October 2011
9 October 2011 October 10 Afterschool Charisma 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 title Afterschool Charisma vol 4 Oct ’11 street 3 times a year frequency isbn 978-1-4215-4021-4 WL US $12.99 5¾″ PAGE 208 COUNT CAN $14.99 8¼″ HOUKAGO NO CARISMA © 2009 Kumiko SUEKANE/Shogakukan 11 Bakumanº Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by 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? • Volumes 1-3 have sold through over 23,000 copies in the U.S. to date (BookScan 02/11) • A New York Times bestseller (08/10) • A BookScan Top 50 Graphic Novels bestseller (11/10) • Creators’ previous series, Death Note, has sold over 1.2 million copies across 12 volumes in the U.S. to date (BookScan 03/11) • Monthly previews for SHONEN JUMP magazine subscribers at ShonenJump.Viz.com • Bakuman° anime started airing in Japan Fall 2010 Other series available from VIZ Media Death Note, Death Note: How to Read 13, Death Note Black Edition, Hikaru no Go (artist Takeshi Obata), Ral Ω Grad (artist Takeshi Obata) title Bakuman ˚ vol 7 Oct ’11 street 6 times a year frequency isbn 978-1-4215-3888-4 WL US $9.99 5″ PAGE 192 COUNT CAN $12.99 7½″ BAKUMAN © 2008 by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata/SHUEISHA Inc.
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