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FREE SOUL EATER: V. 11 PDF Atsushi Ohkubo | 192 pages | 27 Nov 2012 | Little, Brown & Company | 9780316071154 | English | New York, United States Soul Eater (manga) - Wikipedia Set at the "Death Weapon Meister Academy", the series revolves around three teams, Soul Eater: v. 11 consisting of a weapon meister and at least one weapon that can transform into a humanoid. Trying to make the latter a "death scythe" and thus fit for use by the academy's headmaster Shinigamithe personification of deaththey must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, in that order; otherwise, they will have to start all over again. The manga was published by Square Enixand was first released in as three separate one-shots ; the first two published in two Gangan Powered special editions and the last one in Gangan Wing. The Soul Eater: v. 11 has also spawned a drama CDan art Soul Eater: v. 11and three video games. A manga series Soul Eater: v. 11titled Soul Eater Not! The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Yen Press. The English translation of Soul Eater was serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus manga anthology magazine starting in Julyand the first manga Soul Eater: v. 11 was released in October The anime has been licensed by Funimation. The Soul Eater manga had Both the manga and anime series have been overall well received, specially for its art style and Gothic setting, often compared by critics to Tim Burton 's works like The Nightmare Before Christmas. The goal of the school's meister students is to have their weapons absorb the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch, which dramatically increases the weapon's power and turns them into "death scythes" used by Shinigami. Despite the combined efforts of Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kid, Medusa's group successfully revives Asura, who leaves to spread chaos around the world after a brief battle with Shinigami. As a result of Asura's spreading madness, Medusa's sister Arachne comes out of hiding and reforms her organization, Arachnophobia, which poses a serious threat to DWMA. Shinigami calls in death scythes from around the world to aid in the fight against Arachnophobia. During this time, Medusa reappears with her soul possessing the body of a young girl, and forms a Soul Eater: v. 11 with DWMA so they can annihilate Arachnophobia together. Meanwhile, Death the Kid is captured by Noahan artificial construct created from the Book of Eibon. Following this, Maka uses Arachne's soul to turn Soul into a death scythe. The duo become part of the newly formed meister unit Spartoi along with their friends, who rescue Death the Kid and defeat Noah. Crona resurfaces in a city in Russia, destroying it and the death scythe stationed there, before being provoked by Soul Eater: v. 11 into killing her and getting taken by insanity. Maka is ordered by Shinigami to hunt down Crona; while searching for Crona with her powers, she unwittingly detects Asura's location on the cartoonish moon within the atmosphere. DWMA launches an attack on the moon to defeat Asura, aided by Soul Eater: v. 11 witches after Death the Kid convinces them to establish a temporary alliance. During the battle, Crona absorbs Asura's body before being overtaken by him. Maka, Black Star, and Death the Kid eventually restore Crona's sanity and defeat Asura by sealing him on the moon with his own blood; Crona willingly remains with Asura to keep him imprisoned, and Maka promises to one day rescue Crona. The DWMA forces return to Earth, where Death the Soul Eater: v. 11 becomes the new Shinigami following his father's death, and establishes a peace treaty with the witches. After the end of his first manga series, B. He also said the series' title, Soul Eaterwas intended to refer to Asura and his desire to eat innocent souls, and not to the character, Soul. He thought too many manga had characters who were developed through flashbackswhich he considered too clever. Therefore, he decided to develop his characters in the present rather than referring to their pasts, and to focus on "action and momentum," so he could "write freely". The manga initially began as three separate one-shots published between June 24, and November 26, across two manga magazines published by Square Enix : The first one-shot, "Soul Eater" was published in the summer special edition of Gangan Powered. The first volume was published on July 12,[18] and the last one on March 12, The manga was initially serialized in Yen Press' Yen Plus anthology magazine; the first issue went on sale on July 29, Another manga series which ran alongside the main series, titled Soul Eater Not! Of the cast used for the drama CD, only Black Star's voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi was retained for the anime voice cast. A episode anime adaptation was directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by BonesAniplexDentsuMedia Factoryand TV Tokyo ; Bones and Aniplex were responsible for the animation and music production respectively. Character design was headed by Yoshiyuki Ito, with overall art direction by Norifumi Nakamura. The anime's conceptual design was done by Shinji Aramaki. The anime was regularly broadcast Mondays at pm on TV Tokyo. The official Japanese website of the Soul Eater anime series announced that each episode would air in two versions: the regular Monday pm version and a late-night Soul Eater Late Show version. Special footage was added at the start and end of the commercial break; the next episode preview was different from the regular version. The dual broadcast of the series was billed as the "world's first evening and late-night resonance broadcast". The "resonance" term refers to a story concept in which the characters, such as the heroine Maka and Soul Eater: v. 11 living weapon partner Soul Eater, achieve maximum power by synchronizing their souls. The second DVD compilation volume was released on September 25, with episodes four through seven. Each DVD volume was released in monthly intervals. In North America, the anime has been licensed by Funimationwho released the series in four half-season DVD box sets starting with the first volume in February It was broadcast in Italy on Rai 4 between September 2, and September 8, Three Soul Eater video games were produced. It was released on September 25, in Japan. This game is only compatible with Japanese Wii systems. It is a third-person hack-and-slash game. This game follows the story line of the first 24 episodes of the anime series and allows the player to engage in the training and battles the characters experienced first hand. Along with new costumes and items, the player gets to experience the minds and wardrobes of each playable character. Six pieces of theme music are used for the episodes: two opening themes and four closing themes. The first opening theme is " Resonance " by T. Revolution for the first 30 episodes, and the single was released on June 11, The second opening theme is " Papermoon " by Tommy heavenly 6 from episode 31 onward; the single was released on December 10, by DefStar Records. The first closing theme is "I Wanna Be" by Soul Eater: v. 11 Punks for the first 13 episodes and the 51 episode; the single was released on June 4, The second closing theme is "Style" by Kana Nishino from episode 14 to 26; the single was released on August 13, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The final closing theme is "Strength" by Abingdon Boys School from episode 40 through episode 50; the single was released on February 25, Revolution, and is included on the "Resonance" single. Soul Eater was the 7th best-selling manga inwith 3, copies sold. Leigh, however, criticized the series for its excessive use of fanserviceand considered that it clashes terribly with the series "pattern oriented, with very little depth" art style. Garrity concluded that the series' popularity comes from its anime adaptation, adding that it is "fun to look at, bright and vibrant and visually imaginative", and in contrast, the original manga is "a lot less fun to sit down and read". Dupree wrote that the series holds an inherent charm to its world and characters that is hard to find anywhere else, adding that the key is its "spooky, Spirit Halloween-esque design sensibilities". He pointed out, however, that the comedy did not age well, stating that the main characters' gimmicks become repetitive and unfunny, and he felt that its use of sexual humor and fanservice is "questionable at best", and would not blame uninitiated readers if they drop the series for it "being too much". Dupree concluded: "for whatever warts it bears 15 years later, there's still nothing quite like Soul Eater out there". In her Anime Preview Guide, Casey Brienza of Anime News Network wrote; "Though Soul Eater should not be surprising anyone with its standard Soul Eater: v. 11 plot structure, it has some serious style to burn. Like D. Gray-man it is deeply indebted to Tim Burton's idiosyncratic gothic-fantasy imagery think Beetlejuice and Nightmare Before Christmasbut this series does, if possible, execute it better". The result: a series that takes the guilt out of your guilty pleasure". A large part of its uniqueness and thrills have to do Soul Eater: v. 11 the original animation style. It is zany while at times being creepy at whim. Gray-man and Bleachand its Soul Eater: v. 11 style to Gorillaz 's videos. Scholes concluded; "If these type of dark fantasy anime grips you then you've seen nothing yet — it's the one that holds the audience right till the end! Jason Green of Anime News Networkwrote that the series "explores the imposing concept of death gods in a tone that's less Death Note and more Gurren Lagann ".