Yabuki, and doeswhy he break in out song? Is he a Messiah here the to save people, or is he justa deluded nut? Story and Art by Naoki Urasawa Art Naoki by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c With the cooperation of Takashi NAGASAKI. Takashi With the cooperation of 20 SEIKI SHONEN © Naoki URASAWA/Studio Nuts 20 SEIKI SHONEN © Naoki URASAWA/Studio 76 • • • Reiko. mysterious the from Sight the just than more inherited has he that discovers he there And up. grew grandmother his where town small the in live to come has who student school high he’sNow troubled in. a fitting never relative, to relative from drifting gift, of his because people other from apart set been always has He humanity. of rest the from hide that demons and spirits the see can Natsume Takashi Synopsis Series Story and by Yuki Art Midorikawa Natsume’s BookofFriends Anime streams on Crunchyroll.com on streams Anime at ShojoBeat.com available preview Online (3/10) bestseller York Times A New Natsume Yujincho © Yuki Midorikawa2005/HAKUSENSHA, Inc.

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• • • Series Synopsis 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. three-quarters He’s human, but his grandfather is none other than Nurarihyon, the supreme commander the of Nura clan, a powerful yokai consortium. So, Rikuo is an ordinary teenager three quarters the of time, until his yokai blood awakens. Then Rikuo transforms into the future leader the of Nura clan, leading a hundred demons. Story and Art by Hiroshi Shiibashi Art Hiroshi by and Story

Story and Art by Bisco Hatori Series Synopsis In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids’ school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working for the school’s swankiest, all-male club—as a boy! There, she discovers just how wealthy the six members are and how different the rich are from everybody else...

• Volumes 1-14 have sold through over 400,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 02/11) • A New York Times bestseller (01/11) • A BookScan Top 50 Graphic Novels bestseller (01/11) • Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com • Anime available on DVD from FUNimation • Anime streams on Hulu.com and FUNimation.com

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Other series available from VIZ Media Media VIZ from available series Other Full Moon, I•O•N, Short-Tempered Melancholic, Time Stranger Kyoko, Mistress Fortune, The Gentlemen’s Alliance The Gentlemen’s †, Alliance †: Arina Tanemura Illustrations • • Series Synopsis Sakura is the granddaughter a mysterious of moon princess who slew demons with her BloodCherry Blossom sword.All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look the at full moon without knowing Then one why. night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes the at up moon, only to seea demon attacking her... Story and Art by Arina Tanemura Art Arina by and Story

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Story and Art by Oh!great Series Synopsis Knuckle-busting brawls, badass babes, and the toughest student body ever to mix it up under one roof. Welcome to Todo High, where the only rule is: get strong or get schooled.

• Includes 16 full-color pages • Creator of Air Gear (published by Del Rey), which has sold through over 161,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 12/10)

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Story and Art by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Series Synopsis In a savage world ruled by the pursuit of the most delicious foods, it’s either eat or be eaten! While searching for the tastiest foods imaginable, Gourmet Hunter Toriko travels the world with his bottomless stomach facing every beast in his way.

• Previewed in SHONEN JUMP magazine in 2010 • Anime starting in Japan in April 2011 • 3D Movie hitting theaters in Japan in 2011

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Story and Art by Kumiko Suekane Series Synopsis St. Kleio Academy is a very exclusive school: all of the students are clones of famous historical figures such as Beethoven, Queen Elizabeth I, Napoleon, Mozart, and Freud. All of them, that is, except for Shiro Kamiya. As Shiro struggles to adapt to this unusual campus, St. Kleio’s first graduate, a clone of John F. Kennedy, is killed. Are the clones doomed to repeat the fate of their genetic progenitors, or can they create their own destinies? And how does a normal boy like Shiro fit in?

• Online preview available at SigIKKI.com

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Story and Art by Kanoko Sakurakoji Series Synopsis There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand...or her life!

• Volumes 1-7 have sold over 120,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 02/11) • A New York Times bestseller (02/11) • A BookScan Top 50 Graphic Novels bestseller (02/11) • Kanoko Sakurakoji’s previous series Backstage Prince has sold through over 15,000 copies across two volumes in the U.S to date (BookScan 02/11) • Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com

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Final cover to come. 86 • pact. their of purpose true the out find kids the when fun being stops game The contract. asimple sign is do to have they all To game, invaders. the play This game, he explains, pits one lone giant robot against game. a video new horde exciting an play to them of invites who alien man astrange meet they There cave. seaside nearby into a wander innocently kids fifteen summer, One Synopsis Series Story and by Mohiro Art Kitoh Bokurano: Ours Online preview available at SigIKKI.com available preview Online BOKURANO ©2004MohiroKITOH/Shogakukan

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Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama Series Synopsis Jimmy Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One day while on a date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observes a pair of men in black involved in some shady business. The men capture Jimmy and give him a poisonous substance to rub out their witness. But instead of killing him, it turns him into a little kid! Jimmy takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the difficult cases that come his way. All the while, he’s looking for the men in black and the mysterious organization they’re with in order to find a cure for his miniature malady.

• Named Best Underappreciated Gem: Shonen of 2010 by About.com • Named one of the Top 50 Manga Properties of 2005 by ICv2 • Online preview available at ShonenSunday.com • Anime and OVAs available on DVD from FUNimation

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Final cover to come. 88 • • be. can manga shonen of what perception your change will story of-age coming- poignant This of baseball. game the and street the down live who sisters of four family the Ko, named aboy around centers series The touch. amusing and light a with flows delightfully Adachi, Mitsuru artist of manga hands brilliant the in yet true, and heartfelt is that drama amoving is Game Cross Synopsis Series Story and by Mitsuru Art Adachi Cross Game Anime streams on VizAnime.com /Hulu.com VizAnime.com on streams Anime at ShonenSunday.com available preview Online CROSS GAME©2005Mitsuru ADACHI/Shogakukan

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isbn vol title frequency s u n a c DENGEKI DAISY © 2007 Kyousuke MOTOMI/Shogakukan 90 • day? another see to live and save himself Shunpei Hyde’s can help, With him. rescue to alive comes suddenly grandfather, his by him to given bear teddy the Hyde, weren’t enough, that If danger! in is life Closer’s Shunpei another, after one him after coming dolls cursed With sorcery. dark of battle great of a middle the in himself finds who high junior in kid average below slightly average...well, your is Closer Shunpei Synopsis Series Story and by Haro Art Aso Hyde &Closer Online preview available at ShonenSunday.com available preview Online JUHOU KAIKIN!!HYDE AND CLOSER©2008Haro ASO/Shogakukan

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Series Synopsis Jonah is a child soldier, born amidstso-called thethe chaoticby conflicts supplied that rage acrossWest weapons by fueled war a to lost family his Asia, Merchants Death—international of arms dealers. Despite hatred Jonah’s of weapons and violence, he employs both extremely journey well in the serviceTheir high- of mercenaries. of band her and Hekmatyar Koko dealer arms flying through the dark underbelly arms the of world’s markets may lead only to damnation, but will Jonah one day make his back way to the light? Only one thing is certain: going it’s to be a long, hard road hell... out of Story and Art by Keitaro Takahashi Art Keitaro by and Story

isbn vol title frequency s u n a c JORMUNGAND © 2006 Keitarou TAKAHASHI/Shogakukan JORMUNGAND © 2006 Keitarou 92 • • • • friends. make to wants just who teenager her for fear of being cursed. But underneath her scary near exterior come to afraid is lies everyone an character, ordinary movie haunting the after “Sadako” Nicknamed movie. ahorror heroine...for perfect the is Kuronuma Sawako Synopsis Series Story and by Karuho Art Shiina Kimi niTodoke: FromMeto You Online preview available at ShojoBeat.com available preview Online Comics for Kids 2009 Best Journal’s Library School Teens for in Comics Best of the one Named Teens for Novels Graphic of Great list 2010 ALA 02/11) (BookScan date to U.S. the in copies over 30,000 through sold have 1-6 Volumes KIMI NI TODOKE ©2005byKaruhoShiina/SHUEISHA Inc.

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isbn vol title frequency s u n a c ROSARIO TO VAMPIRE SEASON II © 2007 by Akihisa Ikeda/SHUEISHA Inc SEASON II © 2007 by VAMPIRE TO ROSARIO 96 • • • • • biz! show in Sho beating by revenge sweet her get to going silence—she’s in suffer Kyoko he’s famous! won’t now out that her he’s But casting idol. an as itbig made he while him Tokyo to love Sho support to true her followed Kyoko Mogami Synopsis Series Story and by Yoshiki Art Nakamura Skip •Beat! Anime streams on CrunchyRoll.com on streams Anime at ShojoBeat.com available preview Online (01/11) Top bestseller Novels 50 Graphic A BookScan (12/10) bestseller York Times A New 02/11) (BookScan date to U.S. the in copies over 230,000 through 1-22Volumes sold have Skip

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Story and Art by CLAMP Series Synopsis X, the epic series from CLAMP, is now available in this deluxe collector’s edition. The pages have been recomposed in the original right-to-left reading order and restored to the highest quality. Each volume contains three of the original graphic novels, along with gorgeous, full-color illustrations never before published outside Japan!

• Includes 24 full-color pages • Anime available on DVD from FUNimation • Anime streams on FUNimation.com and animenewsnetwork.com • CLAMP’s series have sold through over 3,000,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 12/10)

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Final cover to come. 98 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX • • • • of Yu-Gi-Oh! generation next of the adventures the for Academy at the pals his Yuki and Jaden Join world. over the up all sprung have Duel of the art the to dedicated institutions special that popular so is game the battles, Yugi’s legendary Years after Synopsis Series Story and by Naoyuki Art Kageyama Original Concept by Kazuki Takahashi Anime available on DVD from FUNimation from DVD on available Anime 4kidstv.com on streams Anime card trading collectible Includes 12/10) (BookScan, date to U.S. the in copies over 91,000 1-5Volumes through sold have © NAS/TV TOKYO © K. Takahashi YU-GI-OH! GX©2005byKazuki Takahashi, Naoyuki Kageyama/SHUEISHAInc.

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Written by Hiroshi Yamamoto Synopsis In a world where “monster-related disasters” are common, the meteorologists come tough. In Japan, a center of monster activity, a special anti-monster unit called the Meteorological Agency Counter Anomalous Organism Unit (MCU) has been formed to predict where monsters will strike, which form they will take, and to fight against their rampant destruction.

• Came in second in 2007’s Best SF award (S-F Magazine) • Adapted into the live-action TV show in Japan • Yamamoto’s work has appeared in English before with The Stories of Ibis and on Words Without Borders, a leading online magazine

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